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Star Citizen Alpha 2.0 | The 'Verse Awakens
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kutthoat5150
Member
got my invite as well! Though I think I may hold off for live until they get their new patching system worked out
Zalusithix
Member
Looks like a blanket invite for all subscribers. They've been pushing the subscriber rewards pretty hard lately. Select ships to test each month, special subscriber only ship sales, PTU invites, and of course all the previous subscriber perks.
Thanks for reminding me to check my mail. Got my invite.
Congrats.
Aztechnology
Member
Just gimme them stability updates
I really want net code and server updates
Xplatformer
Member
Are we allowed to stream 2.5 PTU?
Grrrr...and of course I'm going to have to remap my controls for my 360 controller.
It's late...here's some of my 2.5. No real spaceflight (not interested in the new ships).
Grrrr...and of course I'm going to have to remap my controls for my 360 controller.
It's late...here's some of my 2.5. No real spaceflight (not interested in the new ships).
Aztechnology
Member
Yea. There's no NDA on PTU tests afaik.
Rephin
Member
But... I'm not even a subscriber...
Dictator93
Member
Even playing at a steady 30 would be much welcomed improvement. Much welcomed.
Zalusithix
Member
To be exact it was a second wave of invites and all subscribers. So you were the non subscriber part. I, on the other hand, was no doubt part of the subscriber invites. They're certainly not inviting me for my nonexistent issue feedback lol.
Aztechnology
Member
Yea 30 would be a great point to hit. Especially for just messing about on Kareah and such. Trying to get into gunfights when it's dropping into the low teens sometimes on a 1070 is miserable.
JoeyJungle
Banned
Just got reminded of this game because of No Man's sky and was just wondering if there's a release date for the "real" game yet (not dogfighting sim or hangar modules)? I haven't read through the thread, sorry again.
mercenar1e
Member
no release date.
To be fair, there are the beginnings of the Persistent Universe already playable. It's only one system and mechanics are pretty thin, but it's there.
Xplatformer
Member
No release date.
Remember. Star Citizen is TWO games.
Squadron 42...single player Wing Commanderesque game with full story to build the lore of the universe.
Star Citizen Persistent Universe...the MMO.
There are no release dates for either, but Squadron will be out within the next 12 months.
I'm getting consistent 30 fps in 2.4 with only a 970. It's not always the case, but most of the time (check my video above) the game is pretty smooth for me.
Zalusithix
Member
I know you're not making the insinuation that they're similar, but if anything, NMS should remind you more of Elite Dangerous. For all the differences, there's at least some shared aspects between NMS and ED. Unless you were reminded of SC precisely because you wanted something entirely different.
I mean, Star Citizen's goals are pretty much the antithesis of NMS'. A limited, (mostly) hand crafted universe vs an endless procedurally generated one. In depth multiplayer oriented gameplay loops (perhaps ridiculously so) vs simple single player resource gathering. Frankly, other than being in the space genre, there's very little similar between them. Which really made all the NMS comparisons to SC from before the hype rug got pulled out from under it all the more amusing.
It's a pity NMS ended up so shallow though. While I'm glad we'll no longer get the comparisons to that game, I was hoping to enjoy NMS for what it was. As it turns out, I'd be better off just returning to Elite. Hopefully the base building can add something more compelling to the experience.
petethepanda
Member
Cool, realizing I got an invite just after talking to a coworker about how I was hoping for more stuff to mess around with soon in SC. Haven't played at all since the early days of 2.0, looking forward to checking out what's changed.
Disgusting, I remember it was this time last year all that crap that went on =[
Dictator93
Member
Quite obvious by whom and which type of people are responsible for the targetted harassment.
aaaaaaand now I'm reading D*rek Sm*rt's Twitter again. God this is such a rabbit hole. He actually compares NMS to Star Citizen as if they've done anything similar. I need to stop reading this nonsense
(asterisks used to prevent the batsignal from going out over Google Alerts or whatever he uses)
Zalusithix
Member
I clicked through to one, and then quickly backed out. Better to save my sanity. I read enough stupid shit every day thanks to Trump. I don't need to further erode my faith in humanity.
