Star Citizen Megathread - Fly FREE thru Dec 14th! Link in OP - Games

do you realise what this means guys? CIG finally made a deadline! :toot:

[QUOTE=krail9;48543359]do you realise what this means guys? CIG finally made a deadline! :toot:[/QUOTE] don't turn on that valve, time will surely tell when it's ready.

So I haven't played SC in ages, I only have the $40 package with the aurora so it was never really fun and the flight handling felt like shit. Let's see if things changed. Good thing I already see is that the launcher actually loads with more than 300KB/s-1MB/s and currently loads with full 17MB/s I have. :v: So is there any real chance for me to get into the PTU?

Everyone gets in sooner or later, it's that they were starting with ~2000 and then rolling it out to a wider group if that first batch doesn't go up in flames badly with the first wave of testers. People are being selected by net speed and location/distance from the servers, according to specific parameters, and not something like starting at low Citizen numbers or only alpha backers or at random. Keep in mind that the PTU is only going to get you access to the social module's initial patch, which is ArcCorp Area 18, which doesn't add to space any. This isn't the PU...yet.

[QUOTE=Mitsuma;48544251]So I haven't played SC in ages, I only have the $40 package with the aurora so it was never really fun and the flight handling felt like shit.[/QUOTE] in case this happened after your previous time in SC, I'd like to tell you (or remind you) that playing online matches of anything except free flight will net you a currency called REC. You can take this to the [url=https://robertsspaceindustries.com/electronic-access]EA Store[/url] to rent ships and equipment to make life much more livable. Ship rental times are confusing at first, but the basic explanation is, you get seven 'tokens' with a rental. When you first load into [del]a game[/del] the hangar with a rental ship, a token is activated, and you can use the ship as much as you want within a 24 hour period of that point. be mindful of the countdowns in your hangar>ROMS page [t]http://i.imgur.com/MjI4J34.png[/t] [t]http://i.imgur.com/ej4gqew.png[/t] on this note though, it's cheaper to renew a rental before it expires instead of going back to the main rental store

[QUOTE=dai;48544972]Ship rental times are confusing at first, but the basic explanation is, you get seven 'tokens' with a rental. When you first load into a game with a rental ship, a token is activated, and you can use the ship as much as you want within a 24 hour period of that point. Weapon equipment seems to activate its voucher when you log in rather than when it's actually used though, so be mindful of the countdowns in your hangar>ROMS page (looking at my page, [i]apparently[/i] the freeflight was triggering ship tokens without me using them, I got to use the ghost once (during that video) and didn't touch any of my other rented ships during the freeflight arrrrg I don't even see my M50 anymore) [/QUOTE] [img]http://i.imgur.com/AIQJCbq.png[/img]

when did that change from ship usage to total loading? >:( also found a nice impromptu dev Q&A that happened in RSI chat [url]https://www.reddit.com/r/starcitizen/comments/3ig189/tony_z_in_the_house/[/url] lots of hype stuff hinted at, one thing I found neat is the initally visitable area of Arc Corp 1/3 total of its intended size, and terra prime will be 3x larger than any other planetside map, requiring 3 separate maps to hold it all also [quote]Current plan is to roll out PTU invites for Social Module over this week, hopefully getting everybody in by Friday, but no promises.[/quote]

it never changed it was always that way

Looks like I came back to SC at the right time. This is so exciting! Even the implementation of the chat system is exciting (unless that already existed to some extent and I never noticed it).

[QUOTE=Hrothgar;48545463]Looks like I came back to SC at the right time. This is so exciting! Even the implementation of the chat system is exciting (unless that already existed to some extent and I never noticed it).[/QUOTE] there was a chat, but it was just using the cryengine inbuild chat system as a placeholder.

[QUOTE=Techbot;48545639]there was a chat, but it was just using the cryengine inbuild chat system as a placeholder.[/QUOTE] Ah, alright I see. Well at least I have the new chat system to look forward to.

[QUOTE=the_killer24;48545025]it never changed it was always that way[/QUOTE] If you load into [I]any[/I] ship in Arena Commander, if you see any ship's HUD boot screen start up, everything you have out on REC spends a token instantly. It has always been this way. And, yeah, Terra Prime is going to be split across three locations, highlighted in this transit map: [t]https://i.imgur.com/IDzbjr3.jpg[/t] About the PTU, Will Leverett said this: [QUOTE]WLeverett.CIG: Hey guys! We won't be adding more invites tonight... but here a ProTip! If you want in on the next round which is coming in the next 24 hours, make sure you log on to AC right now as the next round will be from players who have actively logged in the last couple of days.[/QUOTE] Reading the PTU patch notes requires access to the PTU, [URL="https://www.reddit.com/r/starcitizen/comments/3ihb5v/patch_12_ptu_notes/"]but there are copies on the RSI forums and Reddit[/URL]. PTU is 30GB in size. Also, that chat with Tony Z, holy fuck, Terra's eventually going to be seamless? :hypeisreal: [QUOTE]CIG requests that we do NOT share media/pictures/videos/streams of the PTU just yet.[/QUOTE]

got my PTU invite! also quick little video from monday night's shenanigans [media]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qdkWmkuS0FY[/media]

I got one as well. We should socialize when I'm home dai. [IMG]http://imgur.com/W0GBKVC[/IMG]

I got mine, woot! Now to download 30GB for the PTU.

