Eh, come on, we all know these kind of stretch goals are there just to entice people to pledge. It's not like there won't be TrackIR support if we don't reach 1.75M$ on KS. Chris has already been talking to the TrackIR / Oculus guys and stated several times that both are a given.
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STAR CITIZEN, Chris Roberts' (Wing Commander) New Game [$25 million funded]
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Eh, come on, we all know these kind of stretch goals are there just to entice people to pledge. It's not like there won't be TrackIR support if we don't reach 1.75M$ on KS. Chris has already been talking to the TrackIR / Oculus guys and stated several times that both are a given.
2 kind of looks like a worse Constellation to me. I'd vote 1 if the site didn't already think I voted.
Joseph Merrick
Member
yeah. can't vote either. no idea what constellation looks like. I haven't been paying too much attention
Check the previous page.
Martin (the sound guy) just confirmed that 7.1 surround is in.
exmachina64
Banned
Zero-Crescent
Member
Wow, getting close to $4m with 3 days left.
Goddamn Elite Dangerous fans with their DOS attacks! Take your procedurally generated universe and shove it up your black hole!
I pledged to both. <3
Site is up again. 3.924.000$ already, holy shit!
dancrane212
Member
I messaged them asking for some more details about the making of book (specifically page length). Here's what I got for anyone interested.
"Hello! We just listed them as 42-page because of our name.
We don't really know how long they'll end up being, that's just sort of our planned minimum. The Making of book should be cool, it'll follow the game starting with this campaign showing the behind the scenes stuff all the way to release, with all the concept art and such in full color. It's being done by the guy behind the Wing Commander Arena "Star Soldier" manual, if you're familiar with that booklet!"
"Hello! We just listed them as 42-page because of our name.
We don't really know how long they'll end up being, that's just sort of our planned minimum. The Making of book should be cool, it'll follow the game starting with this campaign showing the behind the scenes stuff all the way to release, with all the concept art and such in full color. It's being done by the guy behind the Wing Commander Arena "Star Soldier" manual, if you're familiar with that booklet!"I messaged them asking for some more details about the making of book (specifically page length). Here's what I got for anyone interested.
"Hello! We just listed them as 42-page because of our name.
I'm thinking of getting all 3 HC books, as each should bring something different.
Wait, so the Kickstarter ships wont be exclusive to backers? They will just be non-destroyable so the backers can get them back whenever they are destroyed?
None of the ships are exclusive to Kickstarter or RSI backers.
The ship(s) you get with your pledge on either site is exactly the same as the one you can purchase in-game with one exception: Free lifetime insurance.
If a ship obtained through the Kickstarter or RSI site is destroyed, you'll get a free replacement minus all cargo in the hold and any modifications and extra components. Ships purchased in-game will have to be insured (for a reportedly small fee) or risk losing it forever.
Well that just saved me a 220 dollars then. Though still considering going 125 for the sake of the awesome game.
If I had a dollar for every time I said that about a KS project ...
The site being down was probably related to the update. You can now purchase both digital and physical add-ons through RSI's site!
kutthoat5150
Member
I'm wanted to upgrade my 300i on KS also, do I just add $65 on top of my 60 to get the Lancer packages or do I need to add the entire amount for another ship?
Don't know how it exactly works on KS since I upgraded on RSI, but I think you should have the option to see your pledge and from there the option to upgrade your pledge. And then you just have to pay $65 more (you have to chose a $125 tier, but $60 will be subtracted during the upgrade process).
Sax Russel
Banned
I am so so so soooooooo happy it hit 4 mil.
time to install freespace2 again!
dancrane212
Member
They just crossed 4 million, looks like it has a great chance of beating out project eternity for the top spot.
Sentenza
Gold Member
Holy motherfucking batman, it really is.
Let's actually play a few of the games before we go that far
I already have.
I fully expect some projects to utterly bomb. Crowdfunding is still brilliant.
superdeluxe
Member
Happy about 4 million. This should hit 4.6-4.8 million
Eh, the max project length at Kickstarter is a lot longer than the value Obsidian chose. I don't think it's very relevant here.
Yeah, me too. What we get at $5 million looks great, especially the companion app and the Privateer-sized galaxy. But if we don't get there, I'll be satisfied with what we get at $4 million.
Reading about this game reminds me of reading about Battlecruiser 3000AD in previews in PC mags back in the 90's. At the time, I thought it was going to be my dream game. We all know how that went lol.
I really hope Roberts (and his team) can pull all these elements together because this is an almighty task he has set himself.
I really hope Roberts (and his team) can pull all these elements together because this is an almighty task he has set himself.
Yeah, I'm a bit cautiously optimistic in general. That said, many of these projects are a dream come true, one that seems like it would have died without kickstarter. Pretty much 90% of the adventure games I loved when I was younger are coming back in some way or another, and that is crazy on it's own.
Upgraded my $30 backing to $265 on KS. I've always liked walking around in vehicles that someone could fly around at the same time (loved BF1942 mods for this) and the Constellation seems like it could fit this thing I've been missing, and it'll be nice to be able to play with it how I want to with the lifetime insurance. I should stop buying things though!
You'll be able to walk around in your space ship (provided it has more than just a cockpit, obviously), bars, bases, trading centers and such on planets ... that's about it. Atmosferic flying / planet exploration is something Roberts is very interested in, but that's a feature for another day. Or year, I should say. It would mean a whole new game. We're not getting it on launch. Understandably, I might add.
exmachina64
Banned
It's getting close to 4.1 already.