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[Why485]

It's like you people have never heard of Derek Smart and Battlecruiser.

God, [I]none[/I] of this is new and I'm so sick and tired of hearing about it. I was tired of it over 10 years ago, and I'm tired of it now.

[Archangel125]

[QUOTE=Why485;48205114]It's like you people have never heard of Derek Smart and Battlecruiser.

God, [I]none[/I] of this is new and I'm so sick and tired of hearing about it. I was tired of it over 10 years ago, I'm tired of it now.[/QUOTE]

Frankly? Before he decided to throw a big public tantrum over Star Citizen I'd never heard of the dude before.

And I can't really feel like my worldview has been enriched much by learning about him, but at the moment he's extremely amusing to make fun of. Imagine if he came here and threatened half of Facepunch! That' be hilarious.

I hope, in either case, that he doesn't manage to become a real thorn in CiG's side before they swat him away like a gnat.

[elix]

Good news. CIG preemptively refunded shithead, removing his legal standing to sue, as laid out in the Kickstarter TOS. He's currently trying to figure out a way to refuse the refund. :v:

Now he can't do anything except try and personal army other people. A complaint has also been filed with Valve over LoD's store info being misrepresentative and Shart's abusive censorship in LoD's Steam forum where a forum ban is immediately extended to a game permaban, but I won't get into that except to mention it.

Since he can no longer directly threaten CIG on account of having no standing to bring suit, I'm done talking or thinking about him.

[Archangel125]

[QUOTE=elixwhitetail;48205380]Good news. CIG preemptively refunded shithead, removing his legal standing to sue, as laid out in the Kickstarter TOS. He's currently trying to figure out a way to refuse the refund. :v:

Now he can't do anything except try and personal army other people. A complaint has also been filed with Valve over LoD's store info being misrepresentative and Shart's abusive censorship in LoD's Steam forum where a forum ban is immediately extended to a game permaban, but I won't get into that except to mention it.

Since he can no longer directly threaten CIG on account of having no standing to bring suit, I'm done talking or thinking about him.[/QUOTE]

Even if he refuses the refund, all they had to do was offer. He's no longer got ground to stand on.

[elix]

Kickstarter's TOS says the creator can refund a backer at any time for any reason and that immediately dissolves the relationship and all responsibility to deliver any reward to that individual.

CIG wiped their hands, and if that isn't good enough CR's co-founder is an entertainment lawyer.

Anyway, here's hoping the PTU happens this week and it isn't a technical disaster.

[Mattk50]

[QUOTE=Mbbird;48204809]I'm actually pretty sure humans resist left/right g-forces much netter than down and wayyy better than up. This is even modeled in the game.[/QUOTE]

The modeling in-game has been very strange ever since they introduced horizontal g-forces. The way i think it works based on my testing in combat and in free flight is there are two different "g meters", one ranges from 100 to -100 and applies to the vertical axis, and then another ranges from something more like 0 to 400 and builds up when you accelerate or rotate in any direction. The vertical g-force meter you can keep around zero and never black or red out if you apply huge up g-forces then huge down g-forces, they cancel out. The other one is additive though, so if you go left and then right it doesnt cancel and you are just adding to your meter that will make you goat faint/white out/fall over.

So gameplay wise you do have a longer short term tolerance for left/right g-forces but long term you are better off cancelling vertical maneuvers. Not exactly the most realistic system but it's interesting at least.

[Saber15]

[QUOTE=Mbbird;48204809]I'm actually pretty sure humans resist left/right g-forces much netter than down and wayyy better than up. This is even modeled in the game.[/QUOTE]

Front/back is far better than any other.

If SC's ships were [I]really[/I] realistic, the cockpit would be gimbaled in all three axises so that the pilot's face is always pointing towards the direction of acceleration.

[url=https://what-if.xkcd.com/116/]XKCD[/url] on the maximum possible NASCAR speed, referring to max survivable sustained acceleration.

[Mbbird]

Ah fuck, i forgot about that What If. Loved that one.

[Motorsheep]

[QUOTE=Mbbird;48204809]I'm actually pretty sure humans resist left/right g-forces much netter than down and wayyy better than up. This is even modeled in the game.[/QUOTE]

Yeah... don't know what I was thinking. Obviously, g-forces pushing your blood out of your brain or, even worse, into your brain are more harmful than lateral ones. I probably confused it with forward/backward forces, which kind of restores a tiny bit of validity to my argument, as part of the force in an upwards loop will be pushing you back, not just down.
Not going sideways is probably better mostly because sideways you'd be more likely to slip out of your restraints, and less likely to be able to make proper use of your arms and hands.

