The Titanic posted:

Currently the game is in modules, not connected.

There is a jank filled FPS level (Star Marine).

A jank filled racing segment (???).

A jank filled ship arcade wave shooter (Arena Commander).

And a jank filled “persistent universe” that is neither persistent or a universe. This is the most popular part and it symbolizes what they want the future to be.

Except functional, not janky, full of promises, and filled with 1000 people in a single instance at a time having massive fleet battles as they battle in space, on board the ships fighting in space, on the ground, and also bring video recorded by a news van space ship simultaneously. Also everybody has face over ip because you need to be immersed fully when watching somebody playing a video game because that is when they are most expressionate.

Right now you can log in, go to your shop, and run a couple of missions between a two space stations and some random comm array things.

Overall there is approximately two hours of content if you don’t crash, and everything after that is just “because you are a masochist”.

There is no trading, mining, or other stuff. You can log in and shoot at other players or some AI pirates that have minimal actual AI.

Supposedly you can also push around a vending machine, but only you can see it.

There may be more now, but it is all in secret avocado testing, but rumor has it don’t expect much.

Good luck, Citizen. You better buy in now.

Mirificus posted:

Blue On Blue posted:

Jesus Christ these people will attack / defend anything , even if it has almost 0 to do with star citizen.

You drive a Toyota ?? gently caress you I hope you burn in hell only true citizens drive porsche , I just ordered the exact same one Chris has!

You simply don't have the commitment the rest of us do go join Derek fart and get a refund Goon

Mirificus posted:

McGiggins posted:

Toxx on it. SC will be released as a final product by then, or you're banned. You may choose to eat a "genuine leather" belt in video for the thread to avoid the ban.

reddit posted:

I swear to God, Reddit is full of just the stupidest loving people...

AP posted:

https://twitter.com/SandiGardiner/status/922979376777519105

AP posted:

Moma at least has the guts to post, unlike the r/ds idiots that read this thread with sa accounts and yet are too scared to say anything.

TheLastRoboKy posted:

Don't worry Pacific Rim 2 hopefuls, there's a Mazinger Z movie coming out in January.


It's even funnier when you remember all you need to play SC well is a mouse.

Quavers posted:

https://www.reddit.com/r/starcitizen/comments/78j9iz/more_30_spoilers_from_my_avocado_friend/

Patch G gave me 60FPS on the US server for the first time, and it didn't drop me to less than 30 FPS on a full server.

AP posted:

https://twitter.com/SandiGardiner/status/922979376777519105

Mirificus posted:

Vertisce of r/ds attempting research on a non-Derek Smart topic


Shuttle Crew Operations Manual - 2.13 GNC - Translational Hand Controller (THC)


Shuttle Commander's Station - THC is visible to the left of the Rotational Hand Controller

ZenMaster posted:

Please forgive my ignorance. Tell me I am being stupid if so but...

What is this idiotic "stress testing" they keep doing? My word, either it works with fifty players or it doesn't. Like do they think the game will break if you fly through a canyon with others but not alone? In all those notes what the hey hey are they stressing?

Isn't stress testing not about breaking the game but making sure the instance player limit doesn't destroy the FPS?

ZenMaster posted:

Please forgive my ignorance. Tell me I am being stupid if so but...

What is this idiotic "stress testing" they keep doing? My word, either it works with fifty players or it doesn't. Like do they think the game will break if you fly through a canyon with others but not alone? In all those notes what the hey hey are they stressing?

Isn't stress testing not about breaking the game but making sure the instance player limit doesn't destroy the FPS?

Arms_Akimbo posted:

Half that

Quavers posted:

https://www.reddit.com/r/starcitizen/comments/78j9iz/more_30_spoilers_from_my_avocado_friend/

And I'm back with another email excerpt with a very busy Avocado friend. Here's more questions with a lot of long answers and no filter or edits.

Q: How's testing this week?
A: So far, we've had 4 new patches each smaller than 1GB, thanks to the delta patcher. We recently had a concurrency test in the USA server to help CIG stress the servers and give them valuable data. We all had to take a Gladius and QT to any moon and traverse around the surface. The past weekend, we had a Yela and Daymar challenge testing where we traverse Yela and Daymar looking for biota, derelicts and outposts, test quantum linking of ships to Quantum Travel as a fleet, cram as many ships as possible into GrimHex, get as many ships in formation low level flying along the surface of Yela and Daymar, try to have the largest biker gang on each moon, do canyon runs in fleet formation and do formation flying entering the atmosphere with atmospheric effects. Screenshots and video captures were sent to a specific ETF thread for CIG to collect and get amused. Other than that, testing is up to you as long as you follow the patch notes' directions.

