So that video finally convinced me to redownload Star Citizen to see this for myself.
I'll reserve judgement, but nothing in that video game me even the slightest hint of an industry-changing-next-generation-highest-fidelity game of all time. If that video had just been sent to me randomly, my guess would've been a new Early Access Steam game, than Star Citizen.
But for the sake of thread decorum, I'll spend a few hours tooting around SC before I comment further.
I call you falling down an elevator shaft in the first 5 minutes.
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I had one yesterday where I login and when I climb out of bed I am not inside the building so I fall and break my legs and die.
It was that somehow, from within the derelict-horror, they had learned a way to see inside an ugly, broken thing... And take away its pain.
Warframe/Steam: NFyt
I had one yesterday where I login and when I climb out of bed I am not inside the building so I fall and break my legs and die.
This will be fixed once they implement sanitation services, whose AI will fail when the server becomes unstable, leaving alleys overflowing with trash to break your fall.
have the people who paid hundreds of bucks to claim land that they can homestead and grow crops on made guides on how to get started w/ homesteading and the best money-making farm strategies
So that video finally convinced me to redownload Star Citizen to see this for myself.
I'll reserve judgement, but nothing in that video game me even the slightest hint of an industry-changing-next-generation-highest-fidelity game of all time. If that video had just been sent to me randomly, my guess would've been a new Early Access Steam game, than Star Citizen.
But for the sake of thread decorum, I'll spend a few hours tooting around SC before I comment further.
I call you falling down an elevator shaft in the first 5 minutes.
Yeah. I started on a planet, Crusader? I don't know.
But I got out of my bed, figured out how to open the door, walked down the hall to the elevator. Hit the button and the doors opened.
I've seen enough of SC to know that when it looks like there's no elevator there...there's no elevator there. let the doors closed, hit the button again, and the elevator showed up.
The only other thing I did was find the spacedock, get in my ship, and fly into space. I figured out how to Quantum jump to the nearest POI. When I tried to hail the station to land, got no reply over and over again, so I just quit.
And look, I have not been in the game since the hanger module was first available and you could walk around your ship. I remember back years and years ago thinking the game looked amazing. Logging in this afternoon, things look nice. Graphics and environments were nice. But given what people had been posting here the last few weeks, I couldn't say I felt like I was logging into the same game that was being described.
Maybe I'll watch a couple more tutorials, learn how to get a mission to go shoot something in space, and see if that produces any thrills.
So that video finally convinced me to redownload Star Citizen to see this for myself.
I'll reserve judgement, but nothing in that video game me even the slightest hint of an industry-changing-next-generation-highest-fidelity game of all time. If that video had just been sent to me randomly, my guess would've been a new Early Access Steam game, than Star Citizen.
But for the sake of thread decorum, I'll spend a few hours tooting around SC before I comment further.
I call you falling down an elevator shaft in the first 5 minutes.
Yeah. I started on a planet, Crusader? I don't know.
But I got out of my bed, figured out how to open the door, walked down the hall to the elevator. Hit the button and the doors opened.
I've seen enough of SC to know that when it looks like there's no elevator there...there's no elevator there. let the doors closed, hit the button again, and the elevator showed up.
The only other thing I did was find the spacedock, get in my ship, and fly into space. I figured out how to Quantum jump to the nearest POI. When I tried to hail the station to land, got no reply over and over again, so I just quit.
And look, I have not been in the game since the hanger module was first available and you could walk around your ship. I remember back years and years ago thinking the game looked amazing. Logging in this afternoon, things look nice. Graphics and environments were nice. But given what people had been posting here the last few weeks, I couldn't say I felt like I was logging into the same game that was being described.
Maybe I'll watch a couple more tutorials, learn how to get a mission to go shoot something in space, and see if that produces any thrills.
I maintain that you would be doing yourself a favor if you wait until the Starmap is replaced before diving in.
I am not easily deterred* by buggy bullshit, but I recall frequently spending more time trying to select a mission beacons on that God forsaken thing than the time it took to actually fly there and kill everyone.
(And salvage gameplay is allegedly imminent)
*When the claim bug was permanently eating ships, I played through the pain until I had no ships to left to feed it (Four? I think?).
So that video finally convinced me to redownload Star Citizen to see this for myself.
I'll reserve judgement, but nothing in that video game me even the slightest hint of an industry-changing-next-generation-highest-fidelity game of all time. If that video had just been sent to me randomly, my guess would've been a new Early Access Steam game, than Star Citizen.
But for the sake of thread decorum, I'll spend a few hours tooting around SC before I comment further.
I call you falling down an elevator shaft in the first 5 minutes.
Yeah. I started on a planet, Crusader? I don't know.
