Star Citizen - Starfarer - Biggest Ship Model So Far

[@phuturephunk]

It's going to be so great when its like 2040 or something and I'm retired and I can finally kick back and play this.

[@godinintaki1496]

+phuturephunk Because it surely can't possibly get done in say a years time or so, right?

[@d4rks33k3rz]

+Godin Intaki (Godin The Killer) they're way to ambitious, so no they can't

[@godinintaki1496]

Zuul Be lol, that literally makes fuck all sense. Do you not know what ambition is? www.oxforddictionaries.com/us/definition/american_english/ambition

[@SweRaider1993]

Squadron 42 is due release late 2016 so enough with the exaggerations...

[@xaveco3695]

Stop criticizing the guys that are spending tons of money on concept art and spaceship 3d models. If Star Citizen is ever released and is as half as good as promised, you get to play it and it's all thanks to those guys.

[@jakewatson2660]

xaveco your welcome

[@Ammothief41]

Hows that working for ya? lol

[@mmnissanzroadster9]

"Limited by g-forces" *Blasts off into light speed*

[@UncleFester84]

For some reason this is back in my reccomended, not that i complain but i had honestly forgot that Scott made Star Citizen videos

[@scottmanley]

My audience was more interested in stars than Star Citizen.

[@Shadow_Hawk_Streaming]

That ship should have the tanks removed and they should represent externally stored cargo,those tanks for gasses or liquids and there could be shipping containers for solid goods and rovers,maybe also even the ability to have it outfitted as a bomber

[@thewatcher_476]

YES

[@1Kaisermerlin]

+TheWatcher _ The ship is capible to carry cargo pods and in the Gemenin Variant you can lay mines.

[@hunterlee8383]

you will be able to buy a cargo module at some point

[@Fortstorm]

+Anthony Williams That's just a Hull-series ship.

[@hunterlee8383]

+Fortstorm I believe you will be able to remove the tanks when the full game comes out

[@Maddinhpws]

9:00 I work on a military ship. Believe me, the commander has these amounts of space.

[@scottmanley]

+Maddinhpws My reference point is the USS Hornet,.

[@Jasontvnd9]

what ship?

[@Maddinhpws]

Jason Muir F214 Lübeck

[@Jasontvnd9]

Maddinhpws Fair enough , impressive for a frigate to have a big captains quarters.

[@sandrino5]

I worked on container ship and my captain had quite similarly sized office and personal cabin. Ship itself was 366m, but then again, accommodation on containers looks like narrow tower and not spread out like on spaceships.

[@GunnerRA155]

Nice to see the Captains quarters have baby changing facilities..

[@weldonwin]

+Brian Willis And the captain has astronaut bed-spread too

[@essentialdang]

Star Citizen has the potential to be such an amazing game, I really hope it all comes together

[@spatialgaming1967]

for a merchie, that is a reasonable size office, especially if he uses it as a gym and his quarters.

[@scottmanley]

+Spatial Gaming I guess my reference points are military vessels.

[@PseudoReality28]

_"Military may set the hardware standard, but on a first-gen frigate they could care less if the seats breathe. Civilian sector comfort by design."_ - Jeff "Joker" Moreau, Mass Effect 2

[@spatialgaming1967]

+Scott Manley I'm thinking from David Weber's Honor Harrington series, good sci-fi series. Anyway, I think that it would be hard to keep a civilian on contract happy with military size quarters, don't you?

[@JimSteinbrecher]

+Danery Stardasher they could care less?

[@spatialgaming1967]

+Jim Steinbrecher too expensive for a military starship.

[@bearclawws]

I love the way you did this video, the drive out past the ships through the hanger to the Starfarer.

[@Chris.Davies]

Have never ever seen a sillier use of space in a ship design.

[@godinintaki1496]

+Chris Davies You haven't seen many space ships then lol

[@dragoxphere3341]

+Chris Davies Have you seen the interior of a military cruiser or aircraft carrier?

[@godinintaki1496]

Alex Yen Have you ever seen a Yes, and their design is based on many factors, particularly ones that involve fitting things in a certain space, because you can't just make a ship as long as you want, unlike in SC where ships are for the most part space ships, so it doesn't matter.

[@atomicandnuclearbombstesti8052]

Your right, cause we definitely know what space ships should look like right?

[@TheEyesOfNye]

I gotta say I really like the c*ckpit visibility. The obstructions add character and make you feel like you're flying a ship.

[@General12th]

I say cockpit and nobody bats an eye. I say pitcock and everybody loses their minds.

[@EminentLine]

Hey Scott, I have a serious question. I'm a big fan and a fellow backer, and I just want to hear your opinion. Do you believe in this game? As in, do you think it will end up being everything they say it will?

