Game Discussions Star Citizen Discussion Thread v12

[GuruNot]

Oooh, and remember the kerfuffle when CIG suggested they would release with 5-10 systems but after the outrage they walked back on it saying what they meant to say was they would have 5-10 systems done by the time all major features were ready and of course they were still aiming for 100+ systems at launch.

Also its funny in that thread how many backers don't seem to know they actually backed for more than 100 systems.

LOL and Synthwave has already stepped in and locked the thread.

Can't have speculation about negative things now can we?

Has there been any update from Turbulent (or whoever it was they outsourced System Generation to) regarding Systems ?!?

 

[LittleAnt]

Also standard practice in the industry is to keep to the initial scope of the project. Here, caves are just out of place in a space game.

SC is not only a space game, you forgot all the FPS part and the planetary parts.
And the next patch will feature caves explorable by ships.
If CIG put a cave exporable by ship in a giant asteroid, it suits your space game scope ?

 

[Xink]

PS: btw does anybody have a link to this now famous quote?

Was from a translated interview by Gamestar.de in German, IIRC. One of their hundreds of Youtube advertisements they do for SC. Like the one from four years ago saying SQ42 coming in 2017 (but not early 2017, they still have time).

There was a reddit thread with transcript for it if anyone has link.

 

[Agony_Aunt]

Has there been any update from Turbulent (or whoever it was they outsourced System Generation to) regarding Systems ?!?

They are building the pipelines, but once they are done the content spigot will open and new systems will flood out!

 

[Agony_Aunt]

SC is not only a space game, you forgot all the FPS part and the planetary parts.
And the next patch will feature caves explorable by ships.
If CIG put a cave exporable by ship in a giant asteroid, it suits your space game scope ?

This is a valid point. We've even seen some faithful backers wax lyrical about perhaps never leaving your home planet because there will be sooooo many things to do on your home planet there will be no need to leave.

ED is primarily a space game where you can go down to planets. A top down approach if you like.

SC seems to be a game that is being designed to be a person simulator first and space is something that is added on top. A bottom up approach if you like. However, that wasn't the game that was sold to backers at the start in my opinion.

 

[VR Mr Teatime]

Has there been any update from Turbulent (or whoever it was they outsourced System Generation to) regarding Systems ?!?

Given CR treats his business relationships like eating a hot Vindaloo curry, I wouldn't be surprised to learn Turbulent have gone the way of Becket...

 

[VR Mr Teatime]

If CIG put a cave exporable by ship in a giant asteroid, it suits your space game scope ?

Will there be a giant worm in it this time?

 

[Agony_Aunt]

 

[Agony_Aunt]

Given CR treats his business relationships like eating a hot Vindaloo curry, I wouldn't be surprised to learn Turbulent have gone the way of Becket...

Thomas Becket?

 

[LittleAnt]

Has there been any update from Turbulent (or whoever it was they outsourced System Generation to) regarding Systems ?

CIG had shown recently a Javelin wreck released by Turbulent as a 'warm up task' (don't know exactly what this term means in english).

 

[ECity]

Having huge sprawling unique social hubs make a great deal of sense if you...

...think you are making a movie instead of a spaceship video game.

 

[Vetinari]

Also we have to consider these caves are 100% hand crafted, at great expense. Going even further from the famous dreams.txt of procedural generation....

'Make that Stalagmite bigger', is that the holdup?

7 games that were too ambitious for their own good:

Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0poyvgouD4

 

[Vetinari]

'warm up task' (don't know exactly what this term means in english).

its not a common English phrase. Closest I can guess is demo / practice / do something basic to get used to the software or hardware or tools maybe.

 

[Agony_Aunt]

CIG had shown recently a Javelin wreck released by Turbulent as a 'warm up task' (don't know exactly what this term means in english).

It means they haven't got anything else to show.

 

[LittleAnt]

It means they haven't got anything else to show.

Or perhaps something like "starting the industrialisation process" ?

 

[MTBFritz]

'Make that Stalagmite bigger', is that the holdup?

7 games that were too ambitious for their own good:

Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0poyvgouD4

well played sir, well played. You knew full well I would watch this expecting something that wasnt in there ^^

 

[Agony_Aunt]

Or perhaps something like "starting the industrialisation process" ?

Pipelines sir, its all about those pipelines.

 

[VR Golgot]

Amazing

 

[BirdWisdom]

SC game engine are so grounded

 

[kilvenny]

its not a common English phrase. Closest I can guess is demo / practice / do something basic to get used to the software or hardware or tools maybe.

Trial run?