Star Citizen: Procedural Planets v2

Now available at 60 FPS! From brand new procedural planetary tech to a massive sandworm, the Homestead Demo we premiered at CitizenCon 2016 contained a ton of cool content.
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[@adoredtv]

Really impressive demo.

[@flyingjudgement]

ur here nice! I go and check the news :)

[@michaelcooper6606]

hope you enjoying your time off bro....

[@DerIchBinDa]

Nice seeing you around =)

[@cap5048]

Jim!

[@Techischannel]

Looks like No Man's Sky without the Alien Animals and Alien Plants to me.

[@Henrix1998]

I really like how there is framedrops, makes it a lot easier to believe it is ingame footage

[@Vlusion]

True,

[@asdasdas185]

true

[@Cray2TheZ]

Sean Murray disagrees

[@SweRaider1993]

Which of course will be optimized with time :)

[@susofseattle]

Kind of.. So the game has "been in development" since 2010-12, depending on who you ask. They based the original code on CryEngine, but that was 4-6 year ago, and have rewritten more of the code than not. Its more like saying spanish is based on latin.. Sure, with huge changes.

[@parkourchris3958]

This demo made me so sad. It made me sad because I realised that the closest I'll ever get to going to Space is in a video game. I'll never feel the warmth of another star on my skin, or breathe the air on an alien world. But one day, somewhere, a human will do such a thing. And when it happens I will turn in my grave with envy.

[@atlasmassamuel1016]

Christian Edwards well if it makes you feel any better, there's things like project 2045 and others like it.

[@user-rk7qk8fr8o]

Yup

[@dcad6934]

I will tell you this... in the grim darkness of the far future... there is only war...

[@user-rk7qk8fr8o]

And butts

[@SonGoku-hr5kz]

Meh...i love space but i don't think i will ever go up there to explore, its terrifying and anything could go wrong! What if you lose yourself in space? So Am actually happy with star citizen.

[@DarkBladeX98]

If this game delivers on its ambitions it will undoubtedly be the shining jewel of its generation of gaming.

[@TheTZER]

Agreed, it'll take a while longer to get there though :)

[@Strangething90]

i doubt anything would come close for a loooong time, Destiny cost $500m and was no where near as ambitious.

[@btoiscool]

When*

[@btoiscool]

Destiny's marketing cost that much. The game itself didn't.

[@Strangething90]

i know, but its the fact that the publisher spent that much on it in the first place, $500 million spent by a publisher and what did they get in return? an over-advertised average game.

[@Smigger97]

I just want to build a little sand hut on a desert desolate planet, farming crops and water, with my underground hangar housing my 3 ships, and a massive cannabis farm in my back garden with the best strains in the galaxy, living the life.

[@Krololo089]

haha, it would be awesome!

[@elwindewitte]

+Adam15197 Same 😁

[@sovereign6291]

The funny thing is farming was actually in their roadmap in the full Citizencon video. Who knows maby one of their space narcotics is plant based and you can live your dream.

[@kamencic]

Better to find a small desolate planet with water and dirt if you want to farming :D

[@quesadilla247]

SCARFACE IN SPACE!

[@jeff86ing]

This is one of those games that you could start out on a planet and be blown away at how much you could do. Then find out that you could go into space, and lose your mind.

[@pietervanderwalt403]

Imagine introducing your buddy like that. Have him start out on a planet, with some basic planetside missions and he has a ton of fun for a few hours, then randomly comes across a NPC offering a mission to fly some supplies to the moon. And instead of it being some scripted mission you'd expect from COD, your buddy realizes he can actually fly anywhere he wants to and sell the goods elsewhere. Boom.

[@Vortigon]

oh don't do that @Pieter van der walt - you will lose your deposit for the cargo and lose REP with the faction :)

[@IronFreee]

That game is call "elite" it came out in 1984...

[@gutar5675]

Honestly, that was No Man's Sky for me. Then I realized that every planet had the same basic things and there was no real reason to explore other planets besides finding the same planet in your favorite color.

[@guferus763]

That's couse devs promised in depth trade, facions interacting with each other, meaningfull lore that would made you as you said want to explore more and more. Sadly we all know how it ended. Here in SC, at least everything is transparent, each added or planned to be added feature is presented and talked over, there are concepts of everything that comes later. I just hope that Star Citizen is gonna hit the phase of persistent universe in a basic playable form with all core features as soon as possible, or rather before the hype will die. Then from that point when game is gonna be in it's "vanilla" stage, they will be able to add new features without the stress of "Oh mah gawd we gotta release this game at some point"

[@ZRovas117]

It's like Halo, Mass Effect, Dead Space, Grand Theft Auto V had a baby in space.

[@jeanpaulblanchette2079]

and arma

[@morepewpew6721]

and Dune

[@ravinduk.6290]

Hopefully the new Mako is like this in ME:Andromeda.

[@sasukesan767]

sounds like a sticky situation

[@Hubris423]

Its like Crysis met Space Simulation

[@Sarazoul]

Do my eyes decieve me? Star citizen... at 60 FPS!

[@btoiscool]

Above 60 FPS. It averaged in the 80's iirc.