[@scottmanley]

+EminentLine Chris Roberts has made some extremely bold claims at times, I don't believe that the game will implement everything that has been promised on initial release, but it's likely to continue to iterate towards many of the goals if it succeeds. As with any independent studio there's alway uncertainty as to the long term goals vs resources available.

[@YumLemmingKebabs]

+Scott Manley Of course with non-independent studios there's always uncertainty as to the long term goals vs. the publisher's willingness to keep letting the devs support the game. :-\

[@hunterleavitt9446]

+Scott Manley Yeah, hopefully it's given heaps of support and turns out the way we hope it will.

[@0heck]

That ship is like a flying FPS map by itself. You can't help but be impressed with the detail that has gone into it.

[@bothellkenmore]

+0heck That is not by mistake. I think the ship is close to 2x the size of the concept and they did that for good reason. I don't think they've stated as much but it's pretty obvious FPS was in mind when this design made it out of final concept.

[@christater5540]

You know he's a dad when he's 30+ years old and makes ball jokes.

[@JamesBalazs]

Kind of reminds me of the freighter they find Han and Chewie in in Star Wars 7 with all of the wide open cargo holds and long corridors

[@LeodiAstoriaXIII]

The Xi'An ship reminds me of Final Fantasy 8 Ragnarok, beautiful looking ship.

[@matthieuandreini]

I'm an Elite Dangerous fan, I've played around 500 hours on it. BUT I'm also glad to have purchased SC few months ago. Damn, this ship is just... Impressive .__.

[@DevTheBigManUno]

haha the Exact description of Star Citizen. "This may work... One day."

[@M_Ouellette]

+DevTheBigManUno - Why can't I shake the feeling that it will be 2020 and people will still be waiting for this game.

[@attackhelicopter7403]

+M Ouellette We wait, cause, in 2020 we will have a unfinished Battlefield 8 and Ubisoft drowned us in bugged unfinished games until that date. So, yeah we wait....

[@kylekarenson5355]

+DevTheBigManUno There's nothing wrong with that. I'd rather wait for a PC game made by PC gamers for PC gamers than play another Ubisoft/EA/Bethesda/Bioware/Microsoft sequel.

[@NaomiYing6969]

I am here from the future, things are better but we are still waiting

[@moosemaimer]

I got lost in this thing yesterday. Took ages just to find the bridge. Makes my Aurora MR all the way at the other end of the hanger look like a fly.

[@GeneralBlackNorway]

If they combine this gameplay style with the EVE Online economy style features this game could become pretty cool. It could start out with a smaller portion of space and expand through player activity. Players explore, then build and expand the empire of earth while defending it from outside aliens. Sounds pretty cool to me, EVE Online has a little too boring game play for me on it's own, but put together with this FPS style it could be something I'd play a lot!

[@FSSZilla]

+GeneralBlackNorway I genuinely believe that's the idea behind this game.

[@SpookGod]

On some level, that's a little bit of the idea, but the devs were adamant about it "not being EVE Online with cockpits."

[@rexspaulding8871]

That's interesting - I love EVE simply because it feels more like what _I_ imagine future space flight would likely be - long distance, highly automated. Space is so huge, that what we perceive as a "large" distance, would be nothing in space. Fights would take place by scanning signatures, detecting the vessel, and attempting to launch weapons that massive distance. Think of it like current naval warfare - boats these days don't rely on L.O.S. with the other vessel. Many warships are attacking blind, miles away. So the only way I could see a fast-paced dogfight in space would be small vessels taking on a capital ship and its defenses - and even then, I imagine those fighter/bomber small units would be drone/automated ships. It's cool, don't get me wrong. But this seems more like a space-warfare-simulator, whereas EVE seems more like a general space-simulator (including all the politics, business, industry, etc)

[@rajhiimalrahab7819]

I love the narration - makes me think of Scotty from Star Trek... so good content but bonus points for the accent.

[@MrSaliVader]

Oh my, is that thing bigger than the Cutter? This makes me want spacelegs in E:D even more! Also, I can't wait for this game to come out, it looks amazing :D

[@scottmanley]

+MrSaliVader nah the cutter is twice as long

[@scottmanley]

+MrSaliVader nah the cutter is twice as long

[@matthewdunphy8524]

+MrSaliVader I will play E:D again when I can walk around some of my ship. I hate being a set of appendages in a seat. I would rather be able to walk around my Alpha Retaliator Bomber than pretend I am flying a big ship in my Python or Anaconda.

[@scottmanley]

+Matthew Dunphy Each to his own, but I prefer to fly spaceships in a game about flying spaceships. Neither game has provided a compelling gameplay reason for walking around at this time.

[@matthewdunphy8524]

+Scott Manley I have fond memories of Star Wars Galaxies' Jump to Lightspeed. Being able to walk around your ship and "feel it" was what made everything click for me. I remember when somebody had to run through my ship to repair it in a last ditch effort to jump to lightspeed before we all got blown up by another player. It made space battles come alive for me. It was from that moment that I realized how critical ship interiors are to the immersiveness of space sims for me. That moment would not have been the same if my friend was just hacking away at a console rather than running to a physical part of my ship to make the repair.

