Hunternet Starfighter - NEW Space Game - Carrier Update

Hunternet Starfight is a space combat game currently in early development. The latest updates from the developer discuss the massive carriers and their role and functionality within the game.
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[@CPUDreams]

Thanks OA! Since this comes up a lot I want provide context on what it means to lose a ship in the persistent shared open world (there are also session based servers where this is not a factor). Losing your ship is not going to hurt as much as some might initially imagine, the open world is structured more like Foxhole or a traditional WW2 flight sim campaign than something like Elite Dangerous or Star Citizen. The focus is not on avoiding the loss of your individual ship. The focus is on avoiding the loss of a space station, losing control over a joint mining operation, or losing the war. That is what will keep pilots and commanders up at night. Hunternet is not going to be for everyone. It's an indie title trying to create a very specific experience for those who enjoy being part of a grand struggle between two super powers. There are also session-based servers where you can play with your friends and not participate in the war between the two super powers. To better simulate a dynamic and persistent war between two armies with proper logistics, ships and resources will not disappear when you disconnect. You and the AI will watch over each other and protect those who are resting while offline. When alone or in enemy territory you can rely on stealth and subterfuge to greatly increase your chances of survival when resting. You can also store ships inside carriers or space stations for greater protection. It's about working together to protect your supply lines, territory, mining operations, and fleets while waging a war on your common foe.

[@poolhallshark]

👍👍👍

[@CPUDreams]

Hunternet carrier new art, vfx & music preview going live in the coming updates: kzbin.info/www/bejne/iXLQlGtoi8t6epI

[@jnoland13]

This is exciting!

[@-CrimsoN-]

Carrier vs. carrier space combat is easily my favorite kind of game mode. I always loved those kind of missions in stuff like FreeSpace.

[@-CrimsoN-]

@efxnews4776 Yeah I have the entire X series, but it's just on my backlog lol

[@gammerpro]

A sifi / battlefield style game called "Angel's Fall First" might have something similar to what your looking for. I personally recommend

[@-CrimsoN-]

@@gammerpro Yeah I bought it back in 2015 when it first launched into early access on Steam. I love the game, but it's so janky and it's sad that it's basically been abandoned by the devs.

[@sam93931]

this looks very promising indeed, first thing I noticed was the flight physics, ship are drifting like they would in space!!

[@OverlordZephyros]

Newtonian physics?

[@cirrus393]

Just like Elite with flight assist off.

[@sam93931]

@@cirrus393 correct, Elite's physics are great as hell!! Played over 500 hours for a reason, but the new DLC ruined the game and the peer to peer server makes PvP experience miserable.. We are due for a new generation space game, scam citizen won't be ready in a few decades but this game could be it!

[@TheBamaChad-W4CHD]

This is the first thing I've heard or seen about this game. It looks very interesting. That planetary view from just outside the atmosphere is amazing with those capital ships fighting above it.

[@Montrala]

The best combat model in space game was original I-War (aka Independence War). I would love to see a proper remake!

[@this.is.a.username]

would love to get an IWar 3

[@ssjsjb]

It is great seeing so many other great and potentially great space games coming out. Great video as always Ant!

[@helios92x26]

I'm a simple man. I see Hunternet Starfighter, and I hit "like"

[@MoarCookiesMonster]

I wish this beauty gets a vr aswell

[@CPUDreams]

It already supports VR, Track IR, Tobii, HOSAS, HOTAS, pedals, etc :)!

[@MoarCookiesMonster]

@@CPUDreams Oh! Good to know it. Then i guess i will have a lot of fun ;)

[@CPUDreams]

@@MoarCookiesMonster My pleasure, I was blown away by how much of a difference VR made once I got it working :)! It's very immersive :) Also perfect for navigating a massive carrier

[@Kellett781]

Now this looks really cool

[@CPUDreams]

Thank you Kellet, if you drop by Hunternet's official twitch channel you can catch my play tests with our backers and see how it currently plays out :)

[@Sam-pn2kc]

Looks great

[@007boxlunch]

I'm tempted to get a VR headset just for this, Ir tracking has been great tho!

