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[QUOTE=LordCrypto;47155641]once mobiglass is implemented, holotable will be no more[/QUOTE] Chris stated somewhere that he didn't want to get rid of the holotable, but he said that it will be improved a lot.

Was an estimated date given for the release of the FPS module? I haven't really played any Arena commander yet but once that is released I'll give it all a try.

No specific date, but mid/late March, with social/planetside close behind. AC1.1 should be out around the same time. Two fps maps, Arccorp landing area, and 1.1. Holy fuck are there going to be lots of fresh bugs in a month.

There will also be a ton more things to do in a month!

So, I've just created [URL="https://forums.robertsspaceindustries.com/discussion/233234/community-lore-builder-create-wreckage-scenarios-for-the-pu-wreckage-spawning-system-win-prizes"]a thread on the official forums for creating wreckage scenarios for the PU wreckage spawning system[/URL]. There are prizes for the top two ideas. Please join in with your [I]serious[/I] ideas for adding lots of variety to the wreckage spawns. Remember that most of the time, the ship is going to be too trashed to tape together and fly away in. Separate from that contest (which FPers are excluded from), but using the same rules, I'll give away a $5 skin or subscriber-store hangar flair (the jukebox, drinks bar, etc.) item to the best Facepuncher suggestion. You have to post your idea to the SC forum, but make the pilot's name an anagram of "Facepunch" or "Gayry Newman" (specifically [I]gayry[/I]) and post in this thread with your forum name and the name of the first pilot in your suggestions after you post the idea, and when I pick winners for the contest (sometime a bit after 5:30pm PST on the 24th), I'll pick a winner out of just the FP entries. I'll be lenient on the anagram name as long as it's close (add letters to make it sound better if you want), and you can also use an anagram of your FP username. The only other rule is, please don't be a shitlord on the SC forums in my thread. I won't pick you to win if you're on probation (banned) on the SC forums when the contest ends. You're still eligible if you're tempbanned here for some reason, though.

What features will 1.1 have? Unless I'm very much mistaken, I believe 1.2 was to be the version that featured small multi-crew ships like the Freelancer, Cutlass variants, Constellation, etc?

1.1 will have REC, more ships, the new damage system, some graphics tweaks of some type, and the Arena Commander pod, which'll have its own room either with 1.1 or shortly after when social/planetside hits. 2.0 is due for this summer, and that's the multicrew ship update. It's also the target for large instance sizes, when the game switches over to 64-bit double float precision.

[QUOTE=elixwhitetail;47159549]No specific date, but mid/late March, with social/planetside close behind. AC1.1 should be out around the same time. Two fps maps, Arccorp landing area, and 1.1. Holy fuck are there going to be lots of fresh bugs in a month.[/QUOTE] Hard to believe we're already almost at this point. It still feels like the original crowdfunding campaign wasn't all that long ago.

Whoa whoa wait they're implementing a new damage system? But the current one is glorious.

[QUOTE=archangel125;47163378]Whoa whoa wait they're implementing a new damage system? But the current one is glorious.[/QUOTE] Yeah, but it's a bitch to make because they have to model every single piece that is now destructable. They want it procedurally generated with laser schorches and bullet holes showing the interior of the ship and dynamically blowing off bits. [editline]18th February 2015[/editline] Because if they have to use that system to build capships, you're gonna be waiting a [B]lot [/B]more then a month per ship.

[QUOTE=archangel125;47163378]Whoa whoa wait they're implementing a new damage system? But the current one is glorious.[/QUOTE] [vid]http://i.imgur.com/v0y5h39.webm[/vid]

Wohow, I just flew for the first time in about, I don't know, two months? What an amazing experience. My frame rate must have gone up by at least 50%, if not more. And with two analog sticks and two pedals, I can now almost reliably control my ship in decoupled mode after an hour of practicing. It feels so damn awesome. :dance:

Yeah I just tried Arena Commander for the first time in months as well and I'm having a blast. Really feels like they finally pulled everything together.