[@MRInvidian661]

It can be a racer because the ship is supposed to change based on configuration. It could probably be changed to a setup closer to how it looks before takeoff for races. I think they said there's supposed to be 3 different flight modes for the ship.

[@CordovanSplotchVT]

+Invidian That and they made it both faster and more maneuverable than the M50... I'm actually getting kind of tired of how many ships not meant for racing that get made better at racing than the M50.

[@alexzuelke5209]

+Christian Friis Sørensen in lore though the last big race was one by a human in the Xian Scout, you can even get a model of the one he flew for your hanger, its yellow and hella cool.

[@Argoniur]

+Christian Friis Sørensen balance will change 10 times from now until it's "done", don't worry about that... and soon the components will be done so we'll be able to compare the ship hulls and how each component changes stuff

[@geoff2027]

Fuel I understand to be Helium 3. The Mustang Beta has H3 label on fuel tank in hab section. Love your vids by the way.

[@scottmanley]

+Geoff Thomason H3 would be tritium - and isotope of hydrogen.

[@HKirby97]

+Scott Manley That would 3H

[@scottmanley]

+Harry “WarlikeKirbyGames” Kirby true, and helium 3 is 3He

[@HKirby97]

So... Basically... it could be anything =P could be something completely new. although i would also suspect Helium 3 with just the wrong shorthand or an in universe shorthand due to the theorised use as a fuel.

[@MisterSquid1]

IT could power some fusión thrusters

[@boperadotto8703]

Although it's not designed for military use, I can easily see that tanker becoming an integral part of any mobile militia.

[@xanosdarkpaw1]

...It's basically a Firefly. Awesome.

[@rundownaxe]

+Hiver Firefly trribute is the Carrack IIRC. All the devs are giddy and calling it their firefly.

[@Dumb-Comment]

So happy to see the game is coming to shape

[@reformCopyright]

Clearly you don't have to worry about delta-v in this game.

[@DjangoLowe]

+Magnus Holmgren yeah your flight computer handles is. But you can go in to decoupled mode and do the whole delta v thing if you like.

[@dwcalex]

+Django Lowe (Jirou) Im not sure you actually understand what delta v means.

[@fwg1994]

Delta v, as in change in velocity? Wouldn't change in acceleration be the more important factor?

[@charlesturner897]

+fwg1994 I'm pretty sure he's talking about the fact that the ship has very few forward facing engines to slow the ship down (change its velocity).

[@rapter229]

+charles turner neither do rockets. When you can turn a ship around, why add more weight to the front?

[@makiiavely]

my god this is going to be the best game ever No, seriously, No Man's Sky's biggest problem is that it is based on traveling and on gathering materials, and that's it, with those materials you improve your equipment in order to obtain more materials, and that's it. But this Star Citizen is going to feel kinda like a Mass Effect, obviously not having a superb story, characters and lore but the same level of detail, of immersion. You're in a huge universe, and this universe is full of people, of ships, of partners you are going to play with, and you can drive a fucking lot of ships and specially, interact with them, the simple fact of being able to move inside the ship while it's moving just gives me shivers, idk, it's the feeling of immersion. Landing on planets and shooting in every situation, posible stealth mechanics, planetary and space exploration... just perfect.

[@MrRcas101]

makiiavely they have a huge backstory with lots of lore and a single player campaign with loads of hours of playtime

[@WeirdWizardDave]

Let me teach you about this thing called... Space toilets!

[@andrewm1058]

was waiting for Scott to make this

[@1Kaisermerlin]

Seperated bathrooms are unnecassary, if only one could use it at the same time.

[@Cythil]

+Kaiserinmeli Yep. If I was the captain I would say that from now on the bathrooms are Unisex. Whatever the darn signs says.

[@godinintaki1496]

+Cythil Then get a SF and say that Otherwise, deal with it.

[@fl4shblade]

+Kaiserinmeli Realistically they are unnecessary, but don't you know how third wave femina.... err feminists would jump on this like a pack of hungry hyenas, if there weren't bathrooms for men and women?

[@godinintaki1496]

fl4shblade Na, as soon as the character models for males and females (which iirc is slated for next update), dem damn faminazis are going to pounce, because walking styles and such.

[@legonick357]

+fl4shblade that's kinda the opposite of what most feminists advocate, but sure lol

[@gneoson]

Hey Scott, I'm pretty sure the fuel that they are using is Hydrogen. Both in space and from gas giants. And it looks like the refined version of it will be the quantum fuel for quantum travel and jump point travel! Im assuming the first two larger tanks on the Starfarer are part of the refining process and the latter 6 are storage. Great Vid BTW!

