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TychoCelchuuuTychoCelchuuu PIGEONRegistered User regular
edited May 2022 in Games and Technology
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Star Citizen is Chris Roberts' new game. Chris Roberts is the guy behind Wing Commander, Starlancer, and Freelancer. He had huge ambitions for Freelancer and the game was completely failing to get made so Microsoft kicked him out and got the game done without him. That cannot happen with Star Citizen, because he is self-publishing it based on money people spend on spaceships, so likely the game will never get finished. The single player campaign is called "Squadron 42" and the plan was for that to have come out many years ago, so chances are that will never get finished either.

The ambitions are very high: Star Citizen is an open world MMO where you play as the pilot, rather than the ship, meaning everything from docking stations to cargo to medical evacuations to mining to piracy to bounty hunting to transportation to planet colonization to system exploration is all entirely simulated and immersive.

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    doomybeardoomybear Hi People Registered User regular
    ...Ancient Rome?

    what a happy day it is
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    TychoCelchuuuTychoCelchuuu PIGEON Registered User regular
    doomybear wrote: »
    ...Ancient Rome?
    yes

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    SmokeStacksSmokeStacks Registered User regular
    I wish the Argo cargo had a jump drive and a door from the cockpit to the cargo area.

    It would make a much better space hobo camper than the Mustang Beta.

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    HappylilElfHappylilElf Registered User regular
    doomybear wrote: »
    ...Ancient Rome?

    In the empire on the wane sense not togas and sandals sense

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    HardtargetHardtarget There Are Four Lights VancouverRegistered User regular
    Wait, where did this ancient rome business come from? And if the campaign is the fall of ancient Rome why would you want to be a citizen anymore at the end if it if your government has fallen.

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    Just_Bri_ThanksJust_Bri_Thanks Seething with rage from a handbasket.Registered User, ClubPA regular
    The Empire is modeled off of ancient rome, and the ICC is in decline. It hasn't fallen.

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    VoodooVVoodooV Registered User regular
    I thought there wasn't going to be any arguing in this thread. Another broken Chris Roberts promise. Derek Smart was right all along!

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    emp123emp123 Registered User regular
    HappylilElf wrote: »
    doomybear wrote: »
    ...Ancient Rome?

    In the empire on the wane sense not togas and sandals sense

    Wait, I dont get to run around my ship in togas and sandals? What have they been spending my money on!?

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    TransporterTransporter Registered User regular
    I saw Space Marine and came here as fast as I could.

    Are there Heretics? PLEASE TELL ME THERE ARE HERETICS

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    ErlkönigErlkönig Seattle, WARegistered User regular
    Transporter wrote: »
    I saw Space Marine and came here as fast as I could.

    Are there Heretics? PLEASE TELL ME THERE ARE HERETICS

    This kind of Heretic? I wish!

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    SurfpossumSurfpossum A nonentity trying to preserve the anonymity he so richly deserves.Registered User regular
    GONG-00 wrote: »
    Rius wrote: »
    I'll accept this game in whatever format it comes as long as it doesn't have "fetch me six bear asses, Colonel!" quests.

    Will you accept "Take my 4 ton cargo of Adult HoloVids to the Mining Outpost in that sector" contracts?
    Also the HoloVids will all be from the series SpaceXXX: Bare Asses (in Space).

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    yossarian_livesyossarian_lives Registered User regular
    What about sex bots? I'm asking for my friend... Johnny... Johnny Spaceguy.

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    TychoCelchuuuTychoCelchuuu PIGEON Registered User regular
    Transporter wrote: »
    I saw Space Marine and came here as fast as I could.

    Are there Heretics? PLEASE TELL ME THERE ARE HERETICS
    that's a joke sorry

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    NEO|PhyteNEO|Phyte They follow the stars, bound together. Strands in a braid till the end.Registered User regular
    TychoCelchuuu wrote: »
    Transporter wrote: »
    I saw Space Marine and came here as fast as I could.

    Are there Heretics? PLEASE TELL ME THERE ARE HERETICS
    that's a joke sorry

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    HappylilElfHappylilElf Registered User regular
    Hardtarget wrote: »
    Wait, where did this ancient rome business come from? And if the campaign is the fall of ancient Rome why would you want to be a citizen anymore at the end if it if your government has fallen.

    The setting is not inspired by ancient Rome, it's inspired by the fall of the Roman Empire

    The fall of the Roman Empire took centuries

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    ElvenshaeElvenshae Registered User regular
    Rius wrote:
    You know, as long as there's an appreciable effect to bringing 4 tons of adult holovids to a mining outpost? Sure. If the mining outpost suddenly experiences a drop in productivity, raising the buy costs for imported minerals in nearby sectors? Or if the drop in attentiveness 'cause everyone's doing the solo tango to videos of Eccentrica Gallumbits makes it easier to steal loaded containers of Ultratanium from the outpost? Sure.