But I got out of my bed, figured out how to open the door, walked down the hall to the elevator. Hit the button and the doors opened.
I've seen enough of SC to know that when it looks like there's no elevator there...there's no elevator there. let the doors closed, hit the button again, and the elevator showed up.
The only other thing I did was find the spacedock, get in my ship, and fly into space. I figured out how to Quantum jump to the nearest POI. When I tried to hail the station to land, got no reply over and over again, so I just quit.
And look, I have not been in the game since the hanger module was first available and you could walk around your ship. I remember back years and years ago thinking the game looked amazing. Logging in this afternoon, things look nice. Graphics and environments were nice. But given what people had been posting here the last few weeks, I couldn't say I felt like I was logging into the same game that was being described.
Maybe I'll watch a couple more tutorials, learn how to get a mission to go shoot something in space, and see if that produces any thrills.
Not every point has a landing pad. Do you recall where you quantumed to? It's possible you ended up at what is essentially a glorified waypoint. It's basically just a satellite in space to mark a quantum-to location.
There's no tutorial for what the symbols mean, but each of the various symbols does actually have a useful meaning behind it. For landing areas, the main thing you're gonna want to look for is the hollow square icon. If you started at Crusader, your in-space landing zone is Port Olisar which is both the best and worst landing area in the game, simultaneously. Best because it has open landing pads and it's extremely easy to get in and out of. Everything is convenient, and out of all the landing zones, it is by far the easiest to navigate, and has quick access to ammo shops, and the essentials for adventuring. It's the worst landing zone because it has open landing pads and it's extremely easy to get in and out of, and PVPers know this, so Port Olisar is also the #1 hotspot for people trying to pick a fight and start a PVP engagement.
Sounds good. The place I flew to was the nearest waypoint outside the planet...It gave me a message about using the comms to request landing priveleges, but it might also not actually be implemented.
If I wanted to pick up a mission to go shoot something in space, where abouts would I find that?
The other day a guy was asking for help in chat because he was inside at a trading terminal and he came back out and his ship was gone. I had some time to kill before picking up my daughter from preschool so I decided to spawn the Pisces since it's only a 40 second spawn timer instead of my Super Hornet's 7min or so timer.
Get there in my Scootie Puff Jr. and head towards the player's beacon when I'm suddenly jumped by an NPC Eclipse and Mustang or something or other. I cursed the heavens that I chose speed over firepower, but I still managed to take them out using just 2 laser repeaters and felt pretty good about myself.
Sounds good. The place I flew to was the nearest waypoint outside the planet...It gave me a message about using the comms to request landing priveleges, but it might also not actually be implemented.
If I wanted to pick up a mission to go shoot something in space, where abouts would I find that?
Contacting ATC is pretty counter-intuitive; you have to go into your mobiglas's "Commlink" section, and, if you're in range, ATC will show up in your Friends list. Alternatively as of 3.17 you can bind it to a key, but its not bound by default. A lot of people use F3 since its not bound to anything currently. Missions can be found in the "Contracts" tab of your Mobiglas (F4).
Sounds good. The place I flew to was the nearest waypoint outside the planet...It gave me a message about using the comms to request landing priveleges, but it might also not actually be implemented.
If I wanted to pick up a mission to go shoot something in space, where abouts would I find that?
Contacting ATC is pretty counter-intuitive; you have to go into your mobiglas's "Commlink" section, and, if you're in range, ATC will show up in your Friends list. Alternatively as of 3.17 you can bind it to a key, but its not bound by default. A lot of people use F3 since its not bound to anything currently. Missions can be found in the "Contracts" tab of your Mobiglas (F4).
You can also flip through one of your ship's MFDs to bring up the Comm page and call ATC through the MFD. I used to go through MobiGlass, but found it clunkier than just having an MFD set to Comms so I could see when I got in range of requesting a landing pad.
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Sounds good. The place I flew to was the nearest waypoint outside the planet...It gave me a message about using the comms to request landing priveleges, but it might also not actually be implemented.
If I wanted to pick up a mission to go shoot something in space, where abouts would I find that?
Contacting ATC is pretty counter-intuitive; you have to go into your mobiglas's "Commlink" section, and, if you're in range, ATC will show up in your Friends list. Alternatively as of 3.17 you can bind it to a key, but its not bound by default. A lot of people use F3 since its not bound to anything currently. Missions can be found in the "Contracts" tab of your Mobiglas (F4).
You can also flip through one of your ship's MFDs to bring up the Comm page and call ATC through the MFD. I used to go through MobiGlass, but found it clunkier than just having an MFD set to Comms so I could see when I got in range of requesting a landing pad.
