INFORMATION OVERLOAD - Weather, Creatures, Hacking, Armour & AI NPCs | Star Citizen

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Star Citizen is an open development, crowd funded project from Cloud Imperium. Consisting of 2 games, Squadron 42 a single player, story driven campaign putting you in the middle of the Vanduul attacks as an up and coming UEE Navy pilot, and Star Citizen, a highly detailed
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[@esteybarra]

Elevators, instanced hangars, and mission markers. It's all I want to work. That's quite literally all that's holding me back from playing right now.

[@MeenToss]

Corpse markers...

[@dickhead2285]

Yep

[@JJS563]

You, me and everyone else brother

[@theartfu1d0dger]

all this video does is expose the disconnect between the devs and the players...people have been begging for optimization, customization, and improvements to the HUDs for YEARS...meanwhile the devs are focusing on birds and npcs standing around in the cities which are still fps nightmares...ffs; its hilarious how i can stand in an instanced hanger in one area and get 60 fps, but be in instanced hangers in other places and get like 27 fps; i could go on, but the evidence of just garbage optimization on graphics is all over the place, especially with the HUDs

[@BlitzedNostradamus]

I don't wanna hear a single fucking thing about new features, systems, or mechanics this year. I don't wanna hear a single thing about new ships. I want my elevator to work, I want my inventory to not fight me when I put my gear on, and I want my hangar to spawn my ship ON THE PAD instead of UNDER IT. Make the game work first!

[@networknomad5600]

This. FUCKING THIS. My patience is gone with CIG, anything less than basic issues like elevators and transit being fixed YESTERDAY is unacceptable.

[@GUNNER67akaKelt]

@@networknomad5600 Have you just tried hitting the elevator button manually? (hold and click?). I played the last two days and had little problem with elevators, except for doors not opening automatically at destination. Which only required hitting the button again to get them to open. Would be nice if they just worked though.

[@FlamingoTable]

@@GUNNER67akaKelt I'm telling you man I can sacrifice someone to the CIG gods to try and get the elevators working after trying every other method and it still won't work. I don't think there's a future for this game anymore

[@GUNNER67akaKelt]

@@FlamingoTable Yeah, some of them are actually broken. Don't be so overly dramatic. They just added server meshing, a major add-in. It was *always* going to be buggy AF when it was finally added in. Just the nature of the beast. It's time for them to fix everything and get it running like it should have been running for some time now. Hopefully better than ever before. That say that's what they're going to do. We shall see. We're all fed up with the bug-fest, but don't get carried away.

[@FlamingoTable]

@ I'm not just aggrivated with the state of the game, but the choices they've made considering the state of the game

[@USArmy31]

Can’t wait for these new features to be broken on release.

[@MooneShadow]

I'd pay for a new Stairways and airlock Expansion Pack that can side-step elevators entirely. 😅

[@mrcunninghamz]

glitching animals will be great.

[@OD-Zee]

I find this outlook curious; bugs, instability and incomplete mechanics, tech and gameplay loops should be EXPECTED. Remember, we are all CHOOSING to playtest a game in development 🤷🏾‍♂️

[@pragmedic1]

@@OD-Zee are you the kid that always fk'd up the bell curve?

[@Musbei]

"Playability is our #1 focus" "Oh sweet what bugs are you guys fixing?" "Nothing we'd rather develop new systems that break everything more"

[@dobo8531]

Think they should work on just getting elevators to work first

[@matthewscarborough2597]

they work for me

[@xSteeldrgx]

Different teams for this. They are very aware and working on transit issues

[@velocitymg]

Transit systems are a massive job, but hopefully they can not only fix them, but bring them up to date and that should fix quite a few problems.

[@SpaceDad42]

@@matthewscarborough2597 Well then print the gold disc, the game is finished.

[@TrueDesire존]

Elevators, hangars and transitsystem.. I waste hours every week with that hassle.

[@scottbroyles2114]

Thank god the grazers can charge, maybe they can knock the elevators hard enough to work

[@wilsonoliveira7234]

Look this shine new things... It would be amazing if we could just login and use elevators though....

[@mrcunninghamz]

but animals. priorities.

[@stuartthurstan]

It's surreal hearing these monthly reports. It's like they're for a completely different game.

