G0RF posted:

The real Chris Roberts would take seven paragraphs to say what he did in three lines.

Agrajag posted:

did you NOT see crobizzle's script drop presentation?

tooterfish posted:

Sorry, that phrase is reserved for a future thread title.

OhDearGodNo posted:

Naval action is an alpha that began June 17, 2013 with the old, tattered remnants of PotBS. They have like 7 devs working on it.

They released a patch (9.0) yesterday:


This ignores the fixes as well.


fake edit: The removal of HKs, thank god.


second fake edit: Just pointing out how non-revolutionary, non-groundbreaking, slow, and horribly designed state the game is in without bringing up Elite.

quote:

Client Patch 7.0.25.7

This patch was for the Classic Client.
Statistics

Date: May 21, 2012
Size: 595,111,956 bytes
Notes: None

Patch Notes

Cliloc Changes
Due to patch system changes, this specific patch will require an extend time frame to download. Please note this is will make patching for lower connection speeds easier in the future.

Mirificus posted:

Joins Reddit to post about Derek Smart:

Sarsapariller posted:

At best I have played for maybe 15 minutes before a crash, so I'm not sure I'm really qualified to answer that. That said, it's quite fun but appears to be extremely content limited. The game right now is spawn ship, fly to station, engage pirates, get out and go inside to hit widget. Repeat. That's... more or less it. No way to earn credits or ships, no point to the missions. It's quite expansive in terms of space and there's a lot of neat ship widgets to look at, but it is more of a tech toy than a functional game. I would say it's an 8 out of 10 for a platform to build a game on, but probably only a couple-hour time waster if you're looking for something to get absorbed in.

neonbregna posted:

Your standards for fun in a video game seem pretty low. You should try good games like phantom pain and fallout 4.

Othin posted:

and probably won't actually exist

Beet Wagon posted:

I mean... I joined SA to post about autists.


Are we really so different, them and I?

Othin posted:

ok cool good idea. everyone post patch notes for every game ever.

edit:

here is a random UO patch I found

MeLKoR posted:

Paulus sounds like a decent man Beer, you should listen to him. Get therapy for your anger issues, make a sincere public apology to Sandi and everyone at CIG you have wronged and the community would welcome you back with open arms. It's not too late man, what you did can be still forgiven if you show some humility. And reconsider the people you associate with, I think that deep down you are a good person and it was them that led you astray.

Sarsapariller posted:

Documenting the third night in a row attempting to actually play the drat game.


Mission: same as before, spawn a retaliator, fly to a nearby station, get out. Tonight I am trying bored gamer's user.cfg for improved performance, and turning all settings to low. I have not seen a single twitch streamer who suffers from the same kind of weird stutter that I've been seeing, so I suspect it might be unique to my machine. However every time I've seen it, all the other people in view seem to be paused for the same general time period. I'm also playing later than previously, so maybe being in the off hours will help. We shall see.

Attempt 1: Spawned retaliator, took off from deck, turned it around- black screen, game crash. SIGH. Performance wise, things seemed to be running a bit better though. Smoother framerates, at least.

Attempt 2: Login failed!

Attempt 3: There's a new bug on the block- apparently people who try to connect to the server without hitting "Verify" on the patch will crash it for everyone. Good work CIG! So now it's a roll of the dice to see how long your game'll last before someone who didn't read tries to join in. I get a retaliator spawn and get in the pilot seat but notice that for some reason my character really wants to look left. Like I have a permanent neck cramp or something. So I attempt to ignore it and turn on quantum travel but apparently the neck-thing is affecting my UI as well, because I am getting the "OK to fast travel" indicator when two inches to the left of any given destination. Hmmmm. I hit the "engage" button and sure enough find myself a couple million kilometers out in deep space. Now the whole server says they're getting warnings about being out of bounds- presumably directed at me. Uh-oh. I get out of the pilot's seat and back in, which fixes the neck-cramp bug, and hightail it to a station. Just starting to engage pirates when another black screen crash occurs. On the plus side, I'm not seeing any of the freezing or stuttering prior to crashing. Next attempt I won't gently caress around, I'll go straight to a station and try to finish the mission.

Attempt 4: Login failed!

Attempt 5: I've really gotta stop hitting F9 to watch the mobiglass wiggle around during the get-out-of-bed animation. This time it locked me into the mobiglass screen and I could not move or interact with the world. Whoops. Exited game.

Attempt 6: Enter the world, type into chat "How's the stability tonight?" Run downstairs to spawn a retaliator- crash to desktop. Guess that answers that question.

Attempt 7: Login failed!

Attempt 8: This time when I spawn the retaliator in, there is a badger repeater cannon lying in the middle of the midships lobby when I enter it. Uh. Alright, I'll just... assume that got there naturally. Take off, fly away from the station, crash to desktop. S'getting a bit old at this point.