[elix]

Via Sandi's fb, Connie redesign in progress:
[t]https://i.imgur.com/qqNv7Uo.jpg[/t]

[video=youtube;ouf5jzk9qg0]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ouf5jzk9qg0[/video]
[QUOTE]00:42 – Producer or Project Manager
03:12 – Smoking while dogfighting
05:15 – Being a 3D Environment Artists
08:55 – Merging AC and SM builds
11:09 – How to be a Producer
14:30 – Rapid iteration of an in Alpha Game
17:03 – Project Status Page
19:46 – Time frames
23:15 – Fighting Feature Creep
27:43 – From idea to Completion[/QUOTE]

[video=youtube;9EMNu0ue76w]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9EMNu0ue76w[/video]

[video=youtube;Sj04_fX9c5U]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sj04_fX9c5U[/video]

[URL="https://www.reddit.com/r/starcitizen/comments/3df0le/what_we_can_expect_from_ptu_115/"]From Reddit:[/URL]
[QUOTE]I've spent the last two days asking various devs in chat about some of the changes coming to PTU 1.1.5 because there has been a lot of confusion about it.

What I have been told by Matt Sherman, Calix Reneau, and Will Leverett:

General Stuff:

GIM (the new instance manager) is in.
Matchmaking has been updated accordingly - no word on how customized it will be.
The new launcher system will be in.
Balance Adjustments have been made to:
- Weapons
- Shields
- Boost
- Hull
- Missiles
- Countermeasures
- Coolers
- Flight
- Gimbals have had their slew rates reduced, based on size.
- There may be a new missile warning indicator.
Merlin and Scythe should hopefully be in.

Specifics of balance adjustments have not been said, but the overall goal was to increase TTK and generally slow down combat without removing the action packed feeling AC is known for. Basically, they are aiming for a more "flight centric" experience WITHOUT taking away the unique advantages of AC's 6DoF flight.

There is probably more coming, and some of this stuff may not make it in, but it should make for one hell of an interesting patch.[/QUOTE]

[Mbbird]

Awesome news regarding the pace of combat

[Motorsheep]

[QUOTE=Mbbird;48216270]Awesome news regarding the pace of combat[/QUOTE]

Could you point me to the video and timestamp where they talk about it please? Don't have the time to watch them all. Thanks :3

[Mbbird]

Idk just took it from this in the quote of his post

Specifics of balance adjustments have not been said, but the overall goal was to increase TTK and generally slow down combat without removing the action packed feeling AC is known for. Basically, they are aiming for a more "flight centric" experience WITHOUT taking away the unique advantages of AC's 6DoF flight.

[elix]

[QUOTE=Don Merino;48219701]Could you point me to the video and timestamp where they talk about it please? Don't have the time to watch them all. Thanks :3[/QUOTE]
[QUOTE=elixwhitetail;48215992][URL="https://www.reddit.com/r/starcitizen/comments/3df0le/what_we_can_expect_from_ptu_115/"]From Reddit:[/URL]
[QUOTE]I've spent the last two days asking various devs in chat about some of the changes coming to PTU 1.1.5 because there has been a lot of confusion about it.[/QUOTE][/QUOTE]

It was not in any of the videos. Please take the time to [U]read[/U] my post, at least.

[Motorsheep]

oops sorry :3

[editline]16th July 2015[/editline]

I did ctrl+f "pace" but didn't bother checking more closely.

[lordcrypto]

[QUOTE=Oicani Gonzales;48220679][t]https://i.imgur.com/U01tnKw.jpg[/t]

man this mockup is way cooler than the current hud, i wish they went with it[/QUOTE]

nah, it falls too much on the movie side of UX

it's way too busy to be playable

[krail]

the helmet is really good though, it actually sells the idea of wearing a helmet, while the current one just looks like more junk hovering in your face

I mean with the huge visor on the current helmet, there's no reason you should see any of it even at high FOV

[Why485]

[QUOTE=Oicani Gonzales;48220679][t]https://i.imgur.com/U01tnKw.jpg[/t]

man this mockup is way cooler than the current hud, i wish they went with it[/QUOTE]

I like the colors more, but the current one is less cluttered.

[ithon]

[url]https://forums.robertsspaceindustries.com/discussion/272231/ship-status#latest[/url]

ship status key list.

all the ship's status. And rovers.

[elix]

So pleased to see the Herald one step below hangar-ready.

[video=youtube;bGvF7p5_kjA]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bGvF7p5_kjA[/video]

[URL="https://robertsspaceindustries.com/comm-link/transmission/14838-Star-Marine-Status-Update"]The weekly Star Marine update is out[/URL]; animations are still the biggest blocker but they're plowing through them one by one.

[URL="https://robertsspaceindustries.com/comm-link/transmission/14837-Galactic-Guide"]The Jump Point rerun article of the week is an entry about Cubby Blast[/URL], ArcCorp Area 18's unique gun store. This month's issue of Jump Point is also published for subscribers. Contents are:
- A WIP article on the Merlin
- A lore article on Kruger Intergalaktische (Intergalactic), manufacturer of weapons and the P-52 Merlin
- A design article about the ship/internals modular component classification system by Matt Sherman
- A preview of what's coming in 1.1.5 and a few brief interviews with devs in various departments
- Castra system, formerly developed to be a military staging point in the Xi'An war, loosening up as the UEE and Xi'An repair their relationship together

Also, from RtV, 1.1.5 is going to up the player count from 8 to 16 (unconfirmed what the race count will be), and Large Worlds are online; the current map size limit takes a 350R about 2.5 [I]hours[/I] to fly from end to end (!!) and they're not even done.

