Out of Pod Experience

Holy ****...The Xian scout ship picture and it'll be available tomorrow for sale:



http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h308/Ron_Athrawes/xian_zps127ecc79.png


http://i.imgur.com/7mNAIIs.png

Oh my god... That ship is ludicrously cool.

aside from spaceships I really have failed to see the real comparability between star citizen and EVE, EVE is a massive sandbox where all players can interact with each other at any time doing anything on a single shard, it is a 3rd person tactical Sci-Fi MMO

Star citizen on the other hand is a 1st person FPS in a spaceship which keeps you playing as a singular player until you decide otherwise, the multiplayer aspect is completely up to the player whether or not they actually take part and with a server cap of 1500 players (last I read on it) star citizen is going to be much less of a player driven game.

All in all we have nothing to really worry about as both games have their own unique sell points, and although I will be playing star citizen I will most definitely still spend more time on EVE than any other game.

So that resolves the whole instancing issue if the server creates new instances automatically while everyone in the gang still communicates with each other anyhow, and can fight hostiles even if they're in another instance and hostiles can shoot back at you from a separate instance.


But as it was mentioned, even if the above limit is 200 ships, it would be brutal on any PC setup, and i checked the amount of video card memory in a deluxe hangar with 5 ships at 2560*1440 at maximum quality, and it already eats up 3.5 GB of video card ram, and only drops to 3.2 GB in the combat map.....This is on an AMD 290x card, so there's still some extra space, but no where near seeing that much action without the card crying for help in a big way as it exceeds it's maximum.


Playing at lower resolutions below the monitors native resolution or lowering quality settings to save some extra memory, when the developers went to all that trouble to make the game look gorgeous?, hell no as it's one of it's main selling points right there.

Not trying to defend or promote SC here but 'it is possible' to fly like that in a vacuum to a certain extent. It just requires enormously powerful engines and RCS thrusters, especially RCS thrusters. The RCS thrusters can be used in such a way to fake atmospheric aerodynamic flight so you can fly your spacecraft almost like a normal aircraft but in a vacuum. The RCS just has to be setup in way that emulates the forces you get from a wing and tailplane while maneuvering in a atmosphere.

This can be achieved in Kerbal Space Program but it is difficult at best to control and requires modded RCS thrusters that are just as powerful as your main engine. Works best while flying low over a moon.

In the end it comes just comes down to game play and aesthetics. Realistic space fighter combat would be a hair pulling out affair and space fighters would look totally different than what we expect and non sexy with all the gigantic RCS thrusters they would require.

True, there are about 30 odd buttons for specific functions on the keyboard and mapping all of those into a joystick / throttle setup requires a very good one, hence why I got the Saitek X-55 Hotas and the Oculus DK 2 headset coming in the next few days.

http://images.flightstore.co.uk/images/products/zoom/1390095926-07205700.jpg


Everything on the keyboard can be mapped on this combo so your hands never leave either one while flying but at 230$ it's not a cheap setup, and the oculus is self explanatory in it's function....

Haw haw haw?

Got mine today cant say am disappointed

Pic

*cough* project legion *cough*

Breaking News: Star Citizen's True Business Strategy is a Sham

Independent investigation by a guy named Tom has revealed that RSI's business strategy is simple: Commission a concept art piece from Massive Black for a few thousand dollars, and use that art to suck another million dollars from the average Joe who despite spending his life drawing furries, yiff, and bearded dragons, has no idea how anyone could make art so awesome.

From Massive Black's website:


The company's clients include many big names in gaming. 2k, Activision, Blizzard, Bungie, Capcom, DICE, LucasArts, Nintendo, Riot, Sony, THQ, Ubersoft... and CCP "Wow, that's just about every triple A games company I can think of." Said one gamer who has years of experience playing video games, and whose dream girl has breasts and at least one article of clothing that features a graphic of an NES controller.

Massive Black's logo includes the image of a rooster. When asked for his overall impression of their logo, a street beggar commented, "Back where I'm from, most people refer to roosters as cocks." It appears this is a very fortunate coincidence for Massive Black, whose name and logo is interpreted as hip and edgy by some people. We patted our pockets to act like we didn't have any spare change, and stiffed that beggar.

Chances are if it wasn't for the logo, Massive Black would be out of business. After all, it's a company comprised of ten, maybe eleven people who draw, and everyone knows art schools produce thousands of artists every year. That's not the best idea. Games companies are filled with artists and have no reason to consult a company like Massive Black.

Or do they? Some insight into the need for Massive Black is provided by an imaginary producer within the electronic entertainment industry:


"It seems like all you need to start a games company nowadays is a few thousand bucks for one picture from Massive Black," said one woman enjoying a slice of pizza somewhere, "and then you just take that picture and use it to start a kickstarter. Boom millionaire."

Massive Black Rooster: boom millionaire.

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Update: Our private investigator Tom is attempting to solve the matter of what exactly artists do when they are not the ones employed at Massive Black.

Second Update: Tom said "nothing" which could be the case, but we said we don't pay him for nothing, and stiffed him too. Also, we are changing our company from a news agency to games. We have absolutely no idea what the game will be about, but that's fine... we will cut costs up front by only hiring people who are willing to admit to our face that they have no talent whatsoever, and then lowball them.

Look out for our kickstarter featuring pictures by Massive Black with our logo on it. ("Super Tight" with the outline of a cat)