How could you know what the video shows as you replied in four mins. There's no way you could have watched it.
And people are cheering, because of the they're seeing the various physics models that are going to be used in the game.
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And people are cheering, because of the they're seeing the various physics models that are going to be used in the game.
I skipped through the video and saw the character clothing part at the end.
It was mostly two guys sitting and talking, a spaceship part, and the character trenchcoat part.
EA and the likes can't keep studio's open yet these guys are just chugging along makign cold-press coffee everyday
I'll still give them the benefit of the doubt, for $25 of my cash I don't care.
Money is objective, it's subjective and its tool to be wielded however the fck the person with it wants.
Honestly though once the other "base" streaming systems in place (network, object, physics) then most the other work will come down to those dynamic systems they keep talking about.
Network, Object and Physics are the key pillars they need to get right on the technical front, everything is dependent on them and its why they have been pumping so much time into them. All there "systemic" (aka dynamic systems working together as a whole) talk is hinged on those three technical pillars and they have already gotten object pillar working in the game (but that's the easy part).
Right now the game operates in a "instanced" environment, the real goal is no instanced environment at all and if they can pull that off then they can package that shit and on sell it for stupid money to other developers if they can say "adapt" it to other game engines as a middle-ware solution.
A large scale network based middle-ware solution that handles it all is a damn holy grail at the moment in gaming because while it's stupidly simple by comparison in a single player game it's staggeringly complex on the multiplayer front.
Lots of companies have tried to work it out, I know a certain publisher who has been trying for 15 years to figure it out without success. People obviously don't realize this but most technologies developed in entertainment (whether gaming or movies) has tremendous value worth billions in other industries like aerospace, oceanic, military, media, AI, engineering, etc.
Heck if these guys succeed in making this title I wouldn't be surprised if one of the big publishers bought them outright just to get said technology under their control because the value is huge.
Money is objective, it's subjective and its tool to be wielded however the fck the person with it wants.
Honestly though once the other "base" streaming systems in place (network, object, physics) then most the other work will come down to those dynamic systems they keep talking about.
Network, Object and Physics are the key pillars they need to get right on the technical front, everything is dependent on them and its why they have been pumping so much time into them. All there "systemic" (aka dynamic systems working together as a whole) talk is hinged on those three technical pillars and they have already gotten object pillar working in the game (but that's the easy part).
Right now the game operates in a "instanced" environment, the real goal is no instanced environment at all and if they can pull that off then they can package that shit and on sell it for stupid money to other developers if they can say "adapt" it to other game engines as a middle-ware solution.
A large scale network based middle-ware solution that handles it all is a damn holy grail at the moment in gaming because while it's stupidly simple by comparison in a single player game it's staggeringly complex on the multiplayer front.
Lots of companies have tried to work it out, I know a certain publisher who has been trying for 15 years to figure it out without success. People obviously don't realize this but most technologies developed in entertainment (whether gaming or movies) has tremendous value worth billions in other industries like aerospace, oceanic, military, media, AI, engineering, etc.
Heck if these guys succeed in making this title I wouldn't be surprised if one of the big publishers bought them outright just to get said technology under their control because the value is huge.
It seems in terms of balance they figure out how many of the $1400 ship they can sell and then set the cap to that value. Not 100% sure of the provenance of the stuff below, so take with a grain of salt, but if I wanted to get the most money I could out of a digital product, I'd be doing something similar. I think Sandi has earned her reputation of being a shrewd businesswoman.
You get that the Star Citizen con had two stages running simultaneously. And the second stage (which this panel was on) were focusing on the various technical aspects of the game. You get that right ?
I totally get it. The crowd went nuts watching a plastic tarp on a ship and characters wearing wavy tenchcoats. Lots of talk. Little showing.
It was a panel discussing the physics that's going to be used in the game. They showed a lot.
Do you know what a panel is ?
I've been lurking around SC news for a while now, and watched that same video out of curiosity.
While I don't care for their presentations, I realise I'm not their intended audience.
Their intended audience are people who have already made an (significant) investment in the product.
They are trying to show those people how every little detail is progressing. They are being fully transparent and forthcoming with them, and I think that's appreciated.
A lot of these folks probably live and breath this game, and are excited to see it gradually being fleshed out.
I know I'm excited everytime I see an update for Elite Dangerous - there's something very intoxicating about "living a double life in a space sim".
I'm really happy for SC fans, and as an ED player I'm admittedly a little bit jealous of some of the tech/implementation they've shown.
But at the same time, I don't envy SC players for a lot of reasons.
I'm not worried about "boring platforming" or "play to win". Not at all.
But I would worry about how the game's instancing will work, or how "alive" the game will feel.
Those ginormous cities with real-time transport are extremely impressive, and I'd love to take my time just walking around taking them in.
But for various niggling reasons, I'm hesitant to give it a try. I think when judging this kind of game, people naturally do so according to:
Persuasion - how immersed I feel in the game world and how long it maintains the illusion
Benefit - how rewarded I feel from playing the game, both intrinsically and extrinsically
Anticipation - how motivated I feel to keep playing, and what I hope to achieve in my next play session
These aspects are nebulous at the best of times, but it feels like they're particularly difficult to grasp with SC in its current state.
I think you hit the nail on the head in explaining why there is such a large descrepancy between opinions of those who follow faithfully and those who are not invested.
He's probably the absolute best person to listen to regarding anything PU facing.
Yeah I just watched it. Never heard of him before but he is a genious. His plans are so thoughtfully crafted and Im happy he is leading the PU.
The only way that won't be annoying as fuck in terms of practicality is if there are players and a player run ecosystem everywhere
You mean the train running on time or something? I just meant the train running through the 'full scale' city, but what's the annoying part?