Star Citizen Week in Review - 3.23 is in Evocati!

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[@realnerdethan]

I was out for a few days, thanks for the week in review. Lots of good info in here 👍

[@Archaelas]

R.A.P.T.O.R. street sweeper is great, I bought 10 of them for upgrades

[@firstjayjay]

This time next ya we'll get a raptor with external passenger seat.....

[@DozolProductions]

Did you know you can use The RAPTOR to collect small items in bulk? You can collect gems, weapons, even small boxes like armor. Not sure if it fits in a bunker, but it will be extremely helpfull for those raids above ground, or tp collect guns on the new Cargo distribution Buildings.

[@moondogg_monte]

Are you going to CCU to the 404i?

[@Archaelas]

@@moondogg_monte Of course!

[@BuzZzKiller]

The sneak peek looks like the cargo elevator terminal. We've seen it a few times in the background during ISC and SCL.

[@SaltEMike]

That is at the distro centers too just like that.

[@Pulciu]

I really like these update videos, they're very useful. I also like your react videos when you provide additional info/insights that backers might not know or remember. Great job!

[@IrisCorven]

Wow. The whole replication crash loop thing is kind of impressive. That is a damn fine indicator of how well it's coming along, if it's managing to LEGIT reproduce code that is crashing. And technically a good stepping stone for crash reproduction for bug testing and fixing.

[@IrisCorven]

@@MasonPieters Pretty much. But versus debug logs that can vary from crash to crash, having the ability to throw up an instance on their end that can reliably crash, recover within a minute, and then reproduce the crash with the exact same code error would be a huge time save for analysis.

[@jasonthacker2912]

Found the shill account. That was quick.

[@IrisCorven]

@@jasonthacker2912 "HURR SHILL" Man, you guys need some new buzzwords. As someone who has spent countless hours pouring over crash logs trying to find some cohesive reasoning behind a system failing or a fatal error occurring, and being incapable of replicating the circumstances causing the error, I see a positive to what most would just see as a crash loop, in terms of data analysis and fixing existing bugs. Is it something that will matter to players *right now*? No. But it assists with bug testing and resolution. Not everyone who finds a positive in something negative is a shill. Just like not everyone butthurt about a $45 purchase for a game still in alpha is vocal about it. But hey, here you are.

[@julievrhackzor]

it doesn't replicate any code lol, just database state

[@invincibearofficial]

happy to see the small little updates too!

[@phrack8327]

Thanks for another great video Mike!

[@TheJudgeo7]

I like this format, Evo news is gold.

[@Tekjive]

Regardless of the info type/category/etc …more is always better 🤙🏻 ty

[@meanx08]

The sound with the intro and the effect is amazing Thanks for the summary of the news

[@tiestofalljays]

Oh nice you're right. That's pretty clean.

[@amiththomas3884]

yep, love the intro !

[@Citizen-Nurseman]

Really nice professional video, really enjoying ur content lately, ur hitting the next tier imo

[@SaintInix]

Liking the progress I'm seeing. Came back because I've been hearing good things about patches and stuff coming down the pipe.

[@spartacusmills]

Kopion sounds a bit too much like Copium for my liking :)

[@williamlewis1805]

lol agreed, and I’m smoking it hoping they make them look way better and less cartoony

[@matheuspenguin2016]

More of this Mike , great video.

[@0Budgetprod]

best SC show out there, thank you mike

[@Jewifer333x2]

So it looks like they're dividing it up into two phases for evo. First phase is the FPS related stuff, next phase is the flight and world related stuff. Makes sense.

[@staybussin]

Idk how long you been doing these, but love the format. Great work

[@SaltEMike]

Few years now, very happy with what it’s become.

[@1aatlas]

Really liking the content lately. 😁

[@sirnukealot84]

Great video!

[@michaelpease2103]

Definitely looking forward to exploration or mining/salvage based visors 😮 Obviously combat, too, but we'll have that soon (TM)

[@laduzitv5019]

is there any player footage of the creatures?

[@Mavsecks]

Your lighting looks great

[@cuzant]

Been waiting on my hanger.

[@allhailourmediaoverlords7824]

Just got my R.A.P.T.O.R on April 1st!

[@nephrium]

Console reminds me a lot of the cargo areas on some space stations.

[@luke5g230]

3.23 is looking good and cannot wait to get our hands on it. Really looking forward to animals and their missions along with the rest of the stuff 😃

[@antaresmaelstrom5365]

Reminds me of MtGO when you crash a game due to overflow of some type (usually excessive amounts of permanents). The server would try to replay the game via log, inevitably running into the same problem and crashing again in a loop.

