Unfortunately RSI went out of business around the first of this year because Chris embezzled all of the money so what we're seeing here is a ghost company creating a ghost game with no money :s
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Star Citizen Alpha 2.0 | The 'Verse Awakens
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Unfortunately RSI went out of business around the first of this year because Chris embezzled all of the money so what we're seeing here is a ghost company creating a ghost game with no money :s
2.4 is Live!!
Also, they've updated the ToS! There are some significant changes:
Take a moment to consider if this is something you want to agree to. If you have any hesitation about the amount you've invested and whether or not you will see a return on that investment, or if any of this new language raises a red flag for you, do not click "I Accept". You simply have a better shot with the ToS you have now.
For those of you who really want to lock lips with fate and have no hesitation whatsoever...Godspeed.
Also, they've updated the ToS! There are some significant changes:
Take a moment to consider if this is something you want to agree to. If you have any hesitation about the amount you've invested and whether or not you will see a return on that investment, or if any of this new language raises a red flag for you, do not click "I Accept". You simply have a better shot with the ToS you have now.
For those of you who really want to lock lips with fate and have no hesitation whatsoever...Godspeed.
That's really making me uncomfortable...
Dubbedinenglish
Banned
Oh..that is reassuring
staticneuron
Member
At this point in time, if you really have to consider if this game is vaporware, or if they will not "finish", given the content already released..... I would highly suggest against agreeing to the TOS and investing in any long term crowdfunded project ever again.
ultrazilla
Member
Oh wow that new TOS is a huge Red Flag. Saying your pledge is non refundable should they not finish the game? Who in their right mind would agree to that?
I'm sorry but perhaps Derrick Smart isn't so far off as people think...
I'm sorry but perhaps Derrick Smart isn't so far off as people think...
BarringGaffner
Member
Please tell me they aren't relying on a consistant stream of new revenue to finish this game?
I beleieve they already said many millions ago that they had the game budgetted out for what they had already made.
Dubbedinenglish
Banned
And the amount of money raised should get them enough borrowing power if needed.
Hard to say. Under the old ToS, there was mention of a financial audit for the backers should the game be more than 18 months past due. The new ToS removes this entirely. So its likely that the only way we'll know how much they depend on fresh income is in the event that they go bankrupt.
Dictator93
Member
Given the amount of open positions they still hire for (with presumably XXX term contracts that need to be respected in places like Germany that have strict contract law), I would not put too much behind the TOS changes atm.
mercenar1e
Member
nobody knows how much of the funds are left.. they aren't totally transparent.
what i am getting from reading the new TOS is that they're no longer offering refunds to anyone under any circumstance and that the 2016 release schedule is being pushed back.
lol
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No, this only means that development can vary based on different variables, which is very true to the nature of software development.
Sax Russel
Banned
=P
Zalusithix
Member
Indeed. The Caterpillar was meh for me, but the Carrack... That's another story. Also added the Dragonfly into the roster sheet in preparation for the upcoming sale. Categorized it as racing, because frankly I have no idea what to classify it as lol.
As for the TOS changes, I can't say I care. Perhaps I've been crowdfunding things long enough that I understand that if a project does go belly up, you're more or less fucked regardless of any TOS. If they have no money to complete the project, they'll have no money to refund you. At best asset sales will go to pay off any larger loans first, and the rest divvied up between the backers. Whether I get $10 or $0 back on a failed project means little to me. If you're not comfortable losing what you've invested in a crowdfunded project, don't crowdfund in the first place. Period.
About 26.7 GB .
staticneuron
Member
They really shouldn't need to borrow more, they were not at this operating size the entire time, so hopefully they have enough banked to get the title to market.
Agreed.
Compsiox
Banned
Perhaps you should be doing something else that you aren't
What do you mean?
elproducto
Banned
I haven't touched the game for probably 4 months. Anything good right now that should drag me back in?
Here's some good links for the new stuff that just got added in 2.4.
https://robertsspaceindustries.com/comm-link//15355-Star-Citizen-Alpha-24-Available
https://robertsspaceindustries.com/comm-link//15377-Star-Citizen-Alpha-240
The big stuff is the addition of actual persistence, with stuff like getting aUEC from missions and buying clothing, weapons, and armor from various shops.
Also, Starfarer is flight ready now, which is a big deal because of how massive a ship it is.
Compsiox
Banned
It's a siiign
I think we can drop the probably, lol.
Zabo pls
It's not enough to just live. You have to have something to live for. Let it be December.
Compsiox
Banned
Are they really starting to struggle money wise?
Patrick S.
Banned
Reinstalled the game, was very much looking forward to play this again for a while before going to bed. I have tried like ten times, and every time I start the game, right after having loaded the main menu I get a "connection failed" error with an ok button, and when I click ok I get thrown back to the desktop.
No one knows but CIG.
Rephin
Member
Well, you could always try the basic two client troubleshooting steps:
1) Delete the USER folder in the Star Citizen Public directory.
2) Click Verify Files on the launcher.
Squadron 42 missing December won't be down to money troubles, it'll be due to the pursuit of perfection and unbridled ambition.
jellies_two
Member
Sorry I almost afraid to post this idea because owners of the game don't like people who don't own the game from being too negative.
But .. I wonder if SC may become the first game in history that ends up being almost entirely the sale of cosmetic items. Or was that "PlayStation home".
But .. I wonder if SC may become the first game in history that ends up being almost entirely the sale of cosmetic items. Or was that "PlayStation home".
MGHA
Member
Played some tonight. My my double threaded 4 core i7 2600k gtx 680 can barely pull 35 fps on medium settings. Not a complaint. Amazing experience for sure. I still find it annoying people are still suicide bombing their ships into you during dog fights though. Most annoying part for me.
Can't blame you, any criticism from even other owners of the game gets them the Derek Smart label or one of the other canned and mostly sarcastic responses. As for cosmetics, well, they're going to have to earn more money somehow if the game doesn't require a subscription.
On the other hand they are still expanding so thats doubtful.
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There is nothing wrong at being negative, but it must come from some real reason.
Regarding cosmetic, or more like ships that are being sold, the will also feature private server and full story campaign. Some people arent even interested in Star Citizen component.
And in the end its an MMO, they need to some constant revenue stream to update the game.
Patrick S.
Banned
Verifying the files took more than an hour but it fixed the issue, thanks. Wonder what happened, since it was a fresh install.
Dubbedinenglish
Banned
Suiciding is a lot less intentional than it is a product of the poor flight behavior of ships and poor controls.
Starbuck2907
Member
The new tos doesn't worry me. Any corp with a good lawyer makes those things as ridiculous as possible. Rarely stops a class action suit anyway cause judges can still say the tos was unfair.
Patrick S.
Banned
When I last played this a few months ago, I could run it quite nicely on very high settings, now it runs worse on low than it did on high before. Runs worse than ARK for me now (i5 4690k @ 4 ghz, nvidia 970, 8 gb RAM).
Dictator93
Member
If you are playing on the Universe server, you are limited by server performance as well as by a lot of simulation being currently pegged to a single CPU thread. Your GPU is probably sitting like @ 30-40% usage in a number of scenarios. It will be much better in due time as the multi-threading in the engine is improved.
Yeah.
Patrick S.
Banned
Oh, that is a bit disappointing. Have RSI commented on (future) performance?
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