Sarsapariller posted:

Here, journalists, I have researched a list of convenient questions for you to ask Chris Roberts in your next totally-not-a-paid-placement interview! No need to thank me- just be sure to read them verbatim.


At Gamescom in April of 2016 you demo'd the "Alpha" of Star Citizen's 3.0 patch, which was slated to introduce NPC's and a larger game world. At the time you indicated that this was set to release before the end of the year.
At the moment, it is 2 months into 2017, and several statements by employees have given the impression that you have not even begun working on 3.0. Is that the case, and if so, what was it that you showed off last year at Gamescom? What prompted you to give late-2016 as a release date?

In an interview with Forbes in 2013, you said: "[Then] an alpha of the single-player game, and then finally a beta of the persistent universe by the end of the year (2014)." Now obviously that was wildly off the mark.
What was behind your estimates at that time, and what has changed to push the release date back by 3+ years with no end in sight? Are you addicted to that little tingle that comes from making declarative statements?

On your forums in 2014, Ben Lesnick, then director of community engagement and content strategy, said: " [... We] plan to launch the Persistent Universe sometime in 2015 and expect to have all the features we’ve talked about to date implemented and functioning (with the help of the community which will be testing them) over the course of the ensuing year." In an interview with Geekdomo in April 2014, Erin Roberts said: "For the first chapter [of Squadron 42], we're aiming for it to be towards the beginning of next year (2015)."What was behind their estimates at that time? It appears that in each of these quotes, the strategy when discussing release dates was just to say something approximately 12 months ahead of the current moment. Would you say your company has some kind of issue with estimating more than 5-6 months out? Would you say that the "Con" in CitizenCon does not, in fact, stand for "Convention?"

In this video, you begin waving your hands while describing procedural generation for star citizen in 2014. In this video, you begin waving your hands while describing procedural generation for star citizen in 2016. These appear to be the same mechanics you've been waving your hands and describing for 2 years. What have you actually accomplished, you intolerable waste of skin?

In september of last year, you angrily denied rumors that the SQ42 was delayed. Less than a month later, you did a complete 180 on that statement and announced that the game was delayed, and promised an update in the near future. It's been 4 months since then and it is increasingly apparent that you weren't anywhere close to finishing the smallest part of this project. When you lie so blatantly, do your testicles kind of shrink up into your body or have you lost the ability to feel shame?

Virtually everything in this timeline is wrong. Are you a loofah-faced poo poo gibbon?

MilesK posted:

happyhippy posted:

Still going for an 'accidental' fire that will occur, and all data destroyed.
Chris then goes 'Welp cant be helped' and retires to the Caribbean with a few million from the insurance.

D_Smart posted:

Meanwhile, latest news over there where a small group of indies are slowly toiling away at a cheaply made massive game...

D_Smart posted:

Meanwhile, latest news over there where a small group of indies are slowly toiling away at a cheaply made massive game...

Kosumo posted:

An 'accidental' fire at all four studios at the same time and they blame it on Derek hacking their fire wall.

Also PROBATE every fucker who post on this page, its the only just thing to do mods.

A lot of Catte Taxxe missing over the last 600 pages

Mirificus posted:

Megabound posted:

So she can grab at your ankles as you walk past while she lies on her back. Also, for tearing apart the sofa.

TrustmeImLegit posted:

yea i just get super triggered whenever i see a non declawed housecat. Its so pointless.

Klyith posted:

Goddamn this is their art team basically twiddling their thumbs because they can't do anything else productive with their time.

Regrettable posted:

Have I mentioned that I really dig the art style and use of color in this game? Because I do.

The Titanic posted:

They could be making assets for the 100 unique solar systems they will have.

But that would require them to have documentation on what exactly will be in these systems.

So naturally, it's redo the same piece of art 50 times as that is really the only stuff actually nailed down.

I'm sure all the art and stuff is done for Sq42, too. Just a matter of plugging in the thing into the stuff and polish up the item for the next release with the meshing.

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... cause we ain't going anywhere for a while.

We’ve also embarked on a significant task of starting to build a database of text needs for Squadron 42 which will outline any terminals, Galactapedia entries, etc. that need to be in-game.
The Backend Team has been hard at work on a massive project to refactor our entire backend infrastructure to a new architecture we’re calling Diffusion.
Considering how so much of our concept art makes heavy use of rectangular lights, we’ve started work on area lights. While this may sound simple, area lights are actually an active area of research for many game studios and are incredibly difficult to get right (both in terms of looks and performance).
Lastly, we’re in the early stages of planning for a new and vastly more efficient particle system that eventually will replace the current one.
A few gems from the report.
There's lots of great work being done all over the place, but we are still far from being "over the hill". I'm not even sure that we are anywhere near the peak even.

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The Backend Team has been hard at work on a massive project to refactor our entire backend infrastructure to a new architecture we’re calling Diffusion

Exinos posted:

Reminder, CIG seriously sold a news ship and people think this is a mechanic that will actually exist.

Chunjee posted:

It's not just the art team unfortunately.

Adding Star Marine was a major doodad. Considering CryEngine is made for FPS games, it will likely pull away engineers and programmers away from more important features as well.

SirPenguin posted:

*runs so fast to laptop that i trip and hit my head on the coffee table and suffer a serious concussion*

m-more like fake news ship...

Ol Cactus Dick posted:

It's like the opposite of the Peter Molyneux interview where they just opened up with calling him a liar.

Megabound posted:

D_Smart posted:

Not that I can recall. But most people like the color art direction. It will look better once we move to UE4 and have the benefit of HDR and PBR, along with the improvements we're going to make to some of the model assets.

Mr.Tophat posted:

I'm playing the original Doom. Every time I open a door with a keycard, I think of CIG. I think of their doors, and I'm at first laughing, because they have these kinds of doors, and then I'm saddened by the knowledge that I will never get to encounter demons the like that CIG studios contain behind prison bars lmao