[@microdev12]

remember it is also using high end pc, however this game can still be significantly improve from netcode optimisations, final assets etc by CIG and GPU software from nvidia and amd

[@Sir_Brennan]

You definitely do need a high end PC to get 60fps with settings maxed, but you don't need an extremely expensive high end PC. My 980 and old i7 4770K eat this game up with settings maxed and a custom config file to push a few settings even further. If fps wasn't server reliant, I'd be pegged at 60fps always. Once they further optimize the LODs and get the streaming system perfect, I'm sure a 1070 (or equivalent card that'll exist when the game finally releases) will be plenty to run 1080p @ 60fps. Keep in mind that they only used a single NVidia GTX1080 for this particular demo and the frame rates were fantastic for something still under heavy development.

[@btoiscool]

R C I still haven't seen actual build stats for the demo rig. I'll withhold judgement until then.

[@btoiscool]

Brennan Lawrence Where are you getting this "single 1080" from?

[@hollowsgrief]

I for one, am glad they are taking their time to make this game everything it can be...It is like watching an artist working on their masterpiece.

[@ollierkul]

It really is a masterpiece, isnt it.

[@luciusavenus8715]

Really is setting new benchmarks. Developers with actual dreams, pouring in features that people have yearned for for years, decades even, can make it happen. Big publishers - with their crap - just don't have a place when it comes to quality, scope and vision.

[@ollierkul]

Lucius Avenus Exactly. They take their time, and release when its finished. They have goals and visions and dreams, and they have come a far way.

[@user-ve2jj1ik4b]

Just an illusion .

[@EthanAbramson23]

Technically you are watching a couple of hundred artists, (& programmers, designers, etc) working on their masterpiece.

[@slandshark]

When the camera zooms out showing the crashed ship and the sandworm I was expecting the ships and sandworm to suddenly blink out (like a texture unloading), but it never did. It just got smaller and smaller until you just couldn't see it anymore. That is epic view distance!

[@Mosern1977]

Crytek having financial issues was the best thing that happened to SC.

[@ollierkul]

But... I dont get it... like.... the view distance is so far... how is it not all in 1 fps? Sure, they are using a GTX 1080, but still, just a single one and it works that good.

[@Albertrossus]

there are no view distances. They basically invented a new technology for themselves which replaces them with infinite lod. As you can see inside the demo he looks up to a space station with his scope, its the same space station as in the beginning of the video which has rotating cyrcles, and you can see them rotating slowly the moment he looks at them with his sniper rifle. ( its @ 19:45 )

[@ollierkul]

Pushet I know, i saw it live when Chris explained it, and I can still not believe that they actually pulled this off. Jesus, i mean, the horizon is the actual horizon, thats an amazing achievement, they are pushing games to the next level.

[@Albertrossus]

ollierkul Well truly "Next-Gen"

[@dgkim9853]

So, this is $45? and NO MAN's SKY is $60? ok....

[@TheTZER]

Yes the MMO part of the game goes for 45 bucks, there's also a singleplayer portion called Squadron42 (both are essentially AAA titles and the singleplayer tie into the MMO). You can get both for 75 bucks. There's plenty of alpha footage around, it's buggy but that's half the fun if you ask me. Hopefully we get this 3.0 patch before the end of the year, won't be too bummed out if we don't, this tech is awesome and I'd prefer they get it right.

[@dgkim9853]

Mr. TZER dude, I spent $60 for NMS. $75 for this game? HELL YES.

[@TheTZER]

Orb Real Well that's the pricing for now, it's possible it could go up once we hit beta or launch. But right now that is the pricing for the base packages (aurora or mustang ships) with both.

[@dgkim9853]

Mr. TZER I feel like killing Sean murray again now.

[@TheTZER]

Orb Real Even suggesting such a thing is a bit much don't you think? It was a dud game, let's just leave it at that :)

[@FEFELAND]

This is a comment of things I considered highligts to help you through the video: 0:00 Awesome intro 2:17 Hello CitizenCon! 3:22 Ship/Player view 4:14 Atmospheric conditions unsafe 4:43 Safe landing zone found 5:41 Ship lands 7:35 Enters rover 11:07 Crash site 12:35 Ship plate (?) 13:55 Enemy spotted & sniping 15:46 Distress Beacon 16:52 Speeder bike 18:38 Escape pod 19:38 Look at that space station! 21:17 Another crash site (?) 23:12 Orpheus Horizon crash site 25:15 Knife takedown 25:35 Exploring the inside of a crashed ship (wow) 26:35 Orpheus Horizon Blackbox 28:32 Speeder bike group 28:42 What the f...?! NOPE 29:02 Awesome outro

[@DavidOlver]

thank you

[@Mootje103]

The amount of content shown in this video alone has at least 3 times more content than No Man's Sky.

[@ollierkul]

The sad thing is, thats actually an understatement...

[@MrMedotaku]

pre or post launch?

[@Kingdomkey123678]

MrMedotaku in about 6 months it will have 10 times more content than NMS and will be worth every penny.

[@QwertyuiopThePie]

Of course, so was the amount of content shown in the No Man's Sky trailers.

[@Kingdomkey123678]

QwertyuiopThePie main difference here being, this is a preview for a game in early access that's still getting semi-regular updates (I'm stretching a bit). And NMS supposedly went "gold"

[@PalmerStephens]

Again guys...awesome job

[@An_introverts_retreat]

Not only the sound, they must have redone it

[@commandercostas]

Xris375 twitch probably took a dump on the quality

[@Xamiakass]

no it ain`t.. it will or might be when it actually happens.. so far it`s a video of something we don`t have :D

[@commandercostas]

December 19th

[@LarryJL]

People don't use the streamed version for anything other than just that. They save the stream locally in full quality as a recording when they stream. You can see the full presentation with good quality here on their KZbin channel.