Attempt 9: Spawned in, ran to the retaliator- actually got it pointed at Covalex Shipping and flew there. Could this be it? The successful test? Started to fly around the station. First impressions- the detail on these things is superb, it really feels great. There's no real overarching theme and I'm not sure why all these stations have got spinning rings when artificial gravity is a thing, but it's well realized. I couldn't find a landing platform and the retaliator maneuvers like a pig so I spent a lot of time scraping paint off on the various greebles. Eventually I figured I'd just find it on foot. Got out of the pilot's seat, went back and tried to negotiate the airlock- the "Use" key opened it but the character had a really hard time getting out. Eventually I had to just fling myself at it and clip through the ship, but it worked. It worked! Mission accomplished. I flew out to the station and flew up and down the length of it without seeing any landing platforms. This was a real moment- space was silent except for my thrusters, and the station and ship just hanging there were quite beautiful. Times like that you realize that if they even come close to what they're shooting for, it will be a remarkable game. Eventually someone in chat told me that to look for some blinking lights and sure enough I found a shattered window and flew in. The interior was in zero-g, and it all just worked, which was almost alarming given the last 3 days of experiences. I got my pistol out and played a bit with the shooting physics- my lasers imparted actual velocity to stuff, although not with any particular rhyme or reason that I could tell. I'd send a vending machine spinning but barely move a briefcase. Still it was neat. I flew around the abandoned station for a while and eventually got a use prompt on a green pad- clicked it, got a "mission complete" in-game message. I guess... I guess I finished a mission? I didn't know I was on one besides the self-imposed ones. Flew back out, stole somebody's gladius that had been left in the vicinity. This was neat too- it actually worked on the first try. Flew it back to the retaliator and tried to board. No luck- the hatches would open and I might go through for a second, but then the "Gravity" would suck me back out again. Backed off to a tremendous distance and pointed straight at the open hatch, then slammed myself into it full speed. That worked, and I bounced around the interior for a second before snapping to the grid. Got back in the pilot's seat and prepared to fly to a repair station when the game finally crashed.

Mission Status: Complete and then some, and after only 3 days and nearly 30 attempts! I'll have to set myself a more difficult one next time.

Summary: There is a game there, and despite all the jankiness it is one I am really excited to play. The zero-g station was a really neat experience. Wouldn't want to firefight in it on a daily basis, but it was cool. The lack of the game-stutter tonight really improved play even though all but one session was only 2-3 minutes long. Every time the game works it is deeply immersive. I can't wait to see what it's like in VR. Ironically I think the non-combat parts of the game will be the biggest draws, in the long run- the weight and jankiness of the character animations really doesn't lend itself to traditional gameplay, but the depth of detail makes it a world I want to spend hours just wandering around. I find it funny that this incredibly buggy, messed-up pre alpha demo that they basically forced out in order to move sales along is the thing that kind of redeems the entire project, in my eyes. It just goes to show how rear end-backwards their approach has been, trying to put out show after show while keeping the true assets close to the vest. I can forgive any number of errors for a product that appears to be earnestly trying, and getting better. CIG, that's all you've ever had to show.

MeLKoR posted:

Paulus sounds like a decent man Beer, you should listen to him. Get therapy for your anger issues, make a sincere public apology to Sandi and everyone at CIG you have wronged and the community would welcome you back with open arms. It's not too late man, what you did can be still forgiven if you show some humility. And reconsider the people you associate with, I think that deep down you are a good person and it was them that led you astray.

Maldoror posted:

Hey everybody

My X79 mobo supports the E7 8890v2 Xeon processor, thinking of spending the $7,000 to get it for Star Citizen.

Thoughts?

Ravane posted:

Happy Thanksgiving eve Star Shitizens! Here's what we can expect in the coming months: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TUCUsNx1HTs

Just replace dad with Christ Roberts.

Booblord Zagats posted:

neonbregna posted:

Your standards for fun in a video game seem pretty low. You should try good games like phantom pain and fallout 4.

Gryphon0468 posted:

Well look at that, the one reasonable Goon.

aleksendr posted:

I have been lurking into this thread for pure entertainement value since around page 30 and it managed to give me a few solid laugh and a weird desire to buy Elite Dangerous with a voice pack for its AI.

If i had any prediction to make, i think 2 scenarios are possible :

The first one is similar to what happened for APB (All Point Bulletin) : The "game" (meaning the PU) will be released (in 2-3 years) as a sordid mess in an financially unsustainable state (no way a semi mmo can support a sttaff of 100+, 5 mocap studios and 3 offices). It will flounder quickly and may be re-launched a few month later with another publisher, transformed in a pure P2W tier unlock arena shooter like War Thunder or World of *

The second one is much more grim. Squadron 42 comes out next year and is utter Shite, selling almost no units since its already been "pre-paid" by almost everyone interested in buying it. Lack of funds cause the whole thing to unravel and it goes under, making the Jpegs akin to tullips in Holland. The assets are sold to some China studio who then proceed to pump out a mobile freemium game with them.

But in my heart of heart, i dreamingly hope it get released next year with 75% of the promised contend and turn out to be a semi-decent if niche game. Goons quickly proceed to get in with starter 40$ packs and ruin everything with cheap tactics, schrewd business sense and good communication, making the Idris and Javelin owners scream with impotence on the forum.

Ravane posted:

Happy Thanksgiving eve Star Shitizens! Here's what we can expect in the coming months: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TUCUsNx1HTs

Just replace dad with Christ Roberts.