Tippis posted:

He's differentiating between CryEngine/Lumberyard from “what we've done” — i.e. what's in StarEngine and its MegaMap concept.


Sure, in the sense of “level” = “scene”. The distinction he's making is that the other variations of the engine include the entire scene setup as well — all item positions, NPCs, scripts, and all associated assets yadda yadda — which have been predetermined to form that “level” and which have to be loaded as the level is loaded.

So sure, it has been done in a myriad of other engines before, but it's still a neat subversion even down to a semantic level of one of the cornerstones of the base engine, so I kind of understand that they want to differentiate it from how CE/LY does it by not calling it a “level” any more.

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Nah. That's not the hilarious part. The hilarious part is that, if they actually pushed this concept — the unanchored player-centric space as the subjective “scene” — then they wouldn't even need all the other fancy tech they've been talking about. They wouldn't need 64bit positioning because nothing in that subjective space would require that precision. They wouldn't need local physics grids, because you are only ever exactly where you are and everything else is just Algebra 101 base transforms. What they'd need is the exact thing they're not doing: highly customised and hardened server code running on custom hardware to deal with the (relatively) low-data, but matrix-operation-heavy requirements of keeping track of everyone.

ArfJason posted:

I think trawling through pages and pages of ten million word posts about star citizen to laugh at them is real weird, and that also following people through their twitters to make fun of their families and interior decorations is kind of hosed up. I guess it's not doxxing anymore but it's still weird as all hell.

Either way, please, don't constantly harass and follow people online because they had the wrong opinion of videogames. Don't doxx anyone, and don't send them any hateful messages.

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Chunjee posted:

[*]Artists used too many polygons https://youtu.be/DK2ZBCeKKuQ?t=22m27s

Sabreseven posted:

I'm sorry stopwatches are beyond your means.

Was there a point or were you just being a tard?

Mirificus posted:

Suppose...

Mr. F! posted:

I just think you're a sad person

Mr. F! posted:

I just think you're a sad person

Black Pants posted:

Like there was someone's fantasy story from a while back, imagining themselves and their crew kicking back in the hold of their ship playing cards while someone goes out and does business on the station they're docked at. Why the gently caress do people think that milling around the inside of a ship for such a long time that they'll have time to sit and play cards in their videogame is something multiple people are going to actually want to do?

Beet Wagon posted:

CIG's run out of ships to Archer so they just decided "gently caress it man just make a box with a chair in it these morons will buy anything."

TrustmeImLegit posted:

This goes so far, that they want gamemasters that can start events. They want news broadcasts about current events even with live-mocap. That is his ultimate dream for the game.

Thoatse posted:

At least they Archer'd the chair..

Brazilianpeanutwar posted:

Chunjee posted:

I believe it still slams every possible inch of bandwidth as well.

Mr. F! posted:

I just think you're a sad person

ArfJason posted:

I think trawling through pages and pages of ten million word posts about star citizen to laugh at them is real weird, and that also following people through their twitters to make fun of their families and interior decorations is kind of hosed up. I guess it's not doxxing anymore but it's still weird as all hell.

Either way, please, don't constantly harass and follow people online because they had the wrong opinion of videogames. Don't doxx anyone, and don't send them any hateful messages.

Thoatse posted:

At least they Archer'd the chair..

Zest posted:

The overhead boom mount for the monitors seems like impractical swag, and unless it's extremely well mounted, would wiggle like hell under any gaming use. If they're going for a cockpit aesthetic, a floor mounted wall-o-monitors and some side consoles seem a lot more workable, as well as not costing a fortune in bespoke machining and fabrication. I mean, I love spergy gaming setups, but this just looks like someone saw a homemade cockpit and said "I want that, but more expensive and less practical".

ArfJason posted:

I guess it's not doxxing anymore

Tijuana Bibliophile posted:

the really sad thing is from that angle you can't see the toilet seat

Mirificus posted:

Suppose...

MilesK posted:

Song written in Xi'an
https://soundcloud.com/mjac/xian-war-chan-t2-by-mjac

spacetoaster posted:

I can confirm that it does. You will not be using any other devices in your home while you download this mess.

I've already un-installed it.

MilesK posted:

ArfJason posted:

I think trawling through pages and pages of ten million word posts about star citizen to laugh at them is real weird, and that also following people through their twitters to make fun of their families and interior decorations is kind of hosed up. I guess it's not doxxing anymore but it's still weird as all hell.

Either way, please, don't constantly harass and follow people online because they had the wrong opinion of videogames. Don't doxx anyone, and don't send them any hateful messages.

Zest posted:

The overhead boom mount for the monitors seems like impractical swag, and unless it's extremely well mounted, would wiggle like hell under any gaming use. If they're going for a cockpit aesthetic, a floor mounted wall-o-monitors and some side consoles seem a lot more workable, as well as not costing a fortune in bespoke machining and fabrication. I mean, I love spergy gaming setups, but this just looks like someone saw a homemade cockpit and said "I want that, but more expensive and less practical".

Sabreseven posted:

I had a few minutes to kill.

How much are you in for commando and are you one of the children Ben talks about on his website?

CrazyLoon posted:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SIlnsP6AjP8

TrustmeImLegit posted:

We watched the same video, but through a different lens. A large portion of this thread is literally impossible to please. You are just quite vocal. It doesn't matter one tiny bit what is shown, said, or played, you will always, always want more.

Unfortunately it's to the point of absurdity. You all complain so much about not getting enough detail or insight, but don't realize that the more detailed the information we get is, the less people understand it.

CR even shows an example of this cargo thing in a big demo reveal, but you'll see people on here complaining as if he literally said nothing whatsoever about cargo/cargo missions. It's honestly astounding and disappointing. I've seen people on here have poo poo explained to them in simple terms like that, but then ask how the gently caress it's done in-game. Like.. poo poo dude, do you want a programmer/designer/whatever the hell job-guy to literally sit down and show you how to use his 3-D modelling program, or how to use his scripting program? Sorry, but unless you went to college for that poo poo or learned it over time (which is maybe .05% of this thread), you're not going to know what the hell is going on anyways.

I just don't even get it man.

TrustmeImLegit posted:

Honestly I agree. Most AAA stuff isn't great. I'm thinking SC will be able to either redefine what it means to be AAA or just straight up call it the first AAAA game.