AA will be implemented in later builds, it's a shame really.
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Star Citizen Pre-Alpha: 'Arena Commander' Dogfighting
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AA will be implemented in later builds, it's a shame really.
staticneuron
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Agreed. I only wanted an exploration fleet but man does that ship look amazing.
Wow, I thought I was done with my fleet but I might add a beta to the lineup.
Dictator93
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Having done some extensive testing, adding FXAA through NVCP can help with some edges... but it also softens the image.
You also end up paying for 2 PPAAs (SMAA1x and FXAA).
Stupid question time.
1. Do you have avatars that walk around the ship, then you lock to "cockpit view" to play..? I notice in videos you can navigate inside of ships with a seeming free-camera..? Like in the back cargo area, etc.
2. Can you go to planets..?
3. Is the scale huge on the different levels you choose to load? Or is it one huge universe and you fly to your locations?
This looks friggen great, was eying that other one... that starts with an E.. can't remember. Oh, elite dangerous.
What are the differences between the two? The awesome ones.
Thanks!
1. Do you have avatars that walk around the ship, then you lock to "cockpit view" to play..? I notice in videos you can navigate inside of ships with a seeming free-camera..? Like in the back cargo area, etc.
2. Can you go to planets..?
3. Is the scale huge on the different levels you choose to load? Or is it one huge universe and you fly to your locations?
This looks friggen great, was eying that other one... that starts with an E.. can't remember. Oh, elite dangerous.
What are the differences between the two? The awesome ones.
Thanks!
well the first difference would be that Star Citizen's graphics are on par with Ryse/Cryis 3 if not better.
The second difference would be that one (E
) is a complete game (?) and the other is maybe finished to like 5-10% lolIced_Eagle
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1) Yes, you can freely walk around. You're not locked to your cockpit like in Elite Dangerous currently. If you're a co-pilot in a ship, you can freely jump out of your chair, run back to engineering to help out, or go jump in a turret to defend a ship.
2) Yes, you can land on planets at certain landing zones. See: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o-xvCg8CI9U
3) One universe, and you fly between all of the locations. Obviously levels are streaming in/out seamlessly in the background, but to a player it feels like one universe. Just like Elite Dangerous.
Zalusithix
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1) Yes, you can move around ships that are large enough to support it. When you activate a seat your body gets locked to the seat and your vision is just your head looking around from that perspective. Activate the seat again and you're back to walking around. This way you can fly, hop out, hop into a turret seat, hop out of that, EVA out of the ship, etc.
2) Some planets, yes. This isn't in game yet.
3) One huge universe that you navigate between sections. This also isn't in game yet.
Edit: And beaten to the punch
ChoklitReign
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Bravo servers.
Just saying I figured out how to get it
Dictator93
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I really like the new character face. Shows off some nice detail.
It is also interesting to know that this isnt the final level of fidelity... 3Lateral only just recorded the most recenter higher res stuff
It is also interesting to know that this isnt the final level of fidelity... 3Lateral only just recorded the most recenter higher res stuff
Nah thanks, I'll stick with downsampling for the moment.
ChoklitReign
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I can't even get over 100 kbps now. How the f is this the speed for my region?
well the first difference would be that Star Citizen's graphics are on par with Ryse/Cryis 3 if not better.
The second difference would be that one (E
I really like the new character face. Shows off some nice detail.
It is also interesting to know that this isnt the final level of fidelity... 3Lateral only just recorded the most recenter higher res stuff
Sweet feathery jesus. Its the Xwing vs Tie Fighter game I always wanted... !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Can't wait, but will have to. Thanks!
Dictator93
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If my rig could do it, I would. But I am still waiting for a GPU with a power level I am happy with. Even Titan X doesnt seem to be enough... and I am done with SLI for my future in the mean time.
Zalusithix
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What, you don't enjoy having SLI rendering issues on top of general engine bugs? The only reason I'm even contemplating SLI for a future build is SLI per eye based VR. Outside of that, it's just not worth it. When it works flawlessly it's great, but the amount of time that SLI works flawlessly is... less than ideal.
As for the Titan X, it's not worth it unless you have spare money burning a hole in your pocket. Better off waiting for the die shrink and real performance improvements.
Weird, I have similar specs and seem to be getting 60 fps at 1080p Very High.
Dictator93
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What is your rig btw?
I have been using SLI for about a decade... nd I am finally done with it... unless VR is where I end up doing most of my gaming. And yes, I probably will wait for the die shrink.
Descent: Underground kickstarter is up, in case anyone's interested.