Goddammit, didn't get one :(

Lame. None here either.

Got in! Downloading it now, can't wait to check this out.

I'm sure more waves will go out soon, and as previously mentioned make sure you've been active in Arena Commander lately. I don't know what their internal criteria is, though. And, as a reminder, when you go into the PTU in the new launcher, you agree to CIG NDA'ing you, and they [B]have[/B] asked people to hold back on sharing screenshots/video/streaming of the PTU until everyone's in. I'm not going to try and backseat mod on behalf of CIG or anything like that about the NDA, and we're a fairly small community as far as outside traffic and visibility goes, but Imma suggest at least keeping it confined to this thread until PTU access's open to everyone. And, Tony Z really wants bug reports, don't forget the 'test' part of the PTU. However, I can't wait to see how Area 18 compares to the leaked build, especially performance-wise. And apparently ArcCorp's supposed to get even bigger in subsequent releases, and Nyx's Delamar landing zone should be out in October. CIG nailing this release window and building credibility for the projected releases of fps for September and multicrew by end of October gives me the feeling that these next three months are going to see naysayers' shit shoved in. I'm trying to keep my hype in check, but the dream is increasingly becoming real. :excited:

I got my invite, will give arccorp a go and get bugtesting. By the way, i found a bug earlier with weapon fire rates. If your game is ever below 30 fps your weapon's fire rate will scale down to 0. In my test on the avenger at 30-60 the bulldogs took 12 seconds to drain, at 20 fps it took 42 seconds. Keep in mind the weapon recharge rate is constant even with lower fps, so thats not a 1/4 fire rate but its still pretty bad. Do whatever you can to keep your game at least over 30 fps unless you like being even more gimped than a low framerate would on it's own.

From what I hear, people who aren't in it aren't missing much. It's what you saw at Gamescom, which is to say just a big empty map with nothing in it or anything to do. There aren't even any NPCs aside from a handful of decorative shop owners. You can do ERP in the chat box with other players but that's the extent of it. Does any of the AR or Mobiglass stuff work? That was the only interesting part of the social stuff they demoed at Gamescom.

press F2 [editline]27th August 2015[/editline] I think that even worked in the leaked build. [editline]27th August 2015[/editline] actually nvm it was F1. [URL="http://3kv.in/~techbot/ShareX/2015/05/2015-05-26-0052-14.webm"]also found my old video about it.[/URL]

F2 brings up MobiGlas but it doesn't do anything except expand AR look targets on weapons in Cubby Blast and healing items in the Clinic. I don't think toggling between modes is supported. Also when you walk into Dumper's Depot with the AR UI up a little UI element pops in saying it's connected to the local DDepot's network. There isn't anything to do but walk up to other people and /dance, and sightsee, but MAN does it look good. I've shot a bunch of footage for a little video.

Got an invite, now to download...

ATV just went live [url]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jUcx4xarDVk&feature=youtu.be[/url] vanguard variants detailed apparently [editline]e[/editline] disappointing, the designer just kind of mumbles about the chair rolling along the track, and showed off the central bomb module. People worrying about the retaliator being redundant/outclassed by vanguard are hilariously misguided

[QUOTE=Oicani Gonzales;48554797]who expected anything besides that? literally noone, i hope[/QUOTE] I was [I]hoping [/I]for public chat space erp so this is perfect

[QUOTE=dai;48554885]I was [I]hoping [/I]for public chat space erp so this is perfect[/QUOTE] Arc Corp is going to be like Goldshire in WoW.

[QUOTE=Dispenser;48555501]Arc Corp is going to be like Goldshire in WoW.[/QUOTE] at this rate I'd say it's a fair assumption that the safest trade routes' comm channels are going to be barrens chat

Got my invite.

If there's ever a way to do it, I will go out of my way to frame crimes on erp'ers in Area 18 so ArcCorp police come and drag them away and take their gun possession rights away. :v: Work-in-progress, quality a lot poorer than I'd like and intend on having for the final version, but I tried to get a little bit of fpcorp flavour in. [video=youtube;1_N7W7oGO7A]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1_N7W7oGO7A[/video]