OFFICIAL Star Citizen

[erocker]

Lol, I wouldn't yet. You're going to be disappointed by the texture pop-in.

 

[Nordic]

Popping in this thread to see what's going on. Haven't been paying attention so figured I would catch up. Read the last two pages and mostly just chatter. Can I get a simple 1-3 sentence summary on how the game is progressing? Lots of new ships that look interesting I see.

 

[D007]

Lol, I wouldn't yet. You're going to be disappointed by the texture pop-in.

I just want to see how it looks in 4k.. I might have it.. iuno. I have a connie and the deluxe hangar. It's the VFG hangar?
Edit: Yea it is.

Wow another 4K update:

I have butter smooth frame rates in 3840X2160 with my hornet in free flight.
This is on Broken moon.
I mean absolutely smooth. It looks and runs amazing.
On ONE gtx 980 GPU?! I can't wait til sli works.
Multiplayer and persistent universe, is a whole other animal.
I'm fairly certain it can do it though.

 

[ne6togadno]

i think you are rushing with textures and vram requirements.
dont forget game isnt optimized yet.

 

[erocker]

Yeah, I agree, and optimizations will come (currently it's trying to load every high-rez texture on a map [hangar] at once) but this game is still going to want all the vram it can get!




Here's a few more screenshots:

 

[Scrizz]

lol the Greycat

 

[erocker]

lol the Greycat

Heh, it's in the control tower in that pic. I managed to get it up the steps and in the elevator!

 

[human_error]

New patch is out!

Key highlights:

• SLI/Crossfire working
• r_motionblur command now works in console again
• Custom keybindings released
• Private matches re-enabled

Note your hangars will be empty until you go to the website my hangar section, click the configure button under your currently selected hangar type and put the ships you want back in the hangar - you can control the groups of ships and where they go in the hangar which is nice.

Full notes in spoiler tag: (link to official post)

Spoiler

• FEATURES
  • Added a controls customization screen that allows remapping of a subset of actions oriented towards ship navigation
    • Support for keyboard+mouse, controller devices and Joystick / HOTAS
    • Allows customization of discrete & continuous (axis) outputs
    • Support for modifiers keys
  • Added ability to choose which ships spawn in your hangar
  • Added ability to lock on to enemy closest to reticle
  • Added gamma, brightness, and contrast settings
  • Added pilot breathing
  • Added sound reverb to hangars
  • Added basic sound to pause menu
  • SLI/Crossfire Support Implemented

• BALANCE/TWEAKS
  • Changed Vanduul Swarm spawn sound
  • Added a drop shadow to the UI in New Horizon Speedway level
  • M50
    • Hard points no longer attach size 2 weaponry
    • Missiles attached by default
    • Reduced power of maneuvering thrusters
    • Reduced health of major ship components

• FIXES
  • Private matches re-enabled
  • Character no longer clips through Aurora Ladder
  • Race mode no longer displays incorrect race position
  • Can now cancel connection to multiplayer matches with the cancel button
  • Arena Commander menu now fills the screen for all aspect ratios
  • HUD now displays message before kicking idle player from match
  • No longer possible to load into a match with a non-DFM ship
  • Space brake no longer blocks throttle input
  • Arena Commander menu no longer becomes blurry at max zoom-in while in the Aurora Trainer
  • Race data while in the M50 no longer moves outside the screen
  • The 17th checkpoint now shows in Defford Link
  • Race no longer spawns you in the incorrect place
  • Fixed issue with player sometimes failing to eject in 300i/350r
  • Black/redout no longer persists after ejecting
  • M50 chaff no longer fires in the wrong direction
  • Wingmen in Vanduul Swarm no longer sometimes fail to respawn after elite waves
  • Fixed issues with matches sometimes not reporting stats to leaderboards
  • Various crash fixes
  • Improvements to SLI/Crossfire issue
  • The cursor no longer has conflicts when a joystick is plugged in
  • The following Cvars have been re-whitelisted:
    • r_FogShadows
    • r_Gamma
    • r_HDRBloomRatio
    • r_HDRBrightLevel
    • r_MotionBlur
    • r_ssdo
    • sys_spec_shadows
    • r_getscreenshot

• KNOWN ISSUES
  • 325a and 310p ships show some white exterior
  • 325a and 315p may show an invisible pilot seat
  • 315p engine pops in and out
  • Super Hornet has offset components around rear landing gear
  • Unable to exit back seat of super hornet
  • Accounts can only have a maximum of 2 ammo boxes of each type, which causes the account to not have enough ammunition if a ship is trying to equip more than 2 of the same gun
  • Unable to create custom profiles (currently changes are saved to the existing profiles, which are reset if you re-select the “default” profile)
  • Individual keybindings cannot be set as blank. This means if a player sets a control on accident, it can’t be unbound without resetting the whole profile
  • Unable to fully mix/match custom keybinds across multiple devices
  • Swapping from one controller profile to another will reset any changes the player has made
  • There is no visual feedback for what kinds of inputs are accepted for controls that only accept specific kinds of input
  • Unable to change power-priority of 350R in power management screen
  • M50 HUD does not display missiles
  • Fuel can be consumed when no additional thrust is being generated
  • Idris’s that spawn in hangar are currently invisible and have no collision
  • The M50’s portside wing has misplaced elements
  • The starboard side of the M50’s spoiler has an inverted decal
  • The Constellation Phoenix has collision issues in its rear engine room
  • There can sometimes be a brief pause when a player joins a match or respawns
  • Matchmaker may not account for Track Variant when searching for Murray Cup races via Spectrum Match

With the size of the patch (just under 2GB) I wonder if they've snuck in the Mustang AMD as that's meant to be in the hangars any day now...

