Star Citizen: Big MoMA's House

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Sushi in Yiddish: Feb 2, 2008

Dapper Dan posted:

Don't forget the ten year ban for dissenting on a completely different forum. Or the hilarious connection to the failed Gizmondo which was a money laundering scam.

Star Citizen is a cornucopia of poo poo and it's harvest time baby

# ¿ Oct 26, 2015 01:21

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# ¿ Dec 12, 2024 12:08

Sushi in Yiddish: Feb 2, 2008

Romes128 posted:

I think you mean hercule

Star Citizen: The Home For Infinite Losers

# ¿ Oct 27, 2015 02:38

Sushi in Yiddish: Feb 2, 2008

No Man's Sky announced for June '16. Where will Star Citizen be at by that point?

# ¿ Oct 27, 2015 18:31

Sushi in Yiddish: Feb 2, 2008

I still can't believe there hasn't been a SC specific Photoshop Phriday.

# ¿ Oct 29, 2015 21:48

Sushi in Yiddish: Feb 2, 2008

RVWinkle posted:

Hmm...I just realized we openly mock people who buy jpeg space ships yet buying jpeg avatars is socially acceptable and encouraged. Where do we stand on buying jpeg space ship avatars?

Jpegs here make you laugh. CIGs Jpegs make you cry

# ¿ Oct 31, 2015 03:06

Sushi in Yiddish: Feb 2, 2008

G0RF posted:

Since you're a model, Sandi, this isn't doxxing...

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Ironically enough with this car, this is the most expensive jpeg ever posted in this thread.

# ¿ Nov 3, 2015 04:56

Sushi in Yiddish: Feb 2, 2008

That was certainly a sequence of words.

# ¿ Nov 3, 2015 08:00

Sushi in Yiddish: Feb 2, 2008

Nicholas posted:

Hi Octopode, I'm a software developer. I don't develop video games so maybe I'm talking about my rear end here but lets say I wanted to make a space game the first thing I would do is make a list of things I wanted to do in my game. For example:

1. Fly spaceships in outer space
2. Seemlessly land my spaceship on a planet and exit my space ship and start shooting people with guns
3. Ability to have multiple player characters commanding / exploring / boarding a vehicle that is moving
4. Have a persistant online / MMO component
4b. Have a drink mixing mini game

To save time I entertain the idea of licensing an existing game engine instead of writing my own from scratch. This comes with one large caveat, I need to become intimately familiar with the limitations of the engine I choose. Of course, I shouldn't full commit to an engine before I'm abosolutely sure it'll do what I need it do, or at the very least, be capable (read: well written and organized code) of letting me extend it to suit my needs.

At this point I'd probably do a proof of concept. Spend, I don't know 4-6 weeks trying to to implement all the functionality in my list at the most basic level while making notes about what can't be accomplished with out further engine development and how realistic those change are. At the end of that time I should have some thing that looks almost like a very very primitive game and have a good feel for what is possible going forward.

I probably wouldve written things down like "Engine doesn't support 64bit precision", "Netcode is optimized for low-velocity, weakly predictable movement (like an FPS) and not high velocity, highly predictable movements (such as a spaceship flying through space)", "has difficultly scaling to more than 6 players on a server at once", "was it fun to play", etc.

Anyway, getting back to your post. If at any point I wrote down something along the lines of "What the engine provides and what I need to do are vastly different beasts" I'd probably at that point look for a new engine which better suits my needs, or decide that I should write my own engine from scratch. At most I've wasted a few weeks of my small dev team's time.

That is not what happened with SC, mainly because Roberts began making these decisions well AFTER deciding on using Cry Engine, because he realized the more poo poo he promised, the more money he can fleece from nerds. "ITS PRE-ALPHA" is such a retarded sentiment at this point, 3+ years on. The base mechanics shouldve have been in place (and fun to play) after a few months, or they should have been working on the engine in seclusion for however long it takes to get to that point. Instead they just keep adding more and more poo poo to the pile and poor idiots keep falling for it.

ps. i hope your wife is doing better

When you boil away the t-rex arms, allegations of insane money waste, genital shaving and hilarious Gary Old Man memes, it's just that the project was from pretty early on doomed to fail. The people who could have or did say no were removed and as long as there's money to burn, and they made tons of wrong decisions building the game that they've doubled down on while the money piles in.

