SelenicMartian posted:

alphabettitouretti posted:

That would be better than the reality, which is that it is a bauble called the Pilgrim's cross from the critically acclaimed hit movie Wing Commander. I think he even wore it on his wedding day.

alphabettitouretti posted:

Also I'd like to add that I love it when a new person joins the thread and expresses disbelief at the state of things. It's easy to forget how utterly ludicrous this thing sounds when you've been following it for years and each stupid event is followed by something even more mind boggling.

fuctifino posted:

He wears it like a religious cross.

SelenicMartian posted:

The late Roger Ebert described the script of that movie as "submoronic". Ben is the biggest fan.

fuctifino posted:

AP posted:

That's 3 separate bugs in 15 seconds and all the bloke was trying to do was pull a gun out and walk down some stairs.

Generation Internet posted:

All the mo-cap shot so far was for "Episode 1" of Squadron 42, apparently.

Romes128 posted:

so theres 10 hours of movie just in ep1?

AugmentedVision posted:

Has anyone yet pointed out that this monstrosity would have a net rotational inertia unless the boxes are of different weights? I know, there are computers to compensate for gyroscopic precession when turning, and it's not at all that the people designing this hard sci-fi full of fidelity don't know high school physics.

Beet Wagon posted:

Technically the Vanduul ships use a weird "lay-down" configuration that should make everything fit easier. Plus it has the added benefit of making any two-seater craft they'd implement turn into Star Centipede



Either way the cockpit and controls should be laughably oversized for human pilots, but I think they handwave that away by saying the Vanduul ships humans are flying are refit for human pilots by some company.

iminers posted:

Can anyone tell me why when i run to my ship in my hangar, and bump into it, it glides across my hangar and clips into the ground.

Samizdata posted:

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So, I stopped the video at 2:15 to answer the question. I came to this game for immersive gameplay. For a level of complexity that sets new standards. I don't want to push a button and have an action completed. I want to have that action be something that I create myself. Say, making a meal on a ship. I want to have to open a drawer and pull it out. Open it up. Collect other ingredients to prepare the meal. Put it in the microwave. Cook it. Then sit down properly and eat it. Whether that is alone or with other crewmates. Will doing this take time? Yes. Should there be a mechanic to bypass this? Yes. Professions should offer similarly fine details. Let me in on the accountant side of running a business. Do my books balance at the end of the week? Will I need to do more of something to reach a goal that I've set for myself earlier? Do I have enough UEC to pay my crews or NPC's for the work they've done for me as my employees? Are their enough raw materials in my inventory to get those widgets made at the factory so I can sell them in my shoppes? This is the level of detail I want in Star Citizen. I'd go even deeper than this if I thought more people would get on board.

Then I discover the meal exploded into the microwave, and there's a minigame where I have to scrape off the cooked on food. Then, if I am eating a meal with my crew, I want there to be the chance for one of my crew or myself to start vomiting up white stuff prior to birthing a chestburster. Given the excellent FPS in the game, I am quite sure we will be able to handle it promptly without it slaughtering us all by hiding outside the ship and clipping through the walls to murder us.