[@scottmanley]

+gneoson Yeah the trick with sci-fi fuel is making it explodey for dramatic/gameplay purposes which is why I ask.

[@tmf5055]

Hey Scott are you going to play no mans sky?

[@bothellkenmore]

+tmf5055 I think you already know the answer to this.

[@phinix250]

+tmf5055 its in space of course he will play this, it is almost a given.

[@CordovanSplotchVT]

+tmf5055 I suspect not for very long if he actually starts.

[@harbl99]

7:20 -- Is that airlock bay layout an intentional "2001" reference?

[@phinix250]

+harbl99 i really can't tell you that dave. i know i misquoted that but i wanted to adapt it to answer your comment

[@Ferruccio629]

Would be cool if they made a starwars game like this.

[@__Paprika]

01:00 350 tons... is it made out of expanded polystyren or what ?

[@abram730]

+Electro phobia Old numbers before it got this big..

[@godinintaki1496]

+Electro phobia 900 years in the future, building ships out of lighter, stronger materials is possible.

[@Boamere]

Lol, it only weighs like 3 Maus tanks

[@godinintaki1496]

B. oamere My statement still hasn't changed. And the Maus is a gigantic ass tank made to take shells in such a, compared to the SF, archaic fashion.

[@alexchivilev]

This thing remindsme Nostromo. Dont know why

[@CordovanSplotchVT]

+alexchivilev Same interior style.

[@DailyFrankPeter]

+alexchivilev I had the same impression. Change the lighting, and at least we can have an Alien game if Star Citizen runs out of money.

[@ph11p3540]

What CIG did with the Starfarer has me really excited for what they have in store for the Crucible ship. This game really appeals to me as an artist and fine scale modeller.

[@menohaveaname]

So what does this game really have right now? Is it essentially just a tech demo right now? I get that it's in alpha but I was able to play other games in Alpha that were essentially buggy versions of the final game.

[@fappylp2574]

+Ardin Catish Yeah, but other games aren't as _ambitious!_ It's to be expected that a game of this scale and ambition and potential and funding is gonna take time to make. BTW, think of all the pretty art assets that have to be meticulously created! If they spent that time working on less important things like gameplay, we'd never get those pretty (and profitable) models to look at!

[@menohaveaname]

Fappy LP ahh okay gotcha.

[@AlbertoMartinez765]

+Ardin Catish That because most companies bullshit and call nearly finished games "Beta" as a mkt tool.its more s tress test of servers than a actual beta.

[@elfwyn8707]

Haven't really tried it yet, but I think the main advantage of the Xian Scout coult be it's strafing speed. I imagin it could strafe in any direction nearly as fast as it's forward motion. That could compensate for it's lack of firepower. Instead of jousting one could just strafe and circle around the enemy ship while keeping the weapons on target.

[@C0rvex]

1:13 350 tons? There is no way that thing is that light, is it supposed to be 350,000 tons?

[@RyanRyzzo]

+DarkSean40 Space-age materials :9

[@thebritishgeek]

+DarkSean40 3500 with space age materials maybe? cause you are right 350 tonnes is far far farrr to light for a craft that size regardless of what its made out of

[@Elementalism.]

Must be the alien tech

[@christopherlong2657]

+DarkSean40 It is a craft supposedly capable of atmospheric flight, it has to be somewhat light for that to be possible.

[@kamikaziking]

+DarkSean40 a jumbo jet is 180 tons dry weight seems legit

[@skyhawk551]

i love the design aesthetic of this game in general, makes me want to go build it in real life right now lol

[@MarijnRoorda]

And still its just pretty pictures, and no actual game. rapter229: if that is what you are mssing, you should change your original comment to reflect it. SC not having the full features of the persistent universe implemented is not the same as not having gameplay.

[@EminemLovesGrapes]

+Marijn R there's the PTS and combat sim

[@bdot02]

+Marijn R There's actually quite a bit of gameplay already... You may need to reevaluate your comment.

[@bdot02]

+bdot02 that is unless you don't have a dedicated graphics card, then it's just a bunch of pretty pictures, changing every second or so. That said, it is still in development.

[@LuckyKo]

+Marijn R Maybe you should try watch the vid to the end there is game play right there. Or what? did you expect to play GO or something?

[@MarijnRoorda]

+Lucky Lu Yeah, i saw the dogfighting module. Its been around for a while now. Im missing the part where i get to dogfight against other players or npc's, in some random asteroid field, in some random star system, thousands of AU away from my hangar, or earth, or wherever we start the game. Or i wanna have the option to run instead, and hide under the cover of a nebula, or in the safety of some station. Ya'know, the actual meat of the game. Not a dogfight module, or a hangar module, or a race through hoops module. Yeah i know its in alpha. Yeah i understand it can take years to develop a game of this magnitude. All im saying, it looks pretty. But besides pretty pictures, i also want compelling gameplay. And running around a hangar, flying through hoops or dodging asteroids isnt exactly it.