Just make sure when you're using a MFD you're not accidentally highlight something else like "EXIT SHIP"
Sounds good. The place I flew to was the nearest waypoint outside the planet...It gave me a message about using the comms to request landing priveleges, but it might also not actually be implemented.
If I wanted to pick up a mission to go shoot something in space, where abouts would I find that?
Contacting ATC is pretty counter-intuitive; you have to go into your mobiglas's "Commlink" section, and, if you're in range, ATC will show up in your Friends list. Alternatively as of 3.17 you can bind it to a key, but its not bound by default. A lot of people use F3 since its not bound to anything currently. Missions can be found in the "Contracts" tab of your Mobiglas (F4).
Yeah. Did that. It rang for a bit then disconnected. Did it a few times, without anyone answers.
I then started having PTSD flashbacks from calling girls in high school to ask them out and it led me to log out.
Holy crap. We went 11 posts in a row that were actually talking about playing the game before the snark and hate crept back in. That’s gotta be some sort of record.
I'm sorry, I thought it was funny. It conjured images of a dev hunched over their rig watching an NPC t-pose out of the cot and the entire bed sheet flying around the cabin like a flock of trapped birds. Followed by a deep sigh.
I'm sorry, I thought it was funny. It conjured images of a dev hunched over their rig watching an NPC t-pose out of the cot and the entire bed sheet flying around the cabin like a flock of trapped birds. Followed by a deep sigh.
So I downloaded this to give it a shot after who knows how long the last time I played this was. I am not able to leave my hangar. I did some basic binding of control axes to be able to move around, but somehow the "strafe up" binding I used apparently translates to "pitch up" and I can't actually get my ship to hover without pointing its nose at the ceiling. Even using the default binding on space is causing me to flip backwards. Additionally, it's not reading the yaw axis for my pedals that I bound, nor the throttle axis, even though both are showing up in the binding screen.
So I downloaded this to give it a shot after who knows how long the last time I played this was. I am not able to leave my hangar. I did some basic binding of control axes to be able to move around, but somehow the "strafe up" binding I used apparently translates to "pitch up" and I can't actually get my ship to hover without pointing its nose at the ceiling. Even using the default binding on space is causing me to flip backwards. Additionally, it's not reading the yaw axis for my pedals that I bound, nor the throttle axis, even though both are showing up in the binding screen.
oh, for the old :rotate: emote...
If you just want to test out movement and such you're probably better off booting up Free Flight mode, that way you can tinker with your controls in a more forgiving environment without the pressure of crashing into a wall, exploding and spending 10 minutes to get back to your ship. But I suspect in rebinding your controls you've either accidentally unbound something important, or bound something to two things at once, maybe try resetting to defaults and changing one thing at a time? I definitely once managed to bind "strafe up" and "pitch up" to the same input, with hilarious explosive consequences.
Sounds good. The place I flew to was the nearest waypoint outside the planet...It gave me a message about using the comms to request landing priveleges, but it might also not actually be implemented.
If I wanted to pick up a mission to go shoot something in space, where abouts would I find that?
Contacting ATC is pretty counter-intuitive; you have to go into your mobiglas's "Commlink" section, and, if you're in range, ATC will show up in your Friends list. Alternatively as of 3.17 you can bind it to a key, but its not bound by default. A lot of people use F3 since its not bound to anything currently. Missions can be found in the "Contracts" tab of your Mobiglas (F4).
You can also flip through one of your ship's MFDs to bring up the Comm page and call ATC through the MFD. I used to go through MobiGlass, but found it clunkier than just having an MFD set to Comms so I could see when I got in range of requesting a landing pad.
Just make sure when you're using a MFD you're not accidentally highlight something else like "EXIT SHIP"
I was watching a video of a dude playing, and he kept pressing EJECT all the time. It was pretty funny.
I hope Fleet Week has Anvil unveiling a 3 man crew ship.
It feels like Anvil has small ships and big ships, but no medium ships. The Valkyrie is close, but I still think it's big and not quite built for what I'm thinking
I love Anvil's ship designs so I'm right there with you.
Carrack is still my dream ship. But I'm waiting until there's no more wipes before I make the effort to save up 26mil credits to buy it.
I'd honestly like to see an Anvil ship the size of the MSR.
I also love Crusader ship designs, and since I want to be a medivac pilot as my primary profession in this game, a Crusader branded medical ship is my #1 wishlist item.
So I downloaded this to give it a shot after who knows how long the last time I played this was. I am not able to leave my hangar. I did some basic binding of control axes to be able to move around, but somehow the "strafe up" binding I used apparently translates to "pitch up" and I can't actually get my ship to hover without pointing its nose at the ceiling. Even using the default binding on space is causing me to flip backwards. Additionally, it's not reading the yaw axis for my pedals that I bound, nor the throttle axis, even though both are showing up in the binding screen.
oh, for the old :rotate: emote...