Sushi in Yiddish fucked around with this message at 08:08 on Nov 3, 2015

# ¿ Nov 3, 2015 08:06

Sushi in Yiddish: Feb 2, 2008

MeLKoR posted:

poo poo, I'm starting to feel we're being played.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v7djYYE63Ug

# ¿ Nov 3, 2015 22:03

Sushi in Yiddish: Feb 2, 2008

# ¿ Nov 4, 2015 16:08

Sushi in Yiddish: Feb 2, 2008

SneakyFrog posted:

SUCK IT DOWN

Madcatz: Selling overpriced shittily made peripherals to nerds for decades

# ¿ Nov 4, 2015 16:11

Sushi in Yiddish: Feb 2, 2008

John Romero's gonna make you his PAAAAAAARP :yarg:

# ¿ Nov 4, 2015 16:16

Sushi in Yiddish: Feb 2, 2008

FrankieGoes posted:

Croberts builds mocap studio for game he was funded to create.

Game that croberts built mocap studio for goes tits up and dies on the vine.

Croberts still has mocap studio.

Croberts makes money off mocap studio.

I love that this is all the Mark Kern "we're building a state of the art studio to produce Firefall related videos and rent out our studio" fiasco with a bunch of extra zeroes added on.

# ¿ Nov 6, 2015 06:17

Sushi in Yiddish: Feb 2, 2008

The analogy isn't whether Democrats should be talking to Fox News, its whether politicians should be talking to Stormfront.

# ¿ Nov 7, 2015 17:08

Sushi in Yiddish: Feb 2, 2008

You guys probably saw this already: http://www.polygon.com/2015/11/7/9687934/someone-has-spent-30000-on-star-citizen-and-says-hell-spend-more

quote:

The gamer, whose handle is Ozy311, describes taking on second jobs in real life to come up with the money (he says he hasn't financed anything) and calls Star Citizen creator Chris Roberts one of the three most influential persons in his life. (The other two also are not relatives.) He weighs in against accusations hurled at Roberts and his studio following a year of delays to core components of the game.Even better, Ozy311 says he knows he'll end up spending more money. Really, read the entire interview. Regardless of how you feel about Star Citizen, it is transfixing and worth your attention.

I'm sure this will be a rational and completely mentally all-there person.

# ¿ Nov 7, 2015 17:54

Sushi in Yiddish: Feb 2, 2008

Gotta hear both sides of the fence huh man

# ¿ Nov 7, 2015 18:13

Sushi in Yiddish: Feb 2, 2008

A DS tactical blunder so immense it got me to agree with reddit, goddamn what a day it's been.

# ¿ Nov 7, 2015 21:14

Sushi in Yiddish: Feb 2, 2008

More like Vox Poop-uli

# ¿ Nov 7, 2015 22:24

Sushi in Yiddish: Feb 2, 2008

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BBhNb3LQDEs

# ¿ Nov 7, 2015 22:51

Sushi in Yiddish: Feb 2, 2008

# ¿ Nov 8, 2015 00:16

Sushi in Yiddish: Feb 2, 2008

The rocket represents Star Citizen.

# ¿ Nov 8, 2015 00:18

Sushi in Yiddish: Feb 2, 2008

This thread was literally better when Derek was telling us why it was ok to have a chat with a neo nazi

# ¿ Nov 8, 2015 22:12

Sushi in Yiddish: Feb 2, 2008

A Neurotic Jew posted:

I still don't get why more journalists haven't looked into what's actually going on with this game - either to confirm what's been said or to report that's everything is going fine. You would think that after the escapist article other journalists would want to get in on what it is a pretty major story in gaming, even if it were just to say "we've looked into this and there is no evidence behind the escapist and derek smart". There was that one Kotaku reporter who said he's heard stuff and that the escapist article was "unprofessional", but they still haven't touched it.

It's not like CIG is some major publisher where they would need to worry that much about a long term relationship, either. I know it's a lovely industry and everything, but that's precisely why I would expect a bunch of exposes for clicks.

Most websites lean strongly towards giving devs the benefit of a doubt while games are in development unless it's been in a duke nuukem style development hell, because when something is a retail/finished product its easier to criticize and talk about. Its murkier when games are in KS or early access and literally taking money before the game is done.

# ¿ Nov 8, 2015 23:50

Sushi in Yiddish: Feb 2, 2008

Good Dumplings posted:

What is the big deal with TIE Fighter's missions, anyway? I remember the dynamic music and the nicer flight model and AI, but not the missions.