[@Laerei]

The FPS counter started at 150 fps in space but then it came... down to earth. YYYEEEEEAAAAAAAH!

[@Laerei]

Hiroheeto earth /əːθ/ /noun 1. the planet on which we live; the world. "the diversity of life on earth" synonyms: world, globe, planet, sphere, orb "the moon moves in its orbit around the earth" 2. the substance of the land surface; soil. "a layer of earth" synonyms: soil, topsoil, loam, clay, silt, dirt, sod, clod, turf; down to earth /adjective with no illusions or pretensions; practical and realistic. "a down-to-earth view of marriage" synonyms: practical, sensible, realistic, matter-of-fact, responsible, full of common sense, reasonable, rational, logical, sound, balanced, sober, no-nonsense, pragmatic, level-headed, serious-minded, businesslike, commonsensical, hard-headed, sane, mundane, unromantic, unidealistic "she seemed a good, down-to-earth type"

[@Laerei]

Hiroheeto Just like Limp Bizkit sang: "Keep trollin' trollin' trollin' trollin'!" Ya can't handle a word play, fool!

[@souopavao]

Ba-dum, tssss

[@piratejoel123]

Thanks for not having a bunch of commentary overlapping the footage, this was amazing to just watch and relax to. Looks real promising, just don't do a No man's sky. You would never be allowed in the game industry again.

[@btoiscool]

They already haven't.

[@piratejoel123]

Godin The Killer Haven't done what?

[@btoiscool]

Joel Svensgård done processes similar in which Hello Games has. Like, for example, outlining what a demo is meant to show far before hand, and then showing us later on with the demo.

[@Vlusion]

Love clear srceen

[@lrmcatspaw1]

When you have something good, you dont need overlapping commentary. You only need it when you know the footage wont be enough.

[@BoundMusic]

This video + hype = me getting this game right now. I know it's not out yet but the potential is unreal. I can't miss this

[@TheAzurite]

You can use my referral link if it's not too late ;D robertsspaceindustries.com/enlist?referral=STAR-ZKRJ-PB9F

[@scuniverse2974]

Man this is so relaxing and interesting. I like the mystery that this planet held, like an untold story unraveling itself. Breadcrumbs left for further investigation while still leaving intrigue. That feeling that "you are not alone" to me that is the same concept as space itself . A powerful demo and cant wait to play!

[@ollierkul]

I think its awesome that we are gonna get that amazing music awareness system already in the next patch.

[@Albertrossus]

Yeah i imagine later down the road such missions will be filled with documents and audio logs youll find inside the escape pots and when u reach the wreck of the ship youll maybe get to know how it got there and so on.

[@ollierkul]

Pushet This is the kind of game that I wouldn't turn the music off in, its situational, and can be relaxing and immersive, and also awakening, its so cool.

[@acrnm202]

Like being the focal actor in a movie without the acting experience. I love what they're doing and back it 100%. Bought a starter vessel and pre ordered Squadron 42 (since I have the shittiest of the shitternet) for $60.

[@shijaschka]

+Greg Olsen impress me, how much is your shitternet speed?) Maybe it is higher than mine?)

[@theonlyaveragetroll]

If this game turns out how I hope it will, I will never leave my house again.

[@ollierkul]

If it does, I´m getting the best VR headset as of the time it releases and then that´s it, I live in that universe now.

[@LilRedRasta]

VR is crucial to this game. If done right, this will be the first true ready player onesque universe created for VR.

[@after_midnight9592]

Real life will be reduced to a necessary evil, used only to fund the life I always wanted to live.

[@Vlusion]

Me eiter, but first we need some optemization to xD

[@lsc9x]

You will never leave your house again.

[@hardtruthsandquestions2005]

With the music, this is better than real life.

[@unslept_em]

look up star citizen ost, there's a lot up on youtube and it's so good

[@joyble]

Like Skyrim with spaceships.

[@appenzell958]

IGN: 9/10

[@promaty]

IGN 5/10, Not enough loading screens, no time to go to the bathroom.

[@JAnx01]

IGN: 4/10 + Graphics - Too hard to get into. - Long travel times around the universe are boring. - Doesn't hold your hand. - Not enough tutorials. - No tutorial for exploring. - Universe is empty. - Too many complicated controls that no one is going to remember. - Doesn't appeal to a wider audience. *VERDICT:* After 3 hours in multiplayer, we can't seem to find out what this game is all about and we have no idea what to do.

[@robertonome2448]

And online

[@robertonome2448]

+JAnx01 You realize its on early acess, right? Of course there won't be tutorials integrated into the core game yet.

[@AmentiVZ]

Origin: We Create Worlds....who knew the old tagline would become so literal 20 years later?

[@pietervanderwalt403]

Not quite literal, but I get what you mean.

[@hoppermantis7615]

That reminded me of Weyland Industries

[@Kicsivazz]

Aaw, I can't wait to see huge rain forests!

[@tobi888100]

Doubt there'll be any, if so they won't be very detailed. Way too much processing power required. Maybe in very restricted areas of the main campaign we'll have some.

[@rdablock]

Even Jungle biomes in fucking MINECRAFT eats rigs alive.