If you just want to test out movement and such you're probably better off booting up Free Flight mode, that way you can tinker with your controls in a more forgiving environment without the pressure of crashing into a wall, exploding and spending 10 minutes to get back to your ship. But I suspect in rebinding your controls you've either accidentally unbound something important, or bound something to two things at once, maybe try resetting to defaults and changing one thing at a time? I definitely once managed to bind "strafe up" and "pitch up" to the same input, with hilarious explosive consequences.
So, having taken your advice on Free Flight, I've managed to get my controls to a point where I can fly around. I managed to leave the Area 18 hangar, fly around the city a little, and land again. It was going swimmingly until I looked down as I was about to get out and noticed a glowing "Eject" button, and had to know what would happen if I ejected in the hangar.
Long story short I am now lying inside my first insurance claim Avenger wearing a hospital gown.
So I downloaded this to give it a shot after who knows how long the last time I played this was. I am not able to leave my hangar. I did some basic binding of control axes to be able to move around, but somehow the "strafe up" binding I used apparently translates to "pitch up" and I can't actually get my ship to hover without pointing its nose at the ceiling. Even using the default binding on space is causing me to flip backwards. Additionally, it's not reading the yaw axis for my pedals that I bound, nor the throttle axis, even though both are showing up in the binding screen.
oh, for the old :rotate: emote...
If you just want to test out movement and such you're probably better off booting up Free Flight mode, that way you can tinker with your controls in a more forgiving environment without the pressure of crashing into a wall, exploding and spending 10 minutes to get back to your ship. But I suspect in rebinding your controls you've either accidentally unbound something important, or bound something to two things at once, maybe try resetting to defaults and changing one thing at a time? I definitely once managed to bind "strafe up" and "pitch up" to the same input, with hilarious explosive consequences.
So, having taken your advice on Free Flight, I've managed to get my controls to a point where I can fly around. I managed to leave the Area 18 hangar, fly around the city a little, and land again. It was going swimmingly until I looked down as I was about to get out and noticed a glowing "Eject" button, and had to know what would happen if I ejected in the hangar.
Long story short I am now lying inside my first insurance claim Avenger wearing a hospital gown.
"I wonder what happens if I do this" is the basis of any sandbox game. You did good.
I'm curious to see what the special event is that they have for Invictus this year; unconfirmed leaks suggest that its some kind of FPS mission on the floating platforms of Orison. If I had to guess, those dastardly Ninetails are going to try and steal a Javelin or a Bengal while its vulnerable in Orison's atmosphere, and you'll have to have a gunfight with them with the fleet as either a pretty backdrop or (if we're lucky) on top of the fleet itself.
Am I correct in assuming that if I try to run box missions in a hospital gown, I will die as soon as I open my ship if the planet I'm on doesn't have a breathable atmosphere?
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Is not quite instant, but yes being in an unbreathable atmosphere kills you quickly. Respawning should give you a free undersuit and helmet in local storage though.
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It was that somehow, from within the derelict-horror, they had learned a way to see inside an ugly, broken thing... And take away its pain.
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@Syngyne I think you usually get 8 seconds, and you spend the first 4 saying "What's that gasping noise?" 1 second saying "Oh shit my helmet!" And the last 3 seconds are futilely running back to the protected entrance only to die one second away from safety
I'm a little surprised that "Hospital Gown Challenge" isn't a thing yet. Most game communities love stuff like that. Naked runs and playing as the Wretch are a staple of FromSoft games. I've seen the "Three Heart Challenge" for older Zelda games. And so forth.
Maybe you're the pioneer in this new community challenge.
Sounds good. The place I flew to was the nearest waypoint outside the planet...It gave me a message about using the comms to request landing priveleges, but it might also not actually be implemented.
If I wanted to pick up a mission to go shoot something in space, where abouts would I find that?
Contacting ATC is pretty counter-intuitive; you have to go into your mobiglas's "Commlink" section, and, if you're in range, ATC will show up in your Friends list. Alternatively as of 3.17 you can bind it to a key, but its not bound by default. A lot of people use F3 since its not bound to anything currently. Missions can be found in the "Contracts" tab of your Mobiglas (F4).
You can also flip through one of your ship's MFDs to bring up the Comm page and call ATC through the MFD. I used to go through MobiGlass, but found it clunkier than just having an MFD set to Comms so I could see when I got in range of requesting a landing pad.
It's the bolded that really seals it. IIRC, the act of doing it via the MG isn't too onerous itself (F11->click->click?), but the contact list doesn't refresh while you're looking at it, so you have to keep re-checking until you're in range.