[@nicksantos43]

The pace with which they are integrating features for 3.23 is a good thing. In the past they would have no problem dropping in a ton of half-baked features all at once and hoping for the best. It seems they've learnt their lesson!

[@supperEisMan]

What is the intro track called? Banger.

[@cdevkat1]

Sneak peek looks like a kiosk for station engineering and maintenance. Maybe even at a UGF. Do u guys think we will be getting a simplified version of location basted engineering

[@Billy-bc8pk]

Thorston said it wouldn't be ready until Q2, so if I had to guess he meant summer Q2 and not spring Q2, because based on how it's shaping up with it only being in the experimental mode, we won't see engineering proper until 4.0, which is supposedly scheduled at the end of summer.

[@craiggallagher4461]

I thought the dogs were called “Copium” until I saw the spelling via the patch note slide you put up later 😆

[@GoodLordNo]

I need it to be in the PU soon (tm).

[@Raven_za]

Cool hunting missions confirmed woot!!!

[@MrSulen-bi5nu]

More news are great! Especially now that Evo content is no longer under NDA.

[@doubledigital_]

The sneak peak , I think is a new transport bike for box missions I could be wrong :P ha

[@ADRIAAN1007]

is it possible to capture creatures and lock them in a room on my ship

[@Yama_1291]

I like the more frequent updates.

[@evictor99]

Mike is just excited for a mining visor that gives him stability caluculations while he plants mining gadgets.

[@FireteamJoker]

So no persistent hangers in the PTU yet?

[@molster1234]

this was peak saltemike. phase 3 has been some of the most fun. I wish we could keep doing it after we fininsh it. It was so blast d oing it in large groups - i want more missions like this

[@mikeando]

I agree. I had a lot of fun doing Phase 3. It felt like a good space battle with others in the server participating and it was really smooth and performance was good for me.

[@themisterwilson1]

Everybody I've played with or observed taking part in the event in multiple servers had a blast as well, bad take from this creator IMO

[@snoripper]

So that is why I was getting those crash loops!

[@Billy-bc8pk]

Probably makes it waaaay easier to debug and find crash instances. But they absolutely need to ensure that kind of thing doesn't make it to live because....oh boy.

[@historyman9436]

@@Billy-bc8pk Yknow im weirdly happy that recovery could... recover till like 30s before the crash consistently. To me it sounds like at this point Rep Layer has gotten so well they have to figure out how to tone it down xD

[@Shmick_73]

What we need is a full 10 minute react to the Misc Raptor

[@callum4796]

Is pyro meamt to come in this patch?

[@Skyrat12]

I wish I had your luck in the Evo world. Never got out of a hanger with any ship before server breakdowns. Been pretty disappointed this past week. I feel CIG has a LONG way to go before end of April with this one.

[@Luix_OS]

3.23 will be an extinction event for those poor animals

[@GNZ-uo1lr]

😈😈😈

[@rhwlol]

starting to wonder why theyre adding all the fps improvements in the same patch as animals...

[@AAK625]

Couldn’t test FPS because AC was off. Okay, so test it in the PU? Might provide some actionable data for a non-arcade game.

[@SaltEMike]

Are you serious? Jesus Christ…how? Not all the weapons are available, what you do have is lost to a single crash which happened often…

[@AAK625]

@@SaltEMike It was April 1st. :D

[@PCPAyLOAD]

After 3.23 is released to live will tell us if CIG can maintain pace. Will 3.24, or whatever they call it, be able to deliver similar content volume or are we back to a snails pace roll out?..

[@Hippida]

Replicating even server crashes, what a banger feature

[@donaldthibeault4052]

But, their efforts and time make the verse a better place before everybody has to deal with the bugs that inevitably remain when it finally gets to Live. I salute the many efforts and patience they provide for our benefit. Those early patches are rough, but that's the way it gets built. The rate of new features and improvements is amazing to see.

[@Sams911]

I got invited to Evocati, filled out the NDA, and joined the Org ... what else do I need to do to gain access to the servers? I have EPTU, PTU, LIVE and Technical .. but no Evocati .. Any thoughts?

[@SaltEMike]

Time…they have to review everyone

[@Vampir3xfr]

is there a wipe soon ?

[@DaMatth]

i have to have the raptor. i need to clean my hangar, i know it.

[@coyote-1312]

I thought part 3 of overdrive was the best part yet. Yeah there were bugs, and you could wind up in a situation where everyone else finished it before you could get there, but when you had the right group size and got into the action it high just right.