Nice to see some old SC faces ... Godspeed Wingman, Michael Morlan and Rob Irving (I'm guessing he left as well).
Nice to see some old SC faces ... Godspeed Wingman, Michael Morlan and Rob Irving (I'm guessing he left as well).
Dictator93
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I did not know Rob Irving left!
Neither did I, although I had a feeling he would after that last interview. Not that he gave anything away, just a hunch after so many Austin originals left already. We may never know what actually happened there, but I guess a shakeup needed to happen. It sucks seeing people you've followed for so long go, but that's game development for you. They've been replaced by some pretty big names, so ... whatever, I guess. Keep on truckin', CIG.
i got the combat ready pledge.
Most of the stuff people just told you is promised but not implemented. For example, multicrew ships aren't flyable yet. Here's hoping everything turns out well.
Also, the universe isn't planned to be anywhere near the scale as Elite. When the game actually launches, there are supposed to be around 100 star systems, most with a few interesting locations. That's a lot of content but nowhere near the millions (billions?) of stars in Elite.
The difference is that each location will be given special attention to make it feel unique and not a product of procedural generation. ..the procedurarlly generated worlds will supposedly come later.
Zalusithix
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I question both the target goal and the delivery window. Asking $600k seems a bit too low for a "AAA" game without a pub or VC throwing additional funds at it. This is even more the case when they're claiming SC level community interaction during production. Likewise the one year turn around seems rather... optimistic to say the least. There's also ships listed for pledges that only apply if stretch goals are hit. This is fine, but the goals themselves aren't listed so you can't even get a feel for where they really want to be funding wise. Too many caution signals for me to back as is.
Dictator93
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Wingman was asked to move to California, he said he wanted to keep his family in the same place, so he left CIG.
Then Rob irving took over... and then no one knows what happened there. Maybe he wanted to work on something else? Hard to speculate.
staticneuron
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iirc, they moved main studios to los angeles, those that did not want to or could not move stayed in austin. The decent team seems to be based in austin. It's good so they don't have to move and have another project to work on.
Zalusithix
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Edit: Nevermind. Posts above mine made this comment outdated before it was even submitted lol.
It wouldn't surprise me in the least if that were the case with some of them. It's probably a combination of things that went down after the development focus of the Austin studio shifted though. It is a known fact that Chris wanted some of the key Austin devs to move to LA. Some of them, like Eric 'Wingman' Peterson, decided not to for personal reasons (families in Austin and such) and consequently left the project.
FAKE EDIT: What the others said, yeah.
News to me. I thought we saw him in a Star Citizen video not too long ago.
Skelton will be gone in three ... two ...
kutthoat5150
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Skelton got a pretty good promotion to art director I think, so he'll most likely stay. I do miss his hazy thoughts though
Open the game, it has a ship in there. Hanger mode is there too.
I really like the new character face. Shows off some nice detail.
It is also interesting to know that this isnt the final level of fidelity... 3Lateral only just recorded the most recenter higher res stuff
looks soulless
GTX 970, i5 4690K and 12GB RAM.
Dictator93
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Aren't we all?
Is this still the case though?
Ah! 970 is better at compute, hence why it does quite a bit better in this game.
don't get it why a 970 is a better gpu than a 780, isn't a 970 basically just an upgrade of the 770/870?
Dictator93
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It is an upgrade to a different architecture. Maxwell in comparison to Kepler (Gk110 Kepler), and Maxwell is much better at doing compute shaders, and Cryengine by default, takes great advantage of compute shaders. SC even more so.
Dayum. I paid 600 for that thing ;_;
Dictator93
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Unfortunately the nature of the beast when it comes to PC hardware. Although... one could have pointed out upon the 780s release that it was a stop gap card of sorts.
Not to fear! Your card should still do quite well in the game in comparison to people who have something like a 680 or 770.
yay!
Dictator93
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It also appears that 1.1 has not made the Tuesday deadline (obviously). Here's to Wednesday (today!) then!
you keep on bein' you, CIG
Zalusithix
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They're consistent at least.
Eh, I really don't mind them missing a deadline or two if it means CIG employees actually get to see their families once in a while and don't drop dead from exhaustion.
Zalusithix
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I'm not sure that the delays provide them such luxuries. It'd be great if it were the case, but I can only assume that this is despite crunches to get the features out.
Deadline is a strong word. Target times perhaps. At any rate, I think everybody is used it at this point. Nobody should expect things to be out exactly on time, or totally bug free when they do hit.
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