I'm sorry, I thought it was funny. It conjured images of a dev hunched over their rig watching an NPC t-pose out of the cot and the entire bed sheet flying around the cabin like a flock of trapped birds. Followed by a deep sigh.
Made me chuckle.
A passing Chris Roberts, drawn by the sound of the young developer's laughter, sees the linen-strewn compartment and demands an explanation.
[Spoilered for: 'I can't even make [i]me[/i] read all that, but my thumbs will never forgive me if I delete it']
The cloth dev begins to explain the cascading physics goof but is quickly interrupted by Roberts.
"No, I mean why is blanket-head over there still playing the Vanduulpede machine if they can't see the screen?"
The dev, mouth agape, and brow deeply furrowed, tries to formulate a response, but the the question has veered well outside their wheelhouse.
Roberts, phone now in hand, reaches across them to take a picture of the screen. "Screenshot that, send it to [AI Lead], then make it do it again."
The dev, no longer in trouble, but now nervous about directly messaging [AI Lead], complies but remains ill at ease. A few attempts later, a sheet manages to settle on a passing NPCs face, who continues walking and successfully avoids another NPC.
"No. God damnit. This is not ok. Send that too."
Roberts barks an order into his phone to call [AI Lead].
"Not too great, actually, [AI Lead]. Are you trying to make me look like an asshole? I'm over here in physics with.." Roberts trails off and there's a pause, "No, not Mike. The new one, the sheets one. What's your name, kid? Sorry"
The mortified dev manages to croak out their first name, but only just.
"[Dev]. Yeah, [Dev surname], probably, they just sent you a picture. You want to tell me what the hell me and [Dev] are looking at here?"
The dev winces at each mention of their name.
"Of course fucking sheets! Why would we be calling you about sheets?"
A much longer pause. The dev withdraws inwardly, trying to will themselves out of existence.
"How do you not see the problem? Is there a God damned sheet over your head? [Dev], did you put a sheet over [AI Lead's] head? Because I don't know about you, but when there's a sheet over my head: I CAN'T SEE THE WHAT THE FUCK I'M DOING!"
Roberts pauses again, then laughs, but the dev is too far gone to notice.
"Right? It didn't occur to me either until just now. I guess we both had sheets over our head!"
Roberts chucks the catatonic dev on the shoulder and departs in a light jog. "I'm heading back now, get all the leads online, all of them. There's a lot to unpack here. Eye damage, helmet visors, vehicle windscreens, fluids, different kinds of fluids, blood, oil, environmental..."
AI team has updated the master behavior graph to account for partial or total sensory occlusion, such as a medical condition, a dirty visor, or a physical object placed over their head, building on the systems the UI, Medical, Vehicle, and Fluid physics teams have developed.
The bedsheet team reports no progress this month.
.
The cloth dev bitterly closes the report and picks up the gift Roberts had sent over that day. It was a shiny golden stress ball. The note had read:
"Thanks for your help today! I'm not a Harry Potter guy, but the team says you're a huge fan and you'd get it."
The dev's hand reflexively clamps down on the ball as a notification popup appears. It references the ever-growing requirment list which currently includes fluid interactions, stain profiles, and manufacturer and culture specific thread and fabric materials, stich styles and standards, and something called 'weave dynamics' which they have never had the heart to open.
There is a new task titled "Towel animals," the notification informs them, and the Vehicle Experience and Creature teams have flagged it as a blocking issue for several of their key tasks.
They pump the ball a few times and release their death grip upon it: could have been worse.
A second notification appears announcing that someone has added an attachment called "species.csv"
The attachment is 23 megabytes.
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The lack of ability to land in a lot of spaces because of the open space landing pads is the biggest limiter, but there's also the issue that you are very limited in what you can be carrying, because you can't holster a gun unless you're wearing at least an undersuit, and I don't know how big the pockets on the gown are to be able to just stash a pistol in there.
It was that somehow, from within the derelict-horror, they had learned a way to see inside an ugly, broken thing... And take away its pain.
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The lack of ability to land in a lot of spaces because of the open space landing pads is the biggest limiter, but there's also the issue that you are very limited in what you can be carrying, because you can't holster a gun unless you're wearing at least an undersuit, and I don't know how big the pockets on the gown are to be able to just stash a pistol in there.
Guess that means the Hospital Gown Challenge is stealth takedowns only then.
Sounds good. The place I flew to was the nearest waypoint outside the planet...It gave me a message about using the comms to request landing priveleges, but it might also not actually be implemented.
If I wanted to pick up a mission to go shoot something in space, where abouts would I find that?
Contacting ATC is pretty counter-intuitive; you have to go into your mobiglas's "Commlink" section, and, if you're in range, ATC will show up in your Friends list. Alternatively as of 3.17 you can bind it to a key, but its not bound by default. A lot of people use F3 since its not bound to anything currently. Missions can be found in the "Contracts" tab of your Mobiglas (F4).
