Star Citizen

Modern cheap modems and stuff doesn't know how to deal with many connections.
 
Thing is, it's actually fairly expensive (regular price ~200?, although in my case free from ISP) and usually well regarded (although more in the general public rather than with enthousiasts) :dunno: Oh well, workaround found, so no worries really...
 
Oh and here's what dogfighting is like in 2.0 single player where there's no netcode to grind everything to a halt.


On my rig I get 70-80 fps on very high settings at 1080p. Now they need to bring in the large ships and the game modes that come with.
 
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And this is what's coming up:

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Oh my god...

It's beautiful...
 
Are there non-combat things to do? I've been holding off since the exploration part of what they hope to accomplish strikes my fancy more than combat.
 
Not yet as there is no actual universe, just test maps with free for all action. There's a rudimentary story, but it's got combat. You'll need to wait a bit longer.
 
I didn't even know this section was here! I really need to poke around the odd corners of the forum a bit more. Backer and subscriber to Star Citizen for some time now. This thing is going to be beyond awesome. Eagerly awaiting development of my Carrack!
 
Just got the Aurora LN package, gonna install it at home!
 
So I just downloaded and signed up because of the Fly Free event...

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I downloaded mostly to see if it would run on my computer, and it does so okay at high graphics settings. Other than that I just walked around Port Olisar for a bit and exited because I got overwhelmed. Still haven't bought a game package.
 
Well, the game splits into Star Citizen and the single-player campaign Squadron 42 very soon, now you get both with any package.
 
Does the split happen before or after the 14th? I still want to tinker with it before committing, but getting both for $45 is tempting...
 
There's been music in the game since the very beginning, but it's all been simulated midi orchestras. While sounding good, nowhere near as good as the real thing.


However, after music pieces such as that one were released, recording and mixing with a full orchestra (namely the Capellen Orchestra at the Slovak Radio building) and here's the first piece of music that some people managed to pull from the game files.

https://soundcloud.com/user-393138560/star-citizen-main-theme-final - This is the same piece of music as the youtube video
 
Current state of procedural planet development and some notes from PC Games magazine:


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reddit cliff notes of the article said:
2.6 will launch Star Marine as separate module just like Arena Commander, this was also played by staff of PC Games and they are saying it's much more polished on the FPS side and feels a lot better than current rudimentary FPS in the PTU. - Interesting side-note: they talked about map->s.
2.7 will bring procedural planets and you will be able to travel the whole stanton system and all planets and moons can be directly approached down to the surface.

  • They say the new lighting system as part of the procedural planets build looks much more natural.
  • They say that approaching the planet looks and technically feels better than with Elite Dangerous.
  • You can land anywhere manually, automatic landing gets you to fixed positions i.e. landing zones.
  • Microtech and Hurston come in follow-up patches after 2.7
  • They aim to have Stanton fully playable i.e. with all stations and landing zones (according to CR about 40 locations) by end of 2016
  • There will be more jobs and missions as well.
  • Trading will be in by then
  • Chris describing that missions accepted up in space stations could lead you eventually down to planet surfaces, not clear if this is going to be in with 2.7 but seemingly something SQ42 will benefit from.
  • Planets and moons are revolving around suns, with naturally simulated day and night cycles.
  • When flying over the ocean they were noticing that the horizon had a correctly simulated curve.
  • Trees and Animals seemingly are planned (edit: doesn't seem to be in with 2.7, sorry) - they have them seemingly setup in pre-made templates they call eco-systems - these can be brushed over the planet surface, some magic blends the transitions to make it look naturally and consistent.
  • Planetary surface and topograhy details are controlled by a dynamical LOD system.
  • Some pop-up was visible during the planetary approach but they described it as impressive regardless.
  • They were also impressed with the cloud system, which wasn't just a simple texture layer but seemingly is described what I assume is volumetric, i.e. they have deepth and height and impact visibility, leading to mountain crests piercing through clouds and valleys being covered.
  • They are writing that there isn't any artificially restricted view range, visibility is rather a result from the volumetric calculation of the athmosphere.
  • Parallax-Occlusion maps with dynamic tessellation is used for the surface details.
  • GTX 980 was used with 100 fps on the planetary surface, so performance seems to be pretty good already, sorry, that was just editor performance - in-game performance was 45fps :)
  • Some stuff about the subsumption-AI saying NPCs might have hobbies and a virtual mind, allowing them to remember the player or be influenced in his opinions by the player. To avoid performance issues, they seemingly control the update cycles for NPC AI based on player proximitiy i.e. update cycles go to 1hz instead of 60hz if no one is around.
 
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This is now getting to the point where I might be interested in playing. That Dragonfly looks awesome too.
 
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