[@Fapp-crewNl]

I hope they can indeed merge their clever LOD tech with this type of detail. Time will tell.

[@mmmaxxx__]

Look at Robinson The Journey VR made in Cryengine. It can be done and it won't do much shitting to the engine, but it takes so much work... Probably they won't do a rain forest like that, but if a mission was based on a fallen ship in a jungle kind of like in Robinson or in Star Wars, then you bet your ass that the rain forest will be beautiful

[@n0vi]

29:09 As an incredibly jaded 27 year old gamer, this ending is one of the few things in video games to get me choked up to tears for a long time. Similarly when I first stepped out of Port Olisar in alpha and looked upon space. Star Citizen keeps expanding and becoming the game I've always wanted.

[@mainstream7421]

I'm from South America (Argentina), I have a Mustang, and I am very happy because this is the game I've dreamed all my life!

[@Mavsecks]

Me too dude, me too.

[@flip2shoot567]

An indie team that puts more effort and has more potential than any AAA game of all time?

[@schenkov]

With the amount of money they have i would consider calling it an AAA game.

[@HiLoMusic]

it's not AAA because it doesn't have a publisher.

[@Mortac]

Indie team? They have a team of over 360 talented and experienced developers with a budget of over a hundred million dollars, not to mention that Chris Roberts has been involved in the top gaming industry on and off at least since the early 90's, so I would hardly call it an indie team.

[@sw1000xg]

GTA v 280 million this game 127 million just goes to show doesn't it...

[@sergeantminor256]

It's "indie" because it's developed independently from a publisher.

[@ltheabyssl]

Sandstorms should last longer in my opinion tho

[@ltheabyssl]

And Less scripted ;D

[@Vlusion]

+Razo120 Like BF1 Sinai?

[@ltheabyssl]

Didnt watched anything from Bf1 : P

[@Vlusion]

+Razo120 Well their is a nice sandsorm of +- 10 min.

[@ltheabyssl]

in Multiplayer map? or just mission?

[@BornFlunky]

As cynical as I am, and as skeptical as I am about this game in particular -- especially after more recent investigatory news about it -- Even I have to admit... This looks pretty fuckin' rad.

[@LordVader1094]

I'm starting to gain confidence that this game and its ambitions aren't vaporware.

[@stevenexnihilo1338]

PLEASE DON'T SUCK PLEASE DON'T SUCK PLEASE DON'T SUCK

[@sisiphian]

"investigatory news" care to explain please?

[@danfelbm]

BornFlunky please elaborate

[@btoiscool]

You mean the Kotaku articles? Someone didn't read them well.

[@Kleavers]

Absolutely insane. Compare this to No Man's Sky and it completely destroys that game.

[@HiLoMusic]

that game destroyed itself

[@HybOj]

One Mans Lie it is

[@wallpaper4237]

It definitely destroys it from the space aspect but the planets idk... It seems they have trees now but no animals or anything. Just empty nothingness... Why are people so excited for blank planets?

[@HiLoMusic]

wallpaper42 did you miss the giant worm? Knowing RSI, they'll add a huge system for animals at one point in time, just not anytime soon

[@Meister_Dwight]

Compare this footage to the gamescom footage of planets from a few months back. It's insane progress they've made. There will for sure be lots of life and character to these planets.

[@2010soldierboy]

Unlike most games that are multi-platform and receive the inevitable downgrade, I'm hopeful SC can make it to release without been butchered thanks to being PC only :D

[@TCBYEAHCUZ]

that's pretty much a given for starcitizen you haven't got to worry about that

[@nisserov]

Yeah CR have said on multiple occassions that he have no plans on going to console whatsoever

[@Strangething90]

The game has only ever been upgraded, see videos from 2012 compared to now.

[@Black-Re4per]

SC actually gets Upgrades not Downgrades^^

[@Albertrossus]

^This, Star Citizen is more like : "this isnt even my final form- muhahaha"

[@thetimelords911]

0:22 The fact that you can see this space station in full detail from the ground of the planet is AMAZING.

[@nicholasnolan4143]

i hope theres planets like pandora from avatar that are teaming with lifeforms and bioluminescence environments

[@davidpalomino9138]

they will most likely be with this new tech, but not sometime this year

[@icedanilzation]

There's at least one planet I recall that is similar to Pandora, but likely without the floating islands of course.

[@nicholasnolan4143]

David Palomino yeah that's understandable I mean when it's finished in the future could be couple years

[@nicholasnolan4143]

I just hope they don't make to many lifeless planets like shown in this video I know majority of planets in the universe would be barren lifeless planets but I hope a few have a ecosystem on them.

[@btoiscool]

You'll like Vega

[@chexan86]

I want to say thanks to the team and the backers for being fans and understanding that a great game take time to create. because this is more for the older gamers, the community is the strongest and biggest that I have ever seen.

[@X-RAY-89]

When you realize how less terrain pop ups can be seen compared to other games with this scale.

[@nisserov]

Sean Tracy said efter the presentation that they were not happy with the pop ups they had (like the trees in the beginning), and it´s something the are currently working on fixing! :)

[@X-RAY-89]

I just meant the terrain but thats right. They need to optimize this. After all, we want to see jungles. Which have a much higher density. Something like tree LODs have to be improved before we can see jungles.

[@HiLoMusic]

compared to NMS it's amazing, and this isn't even the final product.