You can also flip through one of your ship's MFDs to bring up the Comm page and call ATC through the MFD. I used to go through MobiGlass, but found it clunkier than just having an MFD set to Comms so I could see when I got in range of requesting a landing pad.
It's the bolded that really seals it. IIRC, the act of doing it via the MG isn't too onerous itself (F11->click->click?), but the contact list doesn't refresh while you're looking at it, so you have to keep re-checking until you're in range.
I'm sorry, I thought it was funny. It conjured images of a dev hunched over their rig watching an NPC t-pose out of the cot and the entire bed sheet flying around the cabin like a flock of trapped birds. Followed by a deep sigh.
Made me chuckle.
A passing Chris Roberts, drawn by the sound of the young developer's laughter, sees the linen-strewn compartment and demands an explanation.
[Spoilered for: 'I can't even make [i]me[/i] read all that, but my thumbs will never forgive me if I delete it']
The cloth dev begins to explain the cascading physics goof but is quickly interrupted by Roberts.
"No, I mean why is blanket-head over there still playing the Vanduulpede machine if they can't see the screen?"
The dev, mouth agape, and brow deeply furrowed, tries to formulate a response, but the the question has veered well outside their wheelhouse.
Roberts, phone now in hand, reaches across them to take a picture of the screen. "Screenshot that, send it to [AI Lead], then make it do it again."
The dev, no longer in trouble, but now nervous about directly messaging [AI Lead], complies but remains ill at ease. A few attempts later, a sheet manages to settle on a passing NPCs face, who continues walking and successfully avoids another NPC.
"No. God damnit. This is not ok. Send that too."
Roberts barks an order to his phone to call [AI Lead].
"Not too great, actually, [AI Lead]. Are you trying to make me look like an asshole? I'm over here in physics with.." Roberts trails off and there's a pause, "No, not Mike. The new one, the sheets one. What's your name, kid? Sorry"
The mortified dev manages to croak out their first name, but only just.
"[Dev]. Yeah, [Dev surname], probably, they just sent you a picture. You want to tell me what the hell me and [Dev] looking at here?"
The dev winces at each mention of their name.
"Of course fucking sheets! Why would we be calling you about sheets?"
A much longer pause. The dev withdraws inwardly, trying to will themselves out of existence.
"How do you not see the problem? Is there a God damned sheet over your head? [Dev], did you put a sheet over [AI Lead's] head? Because I don't know about you, but when there's a sheet over my head: I CAN'T SEE THE WHAT THE FUCK I'M DOING!"
Roberts pauses again, then laughs, but the dev is too far gone to notice.
"Right? It didn't occur to me either until just now. I guess we both had sheets over our head!"
Roberts chucks the catatonic dev on the shoulder and departs in a light jog. "I'm heading back now, get all the leads online, all of them. There's a lot to unpack here. Eye damage, helmet visors, vehicle windscreens, fluids, different kinds of fluids, blood, oil, environmental..."
AI team has updated the master behavior graph to account for partial or total sensory occlusion, such as a medical condition, a dirty visor, or a physical object placed over their head, building on the systems the UI, Medical, Vehicle, and Fluid physics teams have developed.
The bedsheet team reports no progress this month.
.
The cloth dev bitterly closes the report and picks up the gift Roberts had sent over that day. It was a shiny golden stress ball. The note had read:
"Thanks for your help today! I'm not a Harry Potter guy, but the team says you're a huge fan and you'd get it."
The dev's hand reflexively clamps down on the ball as a notification popup appears. It references the ever-growing requirment list which currently includes fluid interactions, stain profiles, and manufacturer and culture specific thread and fabric materials, stich styles and standards, and something called 'weave dynamics' which they have never had the heart to open.
There is a new task titled "Towel animals," the notification informs them, and the Vehicle Experience and Creature teams have flagged it as a blocking issue for several of their key tasks.
They pump the ball a few times and releases it: could have been worse.
A second notification appears announcing that someone has added an attachment called "species.csv"
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I call you falling down an elevator shaft in the first 5 minutes.
Warframe/Steam: NFyt
This will be fixed once they implement sanitation services, whose AI will fail when the server becomes unstable, leaving alleys overflowing with trash to break your fall.
Yeah. I started on a planet, Crusader? I don't know.
But I got out of my bed, figured out how to open the door, walked down the hall to the elevator. Hit the button and the doors opened.
I've seen enough of SC to know that when it looks like there's no elevator there...there's no elevator there. let the doors closed, hit the button again, and the elevator showed up.