[@MajorShy]

I had a lot of fun with mission 3, we were always 4-6 players and that was the perfect amount of people imo

[@coyote-1312]

@@MajorShy I was on a fresh server with very active NPCs and not many players. I took a hammerhead out with two friends and the only other player there was a Corsair. I saw the whole ball of like 30 ships descend on the Corsair and rip it to shreds. Trying to fight the horde in just one HH was awesome!

[@Eric-un2oq]

Did they leak raptor to set us up for the raptor joke or is the raptor that murai heavy fury we've seen teases on?

[@lfnull]

I heard CIG is going public on the US stock exchange today and became a public company, also all source code is being open sourced!!

[@Klefboms]

Huh?

[@halo3isawsome321]

I always think i wanna get into the evocati phase but then i remember their pain every past patch lmao

[@citizenoftheverse4653]

OD Mission 3 was fun, imho. I just regretted the absence of an Idris in the last one. Too bad OD missions do not spawn anymore once done...

[@killjam17]

Can we assume the raptor video was April fools? Also I love this video format. You are the man Mike.

[@kaejuka6249]

Yes the raptor video was April foold

[@killjam17]

@kaejuka6249 thank sweet Jesus.

[@chrissinclair8705]

Does this mean I'll die less on stairs and in elevators?

[@RN1441]

So, the UI not being ported over to building blocks yet. Aren't the legacy elements based on flash which was discontinued in 2017 and End Of Lifed in 2020? I wonder at what point it's going to start holding up the whole build chain in dependency hell if they don't get that legacy stuff out of there.

[@Terrince_Tate]

The only thing i want is controller support to finally work. 3.23 loks awesome so far.

[@mayoluck]

Ive been on controller for 7rs now. I use a Steam Controller so i can customize my layout threw steam launcher. Works with ps/xbox as well.

[@Terrince_Tate]

@mayoluck Really?? How did you set yours up? My interaction button never works. I'm using the Elite Series 2 controller.

[@SolarWindsRider]

3.23 is coming to live soon tm. Don't hold your breath.

[@jimm5735]

new ui still is messed up on widescreen...

[@SatyricL]

Im still sticking with the theory that the raptor is a hovercopter.

[@bolovx2339]

I haven’t played this game in months, hopefully 3.23 brings some interest back for me. Fingers crossed cig will hurry the fuck up

[@laduzitv5019]

DCenters arent even fully in yet. they still gotta do the underground parts! and its already huge, so its only going to get huger

[@Gottlos234]

Instead of store buying it would've been way better if they updated ship selection kiosk add search filter by ship type cargo fighter bomber etc and brands as well maybe even cargo space

[@Billy-bc8pk]

Not sure why people would want the classic UI to go away? It's actually about the same as the DayZ UI and I find it be very functional and intuitive, plus the third-person really helps with viewing your surroundings to see if an enemy is creeping up on you, or being able to see your character as you change armour and seeing how it looks (which is important, especially since you can see the change in real-time and know whether or not it's colour coordinated, etc.). It's just very utilitarian as opposed to the new UI which is so minimalist that you have no clue how things look on your character or where anything is positioned.

[@allthatishere]

CIG need to reinvent the wheel, or something along those lines.

[@reamoinmcdonachadh9519]

Means that Armor will have to specialize.

[@doubledigital_]

slim downed low effort news is good tbh.. so i suggest u keep doing em. o7

[@Intrepid17011]

I hope we will get a vitale hunting rifle soon

[@JoseJimenez-fc6pu]

I just don't believe everything being tested is going to make it to LIVE. Either 3.23 is delayed well into May or close to June, or half these features get cut until later X patches over weeks after.

[@ratedxvn]

Yep exactly what I'm thinking. They will probably push live in June and have 4.0 Q4 of the year with a hotfix in Dec patch so they can breath on vacation...

[@Kestrel216]

Id actually buy the raptor sweeper for the memes if they put it in

[@intermarer9145]

no chapters?

[@danhtown1]

The word evocati is starting to annoy me

[@_poulet_]

Why ?

[@KiritoKirigaya001]

Well, it is better than before. In the past, those in evocati test groups couldn't say a word to the general public on what they see and such. Now they are allowed to share it.

[@danhtown1]

@@KiritoKirigaya001 fair point, I guess I’m just being an eager beaver which is also a fair point

[@LotusBoi1989]

this is why i call them avocados

[@ClowdyHowdy]

Ok, thanks for sharing

[@Evilidea]

Am I the only one that heard him say 'Kill the Copium"?

[@Mud_AleX]

Anyone else thinking the lack of reference points in the starmap is intentional??? with blueprints and holomaps coming into gameplay, I wouldn't doubt it...

[@CNC-Time-Lapse]

More content, faster, is all good.