[@TrevorJones1]

All you had to do was mention it has VR support and sale made.

[@acrazedgunman3388]

It's awfully spooky

[@jdb6752]

If Loko looks at the graph of this sensational 😮

[@monsterbuster1]

Carrier command but in space would be great game

[@MultiShaun1989]

Wish this would come to console too

[@wengaiden]

I want to ask to the expert: closer game looks alike star citizen? (Terms like fps, trade economy, fleet control, cockpit pilot view, third view, rts control...)

[@IAtarenI]

Much smaller scope than Star Citizen, so it’s nothing like it cause it will actually release and have engaging gameplay unlike SC

[@sethbettwieser]

It is very unlikely to ever have a player character, so the scope is drastically smaller.

[@ambientlightofdarknesss4245]

Will this be on steam? Eventual workshop support for this beauty would be amazing! I can already see custom modded servers being made for this game. Similar to complete overhaul mods in Squad like Galactic Contention!

[@CPUDreams]

Steam page is already up I recommend wish listing to get get notified when we launch on Steam :)

[@ambientlightofdarknesss4245]

@@CPUDreams wishlisted!

[@ovoj]

​@@CPUDreams I hope you guys are looking into cloud gaming like geforce now. Too many of us have to rely on that now. Please don't forget about us

[@CPUDreams]

@@ambientlightofdarknesss4245Thank you! Stay tuned pilot, hope to fly with you on Steam o7

[@ayana6845]

litteral paradise for greifers :3

[@juan-pierreleroux8323]

interesting, how are things with Battlescape something similar...would that game be worth it now...i could never find a match years ago there was like only 2 people playing it.

[@ooRay]

Battlescape feels different concerning the flight model. The ships have more weight. There are not a lot of players around except from the events, but the bots and the gameplay loop work really good. Devs said, they will not make much marketing to attract new players before the game is ready.

[@00bmx1]

will they do the sound properly like house of the dying sun (best space combat-only game ever) or will they pretend we are in an atmosphere?

[@helios92x26]

There is no atmosphere characteristics in most of the game. Currently, only one location has some atmosphere that slows you down in a drift. Otherwise, there's a "alien nebula" setting available at all locations that has a similar effect, amongst some others to make things more challenging.

[@helios92x26]

I just realized I misread this. The sound is actually pretty fantastic. You can hear everything your own ship does, of course due to sound traveling through the mass of your own ship. You can also hear things happening really close to you due to having some of it simulated by the sensors, as described in "lore."

[@holyone2668]

Is this game duel joystick compatible?

[@CPUDreams]

Yes, HOSAS, HOTAS, VR, Track IR, Tobii and more are supported and work great :)

[@grumpygramps]

Controller support? I want to play handheld on my Steam Deck. 🙏

[@CPUDreams]

Yes, there is support for gamepads and all manner of joysticks :)

[@CPUDreams]

Some of our backers have been playing on their Steam Decks so I know it works o7

[@grumpygramps]

@@CPUDreams Ah that’s cool. I can’t wait then!

[@KinkyJalepeno]

I'm gagging for this game purely for VR ! Why is there no mention of VR on their page? I aint parting with cash unless I see that mentioned !

[@helios92x26]

VR is fully supported, and thoroughly enjoyed by those who use it. I haven't looked at the website in quite some time, but it is mentioned on his CPU Dreams (@CPUDreams) KZbin channel.

[@sethbettwieser]

It has VR and HOTAS support.

[@sparky_862]

I'm not at my PC, is this on Steam?

[@CPUDreams]

It's still in pre-Steam Early Access alpha stage of development. Our Steam page is up so you can wish list it and those who back now gain access to weekly updates outside of Steam and on Steam when launch on Steam EA.

[@TheBamaChad-W4CHD]

And introducing capital ships into a game that only has fighters...... HOPEFULLY..... It makes a huge difference in the way the fights play out lol

[@angelolima4811]

Wow those clouds wish elite could get that and carriers that don't cost 1 billion dollars a dream for carrier vs carrier in elite

[@Antares2]

Is it online only? MMO? If so, then meh.