 

[Random Murderer]

With the size of the patch (just under 2GB) I wonder if they've snuck in the Mustang AMD as that's meant to be in the hangars any day now...

My guess would be yes, September 30 was the day you were supposedly able to access and use them.
I'm glad SLI/CFX is working again, now to find some time to race!

 

[Scrizz]

I just want to see how it looks in 4k.. I might have it.. iuno. I have a connie and the deluxe hangar. It's the VFG hangar?
Edit: Yea it is.

Wow another 4K update:

I have butter smooth frame rates in 3840X2160 with my hornet in free flight.
This is on Broken moon.
I mean absolutely smooth. It looks and runs amazing.
On ONE gtx 980 GPU?! I can't wait til sli works.
Multiplayer and persistent universe, is a whole other animal.
I'm fairly certain it can do it though.

Give us another update with SLI!
thanks

 

[D007]

Give us another update with SLI!
thanks

Will do as soon as it works but here's another small update on the performance.
Vanduul swarm mode is exactly as butter smooth as free flight.
That is still on one gpu.
99.9% sure, this game will be absolutely playable in the persistent universe, with one if not two, 9 series gpu's.

aaaaaaaaaaaaa

Yeah, I agree, and optimizations will come (currently it's trying to load every high-rez texture on a map [hangar] at once) but this game is still going to want all the vram it can get!




Here's a few more screenshots:

The color palette in these pics looks very nice. digital vibrance any?

 

[erocker]

The color palette in these pics looks very nice. digital vibrance any?

Good eye! They've been shopped a little with some lighting tweaks, added a bit of color saturation, blur tool to get rid of jaggies in some places and the sharpen tool in other places.

So, the new patch claims to have SLI/CrossFire support, you try it yet?

 

[Scrizz]

Good eye! They've been shopped a little with some lighting tweaks, added a bit of color saturation, blur tool to get rid of jaggies in some places and the sharpen tool in other places.

So, the new patch claims to have SLI/CrossFire support, you try it yet?

that's what I'm waiting to find out too. lol

 

[erocker]

Made a crap video of the 350R getting pummeled by Vanduul. Pummeling starts around 1:15:

 

[Random Murderer]

Made a crap video of the 350R getting pummeled by Vanduul. Pummeling starts around 1:15:

Nice choice of song.

 

[human_error]

Made a crap video of the 350R getting pummeled by Vanduul. Pummeling starts around 1:15:

There's a bug with the 350R at the moment where the shields aren't protecting it properly - shot from directly above or below they are completely bypassed and shot from front/behind doesn't seem to be getting much protection at all.

 

[human_error]

Finally got my AMD Mustang code - the package you get is the Mustang Omega, Squadron 42, full game package, 2 months' insurance and 1,000 UEC. Package has a $60 value so thank you AMD!

Screenshots of it in the Hangar:

Spoiler

 

[erocker]

Nice, human_error!

So, CitizenCon is this weekend and there's going to be new stuff. Maybe Mustang, Cutlass Variants and sale, Gladius in the Hangar, 890 Jump sale, Avenger AC ready? ...all maybe's.

 

[Scrizz]

Nice, human_error!

So, CitizenCon is this weekend and there's going to be new stuff. Maybe Mustang, Cutlass Variants and sale, Gladius in the Hangar, 890 Jump sale, Avenger AC ready? ...all maybe's.

sweet!
hope I get to see my Gladiator soon.

 

[human_error]

Cutlass variants just got patched in (450MB patch - patch notes are lacking content until Citizen Con is over). Looks like 2 new variants (red and blue are the two names) and a new paint job for the base cutlass.

edit

Here's the Cutlass commercial:

 

[erocker]

For a week, everyone has acsess to all the working ships in arena commander! If anyone wants to try some racing lets do it!

 

[erocker]

Here's a smoother video from the PU demo at CitizenCon. This is probably my favorite SC video so far.

 

[D007]

Good eye! They've been shopped a little with some lighting tweaks, added a bit of color saturation, blur tool to get rid of jaggies in some places and the sharpen tool in other places.

So, the new patch claims to have SLI/CrossFire support, you try it yet?

Gracias. .

Oh yea I tried it and man. It is amazing. Runs just perfect.
Even the horribly optimized Connie in the hangar runs good with sli on.
Without it, I was getting idk, 10-20 fps on the Connie.
No more artifacting at all.

But arena commander MP ran perfect on one card, in Vanduul swarm.
Minus those odd, texture loading lag spikes that have always been present for me, when the enemies load in.

Here's a smoother video from the PU demo at CitizenCon. This is probably my favorite SC video so far.

Holly shit I never saw that vid.
Freaking sweet!
That's the Connie and shes working?!
Why isn't this vid in 4k?!

Wow man.. I have to admit I've been sitting here lately wondering if I messed up pledging as much as I did.
wondering wth they are doing, because the AC is just basic and all.

Now I see what they have been doing.
Busting their asses is what they have been doing and it looks jaw droppingly amazing..
My jaw was literally dropped to the floor watching that.

 

[Scrizz]

this YESSS, these ships look BEAST!

can't wait till my Gladiator is ready!!

 

[human_error]

325A's now been added to AC. Same engine as the 300i trainer and the custom targeting computer isn't in yet but it's a very different beast to flying my hornet. In the hornet when I'm going against the Vanduul I'll start firing as soon as my crosshair's close to the lead markers and get a couple of hits in that do small amounts of damage. With the 325A the mass driver and Ominsky IV's fire really slowly, but when they hit they hit hard. If you get all 3 guns to hit then you'll either be detaching a wing or blowing huge chunks of the ship off. Need to be very precise in aiming but the damage payoff is worth it. Shields are no concern for the 325A - enemy ships may as well be wrapped in bubble wrap for all the good their shields do against the might of the mass driver and Ominsky IVs.