Tie fighter was pretty neat when you get a few campaigns in, and you're not just fighting against rebels and pirates, but getting caught up in Imperial intrigue. A bunch of missions have secondary and secret objectives that hint about an Imperial Admiral doing some shady poo poo that the emperor wouldn't like. In one of the most memorable missions, you are running a test exercise with starfighters from the traitor admiral when he announces he wants you dead and you have to escape with a bunch of tie fighters chasing after you

This is a great article talking about Tie Fighter and why it was such a big step forward from x-wing.

quote:

I completely missed the cloaked Secret Order member sitting behind briefing officer the first time he appeared in TIE Fighter. Focused as I was on the next mission, I just plowed right through to the hangar and completely failed to notice the shadowy figure hanging around in the background. But in so doing, I inadvertently missed out on one of TIE Fighter's more interesting elements.

The Secret Order, as I later discovered, served to offer a glimpse of the bigger picture. In the very first campaign, they have you inspect fleeing shuttles and cargo transports, darkly hinting that something may be amiss. And as it turns out, they're right. At the conclusion of the first battle, an Imperial Admiral is shown offering up his fleet to the rebellion ("For a price," he growls), and the stage is set for the traitor arc that dominates the latter half of the game.

The Secret Order perfectly embodies TIE Fighter's storytelling, which (like much of the rest of the game) has a decidedly minimalistic quality. In an era in which PC game developers experimented heavily with FMV cutscenes, TIE Fighter opted to use in-game messages, briefings, and the odd cutscene to get its message across. At no point does it feature the sort of sprawling cinematic sequences that came to characterize Wing Commander, and most of the background information is compartmentalized in the source material that comes with the game � this being when games still had manuals. For the most part, TIE Fighter prefers to let its actual missions do the talking.

http://www.usgamer.net/articles/tie-fighter-retrospective

# ¿ Nov 10, 2015 08:08

Sushi in Yiddish: Feb 2, 2008

Also our main UI programmer ah, they had an unfortunate fall down an elevator shaft.
And landed on some bullets.

# ¿ Nov 14, 2015 15:08

Sushi in Yiddish: Feb 2, 2008

Madcosby posted:

i guess you could say his wrists are

two weaks

# ¿ Nov 15, 2015 10:07

Sushi in Yiddish: Feb 2, 2008

MilesK posted:

Lol, the full game comes out in two weeks, Croberts and Dsmart hug on stage and laugh. It was all Sandi's brilliant new marketing scheme.

That is a NWO Black/NWO Wolf Pac level conspiracy and I would both hate and love to see it happen.

# ¿ Nov 15, 2015 20:10

Sushi in Yiddish: Feb 2, 2008

ShredsYouSay posted:

Does anyone still like the original Deus Ex?

I go back and play it every other year. Still a fantastic game. The shooting starts off pretty inaccurate and frustrating but the writing and atmosphere is still top notch.

smashthestate

# ¿ Nov 17, 2015 01:27

Sushi in Yiddish: Feb 2, 2008

peter gabriel posted:

Chris Roberts Autobiography

Page 127

"Gary Oldman? [Sigh] Let me tell you something about Gary Oldman, in fact that whole Hollywood actor stuff. That wasn't me, that came from, of all people, Ben.
It's something I have to accept, that people will never believe that, I've got this name as a wannabe, a Hollywood reject, whatever the term, you know, I was like that. Way back when. Wing Commander thrived off of all that bullshit, I got to loving hang out with Luke loving Skywalker for Christ sakes, so I do get why people think the Oldman situation was down to me, but it was Ben.

You have to understand one thing about Ben, he just wants to please everyone. He was a good guy and we still miss him. We honestly thought that bridge would hold.
Still, [jolting upright] Ben had this daily ritual where he'd come in, and yeah yeah yeah, he'd eat like a motherfucker, big surprise, ya da ya da. Anyway he'd always do the same thing every single day [laughs]. He'd eat his morning snack and out of the burger wrappers he'd do this weird scrunching thing, like totally screwing them up into tight little balls. We ignored it, as I say, nice guy, you let things go, whatever - everyone has their quirks.
So after a couple of months of this, like seriously, sixty days or so I finally give in and wait til he's away from his desk and go and have a proper look. [laughs] He's only gone and made the full loving cast of the Wing Commander Movie out of scrunched up burger wrappers.
I mean, all of them, all in a row stood there with these blank lifeless expressions on their mangled faces. [laughs] Man, all of them, Hammil up front and centre.

