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Star Citizen Pre-Alpha: 'Arena Commander' Dogfighting
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Yeah, they are improving TressFX tech.
Eyes are practically identical across the board, so its element thats included in CryEngine SDK, its not really something You create seperately for every character.
Eye lashes etc are part of the model You want to create, so they depend on the artists. Star Citizen has placeholders models for characters, so they dont have everything they should, in the quality they should have
About Ryse, this is good shot for showing faces. Expect better from SC
Oh nice! That makes sense then. Speaking of TressFX, does that make it AMD exclusive or would it still work with Nvidia? Noob question I know, but I haven't played PC games in a while!
Dictator93
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TressFX is vendor agnostic. It runs on NV hardware just fine.
Cool. But hair works isn't right?
AFAIK it is supposed to be, but generally runs like crap on AMD hardware (not that doesn't chug on Nvidia hardware).
Tell me about it. I've done my best to stay away under the excuse that it needs to be more of a full game before I act interested and drop money, but heck, I probably should've done that months ago.
I've certainly taken bigger "risks" with worst looking games before (I have few doubts this is going to be something special), but considering I'm checking the site every other day now instead of every other month I figure it's time.
Seriously speaking though, I've been here since day 1 and it's honestly not that hard to fight the urge to buy a new ship. It was harder in the beginning, when there were just a few of them. Now there's a fuckton and since you (probably) can't afford to own most of them, I find it pretty easy to step away and watch CIG do their thing from a safe distance. It helps that I'm mostly interested in Squadron 42 and don't want to spoil for myself the experience of playing the full game for the first time, which is why I've hardly touched Arena Commander. So, yeah, don't go crazy.
Zalusithix
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I don't think AC will spoil S42. I mean, half the ships in AC right now aren't even military based, and shouldn't show up in S42 (at least as ones you'd be flying in). Outside of that, AC is just random system tests. Flying around, landing, shooting random other ships with no clear goal. Basically just screwing around with the base mechanics of the game.Seriously speaking though, I've been here since day 1 and it's honestly not that hard to fight the urge to buy a new ship. It was harder in the beginning, when there were just a few of them. Now there's a fuckton and since you (probably) can't afford to own most of them, I find it pretty easy to step away and watch CIG do their thing from a safe distance. It helps that I'm mostly interested in Squadron 42 and don't want to spoil for myself the experience of playing the full game for the first time, which is why I've hardly touched Arena Commander. So, yeah, don't go crazy.
S42 should have a story, clear mission objectives, scripted scenarios, etc that augment the gameplay. The only thing AC could spoil is the feeling of first getting in a ship and flying it around. That's pretty minor in the grand scheme of things, and considering everything is still in flux, there's no given that your experience now in AC will even mirror that of when S42 launches.
Outside of that, yeah it'd be easy to ignore buying ships if you wanted S42 more than the PU. I mean, it's not like those pledge ships will be of any use in S42. The people spending big bucks on ships are those that are interested in the PU and being able to do what they want to do right away without working up the in game money to get them there. Heck, get enough ships and packages, you can basically have your own AI escorts from day one.
That's what I'm talking about. Once I go in, I go in hard. <thatswhatshesaid> For me, playing AC on and off for months would certainly diminish the impact of first playing the 'full' SC, be it S42 or PU. Learning how to fly, getting to know the systems ... I'd rather experience it in a (somewhat) final product. I've been there before with some betas, so these days I tend to avoid it.
staticneuron
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Starlancer. That was the Roberts game that made me jump in on the Idea of S42. They nailed the whole being on a capital ship and launching thing. I always loved how it did that and how it controlled.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=scRw6EyK1DI
EDIT: It has literally been 15 years since this game was released. Just..... wow.
Zalusithix
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Fair enough. For me, the interesting part about S42 will basically be everything not related to the base flying experience. Being able to be on a Bengal, etc. I'll get enough flying around in the PU, so the S42 draw is all the stuff I won't be doing there.
Zalusithix
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AC is more or less a figure it out yourself mode. They're going at least need an introductory tutorial on how to fly the ship for those that haven't kept up on AC. A level that introduces the ship control basics, navigating the HUD, takeoff / landing, etc. Make it something of a flashback to your flight school days so as to not break immersion. Ideally they'll make it optional though so it can be skipped by those that have been participating in AC.
Dictator93
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This week's comm-link schedule. April Fools will probably be FPS related I bet. Also, I think this monthly update should be the first time we see the Frankfurt office if my memory serves me correctly.
Ben Lesnick said:
It's funny you say that, because CIG actually put in the tutorial sound files into the game in the last patch. Here they are: http://3kv.in/~techbot/public/Star Citizen/
Which makes sense, since the tutorial is supposed to come out with 1.1a which is due put this week. Along with Multiseat lobby and a flight ready Gladiator.
Dictator93
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It's funny you say that, because CIG actually put in the tutorial sound files into the game in the last patch. Here they are: http://3kv.in/~techbot/public/Star Citizen/
Which makes sense, since the tutorial is supposed to come out with 1.1a which is due put this week. Along with Multiseat lobby and a flight ready Gladiator.
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EDIT: 104TC had some awesome questions this week. Ship styled damage shader for character models for limb, damage, bullet holes, and gore. uh oh.
Also, they are reworking some of the PBR for character shading purposes. I would imagine that means upping the fidelity... I wonder in which ways.
Zalusithix
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It's funny you say that, because CIG actually put in the tutorial sound files into the game in the last patch. Here they are: http://3kv.in/~techbot/public/Star Citizen/
Which makes sense, since the tutorial is supposed to come out with 1.1a which is due put this week. Along with Multiseat lobby and a flight ready Gladiator.