[@Mortac]

This is still pre-alpha. The game probably won't be ready before the end of 2018 would be my guess.

[@AndreW-bw7oc]

With vulkan and a 12 core 24 threads intel cpu your PC will probably be able to handle that.

[@stundardutch5320]

6 years later.. it is just around the corner..

[@GamingEthos]

in all my years....incredible. star citizen is the game we need more than ever to bring life to a stagnant market where innovation is a bad word.

[@snyderkurva]

I really want to praise Pedro (was it him?) for the music. So fucking beautiful and really fitting the environment.

[@IZzwizZYx]

Amazing. This is a massive game.

[@microdev12]

yes it will be, the game will feature at least 110 systems filled with planets, moons, stations etc. but the planets and moons will be procedurally generated however certain areas for missions etc will be handcrafted

[@StarCitizenJorunn]

Not quite accurate, the planets are rendered procedurally but they are essentially hand crafted with very advanced toolsets of biome "brushes" that they explain in previous interviews and the end of the long full presentation where they show the tool being used. "“We are using the procedural generation to create the undulation in the terrain or determine the distribution of trees or rocks and we are using that to fill out large areas, but the areas are specified by an artist,” says Roberts. “The way that works is that the artist can create biomes, which are templates for different areas. So you can have a template for woodland forests, or a temple for jungle, or grass land, or mountains and even within in those you can have several variations. Then you paint the big area, you basically say ‘this area is mountainous, this is woodland, and this is where the ocean is’, and then the procedural code takes that and uses that as a guide to place the biomes correctly and alter the height map. In two hours they can generate a planet and then they can spend time tweaking areas by hand.”" Chris Roberts from Redbull Games interview

[@elrayado1228]

IZzWizZy Don't pre order.This could very well be a scam like No Mans sky.

[@elrayado1228]

R C that's what they are promising.Like no mans sky we were promised many things that we didn't get.

[@IZzwizZYx]

Marcos Cruz This looks way better than No Mans Sky, by far.

[@DrUrlf]

Oh my god. I am so so close to crying right now. All the beautiful emotions that i get from these pictures of planets are just too much for me...

[@LasseThomsen]

Hands down the most Epic demo I have seen for a PC game. Even if you all stopped working today it would be an amazing achievement (but please don't stop working !!). I love how the procedurally generated parts melts together with constructed content. I just love it!

[@BoredGamerUK]

It's a Great Teaser of some of the Gameplay we might have from 3.0 onwards. Really looking forward to December guys!

[@TheTZER]

You and me both compadre! You always deliver on the relevant SC content, so cudos to you too! Hopefully we could do a mission or two one day :)

[@topy706]

this makes me sad reading it now

[@CyberDreamer]

This is 3 years ago, I just entered in the universe and I don't realize how they were able to do that video, but the game is not even 50% looking like that. I feel like something is wrong. We should have that by now.

[@DheerajSukumaran]

It’s 4 years now and still the game look or gameplay doesn’t have any of this. Although i’m very very optimistic about SC as a whole, these high expectations let me down sometimes.

[@chasel.5212]

@@DheerajSukumaran Yeah. Planet tech v4 doesn't even look this good. And we're not even close to missions like this. Why would they push this trailer out if it wasn't even coming in the near future. I'm getting tired of watching them release new ships that 90% of us can't afford, whilst slacking on the content we actually backed for.

[@ominousgrace8728]

Will i be able to Praise The Sun in this game?

[@warmansad]

PRAISE THE SUN! And maybe bring tokens of reprisall to the moon ;)

[@sartanko]

Please form a cult praising the sun (suns) in this game.

[@devastator5042]

Yes yes you can

[@zachariahhoffmeister8715]

YOU'RE RIGHT! But no! Heretic! Only the church of Aldrich will prevail! *Praise the Pontiff!* \[T]/

[@Meichie228]

Not only can you praise the Sun. You can take your worshippers, send them off on a ship straight into the land of Sunlight.

[@ollierkul]

Seeing the landing gear compress like that is actually really satisfying

[@DragonBallG69]

That soundtrack is absolutely spectacular! Everything about this game makes my jaw drop

[@longhaulpreacher5823]

That dive into the planet made me really think, "Maybe LATER, after everything is up and running they'll throw us explorers another bone with a high pressure exploration vessel that can dive into the oceans and maybe even fly through upper atmosphere sections of gas giants. Maybe." :-D But seriously, guys, that was absolutely on target. Keep up the great work.

[@Mavsecks]

Following the project since the beginning I have no doubt they will do it if it's even slightly possible.

[@samhewitt4940]

HMMM 45 DOLLARS FOR THIS OR 60 DOLLARS FOR NO MANS SKY? TOUGH DECISION.

[@awesome9174]

Sam Hewitt Yeah, No Man's Sky is the obvious choice.

[@simplesam876]

That was actually incredible. This game could be the next progression of videogames that GTA3 and Morrowind were 15 years ago.

[@greyeminence9536]

Omg, that sandstorm 10/10.

[@SolidMikeP]

When this finally comes out, a decent computer will be able to run it just fine, probably 4-5 years

[@Vortigon]

about 2 actually with beta bit before that

[@BizzMRK]

They ran the demo on a PC with an i7 6700k and an Gtx 1080 Strix. My old gtx 980 ran it just fine aswell and a gtx 1060 behaves very well aswell.