[QUOTE=jonoPorter;47163555][vid]http://i.imgur.com/v0y5h39.webm[/vid][/QUOTE] Eh, I like the current one better, but I understand the development difficulties.

[QUOTE=Raidyr;47164844]Yeah I just tried Arena Commander for the first time in months as well and I'm having a blast. Really feels like they finally pulled everything together.[/QUOTE] If they manage to achieve the same progression to the rest of the modules then SC is shaping up to be a great game !

[QUOTE=archangel125;47165395]Eh, I like the current one better, but I understand the development difficulties.[/QUOTE]If you perform the same projection on both the gibs and them main hull you can just have both at the same time.

[QUOTE=Squeegy Mackoy;47168163]If you perform the same projection on both the gibs and them main hull you can just have both at the same time.[/QUOTE] Then I hope they do that. Having 'melt' damage makes no sense when you're using explosive cannon rounds or bullets.

well they have to anyway right? at some stage bits are going to fly off bodily, and you need bits of wreckage for when you blow shit up, so assume they'll go for a mix of both they could use the new system for minor and shot-by-shot damage to replace just some of the incremental states, and keep the states for when shit starts falling off [editline]19th February 2015[/editline] [QUOTE=elixwhitetail;47161604]So, I've just created [URL="https://forums.robertsspaceindustries.com/discussion/233234/community-lore-builder-create-wreckage-scenarios-for-the-pu-wreckage-spawning-system-win-prizes"]a thread on the official forums for creating wreckage scenarios for the PU wreckage spawning system[/URL]. There are prizes for the top two ideas. Please join in with your [I]serious[/I] ideas for adding lots of variety to the wreckage spawns. Remember that most of the time, the ship is going to be too trashed to tape together and fly away in.[/QUOTE] I made one, just picked the Nul system out of the galactic guide and rolled with it [QUOTE][B]Class:[/B] Special Hazard [B]Ship:[/B] MISC Hull C (Discreet) 'Fate's Punch' [B]Registered owner:[/B] Registry Wiped [B]Damage:[/B] Hull is structurally sound, but scorched exterior, all paint and finishes have been stripped off leaving bare metal. All function is lost and vital components are largely unsalvageable. [B]Hazard:[/B] Presently in an unstable orbit around Nul I, constantly bombarded by deadly radiation and extreme temperatures. [B]Backstory:[/B] Based on a tip-off from local sources, Advocacy agents intercepted the light freighter 'Fate's Punch' in the Nul system en route from Ashana. Boarding and search revealed a number of heavily shielded hidden compartments, containing hundreds of kilos of highly refined narcotic of Xi'an origin, estimated to be worth millions of UEC on the black market. Small arms combat broke out aboard the freighter, resulting in the death of all three Advocacy boarders, before the ship's engines flared to life and attempted escape. Pursued by Advocacy interceptors, the Fate's Punch attempted a daring escape into radiation-scorched space around Nul I, but caught in a solar flare so close to the unstable star, the ship and crew perished. Official UEE records list the crew as dead and the cargo as destroyed, but rumor has it that the specially designed smuggler holds could withstand the extreme temperatures and radiation, had any of them remained sealed at the time of the ship's demise. In addition, sensors show that the short period when the wreck is in the shadow of Nul I allows the ship to cool down enough for boarding, with high heat rated EVA gear, for about 10 minutes. But no one yet has been mad enough to brave the trip, especially with the star's unpredictable expansion phases, and with so little chance any of the loot has survived. [B]Bonus:[/B] Some of the wilder rumors circulating Ashana suggest the smugglers must have been making a break for a hidden, still uncharted jump-point in Nul I space. [B]TL;DR because I'm not a good writer:[/B] You need to get a really durable ship to reach the wreck, you then have about 10 minutes to search for hidden compartments which may contain a fortune in contraband and get the hell out. Also the star could go into an expansion phase at any given time and fry you instantly anyway. Good luck![/QUOTE]