[@sig_kill]

Who's going to tell him?

[@csJorlord]

well in a way yes, there are different teams working on new stuff and teams fixing the game.

[@DrinkingGMR]

New tech is meaningless if they can't even make an elevator work.

[@Billy-bc8pk]

It's an alpha -- the whole point is to deploy the foundations. QoL comes later.

[@Bloodonmyknife]

@@Billy-bc8pk It's been in alpha for over 8, 9 years. The alpha excuse does not fly anymore. Every release it gets worse and their main focus is selling more polygons to stupid people.

[@benjaminbeck5516]

​@@Billy-bc8pkyou calling working elevators "QoL" ? Without working elevators people can't play the game mate.

[@bradythomas5532]

Dumb... mindset of a child

[@mythicallegendary3992]

Yeah, they should fire all the devs that aren’t trained to work on bug fixing so we only hear about bug fixing.

[@blackmamba___]

Work on a new upcoming ship is the one area we all know CIG will deliver on. Everything else is questionable.

[@kaljatonttu4666]

And that ship will be released to sale at most 85% done and never finished.

[@davewills6121]

Well thank god CIG are not Arms Manufactures, no good having clips full of ammo if the gun keeps jamming.

[@mrcunninghamz]

if they could put their level of quality on the ships as they do for the rest of the game...

[@vik12D]

I bet CIG has made plenty of progress on the Super Hornet mk 2. It'll be sold, no issue. Elevators? Naw, bro, be patient...

[@ScavCitizen]

Everybody can't shut up about the elevators. But if elevators are the biggest problem, that is a massive improvement. So tired of the incessant whining, never taking a breath to acknowledge progress. It's still not "enough" progress, it will never be enough until it's basically done. But it's just juvenile if you can't even notice the progress that does happen, especially when it's this significant. The game is BY FAR the most stable and playable (and play-worthy) it has ever been. Impossible to dispute that. It actually feels snappy and smooth, you don't hear anybody talking about server fps anymore, 30k's are all but eradicated, server errors are rare, and crash protection is so reliable that Alt F4 suddenly became a legit workaround more than a troll. Any one of those things would have seemed miraculous like 1-2 years ago. And, oh yeah, player population has increased by 5x in the last few months, 10x in the last few years. Seeing the game run like this is extremely encouraging. Wasn't long ago that most of us were worried it might never get here. "Success" is not guaranteed with projects like this. Lucky it's still moving forward at all. There are still plenty of issues with things other than elevators. But not only have they fixed/added/improved a lot of things, they've also addressed a lot of LONG requested QOL features, like allowing us to carry more stuff inside backpacks, shortening the climb out of atmosphere, increasing payouts for missions, and generally making things a little more convenient. The Pyro stations/CZ's also address a lot of the biggest complaints over the years - you can respawn right there, all the shops right there, get straight back into the action, and some nice loot (ships, ship parts, weapons, etc). Of course that's all PVP focused, but it's a start (and they are pretty fun if you enjoy FPS PVP). Lastly, I don't think the elevator problems right now have much to do with the "elevator code" at all. It's only the hangar elevators that have lots of issues, the other ones are basically perfect. It's not an elevator issue, it's a personal hangar issue (because personal hangars are still relatively new). So yes, they are capable of making elevators that work. With the improvements lately, I feel confident in saying they will get it figured out soon.

[@Schooterl]

Hopefully, they bring back selling components when they balance the looting aspect. Love stripping ships of guns and components, then self destructing them. Would be nice to be able to make more money from this.

[@junglemeat6434]

Your a CIG paid actor. Fix the fucking elevators and the game. then do the other shit. every comment in this video should be focused around fixing the fucking game and not promoting this shit.

[@CellDE]

CiG knew since 2019 that they had to move the mission/quest manager from the game server as a dedicated flex service but they just stumbled about it like noobs in 4.0

[@Trigg3rHippie]

At this point we simply don't care. Fix the game. Properly. People are leaving. People are sick and tired of unfulfilled promises and don't believe in CIG anymore.

[@illgottengains1314]

People should leave for a bit. It’s perfectly ok, come back in a month or so.