[@Raajur]

I really hope the walking/running animations change before this game hits live.

[@DjangoLowe]

I think so.

[@Arthillis]

Walking and running animations probably wont change much if at all because they are real. They used motion capture for all of the movements. So what your seeing is how a real person moved to get that motion. Also the face of the character in the demo is a real persons face they used detailed motion capture for and is supposed to be an actor in the SQ42 campaign.

[@Raajur]

Just because they're mocap doesn't mean they're good - looks like he has to poop real bad when running/walking. Just looks awkward and should be changed imo.

[@DjangoLowe]

Raajur I agree. I'm sure it will go over it to make it look nicer.

[@matthewives3933]

2.6 is the new character models and animations.

[@SamuelVella1995]

This is an awesome demo! Even the way the ground textures change for different areas is brilliant - hopefully most planets look this good.

[@i208khonsu]

Honestly, the music is the best part of this demo. :)

[@ollierkul]

This is the sort of game where i wont turn of the music as its so enjoyable and relaxing at times, and is very situational.

[@RudalPL]

heheh I wouldn't be so harsh on the demo but I did notice too how the music adds to the experience. They have some system in place that "composes" the music from samples based on what's going on the screen

[@ROBBERCHIEF]

Brings a tear to my eye.......10/10

[@ThinhNguyen-sv7cw]

I've been waiting for a game of this multitude for my whole life. Thank you for making gaming great again. Can't wait to be a star citizen!

[@Layow.]

can't wait to have you in our community!

[@awesome9174]

Thinh Nguyen See you in the Verse, buddy!

[@MrMrEvin]

Doesn't this just look incredible? I'm absolutely blown away.

[@VulpineNebine]

I think it's a good thing they showed that frame counter in the upper left, it's a good indicator of top-end hardware that I'm sure they're showing this on and the performance that'll warrant with the current optimization. Jeez, looks impressive, loving the aesthetic.

[@farafyn2770]

This game will change the world When this game will be finished our lives will be over

[@StratEdgyProductions]

Aside from what looks like some LOD glitches, this game really looks good. Super excited to play this.

[@TheTZER]

The 3.0 patch coming at the end of the year should come with this new tech, should be glorious since it also comes with the new netcode they've been working on as well :)

[@trey5wop199]

Love your vids man

[@BurnItUpAgain]

Well. That was the most amazing thing I've seen in a while. I'm absolutely in love with the functionality, and graphical fidelity that they have in place for this... and it's only a demo! Well done CIG! Well done, indeed!

[@WillM38]

I am, and have been, a huge fan of Frontier's Elite series, and I can honestly say they better step up their game soon or they'll be a distant memory. I am wildly impressed; you just got yourselves another backer.

[@dirkniedfeld7411]

Today we know, that this video was created only by the marketing department to impress the players at a presentation.

[@robinlindberg5136]

I wonder if player wills, at some point, get the ability to buy a patch of land on a planet and get basic editing tools so the players can build their own bases and such. Imagine a group of players buying patches next to each other, creating cities in the end. I mean, we did see how efficient some of their tools are in the demo after this one above. Or at least a patch of land (or space even?) for player corporations of a certain size.

[@mastrtonberry2]

This would be an amazing idea, and Chris had hinted in the past that there may be homesteading in the game, but it's not going to be a priority until after its released. Of course, priorities can change, which is why we have these beautiful planets much earlier than originally planned

[@ZackRToler]

My instinct of self preservation tells me you should drive away from the giant sand storm

[@DingoAteMeBaby]

WOW THE MUSIC IS SO GOOD ITS LIKE AN IMAX MOVIE

[@SciAntGaming]

Star Max: The Fury Road Awakens :D

[@Ynoita]

Star Max: The Fury Dune* Awakens xD

[@SciAntGaming]

Star Max: The Sarlacc Awakens. Just realised that's what I should have written. XD

[@filipemrbean2]

Star max trek: The robert's dream awakens

[@hagenrick8674]

Star Max: The robert's dream awakens into Dune

[@harryfeldman4441]

Wormsign

[@jinxsoulbroker2037]

I'm very proud to be a Star Citizen backer, i wanna say thank you so much at CIG crew and Chris Roberts for create this beautiful game, i think this game can be a real dream and we build this world togheter, thank you at all backers like me for the support on this awesome game. We are the best community of the VERSE XD

[@lc7632]

So ready to explore!!! Beautiful work guys! Thanks CR and the CIG team.

[@Mortacxo]

Lightning-system, spot on! Audio spot on! Movement of vehicle and character, almost spot on.

[@aureliustratos3268]

you guys are on the way to beat them all. But dont forget to apply your diversity scheme in planetary vehicles.

[@BenJaminLongTime]

once they have alot of the ships and other more important stuff done I have no doubt there will be ground vehicles galore in the works

[@aureliustratos3268]

yeah!. wish i wouldnt have spended 200 pounds on elite :P This is the way a game should be produced. STFU and take my money. i even thaought of EVE from a first person perspective while watching this.

[@luciusavenus8715]

Building stuff would be cool.

[@michaelpeila8794]

This is what I've always wanted EVE to be!

