grimcreaper posted:

theres a difference between a game thats actually a recruiting tool pretending to be a game, and a space ship game movie pretending to be a game.

Omi-Polari posted:

I know a game that does all of this....

http://store.steampowered.com/app/345580/

blueberrysmith posted:

These streams are literally the worst thing I've watched. Ever.

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That’s all well and good, but how do our shields work, deep down? With the current implementation, we keep track of up to 32 simultaneous hits on each ship that are rendered onto a bespoke shield mesh. An impact wave is generated and mapped onto the shield mesh for each hit based on the hit’s parameters, and by applying a variety of 4 dimensional coherent noise/gradient patterns, we are able to make the effect propagate smoothly over the shield’s surface.

We plan to overhaul the effect soon though, to address some of its existing limitations and add features requested by Chris Roberts. The biggest change involves dynamically generating the shape of the shield every frame using the existing art and physics meshes. This will allow the shield to wrap more tighter around every part of the ship, morph to match animating parts such as turrets and engines, and adapt to changes in the ship’s silhouette due to parts being blown off. It will also simplify ship setup as we will no longer need to manually create a UVW-unwrapped shield mesh for each ship.

To improve the scalability of the effect, hit impacts will be accumulated in an off-screen buffer first, then shaded in a deferred pass. This will allow for a larger number of simultaneous impacts, which will be crucial for our larger ships. The noise patterns will also be read from textures instead of being calculated procedurally, to allow for more variety and better artist control.

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Beyond what we’ve discussed above, there are a number of improvements to the shield systems that we’ve started to consider, and while these designs aren’t fleshed out yet, this is the perfect place to provide that first glimpse of what is to come.

Blah, blah blah signature management., blah, stabilization emitters, blah angle of attack

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But as long as there’s this snazzy lore for how shields work, why not push it further? Imagine managing shields that behave like a fluid dynamics system, into which you can send impulses to move that energy around, taking a very active role in manipulating even those emitters directly, compensating for damage or preparing for the next onslaught in ways that go well beyond anything your pilot will even understand is happening.

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There could be a Shield Pulse subsystem, in which you sacrifice a great deal of the power sustaining your shields in order to build up a charge, one which will significantly boost those shields for a short time when you release that energy again. This charge-up would gradually increase heat and power signature, making it a balance game for anyone using this to get the upper hand in an ambush before they give themselves away, and the charge could be built up in stages, giving the ambushee the chance to push their shields every time they can break line of sight for a few moments.

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We could have a Direct Projection Mode , which takes all of your shield faces and merges them down into only one – leaving you exposed to attacks from all other directions, but strengthening the health and regeneration of the remaining face beyond even the total health you might normally get (energy fields reinforcing each other, you understand). Then the shield operator could aim this singular shield face directly, taking a very hands-on approach to damage mitigation, making a well-oiled machine of a team into a true force to be reckoned with.

Mirificus posted:

LCL-Dead posted:

Has his hair always been that gray or is it the lighting?

Loiosh posted:

I posted that a few pages back. If they failed to get 2.0 out by the middle of december. If I cannot play a Connie by then and have my friend join me, that's when I'll be done with SC. If they hit that delivery, then I'll be happy with the progress. I have a different perspective from the zeitgeist here, which is why my perspective is confusing.

Also, I need to head to bed!

1500 posted:

You then followed it up by saying 3 years of development. So you are saying that a working Demo and 1 million spent in that year is preproduction? Wow, so you might as well discount the year after the kickstarter as well, as less was produced. Hey look at that SC has only been in development for 2 years, they really are not that far behind.


Considering CR counted that year as part of development, I think its safe to assume that it was actual development. But you can stretch preproduction to as long as you want if that makes you feel better.

D_Smart posted:

So going by the 2.0 non-release (I did say that it won't be ready, but they'd release it for anni anyway), are we to assume then that if none of the above happens by Dec 15th, you're done? You do realize that's like, 3 weeks away, right?

grimcreaper posted:

I appreciate the quote fix. thanks!

D_Smart posted:

Yes. And according to my sources, they (Chris, Sandra, Ortwin) paid themselves from the crowd-funded money for "prior work + expenses". Which means that we can't even toss that 1yr away. These are some of the things we hope to uncover soon.

blueberrysmith posted:

Did they post somewhere what was actually supposed to be "new" in this 2.0 release? It looks a lot like all the other leaked footage I've seen.

D_Smart posted:

Yes. And according to my sources, they (Chris, Sandra, Ortwin) paid themselves from the crowd-funded money for "prior work + expenses". Which means that we can't even toss that 1yr away. These are some of the things we hope to uncover soon.

KM Scorchio posted:

Watched a stream for 15 mins. Saw 3 crashes. Observed 0 instances of gameplay that could remotely be considered fun.

blueberrysmith posted:

Did they post somewhere what was actually supposed to be "new" in this 2.0 release? It looks a lot like all the other leaked footage I've seen.

Daztek posted:

I'm watching BadNewsBaron and he's crashed 5 times so far and only got into a ship once(then it crashed again). But it's okay, it's alpha.

D_Smart posted:

Yes. And according to my sources, they (Chris, Sandra, Ortwin) paid themselves from the crowd-funded money for "prior work + expenses". Which means that we can't even toss that 1yr away. These are some of the things we hope to uncover soon.

Berious posted:

Somewhere on the internet there's a Moo3 forum where they still talk about how it's the best game ever and the trolls just don't understand and it'll get fixed any day now

D_Smart posted:

...and then some. Without even getting into the crew management aspects.

Here's the manual, commands and tutorial docs for the brave at heart.

D_Smart posted:

...and then some. Without even getting into the crew management aspects.

Here's the manual, commands and tutorial docs for the brave at heart.

G0RF posted:

Now Sandi is letting us know she has a motorcycle license, unlike her husband. She had a Kawasaki ninja, a "little crotch rocket", and then inappropriate comments followed that I didn't quite catch...

Loiosh posted:

I posted that a few pages back. If they failed to get 2.0 out by the middle of december. If I cannot play a Connie by then and have my friend join me, that's when I'll be done with SC. If they hit that delivery, then I'll be happy with the progress. I have a different perspective from the zeitgeist here, which is why my perspective is confusing.

Also, I need to head to bed!

D_Smart posted:

So going by the 2.0 non-release (I did say that it won't be ready, but they'd release it for anni anyway), are we to assume then that if none of the above happens by Dec 15th, you're done? You do realize that's like, 3 weeks away, right?

RuckusRouser posted:

BTW, generally, even when something is live on twitch, you can check the "past broadcasts" section of the channel and see a recording of the currently streamed content up to a pretty recent timeframe. So if you want to see if you can catch those comments, here you go:

http://www.twitch.tv/cigcommunity/v/26773328

edit: Watched some of the video, I guess Sandi read my comment from this thread asking why she never wears her wedding ring -- Chris always does -- because she calls it out and says "I am actually wearing my ring this week"

Alexander DeLarge posted:

I did the math based on the average wages of employees per studio and they've spent like 30 million dollars of their 95 million dollar budget, not accounting for the motion capture/voice acting (which is completely out of my area of expertise). I couldn't be less concerned with their finances.

As for their stability in massive settings, speculation is pointless until they actually show it off (which is supposed to be in 2 weeks, right?)

mcjomar posted:

Question:

They've filed for Foundry 42 in the UK - have they filed for the other UK based companies that were behind on their taxes?