[@inf3243]

So I play a lot of flight sims, and one thing that I always see in space games that really throws me out is how the flight model always feels so bad. Like if you look at 1:18 where it's drifting to the side and moving around with pinpoint precision...it just feels like "this is a mouse cursor moving the ship around" and doesn't feel like it's a real vehicle with inertia and physical thrusters moving it. Yknow? Totally get it's imaginary spaceships..but still.

[@Marko25Polo]

Well yeah you sort of answered your own point. Its a game man. Games a re fun.

[@angelolima4811]

There a demo

[@AtrusDesign]

No single player? It’s a pity. I don’t play online.

[@mysteryvoid570]

Looks and feels a lot less janky than star citizen.

[@WingC3]

Not inspired by the Gladius in Star Citizen at all… 😉

[@fcf8269]

Looks interesting, but no space legs and no ship interiors... Also no safe zones and it is PVP everywhere so best of luck for everything... At least they don't sell you 10K ships but still I would not bet a penny on anyone that hasn't proven to be able to release the game, sorry. Blame all the ones that came before and made crappy games, are still in early access or are taking 10+ years to release a game, even after making almost a billion dollars in pledges. See ya around

[@hawkzulu5671]

No matter how Fast dogshit comes out of a dogs butt... its still dogshit. StarField/ Elite.

[@gehteuchnixan8256]

PvP everywhere, you can loose every progress in seconds, at any time... no game for me.

[@ashtiboy]

no save zone with all pvp thats sounds like a pvp spawn camping S***worm wating to happen! also i'm looking at you bigpont games dark orbit and seapirates with no pvp level cap difncfece save zones past the first two low tier zones.

[@Slash2xx]

Do not forget you persist in universe after logging out so make sure you are ready to babysit your ship forever without sleep or doing things like working, showering, spending time with family, or eating.

[@goku546686]

Sea of thieves does it... and yeah that happens at times. Make spawn killing not worth anything. It'll minimize the trolls wasting time loot or somthing to fail blowing up someone of no value. Wonder if this game will come to console

[@Slash2xx]

So I was VERY interested and looked into the game, but it is going to be a HARD pass because of their players killing players in their sleep/logged out model. I HATE games that want me to babysit my character and try and hide them so I do not get killed when I go to bed or heaven forbid do anything other than play this game. This kind of PVP with you being able to kill people who logged out is lazy trash designed to catch people in an endless loop of grinding to get their stuff back/rebuilt. I have enough responsibility in my life without having to worry about what is going on in a game I am not playing at the moment. Not only and I not getting it, I am putting it on my Steam ignore list permanently.

[@helios92x26]

The economy of death isn't going to be nearly that punishing. First, there are some levels of safety when docked on a carrier, and stations will be even safer. There's just no guaranteed safe areas because both carriers aed stations will be able to be destroyed with enough effort and coordination. Second, when you do die, you're really only losing your position, as you'll spawn back at the nearest carrier/station. You're not really losing anything tangible as it's a war economy instead of a civil economy that we are seeing in most space sims.

[@TheCriticom]

Yawn

[@chocol8milkman750]

This looks like a reskin of Elite Dangerous...

[@sashaputin2746]

Star citizen is better tbh

[@craigh1790]

Star Citizen does not support VR. It has also been in development for 20 years.

[@-CrimsoN-]

Two different games. tbh Hunternet feels more like a FreeSpace remake. Star Citizen has more in common with Freelancer (although much less arcade). You'd be better off comparing Star Citizen to Elite.

[@ooRay]

In comparison to SC Master Modes, Hunternet is way better. It´s a lot of fun, if you like a skill based flight model. And there´s no aim assist as well.

[@unknownmf2599]

Will be the biggest scam in history

[@ArsenalFC-hp7xr]

Always one in the crowd. It’s like two dudes saying each has the bigger penis.