[Chris stops laughing at this point and goes silent for around 30 seconds] Then, then I hear it, from behind me. A slow, deliberate voice - "We can bring them back Chris, for real, we can bring them all back, all in a row, but alive. Like the old days Chris, just me and you. And them, alive."

That's the day we decided to build a bigger office."

These are fantastic and I love Chris Roberts as played by Elliot Gould from ocean's 11

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1mJf24luhuo
I owe you from the thing with the guy with the Wing Commander, and I'll never forget it!

# ¿ Nov 17, 2015 02:23

Sushi in Yiddish: Feb 2, 2008

Spaced God posted:

Yo for real though, can we just take a second to acknowledge that the best genre of sandwiches are fat sandwiches and anyone who denies that is loving incorrect?
Best sandwich is one from the hole in the wall down the road where I grew up. Bacon + Lettuce + Tomato + Chicken Fingers + French Fries + Honey Barbeque sauce. I had to starve myself all day to eat it, but gently caress it was worth it.

If y'all are ever in north NJ loving grab one of them. And eat it while questioning why you were in NJ.

I would like to try Disco Fries from NJ sometime.

# ¿ Nov 17, 2015 07:01

Sushi in Yiddish: Feb 2, 2008

SirPhoebos posted:

Great, this thread has found a new way to go to poo poo

..so what's everyone's favorite Anime?

I enjoy a good Lupin the III from time to time. Watching the gundam OAVs from the 80s for the first time and they are fuckin' good

After growing up on Gundam Wing and Gundam SEED, knowing that there's more good Gundam out there than just 08 MS Team is great!

For 2015, the new Osomatsu series is pretty funny

# ¿ Nov 17, 2015 17:48

Sushi in Yiddish: Feb 2, 2008

Kimsemus posted:

Final victory achieved. Got my 2012 money back.

Hey, congrats man. How long did it take them to get it out to you?

# ¿ Nov 17, 2015 21:18

Sushi in Yiddish: Feb 2, 2008

G0RF posted:

"New video from Sandi's Facebook.... and Razer logo?"

Man, those Facebook comments are "cancerous"-- it's like there are actually backers who don't believe in this game anymore and they're actually voicing their opinions about it...

I'm the 12 dollar ikea lamp in the multi million dollar new office

# ¿ Nov 18, 2015 19:30

Sushi in Yiddish: Feb 2, 2008

MilesK posted:

So I happen to be in Austin this week. Anyone know if CIG still has offices where I can go, meet the game developers, and key "paaarp" into the side of their cars? Or is that taking this too far?

Also congrats bootcha, if you're having a $200,000 party to celebrate, I'll bring the weed.

I imagine CIG Austin is now just the barren shell of a building the Phantom Console devs were using back in the early 2000s.

# ¿ Nov 18, 2015 22:48

Sushi in Yiddish: Feb 2, 2008

Jst0rm posted:

What movie is this?

I too wish to know this.

# ¿ Nov 18, 2015 23:00

Sushi in Yiddish: Feb 2, 2008

The Real Foogla posted:

do you guys get Hela spicy ketchup in the states? it's awesome with turkey, fried chicken or fries

Searching up the different sauces mentioned of late and recognized this one. German Curry ketchup is pretty good! If you live in a place that doesnt' have a lot of European/international grocery stores, Cost Plus world market is usually easier to find. I'm gonna take a trip there to pick up some Salad cream and HP sauce

If you're looking for an excellent Japanese sauce I highly recommend this: http://www.amazon.com/Red-Shell-Teriyaki-Sauce-fl-oz/dp/B004I41T7C

They also make an very good miso salad dressing.

# ¿ Nov 19, 2015 06:16

Sushi in Yiddish: Feb 2, 2008

McGiggins posted:

Friend Bootcha, you're an idiot if you can't talk poo poo with your friend and just not mention that his life will soon fall apart to the mocking laughter of a dozen goons.

Be there with him and just not talk about that poo poo, so he feels he can talk to you when he inevitably does need help.

There is no conflict of interest if you do not broach the most important subject that needs broaching.

E: If he's a true friend, you won't let this bullshit get in the way when it doesn't need to. No NDA can control who you associate with, and the burden of proof is on them to prove that your out of work socialization between long time friends (I assume) is anything other than just that.

People are fired at CIG for POSSIBLY being leaks or rolling their eyes during a livestream. There's no way they wouldn't flip out if Ben was spotted still on speaking terms with an apostate that cost them hundreds of thousands of dollars

# ¿ Nov 19, 2015 07:09