[@evoluton117]

now we need a ship that can carry other big ass ships with weapons

[@RGInquisitor]

At this point we'll get Half-Life 3 before the game transitions into Beta!

[@ddha0000]

+RGInquisitor yes....cause 3 years is such a long time for an MMO.

[@CrossWindsPat]

+Donald Drumpf Yea let alone one of the most ambitious games of all time! People have no patients these days. Drumpf! Last Week Tonight owned him lol.

[@dragoxphere3341]

+RGInquisitor This is in Alpha. Half-Life 3 doesn't exist. I don't see your point

[@TheConductor01]

This game has been in development for under 4 years. GTA V was under development for 5 years. 6 years would still be a reasonable development time for a game this ambitious. People fail to understand that this game seems to be taking so long because most games are first announced when they've already been in development for years. If we don't have Squadron 42 by December of 2017, I might start getting worried. Until then, I'll continue to be content with how well this game is progressing.

[@samuelbarber1114]

Hi Scott, do you know when the full version of this game is planned to be released? Thanks.

[@CorkerGaming]

+Samuel Barber 2017

[@PabloHoney19]

2050

[@cojosh]

Squadron 42 (the single player campaign) is supposed to release this year. But 2017 is a more realistic release date.

[@fwg1994]

+Samuel Barber 2017 seems like a reasonable estimate. They seem to have really picked up the pace lately, probably because they have finished up most of the engine modifications they needed, but the game still has a ways to go.

[@cojosh]

+fwg1994 yeah their is hardly any game play that is implemented or in it's final version so I would say 2017

[@vizionthing]

Can't wait for beta to start .. maybe another four years?

[@harry-matakios1344]

1 to 1.5 years I would say

[@TheDasErdinger]

+vizionthing Why wait for the Beta, when the Alpha is playable right now?

[@CozyHi]

+vizionthing Don't worry, you'll soon be able to play the full game With your grandkids! XD But for real though, when are they planning a full release? :)

[@nrm8831]

isn't it supposed to come out late this year?

[@TheDasErdinger]

Nicholas Maletto The single player S42, yes. The "full" game is still ~2 years off.

[@uidsea]

Does anyone else just want to have something this big to have friends fly and crawl around in? Maybe something like what happened on the Nostromo could happen...

[@Qardo]

so when will this be a playable game?? been three years and seen nothing but them making ships and charging stupid amounts of money for CG ships that you cannot fly.

[@1Kaisermerlin]

Research and you will see you can fly a big amount of fighter ships.

[@scottmanley]

+Qardo Squadron 42 is scheduled for the end of the year, but they haven't had a great deal of success with hitting schedules.

[@XkriskrossX]

+Scott Manley Recently they've actually done great in terms of updates. I hope it stays that way

[@SteelFyire]

+Qardo In fairness, the number of ships that are flyable has risen DRAMATICALLY in the past few months. Like, nearly all of the single seaters are flyable in game at this point. But as far as when it's going to be a playable game...Squadron 42 will likely end up releasing some time next year, the persistent universe? Who even knows.

[@Fortstorm]

+Qardo Three years is not a long time for a game of this scale.

[@gsamalot]

If you ask me I think the money that was given to them is really paying off, I mean just from watching the video. I can feel that this ship is huge, it's bigger then the other one we have now which makes me wonder how big the later models are going to get then what we have from a simple transport ship that could be consider a frigate class ship.

[@godinintaki1496]

+gsamalot ones*

[@Makron5]

you put money into this? lol

[@Fredfredbug4]

+Makron5 He's one of the original backers.

[@DeciVonW]

+Fredfredbug4 Same here. Backed for about 600. I'm backer #255.

[@TopDrek]

I didn't think I'd like this ship back when I saw it in concept phase but I gotta admit that it's a really cool ship.

[@SwampyJ]

I wonder if this could function as an ad-hoc carrier, or mobile base, able to dock smaller craft on the back

[@godinintaki1496]

+Mr JakeyAB Perhaps in the future it could carry snub nose ships in a sort of variant, but as of now, no.

[@LordGrandKaiser]

Well damn. The Starfarer looks better than I thought it would.

[@RMJ1984]

This is the kinda ship that comes with an alien facehugger or two just for the authentic alien experience.

[@tavukveben6346]

Scott needs so many more subscribers.

[@rmallon15]

The flight deck and exterior reminds me a lot of a C-5 galaxy. Which makes sense considering that it's basically a C-5 in space.

[@kl0m0nst3r]

Is there a way to disable the head bop? I don't mind watching a video like that but if I were to play myself I would get nauseous quickly.

[@themadrobot]

large open spaces within your craft make a lot of sense on long-haul mission when you can't walk outside whilst on cruise ships and military battleships you can always step out onto the deck get some air

[@YumLemmingKebabs]

+douglas faulds Yes... The space air.