Now I'm glad FP doesn't have a chatroom. Excerpted from the SC chat just now: [QUOTE]shik: There is a problem with feminism which is just a political fetish shik: To combat this issue we need to introduce forced rape & reproduction programs for obstinate career women who put themselves before their own people shik: Was not Rome saved through the mass rape of the Sabine women? shik: The aim of creating rape camps to rape and forcibly impregnate the worst Feminists in our society would be twofold. Eva "Valkyrie" Hawkins: and that, ladies and gents, is how you go from no infractions straight to a 3rd strike week long probation[/QUOTE] I'm gonna remember this guy and make a point to put bounties on him. Also, nice ship name. I approve. :v:

[QUOTE=elixwhitetail;47168814]Now I'm glad FP doesn't have a chatroom. Excerpted from the SC chat just now: I'm gonna remember this guy and make a point to put bounties on him. Also, nice ship name. I approve. :v:[/QUOTE] Still better than the Rust forum. I'll add my own scenario to your thread tomorrow, Elix.

[QUOTE=archangel125;47169115]Still better than the Rust forum.[/QUOTE] Sadly, true: [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/ghymfT4.png[/IMG] [QUOTE=archangel125;47169115]I'll add my own scenario to your thread tomorrow, Elix.[/QUOTE] Appreciated. I'm pleased with the response I'm getting so far (aside from the people who skipped reading the instructions and have written out movie scripts for an entire mission starting in a wreckage), but I want more. Spread the thread link around to friends that aren't FPers, I'm still giving away two prizes on the SC forum separately from the FP contest. I wouldn't say this on the SC forums or on the subreddit, but I'm hoping to score MVP with this thread. I won't be upset if I don't get it, but I made sure to come out swinging right away with it, and I'm hoping it catches on and keeps going for weeks. Because that means fucktons of variety for the PU. And we would've gotten bored looting the same 15 wreckage scenarios pdq. I'm sure CIG would make more than 15 by the time the game launches, but, you know what I mean. Backers can create 10x-100x more than the devs will. [editline]18th February 2015[/editline] Oh, BTW, if you happen to already be banned from posting on the SC forums, [sp]have someone post your suggestions for you (arrange by PMs, not this thread), and if I pick your entry, when I contact the 'winner' they'll let me know they proxied for you.[/sp]

[QUOTE=elixwhitetail;47168814]Now I'm glad FP doesn't have a chatroom. Excerpted from the SC chat just now: I'm gonna remember this guy and make a point to put bounties on him. Also, nice ship name. I approve. :v:[/QUOTE] We do have a corp chat room but nobody ever uses it.

No, I mean, the forum as a whole. Because the SC general chat is only about half as toxic as the general forums. Now apply that math to FP, and look at the various chats that have existed over its lifespan. :v:

[QUOTE=elixwhitetail;47169227]Sadly, true: [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/ghymfT4.png[/IMG][/QUOTE] [QUOTE](probably would be an un-killable npc so the crazies don't get off)[/QUOTE] The irony of that statement.

fellow cutlass owners, we're in for a treat: [t]http://i.imgur.com/mDO7BPw.jpg[/t]

[QUOTE=krail9;47170660]fellow cutlass owners, we're in for a treat: [t]http://i.imgur.com/mDO7BPw.jpg[/t][/QUOTE] Where is that from?

[QUOTE=mu ha ha;47170721]Where is that from?[/QUOTE] sandi's facebook

[QUOTE=krail9;47170660]fellow cutlass owners, we're in for a treat: [t]http://i.imgur.com/mDO7BPw.jpg[/t][/QUOTE] That must be very wip because these weapons are just flat textures and I don't think we will get M16s with grenade launchers in space.

[QUOTE=jonoPorter;47170736]That must be very wip because these weapons are just flat textures and I don't think we will get M16s with grenade launchers in space.[/QUOTE] What? I can't have an outdated AK-47/SKS/M16/M4/SCAR in space? You sure know how to ruin a mans day, JP. :v:

I want to see how they will handle the recoil of a ballistic gun in zero gravity. I assume you will need something to stabalize yourself with magnetic boots or something. I won't want to smack myself against the wall everytime I fire a gun when boarding a ship with narrow corridors and no gravity.