[@Fapp-crewNl]

I surely hope they implement more and more ground vehicles in the future. Guess these are even easier to produce then ships. I would also like to see some trucks, and maybe with that, some transport mission, to get some supplies from one base to another. I guess thats one of the more easier mission types to implement haha :D

[@DrBagPhD]

Well guys, congrats. You've convinced me to back this game. Like all crowdfunded projects I don't know when or if Star Citizen will be released, but I want to do my part to help make it happen, and see how far you guys can take it. What you've done so far is exceedingly impressive and makes me very hopeful for the future of the game.

[@JnohD]

BIG thanks to the teams involved in both the game itself, and getting this video to us in such great shape! :D

[@AthosSampaio]

Awesome demo! Pacing, locations, action... Great.

[@jonbaxter2254]

Soundtrack is pretty good, could imagine listening to this and space out

[@ollierkul]

I dont know if that was a pun or not... but well done sir (and I very much agree).

[@benburns3155]

Sorry No Man's Sky, this is an actual space game

[@Yeet42069]

butthurt detected

[@LeyLineWalker]

Agree to +rcmies - quite ironic as NMS was such a small developer team compared to Star Citizen. Don't compare them - except for the genre there's nothing they have in common...

[@NineSun001]

"things that were removed from the final release" ... we both know that the trailer of NMS were separately build just to show of, impress and mislead. Star Citizen already has more to offer then NMS. I follow SC since the very beginning. And for the things they have planed, they made quite a progress, even if a bit slow. But if they deliver what they promise I am ok with waiting. NMS was just a hoax to rip off money. A scam you could say.

[@mixjon76]

A true master baiter. Oh yes.

[@Vlusion]

I normaly dont like sci-fi, but I like this game so much!

[@NimbleBard48]

Speachless. This is shaping up to be the ultimate space sim game. Or just an ultimate video game in general! I am also fully aware that this type of a game would be developed even after it's released years to come. I can't even imagine what would they add in the future. EVE Online PvP with it's alliances fighting for dominance over the given systems + X series single player + .... just endless possibilities.

[@ogmius2001]

Glorious!...didnt have the bug at the end like the gamescon demo, so you get a really good look at that sandworm

[@lukaszpiwowarek8230]

Future of gaming is Glorious.

[@strodeum6460]

28:57. You can see the lil bandit try and run away from the massive worm near the bottom of the screen

[@TiMCoop3r]

nice spot

[@rjrazor6464]

your breaking my heart star citizen, and it feels so... so..... good.

[@SkylordLuke]

The freaking music!! 16:58 ..I look forward to purchasing the full soundtrack

[@DemitriX.]

60 fps is nice and all, but what was the hardware running it at 60 fps? id love to see the specs.

[@XJoukov]

Thank you dude!

[@DemitriX.]

Ondrej Melich Much appreciated

[@TheRagingStorm98]

To be fair I'm sure they can get the specs down a bit but by the time this is fully released the hardware would have jumped up a league

[@madbyte_]

They also mentioned in the article above that this is a dev build running in their dev environment which is pretty heavy on the ram side of things. The final build will have a more consumer-friendly ram usage.

[@TDefton]

barge in oh my... 64 gb of ram lmao

[@HenkkaArtGames]

I was expecting the "speeder bike" to go for higher speed, like cruise mode or something. The option was definitely there, at least in the bike HUD. Overall, this looks pretty amazing. I try not to get hyped but I have to admit that the opening camera pan from space to the tree line and then hovering above the grass and so forth was very, very nice indeed. Before seeing the scavengers, I jokingly thought to myself that this looks like a place where some Tusken raiders could live and/or ambush someone and, lo and behold, it happened! I kinda liked that the scavengers looked a bit like Rey from The Force Awakens and when the player was walking inside the carcass of the ship, the feeling got stronger, reminiscing the part in the movie where she is hanging inside the star destroyer.

[@asdfghjk2933]

I mean it was going 40 m/s (90 mph) which is pretty fast. This reminded me of Star wars as well, I can't wait until this is playable.

[@HenkkaArtGames]

Certainly, but in the open desert 90 mph didn't seem that fast. And there's the cruise mode option alongside the sub-cruise mode. I wonder how fast the cruise mode makes the bike go? Another thing that bothered me was the speed-o-meter showing m/s. I understand that in certain places like in space but when you are driving on the surface of a planet, km/h or mph would be more usable.

[@zephyr.r]

IIRC this demo had a 55° FOV. SO that may have affected the illusion of speed on the dragonfly, causing it to seem slow even at 40 m/s.

[@2drealms196]

Well they may be forced to limit vehicle speeds to support a range of hardware. The faster you go the more game data has to be loaded off the hdd into memory. Not everyone has an SSD. It may also push the gpu harder.

[@BizzMRK]

for the demo it was limited to let the people apreciate the graphics and detail of the world. Of course you cant let it go infinitly fast because then you eventually see stuff popping in infront of you. That said you can go rather fast before that happens. Afterall, if you fly over the planets surface with a ship you can go rather quickly, granted not as quickly as in space due to drag.

[@EvolutionMusicProject]

Cant wait to have time to sit down and play this for hours...

[@Tyrannicus666]

this is going to be a masterpiece. please take your time developping it, dont rush. we can wait :)

[@StephaneCharre]

How the fuck is that possible!

[@btoiscool]

magic of coding.

[@StephaneCharre]

All in an open world, so perfect ;)

[@btoiscool]

***** If you look real hard while being perfectly still while REALLY high up in the air, you may notice this. Otherwise, you won't.