[@Ultriix]

this is super impressive, probably the best designed ships Ive ever seen in a game. It almost feels like I will never get to play release its been so long but I would rather it be solid on release because this is the dream, it ticks all the wish boxes. I think Id probably spin out and wet myself when this releases.

[@Ultriix]

I do wonder if this will be for high end cards only? this many polys on a mid level, not so sure.

[@Tuvara]

Not sure if your aware Scott, but there is a milspec version of the Starfarer, I believe it's the Gemini. So it really doesn't buck the needed this for Squadron 42 trend.

[@thewatcher_476]

Scott I think they may use pre-made models for the major damage and then generate minor details procedurally

[@godinintaki1496]

+TheWatcher _ Nope. Look up damage states.

[@DjangoLowe]

+TheWatcher _ the damage is a shader that uses the damage represented on a texture to PG the damage and what he saw what the interior of the ship if it was to be exposed.

[@fredashay]

Wait! How do you get a bunch of hangars to connect side-by-side like that???

[@T0rrente18]

Watching this made me realise how huge will be the internals of the anaconda or the cutter if they ever get implemented in elite dangerous

[@jcxmotor5]

I'd imagine they wouldn't be to spacious, with all the extra space being taken up by modules and whatnot

[@Quicksilver_Cookie]

+Zigzag010 We're long way from that I think. Although, I'm curious too. Considering that Anaconda is much bigger than ship in this video. And Cutter and Corvette are even bigger.

[@randomnickify]

+Zigzag010 Devs did joked in some devnote video that Aurora's inside would be the size of entire game level from some other games. Kind of not that funny now. :)

[@T0rrente18]

randomnickify The starfarer ship inside is kinda the size of a csgo map. The interior of E:D ships are kinda the same size (although a bit bigger). I can't even imagine the interior of the capital ships in E:D maybe like a whole gta map or something like that

[@XkriskrossX]

+Zigzag010 Some of Elite's ship classes are slightly larger than their SC counterparts. The Farragut being roughly being the size of an Imperial Star Destroyer. Look at something like the Bengal being compared to iconic sci-fi vessels i.imgur.com/zSiiYm1.png

[@anaximanderification]

The Xi'An scout ship makes me want to see mech-suits in the game. IT would be awesome

[@nurb101]

oh man, please tell me there's going to be an option to turn off those view blocking cockpits in flight.

[@scottmanley]

+nurbs I doubt it, because people want immersion at the expense of gameplay.

[@shadowace112]

the cargo area looks a lot like the firefly series's ship

[@gronsakthefirst]

As someone that works on ships, that amount of space in the captains quarters isn't that uncommon, you usually find it on bigger ships (150m+), especially if the ship is built for longer routes. There wouldn't really be that much empty space though, there would probably be a soffa and a tv to fill it!

[@XkriskrossX]

The Javelin class destroyer in this game is about as large as a real life aircraft carrier :P

[@ellenwheeler5247]

This ship would be awesome for like Ridley Scott Alien encounters, perhaps as a side mission in the game if you ever set down on an unknown remote planet, derelict space craft would be a cool exploration feature also

[@tomt.8387]

> time to start ramming > I'm Scott Manley, Fly Safe!

[@Marguns21]

what does the escape capsules look like?

[@Claymore2408]

When they release the game, are they going to have A.I. in the hangar? It seems a bit empty at the moment, the ships have no one maintaing them :D

[@elliotnyberg9332]

This is for sure my new favorite ship

[@adrienperie6119]

Its absolutely beautiful. I'm no backer of the game (because I had and still have great doubts about the final result if any), but I gotta say, the people who make the models are good. Maybie too good, because for now, the "game" is just an expensive pretty spaceship model factory basically beyond the novelty of the few modes. This would be the first time a hugely financed hugely hyped very ambitious game makes it beyond that stage if it happens. I think most of the money never reaches anything but people's pockets to be fully honest but I might be wrong for sure. Still though, I have never ever regretted not buying into the hype and investing my cash before the game is out or practically out. The idea that people who got in quick are better off can not be true, because they need to sell copies, and nobody buys an online game when they feel like they don't have very close to equal chances with everyone else.

[@rapter229]

There is one problem with your reasoning, and that is if buying in early gets you a discount. Which for Star Citizen, until recently, was the case. Before feb 14th, buying in gave also gave you the Single player Squadron 42 module. Now it costs extra. So, the idea that people who got in early could be better off is a possibility, assuming the game is good.

[@adrienperie6119]

rapter229 You missed my point. They simply can't afford to make joining early enough of an advantage (unless maybie you spend crazy money, but what's the fun in getting ships from the start instead of working up to them ?) for me and many other people to take the risk of the whole thing being crap like it statistically has every chance to be from past experience with such types of projects.