    But if my 4 tons of holovids disappears down the same hole that the 4 trillion tons delivered by other pilots does, well then no.

    The triple-breasted whore from Eroticon 6?

    I don't believe she exists.

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    daveNYCdaveNYC Why universe hate Waspinator? Registered User regular
    They switched game engines from CryEngine to Amazon's Lumberyard as part of the 2.6 Alpha release.

    Shut up, Mr. Burton! You were not brought upon this world to get it!
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    NEO|PhyteNEO|Phyte They follow the stars, bound together. Strands in a braid till the end.Registered User regular
    Also Star Marine went open to all backers with the same. Played a match the other day, felt decent enough, but I don't really play that style of bangshooty to have any frame of reference regarding gameplay polish and the like.

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    HardtargetHardtarget There Are Four Lights VancouverRegistered User regular
    edited December 2016
    daveNYC wrote: »
    They switched game engines from CryEngine to Amazon's Lumberyard as part of the 2.6 Alpha release.

    sadly the stupid christmas forum preventing me from posting this when they emailed that out. When that email came in I just couldn't fucking believe it.

    I still can't.

    what a shit show this game is right now in my opinion. I hope everybody is enjoying their bullshit mediocre FPS game that got bolted on to the thing I actually backed in kickstarter.

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    SmokeStacksSmokeStacks Registered User regular
    Lumberyard is literally just CryEngine with better networking, calm down dude.

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    AiserouAiserou Registered User regular
    Hardtarget wrote: »
    daveNYC wrote: »
    They switched game engines from CryEngine to Amazon's Lumberyard as part of the 2.6 Alpha release.

    sadly the stupid christmas forum preventing me from posting this when they emailed that out. When that email came in I just couldn't fucking believe it.

    I still can't.

    what a shit show this game is right now in my opinion. I hope everybody is enjoying their bullshit mediocre FPS game that got bolted on to the thing I actually backed in kickstarter.

    ???

    It took two engineers 2 days to accomplish according to Roberts. They were basically already on the same version of Cryengine. They lost none of their customized solutions, either.

    The only thing this really changes is now they have direct, in-engine access to Amazon servers. They also aren't as tied to Crytek, who seem to be teetering on the edge as a company.

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    HardtargetHardtarget There Are Four Lights VancouverRegistered User regular
    edited December 2016
    SmokeStacks wrote: »
    Lumberyard is literally just CryEngine with better networking, calm down dude.

    i literally did not know that


    whatever, star marine is still stupid and I'm mad about it! :P

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    Just_Bri_ThanksJust_Bri_Thanks Seething with rage from a handbasket.Registered User, ClubPA regular
    Cig were directly asked how a failing crytech effected them, and they said not at all. They didn't depend on the company for anything. All this switch does is save them from having to recode the networking themselves, saving time and resources.

    I knew those click bait headlines were going to be problematic the moment I saw the first one.

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    emp123emp123 Registered User regular
    Aiserou wrote: »
    Hardtarget wrote: »
    daveNYC wrote: »
    They switched game engines from CryEngine to Amazon's Lumberyard as part of the 2.6 Alpha release.

    sadly the stupid christmas forum preventing me from posting this when they emailed that out. When that email came in I just couldn't fucking believe it.

    I still can't.

    what a shit show this game is right now in my opinion. I hope everybody is enjoying their bullshit mediocre FPS game that got bolted on to the thing I actually backed in kickstarter.

    ???

    It took two engineers 2 days to accomplish according to Roberts. They were basically already on the same version of Cryengine. They lost none of their customized solutions, either.

    The only thing this really changes is now they have direct, in-engine access to Amazon servers. They also aren't as tied to Crytek, who seem to be teetering on the edge as a company.

    TIL Crytek hasn't made a Far Cry game since the first one. Jesus. Hope their engine licensing deals are solid...

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    HardtargetHardtarget There Are Four Lights VancouverRegistered User regular
    edited December 2016
    emp123 wrote: »
    Aiserou wrote: »
    Hardtarget wrote: »
    daveNYC wrote: »
    They switched game engines from CryEngine to Amazon's Lumberyard as part of the 2.6 Alpha release.

    sadly the stupid christmas forum preventing me from posting this when they emailed that out. When that email came in I just couldn't fucking believe it.

    I still can't.

    what a shit show this game is right now in my opinion. I hope everybody is enjoying their bullshit mediocre FPS game that got bolted on to the thing I actually backed in kickstarter.

    ???

    It took two engineers 2 days to accomplish according to Roberts. They were basically already on the same version of Cryengine. They lost none of their customized solutions, either.