The only other thing I did was find the spacedock, get in my ship, and fly into space. I figured out how to Quantum jump to the nearest POI. When I tried to hail the station to land, got no reply over and over again, so I just quit.
And look, I have not been in the game since the hanger module was first available and you could walk around your ship. I remember back years and years ago thinking the game looked amazing. Logging in this afternoon, things look nice. Graphics and environments were nice. But given what people had been posting here the last few weeks, I couldn't say I felt like I was logging into the same game that was being described.
Maybe I'll watch a couple more tutorials, learn how to get a mission to go shoot something in space, and see if that produces any thrills.
I maintain that you would be doing yourself a favor if you wait until the Starmap is replaced before diving in.
I am not easily deterred* by buggy bullshit, but I recall frequently spending more time trying to select a mission beacons on that God forsaken thing than the time it took to actually fly there and kill everyone.
(And salvage gameplay is allegedly imminent)
*When the claim bug was permanently eating ships, I played through the pain until I had no ships to left to feed it (Four? I think?).
Not every point has a landing pad. Do you recall where you quantumed to? It's possible you ended up at what is essentially a glorified waypoint. It's basically just a satellite in space to mark a quantum-to location.
There's no tutorial for what the symbols mean, but each of the various symbols does actually have a useful meaning behind it. For landing areas, the main thing you're gonna want to look for is the hollow square icon. If you started at Crusader, your in-space landing zone is Port Olisar which is both the best and worst landing area in the game, simultaneously. Best because it has open landing pads and it's extremely easy to get in and out of. Everything is convenient, and out of all the landing zones, it is by far the easiest to navigate, and has quick access to ammo shops, and the essentials for adventuring. It's the worst landing zone because it has open landing pads and it's extremely easy to get in and out of, and PVPers know this, so Port Olisar is also the #1 hotspot for people trying to pick a fight and start a PVP engagement.
If I wanted to pick up a mission to go shoot something in space, where abouts would I find that?
Hurston-area has a lot of FPS stuff mixed in.
Crusader/ PO / GH area should be your best bet for mostly space stuff, unless they've added bunker content to Yela and Cellin.
Get there in my Scootie Puff Jr. and head towards the player's beacon when I'm suddenly jumped by an NPC Eclipse and Mustang or something or other. I cursed the heavens that I chose speed over firepower, but I still managed to take them out using just 2 laser repeaters and felt pretty good about myself.
Contacting ATC is pretty counter-intuitive; you have to go into your mobiglas's "Commlink" section, and, if you're in range, ATC will show up in your Friends list. Alternatively as of 3.17 you can bind it to a key, but its not bound by default. A lot of people use F3 since its not bound to anything currently. Missions can be found in the "Contracts" tab of your Mobiglas (F4).
You can also flip through one of your ship's MFDs to bring up the Comm page and call ATC through the MFD. I used to go through MobiGlass, but found it clunkier than just having an MFD set to Comms so I could see when I got in range of requesting a landing pad.
Just make sure when you're using a MFD you're not accidentally highlight something else like "EXIT SHIP"
Yeah. Did that. It rang for a bit then disconnected. Did it a few times, without anyone answers.
I then started having PTSD flashbacks from calling girls in high school to ask them out and it led me to log out.
Instead the discussion has just been about how the game is STUPID and their design decisions are STUPID and what the fuck are they even doing.
It was very entertaining to catch up on the past week of posts, thank you all!
shit I just stood up and my bedsheet is caught on my leg, oh no
Yes, but does it look very nice as it deforms around the leg it is stuck on? Realistic, no?
Made me chuckle.
Boid bedsheets.
oh, for the old :rotate: emote...
If you just want to test out movement and such you're probably better off booting up Free Flight mode, that way you can tinker with your controls in a more forgiving environment without the pressure of crashing into a wall, exploding and spending 10 minutes to get back to your ship. But I suspect in rebinding your controls you've either accidentally unbound something important, or bound something to two things at once, maybe try resetting to defaults and changing one thing at a time? I definitely once managed to bind "strafe up" and "pitch up" to the same input, with hilarious explosive consequences.
I was watching a video of a dude playing, and he kept pressing EJECT all the time. It was pretty funny.
It feels like Anvil has small ships and big ships, but no medium ships. The Valkyrie is close, but I still think it's big and not quite built for what I'm thinking
Carrack is still my dream ship. But I'm waiting until there's no more wipes before I make the effort to save up 26mil credits to buy it.
I'd honestly like to see an Anvil ship the size of the MSR.
I also love Crusader ship designs, and since I want to be a medivac pilot as my primary profession in this game, a Crusader branded medical ship is my #1 wishlist item.