[@aimlis]

RAPTOR is everything we could ever have wanted

[@mugnasson]

Mission: Collect human horn

[@platon38]

that mean 2 or 3 weeks until launch on live...so let there be MAY

[@tomhuitema2068]

Mike, I see your videos, and I watch them, doesn't matter what's in it.

[@positronikiss]

Zeemp

[@shivo4328]

Fools day... Star Citizen it's great !!

[@bme7491]

Did anyone understand what the girl was saying when talking about the new inventory? She sounded like she had a mouthful of marbles.

[@lawless911sc]

"I don't have any jokes for you guys but there might be some from Star citizen." Yeah like the Roc DS... remember how they came out with that on, or near, April fools? If they had a sense of humor they'd release the "Roc DS Deux."

[@wild_lee_coyote]

I like how CIG is actually giving us Copium so we are distracted from the bugs that will inevitably still be in the game.

[@colelindbom6012]

Make the content you want to make, don't worry about what we want.

[@miked7728]

As a non-avocado, this sucks. They have crammed SOOOOO much into 3.23 that it feels pointless to play currently. I don't know how many more months this is going to take, but I am itching to see all the new stuff that will make this game feel more like an actual game. In the meantime I'll continue living vicariously through you Mike. Thanks for the updates!

[@ChrisBrown-qg3ol]

If there is no wipe then the grind is still worth it…

[@enga55]

bet the new ship wont be gold standard like they said the rest of ships would be two ships ago

[@terrandysart3587]

Ya we aren’t getting this in April. And tbh I’m ok with that. Just get it working we’ll cig. Because if you release it to the PU and i still can’t play it because of optimization whats the point.

[@Fragnatix]

I feel like the new NDA from evo, the way they do the events reward behind paywalls, etc is still some money milking machine instead of gameplay. Yeah, even the new NDA you have for evo.They are using streamers to hype the machine. I mean, you gotta do it if you want to live with streaming, of course, but I would've prefer that CIG kept it under wrap lol

[@SaltEMike]

You can stop…They are not using streamers to hype things. I said both good and bad about the evo test we are simply telling the facts of what is happening. Imagine saying they are using ME to hype something, delusional.

[@doraxil]

Hey Salty :) What is the song's name you're using, sound so cool and chill. C'mon don't be salty and share the song , please? :D

[@SaltEMike]

Idk…it’s from epidemic sound I think tho

[@doraxil]

Thanks so much!! @@SaltEMike I'll look into it :)

[@Shuggler123]

really loving it mike, this format seems amazing for me, ofc subjective opinion but you make it easy to keep up with star citizen whats going on!

[@Tekagi502]

These massive UI's are either made by a console or mobile dev. So many oversized items leaving so much wasted real estate.

[@leslieviljoen]

All I care about when buying or selling stuff is speed. Holding down a button to buy is the opposite of how it should be. I want to buy 100 Lux instantly, and I want to sell 100 helmets instantly. And I want to drink without having to put my drink on the floor, wait for it to render, spin around to find it, then drink it.

[@SaltEMike]

Then go to the terminal…I feel like why with this AR thing, just focus on the terminals…

[@leslieviljoen]

Yes! I guess it's nice to see something on display that looks good and just buy it instead of having to search for it at a terminal. But interactions are so damn slow already that I dislike further intentionally added delays.

[@historyman9436]

@@leslieviljoen Its to not make players accidentally buy things. We all know how clunky interactions can be, and to prevent players being pissy at accidentally buying an undersuit instead of the medium armor, or the ugly arms from one suit over vs the arms you want to buy. Long interact means you can doubly make sure what you are trying to buy is in fact that. And a the terminal theres a confirmation button to fill that void.

[@leslieviljoen]

@@historyman9436 fair enough, but why not just have a buy keybind? If I make it numpad plus, I won't hit it by accident. In fact, they can do both!

[@Thomas-wx9hj]

I love how people don't understand this game is still in alpha 😂

[@SteelWalrus]

I keep thinking it is a 'copium' dog.

[@fsociety.dat101]

I have a question of which the answer will influence whether I buy a £2000 pc or not. Can Star Citizen be played with a controller?

[@lss247]

The third phase is boring because people are killing enemies too fast. It's not really a battle. I obliterated 3 hammerheads alone with my Eclipse payload. So... yeah. The first time I played that mission, it was awesome because less people were in. Maybe the "easy mode" comes because everybody is in the same phase. If less people attack the battle, it should feel better.

[@poposterous236]

Can't believe they announced SQ42 for friggin' august. Who releases a game in august? /s april fools y'all

[@b1ackmon153]

You got me not gonna lie

[@thefearhawk8805]

I knew its a joke when i read "announced SQ42", but the reveal at the end still managed to hurt me.