[@godinintaki1496]

Adrien Perié The amount you save is higher the earlier you joined. The earliest packages got you not only SC, but SQ42 Ep. 1 and 2. Now, a $45 package is only getting you SC or SQ42, and just to get both costs $60 now. Eventually, it'll split, and will cost $60 each, and an additional cost (unknown atm) to get Ep. 2. EDIT: Also, you've experienced other developers fails, not CIG. Have you even played the alpha at all, there has been since last October 4(?) free flight weekends.

[@rapter229]

Adrien Perié $15 dollars is the difference. I wasn't comfortable buying in at first, but after playing the free weekend, I saw they were going to remove the complimentary Single Player, and jumped on it. Unlike every other failed kickstarter game, Star Citizen actually has the potential to become one of the greatest games ever made. Which means, even if it falls short, it will still likely be better than anything AAA studios have put out in years. I am not saying you are wrong to consider it a risk, but there IS benefits to buying in. You have to consider it from a risk/reward standpoint. Compare the money required to buy in, to a end product that is only 50% feature complete. Most kickstarter games would be unplayable at 50%, but 50% for Star Citizen would likely provide more enjoyable hours of in-game play time than many other $45 games. Which means, Star Citizen would need to not just fall short of expectations, but fail SPECTACULARLY for me to not actually get my money's worth.

[@adrienperie6119]

"Which means, Star Citizen would need to not just fall short of expectations, but fail SPECTACULARLY for me to not actually get my money's worth." Yes and that's what happened every other time this happened with no exceptions. Not to say you made a mistake, it's just my buying policy for games and as I said I have no reason to change it yet since It never ever disappointed me. But I do hope it's gonna be great, I just think many people are going to be really really disappointed because they seem to think the game will be whatever they want it to be somehow ! rapter229

[@Jafmanz]

going to be interesting staying safe in that thing.

[@Tanaka_Kenshin]

On old D-2 submarine in St.Petersburg captain's cabin is just a little bit bigger then captain's bathroom on this ship.)

[@QuantumShenna]

Why is the flipping Starfarer's engines above it's center of mass?

[@DjangoLowe]

+QuantumSeanyGlass shhhhhh, it's magic.... much like sound in space.

[@scottmanley]

+QuantumSeanyGlass I think you hit the nail on the head, it's a flipping ship, when that engine fires up it'll forward flip when thrust is applied.

[@QuantumShenna]

Scott Manley LOL I made a joke! Accidentally! Thanks for pointing that out.

[@tubbycustard8866]

I joined in a server and one of the guys had this ship, I glitched out of it while we were flying and died. However that was the coolest ship ever, it had so many rooms and so much space

[@Intrepid17011]

"But it looks so cool!" "Okay, go for it!" Made me laugh for some reason :D

[@TrustATinOwl]

North of Scotland? Inverness-shire maybe? Familiar accent. Great video anyway, can't wait to give the game a shot.

[@gabrielmcnabb4979]

I want this game!I'm just not sure about it. What are some reasons I should or shouldn't get it?

[@JoshSweetvale]

Scott, could be the rsilings are very lightweight and use a weak little bit of pneumatics to flip up, then locking into place. 's how I'd do it... ^_^

[@petrikstur1913]

Can you maybe make a video for people that dont know much about the game? Because i dont quite get how you get the game and whats it all about... Are there like factions that battle eachother ?

[@fwg1994]

+Petrik Stur What there is now is a pvp mode where you dogfight with the smaller ships in the game and a proof of concept for the mmo portion, in which you can explore a single system and mostly just dick around. They have a few missions you can do for the mini persistent universe, but there isn't much in right now. There is a lot more planned, but that is all there is currently. Their current focus on development seems to be getting more of the ships in game and flyable, as well as developing the singleplayer portion of the game, which I don't think we will see until it is complete. Oh, and the game has a tutorial, which also doubles as a proof of concept for scripted missions.

[@petrikstur1913]

fwg1994 oh okay thanks :)

[@Drrolfski]

+Petrik Stur Go to their website. It has a pretty decent overview what the game is about (space FPS/sim/MMO & SP campaign). And if you pay there 45$ you get access and a starter ship.

[@petrikstur1913]

rolf ski ok, when you buy that "package" do you get access forever or only for the alpha? And if you know that, what is "squadron 42" is it a game in a game?

[@Drrolfski]

Petrik Stur $45 will get you early access plus either the SP or MP at launch. The full game will cost you another $15, meaning $60 total for both SP and MP.

[@Aunubus69]

I tried to look for the star farer in my hanger but it wasn't there :|

[@TheGokki]

"Even more expensiver and biggerer" - Scott Manley 2016.

[@bengonzales1182]

Biggest ship model, what about the Bengal?

[@scottmanley]

'So far'

[@garyteano3026]

Scott Manley what do you recommend as the the best joystick for computer games, one that would work best for computer games like elite for example?