So, having taken your advice on Free Flight, I've managed to get my controls to a point where I can fly around. I managed to leave the Area 18 hangar, fly around the city a little, and land again. It was going swimmingly until I looked down as I was about to get out and noticed a glowing "Eject" button, and had to know what would happen if I ejected in the hangar.
Long story short I am now lying inside my first insurance claim Avenger wearing a hospital gown.
"I wonder what happens if I do this" is the basis of any sandbox game. You did good.
I'm curious to see what the special event is that they have for Invictus this year; unconfirmed leaks suggest that its some kind of FPS mission on the floating platforms of Orison. If I had to guess, those dastardly Ninetails are going to try and steal a Javelin or a Bengal while its vulnerable in Orison's atmosphere, and you'll have to have a gunfight with them with the fleet as either a pretty backdrop or (if we're lucky) on top of the fleet itself.
The conclusion to the Skunkworks "storyline" of missions involving rogue executives
Warframe/Steam: NFyt
I'm a little surprised that "Hospital Gown Challenge" isn't a thing yet. Most game communities love stuff like that. Naked runs and playing as the Wretch are a staple of FromSoft games. I've seen the "Three Heart Challenge" for older Zelda games. And so forth.
Maybe you're the pioneer in this new community challenge.
It's the bolded that really seals it. IIRC, the act of doing it via the MG isn't too onerous itself (F11->click->click?), but the contact list doesn't refresh while you're looking at it, so you have to keep re-checking until you're in range.
A passing Chris Roberts, drawn by the sound of the young developer's laughter, sees the linen-strewn compartment and demands an explanation.
[Spoilered for: 'I can't even make [i]me[/i] read all that, but my thumbs will never forgive me if I delete it']
"No, I mean why is blanket-head over there still playing the Vanduulpede machine if they can't see the screen?"
The dev, mouth agape, and brow deeply furrowed, tries to formulate a response, but the the question has veered well outside their wheelhouse.
Roberts, phone now in hand, reaches across them to take a picture of the screen. "Screenshot that, send it to [AI Lead], then make it do it again."
The dev, no longer in trouble, but now nervous about directly messaging [AI Lead], complies but remains ill at ease. A few attempts later, a sheet manages to settle on a passing NPCs face, who continues walking and successfully avoids another NPC.
"No. God damnit. This is not ok. Send that too."
Roberts barks an order into his phone to call [AI Lead].
"Not too great, actually, [AI Lead]. Are you trying to make me look like an asshole? I'm over here in physics with.." Roberts trails off and there's a pause, "No, not Mike. The new one, the sheets one. What's your name, kid? Sorry"
The mortified dev manages to croak out their first name, but only just.
"[Dev]. Yeah, [Dev surname], probably, they just sent you a picture. You want to tell me what the hell me and [Dev] are looking at here?"
The dev winces at each mention of their name.
"Of course fucking sheets! Why would we be calling you about sheets?"
A much longer pause. The dev withdraws inwardly, trying to will themselves out of existence.
"How do you not see the problem? Is there a God damned sheet over your head? [Dev], did you put a sheet over [AI Lead's] head? Because I don't know about you, but when there's a sheet over my head: I CAN'T SEE THE WHAT THE FUCK I'M DOING!"
Roberts pauses again, then laughs, but the dev is too far gone to notice.
"Right? It didn't occur to me either until just now. I guess we both had sheets over our head!"
Roberts chucks the catatonic dev on the shoulder and departs in a light jog. "I'm heading back now, get all the leads online, all of them. There's a lot to unpack here. Eye damage, helmet visors, vehicle windscreens, fluids, different kinds of fluids, blood, oil, environmental..."
18 months later:
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The cloth dev bitterly closes the report and picks up the gift Roberts had sent over that day. It was a shiny golden stress ball. The note had read:
"Thanks for your help today! I'm not a Harry Potter guy, but the team says you're a huge fan and you'd get it."
The dev's hand reflexively clamps down on the ball as a notification popup appears. It references the ever-growing requirment list which currently includes fluid interactions, stain profiles, and manufacturer and culture specific thread and fabric materials, stich styles and standards, and something called 'weave dynamics' which they have never had the heart to open.
There is a new task titled "Towel animals," the notification informs them, and the Vehicle Experience and Creature teams have flagged it as a blocking issue for several of their key tasks.
They pump the ball a few times and release their death grip upon it: could have been worse.
A second notification appears announcing that someone has added an attachment called "species.csv"
The attachment is 23 megabytes.
Warframe/Steam: NFyt
Guess that means the Hospital Gown Challenge is stealth takedowns only then.
Have we talked about napkin physics yet.
https://m.imgur.com/gallery/9bWdR
The game isn't feature complete untill I can fold a phallus from a napkin.
Unless they ruined it this patch.