Very expensive Turkey for Crytek at Christmas..
http://www.dailysabah.com/technolog...ompany-crytek-to-invest-500-million-in-turkey
http://www.dailysabah.com/technolog...ompany-crytek-to-invest-500-million-in-turkey
The Star Citizen Thread v5
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So you can't pay your employees wages, but you can invest $500m. Colour me confused. [???]
Not a real money investment at the moment. it is declaration of intent to invest 500M during some period of time. Of course they don't have cash to write that cheque.
See here for an example of a backer in for $5000 currently seeking a refund: https://www.reddit.com/r/starcitize...zh0/backer_of_514800_usd_applying_for_refund/
That picture on the right corner looks really cool + i didn't have a clue that CR is actually:
ho ho ho merry christmas!!!
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If you're using AWS, you really should build your infrastructure with autoscaling to be cost effective. Elite obviously does the same thing with matchmaking servers, using basic AWS CLI I think.
I wonder how much support SC / Cryengine had for AWS infrastructure and autoscaling before switching to Lumberyard? Did they have to throw away a bunch of code related to this, or had they even implemented any of that prior to the engine switch?
Doesn't matter though, it's nevertheless a smart move on CIG's part.
You do realize literally NONE of those things make for good VR, right? "1st & 3rd person animations integrated" isn't some wonderful technical advance, it's utterly pointless and WORKS AGAINST COMFORT IN VR. Adept covered it in more than enough detail, but clearly you don't know anything about VR and it's painful to read things like this. Please read about the subject before lecturing and rolling your eyes. Your condescension would be far more effective if you were arguing from an informed position.
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Oops indeed! That isn't going to go down well with the hear-no-wrong elements amongst the 'citizenry'. Though I'm sure they are all composing long-winded explanations for why development didn't really start until 2014. Or 2015. Or 2017...
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Overall god report, but no way Q1, but ObsidianAnt most likely don't obsess over details about SC as we do.
PU framerate looks jaggy and it feels buggy. AC looks more eye candy, but combat still feels very floaty, but I guess it is matter of taste.
PU framerate looks jaggy and it feels buggy. AC looks more eye candy, but combat still feels very floaty, but I guess it is matter of taste.
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OA has more sense than to stick his face in this sarcastic salt-mine of a thread. Makes for a nice objective viewpoint.
OA has more sense than to stick his face in this sarcastic salt-mine of a thread. Makes for a nice objective viewpoint.
Yeah, he seems to be genuinely happy about all good looking space games, although to be fair, he didn't recommend backing SC at this point, and mentioned bugs and issues.
Last note though - that radar jumping around is really distracting. Not sure who thought that is good idea.
Head bob in general is a stupid idea, imo. Yes, IRL our heads bob when we walk/run, but our brains are wired up such that we don't notice it: Undoing that is something I find incredibly immersion breaking...
Hopefully there'll be a toggle for it down the line.
Yeah well balanced and down to earth report.....I agree mostly except the FM I am still kind on the fence.......In my opinion there is some positive FM changes as he claim but most of the dog fights will turn into the turret-fest as usual.....
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Yeah, it still looks very turret-ish and not exactly engaging. Not sure what SQ42 Ep1 will have because they're running terribly late to change anyhing.
It's kind of funny how that whole cycle of style keeps going 'round.
In the olden days, there was no headbob because that would be too costly to render. Then 3D came and made it possible, and everyone threw in headbob because obviously your head bobs (just go back and play OG Half-Life… brrr). Then everyone figured out that it just looked bad and wasn't even that realistic — what matters is what we perceive, not how things actually are.
But at the same time, as graphics became better, the “cinematic” ideal became more possible, so other nonsensical stuff was introduced — lens flares, or motion blur, or depth of field. Artefacts from the inherent flaws of film cameras were replicated because they could be replicated, and because we have spent decades learning that these imperfections “look good.” Then some numpty made shaky-cam popular, and before long, that appeared in video games as well… and soon, we were back to that now doubly nonsensical headbob.
If it does nothing else, I'd praise the advent of VR for finally forcing developers to get rid of that visual junk and start letting the brain do its own processing, which is where it should have happened all along.
It's kind of funny how that whole cycle of style keeps going 'round.
In the olden days, there was no headbob because that would be too costly to render. Then 3D came and made it possible, and everyone threw in headbob because obviously your head bobs (just go back and play OG Half-Life… brrr). Then everyone figured out that it just looked bad and wasn't even that realistic — what matters is what we perceive, not how things actually are.
But at the same time, as graphics became better, the “cinematic” ideal became more possible, so other nonsensical stuff was introduced — lens flares, or motion blur, or depth of field. Artefacts from the inherent flaws of film cameras were replicated because they could be replicated, and because we have spent decades learning that these imperfections “look good.” Then some numpty made shaky-cam popular, and before long, that appeared in video games as well… and soon, we were back to that now doubly nonsensical headbob.
If it does nothing else, I'd praise the advent of VR for finally forcing developers to get rid of that visual junk and start letting the brain do its own processing, which is where it should have happened all along.
Oh, don't get me started. I'll start yelling at the clouds again.
Reminds me of this, though: https://youtu.be/WbJ-y6BWfUc?t=1m8s
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