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VR Golgot

VR Golgot
Ok so I misread the arms bit in the Squadron Report.

It's not about player avatars/arms (and replacing the unified avatar from a first person perspective). My bad.

It's just about replacing NPC arms...

AI (Features) said:
The team also looked into getting a fully featured pistol animation set using hand and arm overlays on top of the existing stocked-weapon set. The initial test of the pistol overlay animation looked promising and will save time, effort, and memory. However, full-body animations can still be utilized for specific cases to maintain quality.
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Kinda suggests their workflow from mocap -> final product = painful (IE not worth mocapping a new set of animations). And/or that adjusting existing animations = painful too ;)

We have had some suggestions that their animation workflow is, not the best...

Wotthe ens said:
I’ve got a mate who I’ve discovered is making content as a third party for cig- and from the sound of it, sounds as expected a pita as cig have their own proprietary layers of stuff interfering with industry standards of animation/rigging etc.
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Wotthe ens said:
Awww I’m disappointed- my mate who I found out was working on cig stuff - I can reveal it was another clarkson advert... not sq42 or anything interesting.
Only tidbits I could garner was that no surprise, cig have extraordinarily non-standard animation rigs, and that they appeared grateful that anyone could work with their data lol.
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TheAgent (2022) said:
  • SQ42 supposedly undergoing a huge push for release but encountering some issues
  • These issues include mostly gameplay but also have serious problems with animation, lighting and texture fidelity
  • Mocap data having to be "recleaned" at a very high cost in manhours but with little real progress
(source)
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TheAgent (2016) said:
  • problems with old animation vs new engine upgrade is causing a lot of problems
  • more specifically: old shoots done with different tech, new captures much easier to get in and working
  • tech was upgraded without realizing how it affected current animation capture and tools
  • every NPC interaction in the prelude is entirely hand scripted at this point, no subsumption or "true" AI
(source)
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Etc

Will be interesting to see how NPC pistol use looks when it hits the PU.

And whether their arms falls off ;)
 

Navigare Necesse Est

Navigare Necesse Est
VR Golgot said:
Ok so I misread the arms bit in the Squadron Report.

It's not about player avatars/arms (and replacing the unified avatar from a first person perspective). My bad.

It's just about replacing NPC arms...



Kinda suggests their workflow from mocap -> final product = painful (IE not worth mocapping a new set of animations). And/or that adjusting existing animations = painful too ;)

We have had some suggestions that their animation workflow is, not the best...

Etc

Will be interesting to see how NPC pistol use looks when it hits the PU.

And whether their arms falls off ;)
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When I read about the animation bits and mocap it reminds me of Mass Effext Amdromeda. Culminating mayve in the "my face is tired" meme.
 

Cotic

Cotic
LittleAnt said:
The question was "Why the funding is exploding ?"
  • For the first 4 months of 2021 : around 16.5 Mill$
  • For the first 4 months of 2022 : around 27.5 Mill$
It's 67% more than 2021.

For the funding to get +67% there is 3 ways :
  1. CIG is lying
  2. The number of whales + returning whales (don't forget those) + new players - the number of players leaving = increase by 67%
  3. The average pledge for each whales has increased by more than 60%
  4. a mix of 2 and 3 with a dispatch of the 67% on the number of active players and the average pledge
My answer : the number of new players (include also returning players) increase a lot more than the number of players that quit.
We can also take into account that the % of conversion from new player, existing and returning players to whale is certainly inscreasing as the % of enjoyment given by the game is also increasing (but for sure you won't take this fact into account).
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On the funding spreadsheet look at the sales that occurred from the start of 2021 until end of May 11th, then look at the sales that occurred from the start of 2022 until now.

2021
Valentine sale
St.Patrick's Day sale

2022
Valentine's sale
St.Patrick's Day sale
Misc Expanse concept sale
Merchandise sale
 

VR Golgot

VR Golgot
ECity said:
The Roadmap Roundup perfectly encapsulates what CIG is about.
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Ah. Yes…

https://www.reddit.com/r/starcitizen/comments/ung710/_/i87rfg6
Source: https://old.reddit.com/r/starcitizen/comments/ung710/roadmap_roundup_may_11_2022/i87rfg6/
https://www.reddit.com/r/starcitizen/comments/ung710/_/i87t75j
Source: https://old.reddit.com/r/starcitizen/comments/ung710/roadmap_roundup_may_11_2022/i87t75j/
https://www.reddit.com/r/starcitizen/comments/ung710/_/i882g8z
Source: https://old.reddit.com/r/starcitizen/comments/ung710/roadmap_roundup_may_11_2022/i882g8z/

Cargo Refactor end date extended from June until August. So I think we can say Cargo Refactor won't make 3.18 and likely Hull C will be delayed too.
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With rumours of the new 'dynamic' event also not making the grade too…

It’s more of a John the Baptist patch…
 

Xink

Xink
Be aware that trolls operate in this thread. Please do not encourage their presence by feeding them.

I don't know what's funnier. That people here expect to find logic in the meandering ramblings of our resident Apologists of the Church of Chris Roberts and Latter Day Wing Commanders, or that you guys haven't added persons doing said ramblings to your ignore list.

That said, without any posts to laugh at the entertainment factor drops by a factor of 1000 / days until CIG says something publicly. Anything CIG says is frigging hilarious these days.

More content than any AAA comedy show. Bedsheet deformation tech. Oh man, gets me every time. 🤣
 

StuartGT

StuartGT
VR Golgot said:
Ah. Yes…
https://www.reddit.com/r/starcitizen/comments/ung710/_/i87rfg6
Source: https://old.reddit.com/r/starcitizen/comments/ung710/roadmap_roundup_may_11_2022/i87rfg6/
https://www.reddit.com/r/starcitizen/comments/ung710/_/i87t75j
Source: https://old.reddit.com/r/starcitizen/comments/ung710/roadmap_roundup_may_11_2022/i87t75j/
https://www.reddit.com/r/starcitizen/comments/ung710/_/i882g8z
Source: https://old.reddit.com/r/starcitizen/comments/ung710/roadmap_roundup_may_11_2022/i882g8z/

With rumours of the new 'dynamic' event also not making the grade too…

It’s more of a John the Baptist patch…
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TNTDany

TNTDany
Welp.... can't stop playing looting everything. Dunno what they did but performance doubled in some cases.
Sometimes even getting 60 fps on planets now.
Had to remake my avatar so I became Cable (Josh Brolin) from Deadpool:

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Not only performance improved but also the visuals. The views are breathtaking, despite the polution.
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Meanwhile Lore team seems kinda cheeky...

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Homesick - Roberts Space Industries | Follow the development of Star Citizen and Squadron 42

Roberts Space Industries is the official go-to website for all news about Star Citizen and Squadron 42. It also hosts the online store for game items and merch, as well as all the community tools used by our fans.
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And speaking of refugee camp...
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Kate found a bugged shotgun:
Black continues to showcase his piloting skills:
Drew goes to the beach:
And Hawks gives tips on money making:

o7
 
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