    The only thing this really changes is now they have direct, in-engine access to Amazon servers. They also aren't as tied to Crytek, who seem to be teetering on the edge as a company.

    TIL Crytek hasn't made a Far Cry game since the first one. Jesus. Hope their engine licensing deals are solid...

    they made the 3 crysis games....

    then they made that super bad homefront game and now the company is apparently fucked

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    VoodooVVoodooV Registered User regular
    Just_Bri_Thanks wrote: »
    Cig were directly asked how a failing crytech effected them, and they said not at all. They didn't depend on the company for anything. All this switch does is save them from having to recode the networking themselves, saving time and resources.

    I knew those click bait headlines were going to be problematic the moment I saw the first one.

    Yeah my facebook feed is full of clickbait/fakenews crap about this move. To be fair though, I had no idea what Lumberyard was, the email they sent out made it sound like it was just a cloud platform that took over for a lot of the infrastructure/datacenter issues. I had no idea it was an engine until all the clickbait articles showed up with the OMG! Star Citizen changed engines folks...click now and feed our ad revenue.

    Fake news isn't just for politics kids. It's everywhere.

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    yossarian_livesyossarian_lives Registered User regular
    I've seen videos of the Star Maine update plus changes they've made to the flight systems. Things look solid enough that when my data cap resets I'll update my client to give things a try. People really need to calm the fuck down.

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    SmokeStacksSmokeStacks Registered User regular
    edited December 2016
    Hardtarget wrote: »
    SmokeStacks wrote: »
    Lumberyard is literally just CryEngine with better networking, calm down dude.

    i literally did not know that

    Well now you know, and knowing is half the battle.

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    NEO|PhyteNEO|Phyte They follow the stars, bound together. Strands in a braid till the end.Registered User regular
    Fired up star marine for a bit again, is it just me or is the energy rifle kinda shit? I didn't seem to be getting much in the way of kills with it.

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    FuselageFuselage Oosik Jumpship LoungeRegistered User regular
    All I noticed is that I couldn't get into a Star Marine match, I couldn't put my fixed weapon mount in my Cutlass turret slot, and as soon as I got in the turret I crashed. I'll try again in a week, but I'm excited at the idea of private games with my brothers.

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    CampyCampy Registered User regular
    Not going to be able to try star marine out until February, boo!

    Been playing a bunch of Titanfall 2 which has bombdiggity movement and gunplay, so that'll be a good bar to measure it by.

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    GokerzGokerz Registered User regular
    Tried it out, and man, it's way harder to get anything done in an LN.
    Got eaten alive by the first pirates I met, my attempts to get some training in Pirate Swarm didn't fare much better.
    I'm gonna have to relearn dogfighting in the new meta it seems.

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    emp123emp123 Registered User regular
    So 2.6 hit the public servers, has anyone tried it? I'm downloading it now, but its large. Probably wont get to check it out tonight :/

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    DreadBertDreadBert Registered User regular
    SmokeStacks wrote: »
    Lumberyard is literally just CryEngine with better networking, calm down dude.

    In his defense it is normally a really bad sign for devs to swap engines late in development. Can't think of many that didn't turn out to be sinkers.

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    MorblitzMorblitz Registered User regular
    DreadBert wrote: »
    SmokeStacks wrote: »
    Lumberyard is literally just CryEngine with better networking, calm down dude.

    In his defense it is normally a really bad sign for devs to swap engines late in development. Can't think of many that didn't turn out to be sinkers.

    I preface this by saying I am extremely new to the game. This week new, in fact. My friends and I heard from some other friends that the game is further along than we thought so we decided to back now so we could fuck around in large multicrew ships.

    With that said. This game is like, pre-alpha. I would imagination it's not late in development at all. All they really have for us is a semi-persistent playable demo. Again, I'm new to this party but I don't think the timeline is a cause for concern.

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    VoodooVVoodooV Registered User regular
    Spectrum Alpha is live, and we now have a corp forum: https://robertsspaceindustries.com/spectrum/community/PAI

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    MorblitzMorblitz Registered User regular
    edited February 2017
    Oh, dumb me. I didn't even realise that PA would have a corp. Could I get a link to it so I can apply?

    edit: Found it!

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    Mr RayMr Ray Sarcasm sphereRegistered User regular
    That link gives me a "page not found".

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    ErlkönigErlkönig Seattle, WARegistered User regular
    Mr Ray wrote: »
    That link gives me a "page not found".

    You have to log into RSI first.

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    SmokeStacksSmokeStacks Registered User regular
    I haven't played since right after Grim Hex was introduced, I should give it a shot and see what is new.

    I am hoping I can get into a server with someone who has a Caterpillar, I'd love to check that thing out.

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