[@btoiscool]

***** No, you won't.

[@btoiscool]

***** Because I disagree with you, I'm in a cult? lol

[@AMadar-kj5hb]

Sand? Check. Sand planet? Check. Sand people? Check. Sandstorm? Check. Sand worm? Check. All is fine except the prospect of getting sand in my damned shoes!

[@traww330]

It's like fallout, Star Wars & no mans sky had a baby, and that baby actually lived up to expectations

[@PedroHernandez-ve8wh]

That sandworm looked incredible and formidable, a force of raw power

[@stenyethanmathews945]

dang, this looks beautiful

[@mikesell123]

The spice is life

[@DjangoLowe]

The spice must flow.

[@brandonwethy]

Glory be to Shai-Hulud!

[@blodmourne]

This is the basic principle of the hydraulic despotism. You control the spice, you control the universe. Glory in the name of the God Emperor Leto II and His Fish Speakers!

[@GeordieMarv]

Looking absolutely incredible, well worth the wait. I can wait for as long as it takes...it'll be worth it.

[@chrismni8316]

Wow, just wow!!! I never was a fan of the SciFi gaming scene, but this game is certainly something I am waiting for eagerly.

[@SaithMasu12]

Really sick Undertaking, tbh. What they try to do is something no one ever would try because its awesome and such a big risk alltogether. I mean the Sun rises, because the Planet rotates and is actually of that size which is already one big step to insanity. But it does not stop there. I mean how is this even possible to render in this grand scale? I think this game will at least take more than 3-4 years till its somewhere to be played as a consumer, but since there is no publisher they have that time to polish it. And 340 people that work on that project is quite a big number, but still impressiv what they have accomplished thus far. The biggest risk i see is in quality content, aka things to do. (Meaningful things to do). Flying and walking arround planets is all nice and so on, but without things you can do, its sadly meaningless. Anyway great demo and really impressiv.

[@awesome9174]

They're counting mostly on the players to make the content themselves with the tools they've provided in this massively detailed Universe. It's an MMO.

[@Leolocke1]

Wait what!? We're going to be able to make stuff on the planets as the game goes on? Holy F

[@awesome9174]

Keshipel No, not buildings. I meant emergent gameplay.

[@Leolocke1]

***** Oh, right ofc! But it would be awesome tho, if they'd let us build bases etc. since the planets are rendered at such a massive scale

[@alexkoutoukas2266]

This is what I wanted 'No Man's Sky' to be... Or this is what I would like a Star Wars game to be. Many different detailed ships that you can also walk in their interior, realistic looking graphics and not this "Instagram filter" 'No Man's Sky' had, awesome flight system, huge planets that you can actually land on. I know this game is not ready yet, and I would prefer if they added some wildlife and some cities in SOME of the planets, but no matter what, I've decided to buy it when it comes out. This game looks awesome!

[@Mosern1977]

Well look for the 3.0 alpha then (probably Q1 2017) - then you should have these planets and some more basic gameplay.

[@alexkoutoukas2266]

Yeah, I've seen it. It looks awesome. But I meant more "normal" looking cities. You know, the city being actually in the surface of the planet and having futuristic cars running around, and people, buildings, skyscrapers etc... I know it's too early for that, but I hope that they will do it at some point. For me, cities, and wildlife are the 2 things missing for the game to become perfect. :)

[@Mosern1977]

Well, there are 'city' - planets (whole planet is a city). However, those will not be 'free-roamable', and you will be forced to use specific flight corridors by the planet's flight controller. As for wildlife - I hope (and expect) that to come in the future. Large exotic game hunting profession must be great.

[@alexkoutoukas2266]

Hmm... That's kind of a deal-breaker for me... :/ (the cities I mean) I don't like being restricted in an open world game.But I still hope that they will fix it and actually make the cities and all the planets fully explorable. I'm not worrying too much about the wildlife, I'm pretty sure they will add it to the game eventually. I sawin the presentation that they have added some small animals like crabs near the water.

[@Mosern1977]

You can of course land on these city planets (but not everywhere). However, you will not have millions of km2 of city-space to run around in - but interesting shops, bars etc around the landing area.

[@howar31]

This is the best gaming environment I've ever seen in my 25-year gaming life.

[@asdsad6]

I think that the best thing I saw in 2016 was the turn the game in star citizen. Since e3 to now, star citizen increase and improve all things...very nice too see this. Greatings from brazil!

[@zoxwolf2133]

This......omfg. best luck to RSI.

[@DjangoLowe]

CIG

[@zoxwolf2133]

Same XD Best luck

[@chandler4880]

going to be buying my freelancer soon so im ready for 3.0

[@LarryJL]

The only thing you should be ready for is waiting :D Gonna take a moment for my Hornet to be landing on any planets.

[@Mr556x45mm]

It's a great ship, I love mine.

[@hinnerkemme4715]

I will buy Star Citizen with 3.0 :))

[@metanumia]

I've got my MISC Freelancer DUR, it's a beast and I love it. "With trusted names like Behring and Kroenig...." you can rely on this workhorse to get the job done. Almost time to put on my space trucker hat and start moving contraband! :D

[@Parabloop3r]

This dude knows how to take his sweet time in a sandstorm

[@Mark-wd4xo]

Spectacular!...This game will be amazing!!! I'm proud to support CIG in the development of Star Citizen and Squadron 42.