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Star Citizen Pre-Alpha: Hangar Module
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Teknopathetic
Member
A shame how the event ended up, but what was shown (while it was working) looked good.
Now you know how the sausage is made.
Now you know how the sausage is made.
BitterSidekick
Member
Its over?
Pretty much worked the way I expected it to go. It is in fact pre pre pre pre pre alpha. Although in the video they showed of the days before it they had it working. Just not there.
BitterSidekick
Member
Well, at least we had the epic helmet in the beginning.
Can anyone sum up the proceedings?
Sounds like it didn't go so well. I was actually thinking the other day, it would probably help development overall if they didn't have to release the DFM to the public.
Just focus development forward instead of putting all man power on a stable public build that you have to support going forward. It will give them some good testing and proof of concept, but this is eating too much development resources.
Sounds like it didn't go so well. I was actually thinking the other day, it would probably help development overall if they didn't have to release the DFM to the public.
Just focus development forward instead of putting all man power on a stable public build that you have to support going forward. It will give them some good testing and proof of concept, but this is eating too much development resources.
SecretAgentHam
Member
Omit the bugs that we all saw and focus on some of the positives.
- The newtonian physics (although we've seen them before) works as we expected and works quite nicely with the thrusters and the impact of hitting objects.
- The lighting was magnificent! Seriously, go back and check the lighting out. not bad.
- Texture quality during gameplay didnt take a hit. it was looking great the whole time and the PBR effect really shows on the ship
- damage states look great for such a rough build
- Helmet Animation!
...but can someone gif a helmet animation for a brother?
Edit: how can I forget the "blacking out" from the force of all those G's? such a nice touch and really shows how detailed the game will be down the road. They're seriously thinking of everything.
- The newtonian physics (although we've seen them before) works as we expected and works quite nicely with the thrusters and the impact of hitting objects.
- The lighting was magnificent! Seriously, go back and check the lighting out. not bad.
- Texture quality during gameplay didnt take a hit. it was looking great the whole time and the PBR effect really shows on the ship
- damage states look great for such a rough build
- Helmet Animation!
...but can someone gif a helmet animation for a brother?
Edit: how can I forget the "blacking out" from the force of all those G's? such a nice touch and really shows how detailed the game will be down the road. They're seriously thinking of everything.
Dictator93
Member
Since they are building it on the MMO backend and net code, it is actually 100% necessary for them to throw everything into it.
BitterSidekick
Member
kutthoat5150
Member
feel bad for the team after this, I'm sure they worked their ass off to get this out but just sucks their presentation ended up crashing so much. Looked good from what worked though, that PBR looked amazing
As someone who just spent the last semester trying to recreate mario with a team of 4 other people, I know creating a game can be a bitch.
Honestly I really enjoyed seeing the behind the scenes and them talking about the process of finding bugs. While not surprised, I'm a bit disgusted by the comments being thrown out by that audience. Some gamers give up everything to escape reality, so you can only expect them to be entitled wretches with little care or interest into the larger dynamics behind the games.
Master Chef ain't got shit on this.
And the g-force system was really cool.
BitterSidekick
Member
Audience ruined the presentation in the end. I mean, its nice, we are all happy, but there are limits.
I didn't. The shitty Twitch stream seized up on me and I completely missed it. The stream went from walking up the ladder to flying around in space. =\
Whoa! It flips! Neat.
Chubzdoomer
Banned
Did you see most of them when the camera panned around? It was like watching a virgin convention. I hope those people don't represent the average folks that will play this game.
BitterSidekick
Member
Well, you must admit that the fish question was "on the spot". I just had to know that, or else....
-tetsuo-
Unlimited Capacity
I have some news for you...
Newtonian physics sounds great in theory, but giving the option to play in 3rd person provides an advantage, since those playing in 1st person can have blackouts/grey-outs in the middle of a dogfight.
I'd have to see and run the numbers to check, but it seems to me they're trying to show that kind of stuff off instead of making it more accurate. The ship didn't seem to have such great acceleration to cause a blackout on the pilot, considering trained astronauts today can sustain up to 9g while conscious.