Xplatformer
Member
This was one of my favorites. The level of NPC AI being discussed, I don't think, has been implemented in any game as yet.
imo NPC ai has the potential to be infinitely more groundbreaking than going from 1080p graphics to 4k graphics.
Like a trainwreck, I can't stop looking. Just a sick, sick individual.
Anyway, Tony Z was amazing in the new AtV. I'm honestly not sure if what he wants is even possible, but even half of that would be GOAT gaming AI.
Also, F7A MkII looks sick. Makes me sad I sold my F7A body kit a while back.
Dictator93
Member
Seriously, just WTF is wrong with this guy?
Disgusting human being. Dude needs to get taken off the internet forever.
Sir Abacus
Member
He made a really shitty game twenty years ago, Chris Roberts made a game in the same vein that was better and actually worked. Derek Smart never quite got over it.
Meh, fuck this guy. Doesn't help that I feel bad right now for a myriad of things and that I've slept badly for the past three days. And I'm stupid enough to forget my 3DS so I can't play Animal Crossing to try to relax. Meh. I guess I'll just turn off everything and lie on my bed staring at my ceiling for the next couple of hours.
Derek has always been a dick, but someone need to get him in line. She should sue him for slander.
Sir Abacus
Member
In the loosest sense of the word. I have some magazines back home with BC3K previews from 1992, 1994 and, finally, 1996. It was that generation's Duke Nukem Forever and Daikatana back before we had Duke Nukem Forever and Daikatana.
Ouch.
I got in to 2.5 PTU. The FPS is atrocious--almost unplayable--and I'm running an OC 6700k and 980Ti. Not for the faint of the heart. It's a testing environment so I'm okay with it, but wanted to report on my first experience. On the good side, the Reliant and Grim Hex are amazing.
Zalusithix
Member
Doesn't matter if you have a godly machine or a toaster. It's all server limited right now. Going to suck no matter what. More than anything else, that's the one thing that needs fixing.
Xplatformer
Member
What are your system specs? RAM specifically. Also, make sure you close the log in app prior to the game completing it's start.
I logged in last night with my 970 and, while it wasn't as fast as 2.4, my frames were between 20-30 fps...never lower.
watch my video from 7:00 on.
(the server side issues...I downloaded late PST time so there were less people hitting the servers at that time)
It's pretty smooth and your GPU should be getting at least 15 fps higher than me.
I downloaded last night at 10:00 pm PST.
thats gotta be some prosecutor's wet dream right?
JoeyJungle
Banned
Thanks! I actually didn't realize that it's been split into two different games (I remember there was an FPS game planned for a while I think that was canceled though). Glad that there will be something soon!
I know you're not making the insinuation that they're similar, but if anything, NMS should remind you more of Elite Dangerous. For all the differences, there's at least some shared aspects between NMS and ED. Unless you were reminded of SC precisely because you wanted something entirely different.
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I was just thinking of it because they're the two big space games I've been looking forward to
Apparently the latest 2.5 versions are a horrible mess of desync issues and the patch that just went live trying to fix these issues is known to cause "frequent server crashes". Enjoy!
staticneuron
Member
I am also really loving that new F7A MkII. I think it looks fantastic.
Thanks! I actually didn't realize that it's been split into two different games (I remember there was an FPS game planned for a while I think that was canceled though). Glad that there will be something soon!
I was just thinking of it because they're the two big space games I've been looking forward to
The FPS mode still exists, I think they said it's coming out on patch 2.6?
Not experienced any of that. You seem to be listening to the odd sort. Is this a Trump-esque "I hear things".
Post history indicates that it's definitely possible.
Then again, the last few times I tried the main branch were disappointing.. I gave up a few months back and I'm waiting for a network revamp or whatever.
https://forums.robertsspaceindustries.com/discussion/338809/official-feedback-thread-2-5-0-on-ptu/p4
Just click on the forums and read people complaining about performance getting worse. 2.5g was recently released, 2.5d seemed to have been pretty consistent with previous versions but constantly crashed. Patch notes for 2.5g mentioned that they were aware of constant crashes too.
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