Game Discussions Star Citizen Discussion Thread v12

[Darkfyre99]

You're the Brit here: Isn't ham actually pork?

Fun fact... the largest Hormel processing plant, where Spam is made, is a two hour drive south of where I live. And yes, ham is pork, but it's a lot like saying filet mignon and hamburger are both beef.

Austin Plant

Located in Austin, Minnesota, the largest of the Hormel Foods manufacturing locations, the Austin Plant has 1,800 employees & 1.3 million square feet of manufacturing space.

www.hormelfoods.com

 

[VR Golgot]

Yeah !

Hooray. It only took them 5 years to settle on a rendering API. And now seemingly another 5 years+ to maybe implement it. Celebrations all round.

I do particularly like this bit from that tech article

The only question is how many gamers will still be using operating systems that require Vulkan by the time the game ships.

 

[McGlashan]

The never ending march of technology is great for SC, because it gives them an excuse to always have some new "refactoring" to do, with plenty of prerequisites, before they can get to the part where they have to solve the big problems like figuring out what the scope of the game actually is, never mind the unknown technology required to support it.
They'll have Vulkan support added just in time for the new hotness to arrive in proper AAA games, SC will look outdated yet again, and then it'll be back to the drawing board. And LittleAnt will be back to giving it the "When <new buzzword> support arrives later this year, then you fudsters will see!" for another half a decade.

 

[VR Golgot]

Meanwhile…

 

[Asp Explorer]

I get more entertainment value from this thread than I do the game.

There is more SC content in this thread than the whole of Skyrim!

 

[Darkfyre99]

There is more SC content in this thread than the whole of Skyrim!

Let’s face it… the alternate-reality game that surrounds Star Citizen is far more interesting than game itself. More importantly, it’s truly free to play.

 

[Viajero]

I really hope that CIG will always keep up to the never ending march of technology, game released or not.

A march that is always nowhere near where it should be to the point you never release means it is a constant failure. And a constant waste of backers money.

 

[varonica]

A march that is always nowhere near where it should be to the point you never release means it is a constant failure. And a constant waste of backers money.

Well that's a good point, every single thing, at the moment of it's release is already outdated. New phone? There's already new and faster chips available coming down stream, new laptop? the same. There's a point you have to say, ok we go with this and we finish and sell it, if we can include new tech later then that's good, but we must release something and stop waiting for the new tech to be available.

 

[Viajero]

There's a point you have to say, ok we go with this and we finish and sell it, if we can include new tech later then that's good, but we must release something and stop waiting for the new tech to be available.

Indeed. It is not an easy decision and balance. One that CIG seems utterly incapable of committing to. Most likely because they know their product is rubbish.

 

[VR Golgot]

CIG on April 20, 2022

Here are more Gen12 Updates:
...
Major work on the transparent geometry has been started. This is the last big milestone we have to finish. I don't expect this to be ready for 3.18 but hopefully for 3.19. My worst case estimate would be 3.20.

...after Gen12 there are still tons of other improvements planned which will give us even more performance. And of course Vulkan!

They edited that bit out

Now reads:

Major work on the transparent geometry has been started. This is the last big milestone we have to finish. I don't expect this to be ready for 3.18 but hopefully for 3.19. My worst case estimate would be 3.20.

 

[Viajero]

They edited that bit out

Now reads:

That obviously means it will be ready for 3.18 right?!

 

[VR Golgot]

2017:

2022:

https://www.reddit.com/r/starcitizen/comments/u81ekf

Source: https://www.reddit.com/r/starcitizen/comments/u81ekf/psa_you_can_now_buy_the_cargo_box_and_store_food/

https://www.reddit.com/r/starcitizen/comments/u81ekf/_/i5i7f4v

Source: https://www.reddit.com/r/starcitizen/comments/u81ekf/psa_you_can_now_buy_the_cargo_box_and_store_food/i5i7f4v/


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Who knows what 2027 will bring.

Box stacking tech?

Box labelling tech?

Coffins?

 

[Mole HD]

Talking of shiny eyeballs...what was the point in all that nonsense if they didn't make the effort to get rid of the Action man plastic hair-do's first? And those eyebrows...looks like my avatar had a slight accident with the beard trimmer when he was drunk

 

[Navigare Necesse Est]

What a great game where the inventory just doesn't work and it will kill you in the process. Imagine that happens even after fix after fix that eradicated some many bugs already! I'm sure the millions of players keep flocking to this sorry excuse of a game where basic stuff doesn't work after 10 years!!!

 

[Mole HD]

What a great game where the inventory just doesn't work and it will kill you in the process. Imagine that happens even after fix after fix that eradicated some many bugs already! I'm sure the millions of players keep flocking to this sorry excuse of a game where basic stuff doesn't work after 10 years!!!

If it all worked, we would just think it was all broken anyway...a bit like the shock of seeing NPC's walking around instead of T-posing or standing on chairs, nobody believed it if you told them

 

[VR Golgot]

Just give NPCs all the same bugs as players...

Indistinguishable

 

[VR Golgot]

Smooth...

 

[Navigare Necesse Est]

If it all worked, we would just think it was all broken anyway...a bit like the shock of seeing NPC's walking around instead of T-posing or standing on chairs, nobody believed it if you told them

Pointing at tpose NPC is funny but having the inventory not work is fundamental to the gameplay. Would you rather play a game with silly NPCs or where a broken inventory effs your game time up?

 

[Agony_Aunt]

Just give NPCs all the same bugs as players...

Indistinguishable

Wow! What's that station called? Jankville?

 

[Agony_Aunt]

Smooth...

What i love about that one is the menu for repair, refuel, etc. That after years and years of dreamcrafting about how they would work, how NPCs would scuttle around your ship refuelling and repairing your ship, they basically went for the same solution ED has.