[@TheGobin]

People have been leaving and then coming back for the last decade. It's valid. this game is a work in progress and will be for a while just enjoy it as you can

[@Tahulrik]

I mean.. those people who expected 4.0 to come out and just work from the getgo probably forgot how 3.18 went.. This is the biggest piece of infrastructure change that the game has and will likely ever see, there are bound to be issues with it. Take a break, come back later, and at this point we can just hope that they manage to fix it and get stuff running properly. It is and has always been the big barrier for SC to be a reality.

[@Chaffee738]

Who's "we" "people"?😂

[@stevenwiseman2537]

​@TheGobin how the hell can you enjoy an unplayable game 😅😂😂

[@JaumeSabater]

"Lazily" means "when needed", as opposed to "when requested". So, since clouds are generated at runtime, or dynamically, as per the variations in the previously mentioned parametres, e.g., humidity, the variations in how the clouds are formed and rendered will not be calculated at that moment, but when needed (e.g., no players around, no event happening that requires them, then don't do anything now, but delay the calculations).

[@pandaonvodka6676]

Personally i have encountered every bug that is currently an issue in the PU. However, i do wish to note. My recent gameplay sessions are getting better & more stable over time. Especially when i join a fresh server with a population on that shard under 100 people. This gives me hope for the future, something i have not seen in quite a while. (Edit: Fixed my grammar errors)

[@Rogun987]

It's common for devs to voice placeholder dialogue to get the kinks worked out before hiring voice actors

[@phoenixsui]

Everything that brings exploring and immersion to the next level is very welcome. I cant wait for weather and jungles and so on. Some of the new settlemnts in pyro are already cool but what they showed at citizencon with the takeoff int he storm ufff yes please.

[@junglemeat6434]

Your a CIG paid actor. Fix the fucking elevators and the game. then do the other shit. every comment in this video should be focused around fixing the fucking game and not promoting this shit.

[@networknomad5600]

Immersion is broken immediately as soon as you try and use an elevator, we're so far away from immersion at this point, it's criminal.

[@imagod8446]

Tuat lightening strike on that aurora. Holy smokes. First reaction, nose up, full throttle, full afterburner.

[@MrChrislb86]

Lazily means the assets are loaded literally just before you need them. The opposite is preloading, which loads hundreds of assets anticipating you might eventually need it. Lazy loading improves performance, requiring less loading on average, and smoothing it out so you don't get big delays.

[@Daggre]

Another aspect of lazy updates can be in multithreaded code flow. Not sure exactly how they implemented it, but one way to imagine this would be an NPC reacting to weather effects like rain. The weather system doesn't need to wait for all NPCs to react, they can react individually, and without necessarily interrupting whatever they were doing. So an NPC carrying a box to load into a ship might complete that action first, THEN notice that it's raining and take some kind of action as a result (seek cover, pull their hood up, open an umbrella... could be a lot of things).

[@Opethfan79]

They def went a bit overboard with NPC's. Some missions you will run into invincible NPC's.

[@Qwarzz]

Fun stuff in the video. 9:25 Garman Humble earning another burrito. Getting stuff off from main thread will definitely help with performance for many. For me the render thread is around 5ms while main thread is closer to 15. Hopefully they can get elevators to work reliably as well...

[@defiante1]

I don't get how people can get excited for promised features anymore. The list of abandoned features they promised but never added is huge, not to mention the idea that any of this would even work as they describe or even arrive within 2 years is wild. Sometimes it seems people start to confuse SC with what it is, with what it can be. And they talk about what it can be as if that's really here now, it's so strange. Hacking, long range scans, all this stuff has been spoken about for years. Hell hacking and data running ships and consoles exist, they just don't do anything in game. It's not news, it's just talk.

[@fredjones2841]

Was clearing a bunker. 3 last AI were in the habs section of my SL Max.... last night at bunker my hornet was 200k out.. when i came back to ship 2 ai were there and blew up my ship 😮

[@iDie4Dabs_BigBird80]

Thx for all your work!

[@snaggletoof1927]

Ammo management spoofing. I wish CIG would just make it so ammo auto stacked. That it wouldn't rubberband back and forth when moving from inventory to backpack or equipping and vice versa. That it would fail to reload. So many problems that CIG have put off for too long.

[@matthiascarl2122]

Any improvement of stability and squashing bugs is welcome!

