This is very true, and I think crowd funded projects have begun to educate more people on just how messy game development can be. The games industry has traditionally been, and in many ways still is, one of the most secretive entertanment industries out there. But now people get to see some examples of what game development really is, and that's a really good thing.
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Star Citizen Pre-Alpha: Hangar Module
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This is very true, and I think crowd funded projects have begun to educate more people on just how messy game development can be. The games industry has traditionally been, and in many ways still is, one of the most secretive entertanment industries out there. But now people get to see some examples of what game development really is, and that's a really good thing.
If it's one thing that will give light to is that really stupid "downgrade-ton" that's going around. Things change, suddenly adding in a new feature or something drops the frame-rate by 5 and suddenly you have to fight to get those frames back.
Sometimes it's less about trying to trick people in prettier games and more about that's just how game development works and how fluid it is. Especially when in game dev, everything kinda comes together at the last minute.
M50 Interceptor (WIP) and it looks amazing.. Stefano Tsai is the freelance artist that created this ship.
Suddenly, Project CARS in space. Nice.
That reminds me, this game could use a Photo Mode.
Iced_Eagle
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Is this month's Jumppoint worth subscribing too? I don't mind the money (funding development yay), but I rather have an interesting read in return.
I don't know if it would ever be worth subscribing for just one issue. Most of the information makes it out to the public within a month anyway.
With that said, I do still think it's worth subscribing to further help them with development. Things like Jump Point are just extra goodies to me which I enjoy.
Recently got my Jump Point Imperator Edition and it is glorious! It's a really tall book though, so I won't be able to easily put this on any shelf which sucks, but it's still really well done.
hangar is not optimized. at all. can't use that as a benchmark, really :lol
Is this month's Jumppoint worth subscribing too? I don't mind the money (funding development yay), but I rather have an interesting read in return.
if you sub, you can literally download the entire PDF library of jump point. i think the earlier issues are pretty interesting since a lot of that info has been outdated.
Dictator93
Member
Just thought I would say that this looks like CGI.
MY RIG IS NOT READY
Just thought I would say that this looks like CGI.
MY RIG IS NOT READY
That is CGI....Right?
VisceralBowl
Member
Yes. But it is generated on the Cryengine.
Slightly Live
Dirty tag dodger
Uee Citizen Record #205352, Slighlty Live for the Org.
Nice to see that my early M50 enthusiasm was not misplaced. First LTI ship I added. No regrets.
MrChowderClams
Member
just applied: Uee Citizen Record #224500
I've already had a subscription, but subbed again anyway. Was a nice read. Redaing it makes game development sound less magical than it is though, but that's a given since I have some experience in team-based projects too.
The RSI logo is still on the engines however, they better sue Origin Jumpworks!
And there are still some open applications. If I didn't add you as of now, post again
.M50 Interceptor (WIP) and it looks amazing.. Stefano Tsai is the freelance artist that created this ship.
Okay that's the first ship in this game I think actually looks cool, probably won't look much like that in game though
actually it will be (or at least that's the goal) unless your graphic settings are set low. The ships in game right now look similar to this in terms of texture and quality. this was what all the hub bub was about with PBR.
M50 Interceptor (WIP) and it looks amazing.. Stefano Tsai is the freelance artist that created this ship.
Still not feeling this design. The little stub wings are all wrong I think. The other two concepts on the old wip images looked much better to me. Actual execution of this design is fantastic though.
He's not the best community manager.
i glad i'm not the only one who noticed. It was odd that he was stringing people along earlier.
UnluckyKate
Member
Part of the problem is that everything he tweeted was given so much weight because there was virtually no word on the official front. If we'd been told early in the morning (when they knew but didn't tell us) that new blockers had been found on Sunday and to stand by for an end-of-day update, expectations would have been tempered. It's a systemic communication fail.
Karak
Member
This guy and the way it was shot looks more like a render than the ship does. God damn that ship looks good.
When "amateur" enthusiasts put paid professionals to shame:
I want the Boomslang in my hangar and I want it NAO!
I want the Boomslang in my hangar and I want it NAO!
He's basically a lifelong fan who's gotten a big boy job doing PR for his childhood hero and he's having difficulty making the transition to professionalism.
Dictator93
Member
To be fair, those are out of engine renders.
(you can tell by the glass rendering always, no engine does glass well).Also, yeah, it looks hella good.
Personally hoping the 3 finalist ships make it in game with shimapan, shard Collective, and of course 4 Horsemen.
Dictator93
Member
At this point it is up divination by entrails or tea leaves.
I am consulting the f5 key tonight
Iced_Eagle
Member
There's no set time they'll update. All we know is that we should get something "this morning". It's 10am on the West Coast now in the US, so I would hope for news within 2 hours.
As of last night, they should have all of the blockers they mentioned in the post fixed (which is why they didn't have a bug list last night -- there were no "open" blockers), so the build is now getting tested, ensuring no new blockers show up before pushing it out. Assuming all goes well, there is a chance we'll get the module by tonight. It's best not to get your hopes up though. Development is not an exact science. It's best to just think of it as being ready when it's ready and not a moment before.
Vulcano's assistant
Banned
antenna
So the go/no go meeting was delayed, so the delay is delayed.
edit : source :
edit : source :
https://forums.robertsspaceindustries.com/discussion/comment/2646561/#Comment_2646561
Sax Russel
Banned
Just when you thought they might be out of things to delay.
cyberheater
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Strangely enough. I watched the Wing Commander movie on Netflix today. I'm right in the mood for a good space game.
I'm actually pretty confident that the meeting kind of happened this morning, even with what he said, again ended up in a 'no go' but they think they might be able to make into a 'go' before the end of the day, and thus delay any announcement in hope that they don't have to give any bad news today.
Honestly, that shit happens to me even with Excel sheets... I'd bet its pretty normal among programmers.
Mister_Bubbles
Member
... What a sorry state of affairs.
Mr. Luchador
Member
I watched that the other day and it wasn't as terrible as people suggested. I mean sure it was bad, but the world being hinted at was a nice tease at things to come (perhaps).
Freespace 2 is about to be released on Steam, has an amazing modding community.
Did not know it was on Netflix. May have to give it a watch.
therealminime
Member
I am very close to buying the $40 package on their site. Been observing this from a distance and it all sounds potentially amazing. Should I just go for it? I know it's still super early.
Or get it now DRM-free on GOG!
Aren't they always blowing up over the smallest stuff? I'm wondering how the PU will fare with this kind of people.
Just wait till the dogfighting module is actually released
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