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Star Citizen Pre-Alpha: Hangar Module
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that's not how that works
CarbonatedFalcon
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Astroids do no damage at ramming speed; Instant death on station.
Heh.
Heh.
Yeah I just want to land on the moon in peace.
Me sad.
Dictator93
Member
64 bit precision is CRAZY for level geometry. Seriously. HUGE DESIGN GOAL.
That goes beyond just 64-bit memory addresses right? Usually that's what people mean when they talk about 64-bit programs. This is a complete rewrite of the their geometry rendering using doubles instead of ints?
Dictator93
Member
The game is already only 64 bit from a memory addressing perspective (only has an x64 executable). This is from a precision in geometry and world origin perspective.
Most games limit their world size to a 8k squared (pretty much all do) and then stream them in in sections of 8km. Away from the point of origin everything gets less precise and teh geometry actually starts to look strange and have erors at times. Also the game becomes less stable.
With 64 bit precision you have basically the capability to make huge non-streaming game worlds that have extremely precise geometry coordinates.
Zod the Bear
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My dream is to collect all the fishes in this game. All blue.
Wow... this map they're showing now looks great.
Teknopathetic
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So, who was that that was so sad earlier about the DFM not releasing until the end of the month/start of next month? 
As long as you are adding new content to a game, it's going to be very buggy. 90% of bugs and corner cases are resolved in the last month.
Also there are some really awful people in that crowd.
Baloonatic
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mercenar1e
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yeah this is what you get with $40 million.
Dictator93
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I tend to not yell out loud for no reason just to hear myself. SO yes, some quite interesting folk there.
some dude yelling "cryengine sucks" and stuff like that. Right....
DirtyManos
Member
Oof, heckling now?
Things are turning ugly. The frustration in his voice is palpable.
Things are turning ugly. The frustration in his voice is palpable.
Teknopathetic
Member
"yeah this is what you get with $40 million."
40 million dollars won't finish a game overnight.
40 million dollars won't finish a game overnight.
kutthoat5150
Member
lol the epic music kicks in when he takes a drink, feel bad for the guy
I thought this was in alpha?
Baloonatic
Member
Actually this is what you get with a very ambitious game that is still in alpha.
Much easier to develop standard inputs with a 360 controller due to it's native support. Really at this stage in development polish and niceties are not by any means a priority.
Fair enough.
Dictator93
Member
uninformed drive-by comment? hrmmm
mercenar1e
Member
the faces in the crowd says it all.. utterly disappointed.
That was pretty damn cool, shame about the multiplayer gameplay. At least we got see some gameplay in one of the levels, and that helmet animation.
BU.. BUT 42MILLION?!
BU.. BUT 42MILLION?!
Dictator93
Member
Alpha product crashing sounds like a normal day for me.
Now everyone will freak out and and complain though, because this is the internet.
Now everyone will freak out and and complain though, because this is the internet.
SolidSnakeUS
Member
It's a normal thing for something like this to be buggy at this stage. It makes me sooooo much more excited to play it now .
.Luckydude23
Member
Poor CR. It started off awesome, but took a turn for the worse. Still excited for the game however. Just need to work out the kinks. Hopefully they can work things out, in time for release.
You can tell he was frustrated as HELL though. Can't blame people in this thread, or in the chat for getting impatient, but as I said, they still need to work things out. Hope for the best.
You can tell he was frustrated as HELL though. Can't blame people in this thread, or in the chat for getting impatient, but as I said, they still need to work things out. Hope for the best.
BitterSidekick
Member
They should have just delay this a bit longer. Would be better to wait for a more polished piece. Yes people would be angry, but still, this presentation, people yelling, set the mood in the begining, but after a while it got old and a bit unprofessional.
Still Pre Alpha, we'll see how it will go...
Still Pre Alpha, we'll see how it will go...