I see they cover the eject mechanism. I wonder how many people with ships like the Aurora are going to go from S42 to the PU and attempt an eject at the last moment only to find out they can't. =)
Hopefully the ejection seat will become an upgrade option for ships, that should make it more obvious what ship comes with it and what ship doesn't.
Literally wow - http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1020745
Dubbedinenglish
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Hopefully they can get creative with the ejecting. Like having the Aurora's cockpit seperate from the main and then the seat fires.
Please don't. This thread is supposed to be a safe heaven.
A safe haven from what? Criticism? Skepticism? If so, no, it isn't supposed to be that. It's supposed to be a thread for discussing Star Citizen.
staticneuron
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It is almost as if the people in the other thread..... are not aware that this thread exists. Even though I posted a link to this thread. And yet people say there is no information on Star Citizen and all the backers must be insane.
Why do people do that?
If they can just nerf the mouse commander controls!
Its pretty much point and click.
Where's the flying CGI?! Ships need more weight, less acceleration, and mouse gimbals/flight has to go.
Then maybe combat will look a bit more like what they use in commercials... I'm still hoping for balancing in the multi-crew release.
Its pretty much point and click.
Where's the flying CGI?! Ships need more weight, less acceleration, and mouse gimbals/flight has to go.
Then maybe combat will look a bit more like what they use in commercials... I'm still hoping for balancing in the multi-crew release.
Dictator93
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It is quite awesome that this thread exists in gaming and not community. Only problems is that perspective players or those who haven't backed rarely post in here.
I think the game has almost too much of a niche for people to actively post in its current OT. Instead, the comment in secondary topics about the game.
I didn't mean it like that. Obviously everyone is free (and welcome!) to post whatever in whichever SC thread. It's just that we've somehow managed to keep this thread shielded & secure from the type of people who post in general 'Star Citizen news' threads only to shit on SC & crowdfunding and rile people up with their trolling / ignorance. I'm sure that's something most of us would like to avoid seeing happen in here, where we mostly discuss and comment actual SC news. That's all.
Just a wish.
Skepticism is healthy, but that thread is a lot of drive by posts by people assuming the developers have taken the money and run, that nothing playable has been put out, that there is no one working on the game, etc. I'm assuming Zabo just means that. Those posts are tiresome because then you get a lot of responses correcting those mistakes for people who aren't actually interested in those answers and probably won't come back and discuss them again.
I'm as skeptical as anyone about this game, which is why I still consider dropping a minimal amount like $50-$60 a AAA game risk, when I've dropped around $800+ in Dota 2, Path of Exile and Marvel Heroes combined.
I think there is a distinction between the fair and informed criticism this thread sees compared to the misguided complaints the other threads receive. It's something what every game has for its community and front page threads though, I believe.
Dictator93
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Indeed. More content focused and more personable than even the personal questions.
Zalusithix
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I wish there were text transcripts of the videos they do. I can't watch them at work, and usually end up doing something else when I'm home. That and it's so much faster to cruise through text than watching video.
Dictator93
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There are text transcripts written by the german community. I think they are both in english and german even.
edit: In fact, people are writing english transcripts for all their video content:
Here
Here's one from reddit:
The Star Citizen subreddit and INN almost always put up transcripts for videos as soon as they're up and often type up transcripts while a livestream is live.
Zalusithix
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I should have figured that the community would step up where official sources fall flat. Thanks for pointing that out. Quite a bit of information I miss out on by not watching all the videos. Granted, a lot of the important stuff makes its way over here or gets into one of the summary updates / Jump Point, but things do fall through the cracks.
Also thanks to you. At least I know where I'm going whenever these things pop up now and I'm at work.
Another article from Wired: http://www.wired.com/2015/03/star-citizen-spaceship-commercials/
Is this not the Star Citizen thread?
Also, Around the Verse Episode 2654 is out:
https://robertsspaceindustries.com/comm-link/transmission/14634-Around-The-Verse-Episode-2654
Also, fish seemed to have leaked into my hangar:
Zalusithix
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Is this not the Star Citizen thread?
Also, Around the Verse Episode 2654 is out:
https://robertsspaceindustries.com/comm-link/transmission/14634-Around-The-Verse-Episode-2654
Also, fish seemed to have leaked into my hangar:
It almost kind of works with that hanger. Gives it an underwater cave sort of vibe. Helps that the Cutlass could sort of pass for a futuristic submarine.
I hope you know a good space plumber. That looks rough.Is this not the Star Citizen thread?
Also, Around the Verse Episode 2654 is out:
https://robertsspaceindustries.com/comm-link/transmission/14634-Around-The-Verse-Episode-2654
Also, fish seemed to have leaked into my hangar:
Is this not the Star Citizen thread?
Also, Around the Verse Episode 2654 is out:
https://robertsspaceindustries.com/comm-link/transmission/14634-Around-The-Verse-Episode-2654
Also, fish seemed to have leaked into my hangar:
They also have Fish Stats on the site, instead of ship stats
Wow, this is amazing. Video of what it looks like inside a Cutlass during a Firefight and it's subsequent death.
Never been more excited to frantically run around a multi-crew ship while it's falling apart around me.
Never been more excited to frantically run around a multi-crew ship while it's falling apart around me.
Zalusithix
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Not bad considering the mechanics aren't even there for what it'll truly be like.
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Zalusithix
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If you mean when the bottom hatch partially blew open, he was strapped into a seat, so he wouldn't have been sucked into the vacuum. As for fixing the ship, there should be ways to repair systems that are knocked offline, but I don't know about repairing actual hull breaches on the go.
Dictator93
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In game render!
It really has a beautiful slime coat.
It really has a beautiful slime coat.
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