[@EpicSmileyMan64]

so i'm building a model of the Gemini Capsule, and i have gotten to the heat shield and the instructions tell me to paint it black. Was it really black? If not, what color was it?

[@lateasusual_]

It would be black after re-entry at least :)

[@EpicSmileyMan64]

lateasusual Thanks for the comment! Though i plan on it being painted the color before re-entry.

[@YumLemmingKebabs]

+EpicSmileyMan64 Did you try googling "Gemini Capsule Heat Shield?

[@EpicSmileyMan64]

YumLemmingKebabs yep, extensively. Every image i saw of it was what i assume to be. after re-entry due to the white ashy burn marks on it. I'm thinking it would be aluminum color but am likely wrong.

[@YumLemmingKebabs]

EpicSmileyMan64 Hm, I bet Amy Shira Teitel would know, but she's probably just as busy as Scott.

[@antimaster6432]

350 tons? that's super light for such a large spacecraft.

[@AlbertoMartinez765]

+Anti Master Oh yeah CIG's weight of ships is waaaay off, they are video game devs not real space engineers..)

[@Argoniur]

+Anti Master I mean it's set 900 years from now sooo, anything they put there is only to compare between each ship

[@dragoxphere3341]

+Anti Master That's the weight from when it was smaller like 2 years ago

[@SweRaider1993]

That's the unladen weight. Once the tanks are filled and it has tonnes of cargo it will significantly go up. But as of now most of the ship is empty space.

[@RecoilOperated]

the fuel is either helium 3, Deuterium, or Hydrogen. maybe other fusible gas/liquid. as the engines and generators are fusion based.

[@DjangoLowe]

+Signal Jones I alway thought H3 but it could be all of them. There are supposed to be 2 different types of fuel according to the lore, Quantum fuel and Jump fuel. The both can be refined from the same stuff but one is more expensive and harder to produce.

[@123legosandletsplays]

Retrofit to minelayer?

[@HungrySpinz]

I imagine that car occupying two parking spots for ships. Also how many fps or how is the performance for you in this game besides the big ship problem, I only intend to play it when it really comes out but from what I've noticed to see how the performance is that I probably have around 40 fps when I got a 980 ti, 4790k, 16gb ram 1600 mhz

[@natku1]

+DeathToCockroaches I think it still needs some optimization and have you tried turning vsync off, it helps a lot.

[@HungrySpinz]

natku1 I don't htink so but I will try it out

[@Michael-ij6kg]

Just flew this for free. It was available for me for like an hour in Crusader. The thing drives like a bus (as expected) and its hallways are confusing (bad). It needs maps on the walls. That it had Jefferies Tubes was pretty cool.

[@Baleur]

6:35 stunned everytime you enter an orange room or corridor.. PBR is truly an incredible leap in graphical beauty. Everytime a game features PBR shaders, every surface and material just looks "right". Magical. I'm very impressed at how far SC has come in the graphical polish so far. But the gameplay... Well, we'll see. 7:40 i mean just LOOK JUST LOOK AT HOW IT FUKN REFLECTS THE LIGHT FROM THE OTHER ROOM OMG IN REAL TIME ITS ............. amazing. I love PBR. lol. Was awesome in Fallout 4 too, but a bit understated (dusty nature of the post-apocalypse, i suppose). Honestly i must say the Cryengine has done the best PBR treatment so far of any game i've seen. I mean sure, Ryse was hella impressive with its gold and marble, but these spaceship metal parts and the way light naturally bleeds around are just unbelievable..

[@godinintaki1496]

+Baleur Gameplay is amusing already. Getting a major upgrade this month. Better than Elite already, and getting better by the month :D

[@magnum_dingus]

+Baleur That's all they seem to be working on.

[@scottmanley]

I'm sorry, it's not even close to Elite, please check that hyperbole at the door.

[@godinintaki1496]

Scott Manley Is Elite fun? No. Is SC fun? Yes. Hence, it's better than Elite.

[@scottmanley]

I think you need to learn to step back and become more objective.

[@pnutz_2]

that flying mode reminds me of the gallente ewar frigate, the maulus or whatever

[@H0kram]

It looks like a space station all by itself.

[@sewashburn0529]

It may not be the Tiger's Claw, but still a very nice ship!

[@-JustHuman-]

Hey Scott it was "only" 195 dollars in the kickstarter, got mine there, now it say's its 300 dollars worth of ship :P

[@scottmanley]

+entZEROspawn yeah I forgot the price changed, regardless, I'm not going to be flying a fuel truck.

[@SherrifOfNottingham]

+Scott Manley maybe I can be your fuel truck tonight.

[@-JustHuman-]

Scott Manley Mine is more for my exploring fleet, we would be able to go further out in space with a flying fuel refinery with us :)

[@AvaGamerStuff]

How can you see anything when more than 50% of your view is obstructed by the interior of your own ship? :s