My two cents: keep that stuff in the persistent universe or tone it way down in the DFM, it's the kind of thing that could make everyone choose the 3rd person view, and that's sad for such an ambitious space-sim.
I'd have to see and run the numbers to check, but it seems to me they're trying to show that kind of stuff off instead of making it more accurate. The ship didn't seem to have such great acceleration to cause a blackout on the pilot, considering trained astronauts today can sustain up to 9g while conscious.
My two cents: keep that stuff in the persistent universe or tone it way down in the DFM, it's the kind of thing that could make everyone choose the 3rd person view, and that's sad for such an ambitious space-sim.
Yeah, I also thought the 3rd person view was just to show off the ship. Most likely there will be either no 3rd person in combat or 3rd person will also suffer from black/red-outs during the DFM.
Dictator93
Member
I hope you're right. That HUD in 1st person was amazing, it'd be a shame to play it in 3rd person.
I wonder when they intend to push Arena Commander II, can't wait to fly my Freelancer..
Nice! Is there any chance to get the part when the hangar doors open up?
kutthoat5150
Member
lol don't think he meant that hangar door
Dictator93
Member
Aaaaaaaaaah. So good.
Made a webm clip that includes the helmet, UI loadup, and hangar opening
http://a.pomf.se/tzydnp.webm
e: I get a file corrupt error on your clips Dictator93
http://a.pomf.se/tzydnp.webm
e: I get a file corrupt error on your clips Dictator93
kutthoat5150
Member
went back and watched the first half I missed with the single player dfm stuff and now am actually pretty damn hyped for it. Problems aside, the game looked amazing
Dictator93
Member
Do you have the latest firefox or latest chrome? Otherwise they will not work due to VP9.
Yep, just bumped cyberfox up to the latest release and it's working fine, thanks.
Buggy Loop
Gold Member
Wow, the crowd got on my nerves really fast. I hope its not an indication of the community the game will have.
But i have the feeling that the team did not put their priorities in the right places with the tech they have (or that we do anyway). Adding animations to every little fucking pieces of equipment, will make any PC crawl on its knees with big dogfights. I have a feeling that even 5+ years from now you'll have a hard time running this game on max.
I have doubts for the crytek 3 engine pulling off games with a big scale like space, but i dont know so...
But i have the feeling that the team did not put their priorities in the right places with the tech they have (or that we do anyway). Adding animations to every little fucking pieces of equipment, will make any PC crawl on its knees with big dogfights. I have a feeling that even 5+ years from now you'll have a hard time running this game on max.
I have doubts for the crytek 3 engine pulling off games with a big scale like space, but i dont know so...
Read on the RSI forums that they got it to work and then got to play it. Here's a short interview with Chris Roberts: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6eWHEmAZ_Xk
Is this game ever going to live up to the hype?
That's why I feel good about waiting for it to be clse to release and then actually decide to buy it. That way I don't expect anything and can only be pleasantly surprised when it becomes available.
Shrike Alvaron
Member
Is this game ever going to live up to the hype?
When it's done. Welcome to game development.
FWIW, what was shown working before the attempted multiplayer demo sure lived up to my reigned-in hype. I think people need to focus less on that mess-up and more on how glorious it looked when it was working.
exmachina64
Banned
Is this game ever going to live up to the hype?
You're asking that now?
Teknopathetic
Member
"FWIW, what was shown working before the attempted multiplayer demo sure lived up to my reigned-in hype. I think people need to focus less on that mess-up and more on how glorious it looked when it was working."
Basically. If it were the official launch (or near) then there'd be some cause for concern. A bleeding edge alpha build that they were still working on even leading up to the start of the stream...not so much.
Basically. If it were the official launch (or near) then there'd be some cause for concern. A bleeding edge alpha build that they were still working on even leading up to the start of the stream...not so much.
Fantastapotamus
Wrong about commas, wrong about everything
It's the problem with showing games early. When people see an unfinished product many asume the poor quality will carry over to the final product. That's why developers mostly just show the now infamous "vertical slices" cause they are scared that consumers don't understand the difference between an Alpha, a Beta and the final game.