Q: How's performance in the most recent patches?
A: E and F were dogshit with constant 30K errors and CTDs. Patch G gave me 60FPS on the US server for the first time, and it didn't drop me to less than 30 FPS on a full server. Other Avocados reported occasional errors and CTDs, but I was able to test for a couple hours at a time and I was able to visit a few outposts in all 3 moons and Delamar without crashing constantly. Then H came around as an 800MB patch along with the Gladius-Moon focused testing and my FPS tanked back to the 20s, presumably because we were stressing full servers with as much Avocados as possible in staggered waves with military precision. That happened last night under Proxus and Underscore's direction while Ahmed pulled the server plug after each wave.

Q: Have there been more directed tests?
A: Besides the ones I mentioned already, no. Trading Kiosks are open for testing with the latest patch, so we might get cargo-trade-focused testing runs this weekend.

Q: Have there been new things to test since our last chat?
A: Some ships that were previously broken or floating off the landing pads are now able to be tested, like the Vanguards, Connies, Prospector, Merlin, and others. The Ursa is drivable again and the bikes are less jerky, so you can haul them to the moons and use the race track. Biker gangs are a thing now, and formation flying and QTing is online via quantum linking of ships using the COMMS MFD. Cargo and trading kiosks came online with H, so we can buy and sell cargo now with 0 profit. 1 SCU of cargo costs 10aUEC each and we can choose what ship to store them. The Caterpillar seems to have the most cargo capacity AFAIK. The Port Olisar to Levski run is the farthest and longest run, but it's satisfying to me. You can find cargo boxes you can carry from derelict sites and outposts that you can then sell, assuming you don't crash or get the dreaded errors.

Q: How accurate are the leaked patch notes?
A: Very accurate. It's an easy copy-paste leak.

Q: What's your favorite thing to do in 3.0?
A: Seriously? Cargo runs and exploring unmarked moon outposts. Each one has its own company or style, ie Rayari, ArcCorp, Benson, etc.. Some outposts are just small shelters, while other outposts have everything you need to settle in and take off your space suit because it has breathable atmosphere. You mean the interior? Yeah some have ASOP terminals, cargo boxes, office rooms, bunks, storage rooms, small kitchenettes, space weed rooms, laboratories, and creepy teddy bears. Outside the outposts, there are landing pads where you can spawn vehicles, various mining and industrial structures, solar panels, communication towers, and what look like moisture farms which explain the interior atmosphere in large outposts. Some outposts have NPC outlaws that you can kill to access the interior. This is done through the missions app with different categories like job, investigation and retrieval, but the mission system still needs some fixing and tweaking.

Q: How are the NPCs this time around?
A: CIG enabled them again, so they're running around Port Olisar and Levski, fixing poo poo, manning various stores, leaning on walls, scratching armpits, sitting on benches, having inaudible conversations, etc.. There's no NPC ships that fly around just yet. I'd prefer it that way for ETF testing because Port Olisar is busy enough as it is with space ATC enabled and dipshits loving around instead of following directions or using ATC. Miles still can't be interacted with, but I'm sure CIG is working on it.

Q: I'm sorry to ask again. When do you think we'll get PTU? CitizenCon?
A: That's way too optimistic. We just started the second phase of ETF testing aka cargo and trade. We've yet to really test the missions system. My honest prediction is not in November or December. I know the public is dying to get their hands on 3.0, but realistically don't expect it by Christmas to be brutally honest. There's a probability that CIG will open it up to PTU on New Years' Eve, but that's pure speculation and optimistic at that. I don't like to speculate, so please stop asking me about dates.

Yeah, I'm optimistic. Yeah, my friend knows about me leaking this private conversation. Yeah, that was stupid of me to not blur out his PC specs, but I think he'll be fine. Please don't send me threats this time around. I'm not the one who signed the NDA and I'm sure I'm not breaking any subreddit rules.

Enjoy and discuss.

Blue On Blue posted:

Whatever happened to the guy that was building a motion simulator that looked like it would launch him into the concrete at 60mph the first time he tried to take off from port ollisar ?

Dogeh posted:

While this is a great soap opera, All My Children is better.

Foo Diddley posted:

Wow, sounds like they'll have constant 60 fps with 1000 people on in no time at all. It's just a matter of working their way up from here, not of completely scrapping whatever bullshit they have going on that ties framerate to network performance

D_Smart posted:

Right now, the only reason it goes above 20 fps is if you're ALONE and playing with yourself

Mc Do Well posted:

If he died trying it out we'd never know.