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

If you have PTU access, here's what you need to do every time there's a new client patch: a) Update b) Delete Star Citizen\Test\USER c) Restart the launcher d) Verify files If you don't, you may be partially not-updated, and you'll either be unable to connect, or you will be able to connect but you will be [I]crashing others[/I].

first thing I do obviously is extracting everything and I got a few new (for me) ship ai sounds. [vid]http://3kv.in/~techbot/ShareX/2015/11/27/491865368.ogg[/vid] [vid]http://3kv.in/~techbot/ShareX/2015/11/27/670025426.ogg[/vid] [vid]http://3kv.in/~techbot/ShareX/2015/11/27/953548900.ogg[/vid] also airlock sounds [vid]http://3kv.in/~techbot/ShareX/2015/11/27/99920181.ogg[/vid] [vid]http://3kv.in/~techbot/ShareX/2015/11/27/38352941.ogg[/vid] [vid]http://3kv.in/~techbot/ShareX/2015/11/27/549540067.ogg[/vid] [vid]http://3kv.in/~techbot/ShareX/2015/11/27/1043194499.ogg[/vid] [editline]27th November 2015[/editline] oh one of the ship ais is most likely the merlin

cool i got in and the discord invite in the email was expired gg

:snip: just in case

might not be a good idea to have that posted publicly :v:

it was posted on reddit by the devs with a not expiring link...

oh, well the email said "pls dont share the discord link" so i thought it was private

oh the warning was on the bottom and not next to the link :nope: [editline]27th November 2015[/editline] well it's still here in the public [url]https://www.reddit.com/r/starcitizen/comments/3ui79t/official_ptu_200e/[/url]

[QUOTE=MendozaMan;49198565][url]https://robertsspaceindustries.com/comm-link/transmission/15090-Weekly-Development-Update[/url][/QUOTE] It's kind of amazing that CIG put KingKongor's video in the weekly status update on their should-be-family-friendly website, and before he even gets out of his Super Hornet he's already dropped a few bleep bombs. (Not without reason, mind.) It must've impressed them that much. The emergent-gameplay results of the video are amazing, but if only it could've been a streamer without a shitty history like Kongor's. (Rampant viewbotting and general entitled douchebaggery in the Diablo 3 and Elite streaming communities on Twitch, now he's swung in to steal front page for streaming SC.) I hope the persistent client crash that 2.0.0e fixes is the one that hits me like 75% of the time. I'll find out and report back.

[vid]http://3kv.in/~techbot/ShareX/2015/11/27/qtb.webm[/vid] I think I just quantumtraveled backwards v:v:v

[QUOTE=Techbot;49199617][vid]http://3kv.in/~techbot/ShareX/2015/11/27/qtb.webm[/vid] I think I just quantumtraveled backwards v:v:v[/QUOTE] It looks like you attempted to QDrive back into Olisar from inside the minimum safe range to QD into Olisar's immediate SoI, and so rather than just flat-out fail the animation moved you to where you needed to be for the exit animation? :v:

Is there a thing going on where I can try the game out for free, if not, is it coming in the near future?

I'm hearing from Twitch that the new build (e) is really horribly unstable compared to previous ones. I guess I shouldn't get my hopes up about a live push next week.

[QUOTE=01271;49199687]Is there a thing going on where I can try the game out for free, if not, is it coming in the near future?[/QUOTE] Occasionally there are "free fly" weeks. Usually around convention times. I could see one happening around the holidays

Still not in 2.0 :cry:

[QUOTE=archangel125;49199747]I'm hearing from Twitch that the new build (e) is really horribly unstable compared to previous ones. I guess I shouldn't get my hopes up about a live push next week.[/QUOTE] people who get in can stay in for longer times, but it's the whole 'getting in' part that's dying a lot. If I try going to the test universe from the opening menu, I will pretty reliably crash or get a timeout error after going through a normal load time

[QUOTE=dai;49200023]people who get in can stay in for longer times, but it's the whole 'getting in' part that's dying a lot. If I try going to the test universe from the opening menu, I will pretty reliably crash or get a timeout error after going through a normal load time[/QUOTE] The hangar elevator [I]does[/I] work, now, so you could try that.

Obviously only tangentially related to SC, but Elite: dangerous is only 15 bucks for those of you that have been holding off because of content issues (as I have) but are still looking for a little spaceship fix.

[QUOTE=Timebomb575;49201166]Obviously only tangentially related to SC, but Elite: dangerous is only 15 bucks for those of you that have been holding off because of content issues (as I have) but are still looking for a little spaceship fix.[/QUOTE] If i recall you can preorder the new expansion plus the old game for a discount of some sort. I'm not sure $15 for an incomplete game is worth it, kinda feels like a method to sell their 60$ expansion once you buy in and realize features are missing.

[QUOTE=Mattk50;49201260]If i recall you can preorder the new expansion plus the old game for a discount of some sort. I'm not sure $15 for an incomplete game is worth it, kinda feels like a method to sell their 60$ expansion once you buy in and realize features are missing.[/QUOTE] 15 bucks for what they have now seems worth it TBH, I dont really plan on buying the expansion but if I manage to sink like 20 hours into a 15 dollar game I'm happy. Seems like as good a fix as any while I wait for 2.0 to come out.

my 2.0 experience is fun tried to land at a repair station and crashed into the landing pad, killing myself, then awaking in my room to die immediately for all eternity before the game crashed :v: everything else before that was fun as fuck tho now that 2.0 is on the horizon i should probably finally jump into the combat sim just to lrn 2 spaecship.

one thing I've noticed is that the repair drones seem to [i]damage[/i] your ship. I left them to fix a cutlass for a while and nothing got repaired, but I slowly accumulated laser scarring across the top of the ship, and when I tried taking off my systems were all offline and I had trouble moving

[QUOTE=dai;49202462]one thing I've noticed is that the repair drones seem to [i]damage[/i] your ship. I left them to fix a cutlass for a while and nothing got repaired, but I slowly accumulated laser scarring across the top of the ship, and when I tried taking off my systems were all offline and I had trouble moving[/QUOTE] Report this on the forums and ask this as a feature, hacked repair stations.

[URL="https://www.reddit.com/r/starcitizen/comments/3uj93k/no_ptu_access_play_it_solo/"]there is an unofficial way to play the ptu offline now with less chances of crashing.[/URL]

missilecam still works [vid]http://3kv.in/~techbot/ShareX/2015/11/28/missilecam.webm[/vid]

[QUOTE=dai;49202462]one thing I've noticed is that the repair drones seem to [i]damage[/i] your ship. I left them to fix a cutlass for a while and nothing got repaired, but I slowly accumulated laser scarring across the top of the ship, and when I tried taking off my systems were all offline and I had trouble moving[/QUOTE] Phenomenal piracy idea: chop shop repair station.

[QUOTE=Timebomb575;49203138]Phenomenal piracy idea: chop shop repair station.[/QUOTE] just had ST: Voyager episode flashback ;)

Every time the weekly update email rolls in I get my hopes up and subsequently die inside

$30 starter package available again! [url]https://robertsspaceindustries.com/pledge/Packages/Star-Citizen-Starter/[/url]

I can better understand now why people throw their money at this game, I've only had it for 2 days and I already want to upgrade my ship. I bought an Aurora LN but I'm eyeing the Avenger and 325a, I'm guessing the Avenger design is final, but the 325a has a rework to come in the future? Hope I don't find myself spending hundreds of dollars on this game a few months from now.