When 1.1.5 goes live (not PTU -- btw PTU [I]may[/I] go live Saturday, people will be coming in on the weekend to try and get a build QA will approve), the Merlin will go on sale for $20 as a standalone ship, no LTI. Backers with LTI Connie Aquila/Andromeda packages will receive a permanent LTI Merlin, Phoenix Connie owners will get a loaner until their Archimedes is finished.

Also, those Genesis Starliner variants:
[QUOTE]Genesis Starhunter
Genesis Starlifter
Genesis Starliner
Genesis Starseeker[/QUOTE]
Military, cargo, exploration, passengers.

[QUOTE]Retaliator Modules (1-18)[/QUOTE]
gawdamn

Also, Monday's 10FTC, which'll be the first 10FTx to actually have CR since he left for SQ42 mocap, is a bit special. Presenting Ben for the Chairman:
[t]https://i.imgur.com/ctJ3afb.jpg[/t]

[Mbbird]

Genesis Starhunter [b]wtf[/b]

[paindoc]

[QUOTE=Mbbird;48236105]Genesis Starhunter [b]wtf[/b][/QUOTE]

Its like analogous tk the Poseidon or P3 Orjon in the Navy I think. A hunter Killer vessel but still needs support

[Mbbird]

Mm, P3 is probavly a good analogy

[ithon]

when was the last update on having bubble heads inside of cockpits?

[elix]

[del]No PTU this weekend, the hangar fails to load and engineering thinks it's a missing shader. People will be working over the weekend on it, but they don't expect to have a build for us before Monday. CIG will post updates on the situation as they happen.[/del]

[B][URL="https://robertsspaceindustries.com/comm-link/transmission/14842-Star-Citizen-Alpha-115-PTU-Available"]OH SHIT, 1.1.5 PTU IS LIVE[/URL][/B] and [URL="https://forums.robertsspaceindustries.com/discussion/272309/1-1-5-publish-to-ptu"]it's a 25GB full-install download with a new launcher[/URL]. [URL="https://www.reddit.com/r/starcitizen/comments/3drwua/ptu_new_launcher_v21/"]Keegan has a Reddit thread for PTU questions/discussion[/URL] as well as the typical threads on the RSI forums.

[IMG]https://i.imgur.com/IAFU7Am.png[/IMG]
Screenshot from Reddit, they weren't kidding when they said they improved launcher speed.

CR is also [URL="https://forums.robertsspaceindustries.com/discussion/272234/dev-tracker/p1"]writing another Letter from the Chairman[/URL].

[URL="http://www.gamersnexus.net/gg/2016-chris-roberts-fps-delays-progress-release-interview"]Gamernexus posted an interview with CR[/URL] they did after he got back to CIG LA.

[t]https://robertsspaceindustries.com/media/b64pu37z38ny6r/source/LOGO_SET_3_Page_22.jpg[/t] [t]https://robertsspaceindustries.com/media/nxsklctl11gfzr/source/LOGO_SET_3_Page_19.jpg[/t] [t]https://robertsspaceindustries.com/media/7iohpq78ec1cbr/source/LOGO_SET_3_Page_17.jpg[/t] [t]https://robertsspaceindustries.com/media/vltc12pczxesnr/source/LOGO_SET_3_Page_16.jpg[/t] [t]https://robertsspaceindustries.com/media/yoalfdh3qir2zr/source/LOGO_SET_3_Page_12.jpg[/t]
Some corporation logos from the dump of possible designs from the Vault.

[Korro Bravin]

gonna DL the PTU patch, we should play if possible

[Techbot]

holy shit those speeds

[t]http://3kv.in/~techbot/ShareX/2015/07/19/00-27_49.png[/t]

looks like they upgraded their servers

[editline]18th July 2015[/editline]

patch notes

[url]http://3kv.in/~techbot/ShareX/2015/07/19/PTU%2520Star%2520Citizen%2520Patch%2520v1.1.5%2520-%2520Roberts%2520Space%2520Industries.html[/url] [URL="https://forums.robertsspaceindustries.com/discussion/272309/1-1-5-publish-to-ptu"]([/URL]uploaded on my server because it requires ptu access)

[Zombie]

[QUOTE=elixwhitetail;48239552]
[t]https://robertsspaceindustries.com/media/b64pu37z38ny6r/source/LOGO_SET_3_Page_22.jpg[/t] [/QUOTE]

I wanna represent/work for Yorm. It's the closest thing to the Facepunch logo.

[Why485]

I was dumb and impatient and got myself locked out of the PTU server. The account recovery thing isn't working either. I'm really curious to try the supposed ship handling changes.

[editline]18th July 2015[/editline]

Borrowing a friend's account in the meantime.

[ithon]

[sp]Added blade extension for captured Vanduul Scythe. It is activated by turning the item on in the weapon UI[/sp]
does it work as a weapon?