[@JoeBlow-u8f]

They really need to get all the current gameplay working correctly ,this don't mean anything if it's out in a patch that don't work

[@anthonyclare6750]

Good work mate, I enjoy your videos

[@JP-fm1oz]

You need to add to your vid, you fall through the world on pyro missions. Mission hud markers dont show half the time. Limited contracts. Avoid Monox as there is a 4min delay on everything you touch or do.

[@LeafBoye]

Wild because I'm not falling through anything in pyro bro stoppp

[@JP-fm1oz]

@LeafBoye i dont know why you say stop..? Just stating what happens . Trust,i would love the game to work.

[@eddiepuffy]

@@JP-fm1oz SO much whining, seriously you guys need to take a break. Everyone knows 4.0 branch is shit, even CIG said it was going to be shit, we're migrating on a new back end with server meshing. Shit is falling apart, sky is fucking blue. Give it a rest, it's tiring, open bug reports, file issue council reports, go to the official forum and contribute constructively like an adult. Not EVERYTHING needs to be about fucking elevators bro. Chill and go play KCD2 like I am, or TXR or any of the other great games releasing or released. SC is not your life you can put it down for a bit and come back when shit's working. Mac here put a lot of effort into this video summarizing something we wouldn't take the time to read, for any of us interested in the core tech and what they're up to, absolutely nothing to do with all this whining. Peace.

[@JP-fm1oz]

@ ?? i think you have put more effort into this lol. Dude people will bitch and i dont blame them for bitching. Esp when its facts.

[@mrspikeus1]

Speaking of hearing CIG devs voices on NPCs, I heard Jared Huckaby at Lorville.

[@mythicallegendary3992]

Cool!

[@MidnightWolfSDJ]

I did too! It freaked me out cuz I thought an ISC was running in the background at first. But I didn’t remember clicking on an ISC.

[@benhill8454]

Sounds great. Too bad I can’t get to my ship since the elevators don’t work. 😂

[@kragsplace9691]

I’m terribly frustrated with how unplayable the game is at times. But, things are getting better. We’ve got server meshing. We just got it. I think this year will be the year that we see SC become more reliable.

[@networknomad5600]

Game's been unplayable for over 2 years now, it's only recently gotten bad enough that even the die hard CIG stans can't stomach it.

[@Qwarzz]

I'm not too hopeful for this year yet. There's a lot of changes coming and each will bring in more bugs. I'm more thinking 2027 the game should be in a pretty good shape compared to now.

[@Hamisback]

They are being so cryptic on hacking, it's probably going to fall flat on its face like every feature they don't give players incite into. AI difficulty doesn't need to be touched till we get maelstrom for both ships and player armor, and a proper flight model. As getting swarmed by hordes of AI who either desync or just hard gun your ship down cause dodging is a joke.

[@Ironoxruss]

Really looking forward to weather!

[@balel1975]

Yep unfortunately, the only thing we can bank on is the upcoming ship being worked on to be able to sell 😢

[@InCtrlGG]

Look, I’ve backed Star Citizen for way too long, and at this point, I’m just exhausted. Yeah, it’s ambitious. Yeah, it’s beautiful. But after all these years, it’s still a buggy, unfinished mess. I’ve sunk too much money and patience into this thing, and while there are flashes of brilliance, the constant delays, broken promises, and shameless monetization have worn me down. Also, can we talk about the lifts? Because I swear they have a personal vendetta against me. Either they don’t show up, they eat me alive, or they just drop me into the void like some kind of cruel space god. I still want to believe in the dream, but at this point, I’d just like to see the game finished before I need a mobility scooter in real life.

[@networknomad5600]

This. FUCKING THIS. My patience is gone with CIG, anything less than basic issues like elevators and transit being fixed YESTERDAY is unacceptable.

[@Mr.Constitutionalist427]

The A1 Spirit costs 340k to rearm, for Bombs that do zero damage currently when used due to a bug... but sure let's increase the cost to rearm ships... So stupid.

[@jeffdavies2824]

For "lazily" you can substitue the phrase "on demand", "in the background" or "asynchronous".

[@junglemeat6434]

People do expect bugs... but people also expect those bugs to be fixed. CIG focuses on shit that isnt needed. Weather? wtf. make the fucking elevators work. Your a CIG paid actor. Fix the fucking elevators and the game. then do the other shit. every comment in this video should be focused around fixing the fucking game and not promoting this shit.

[@Qwarzz]

@@junglemeat6434 Fortunately it's not same people working on weather and elevators. Not that I know if anyone is actually working on elevators seeing they've had more than usual issues since December.

[@junglemeat6434]

@Qwarzz dedicate everyone to bugs

[@Qwarzz]

@ And delay the new features only to break the game again when those features do come in.

[@TheWolfInTheGrass]

This game is so broken right now, I've completed about two missions in the past 7 days. Truly not even interested in hearing about features, until he can fix the basic fundamentals of the game. My friend and I spent 4 hours just trying to be able to share missions with each other so we could play together. That was last night. This game is a heaping pile of crap.

[@kamilm6616]

Just a question don't get offended was his rank high enough to share said missions. Bounty merc and cargo missions are locked behind rep. In order to share even basic missions both players need to complete at least certification missions. For bounties you need to be certified in eatch system for different levels, lile vlrts. For merc missions you need to complete certification missions as well but only needs to be done once instead of eatch level.

[@TheWolfInTheGrass]

@kamilm6616 Yes, we were. I think tonight, we're going to try going to another system, and have the certs done in those systems, see if it changes things. We can't figure it out, what ends up happening is we actually group up, and then the server refuses to put us on the same shard. Is what it feels like. We can't see each other, we can't see each other on the map, we can't see each other in quantum jump, we can't see each other or share missions in any way. And it's been like that on and off for about a week. Sometimes we can see each other, sometimes we can't. But sharing missions is becoming harder and harder.

[@Pompelipom33]

Goos that are working on more creatures, we need many more creatures, like >10x.

[@ajkulac9895]

Elevator when

[@inter_estelar]

We always have information. We need concrete actions.

[@helloitsjay38]

Destructible environments sounds awesome but having npc run out of ammo seems like unnecessary development. Their unlimited ammo pools help keep them a challenge.

[@MidnightWolfSDJ]

This could be made up with more NPCs. The game can still be challenging even under realistic simulation conditions. It means individual encounters could be easier but going up against groups is where the game should progressively get harder. Limited ammo pools should be a thing though. Tactically if you get in a fire fight using an LMG vs an smg, naturally you should outlast the guy with the SMG. Grants you better endurance within a firefight.

[@helloitsjay38]

@MidnightWolfSDJ that's not a bad idea. More bad guys would make mercenary missions more interesting.

[@MidnightWolfSDJ]

@@helloitsjay38 I also think about some of the older missions they have that involve reinforcements showing up half way through the mission. Sure they worked less than half the time, but when they did work, it made the missions a bit more interesting. Once this mechanic becomes less scripted, this brings a new dynamic to the fight that you will have to quickly adapt to. The NPC’s might become smart enough where they recognize their ammo counts are low, this would be the perfect time for them to call in for reinforcements to help aid and even restock their inventory. So limited ammo pools are just one small piece to an already complex equation to determining how different and difficult a mission will become. It all revolves around the ai and servers though as well!

[@wickeddelight4k]

Maybe just get the spawn room or elevators working first. I mean it's been over 8 years and they still are bugged. Ridiculous.

[@matteobarbarini3120]

elevator first, then hangar phase polish. Then where the hell is gone Engineering?

[@bradythomas5532]

Different teams... 🤦

[@networknomad5600]

@@bradythomas5532 Not like it matters. Shit managed game is shit.

[@FuzzyHuman]

Very cool to hear hacking is progressing would like to see how that works.

[@operator9858]

Anyone else heard jareds voice over wheres hes trying to lecture folks about putting trash in the trash can? Lol

[@Zerlunar]

Honestly for me I think if they pull off Squadron 42 and get it polished and bug free as possible. I would love to see another single player title from them. Heck I would take more Squadron 42. Maybe DLCs or part 2 or something. While I still like the online multiplayer part of Star Citizen. I think it still has a long ways to go, in my opinion.

[@SuperMacBrother]

Squadron 42 will have 3 chapters. We’re getting the first one in 2026 👍

[@Stataze]

Positive comment

[@Valium_x]

Good to see one 😂

[@knickers3359]

😂😂😂😂

[@redrumcoke2363]

*Falls through the planet.

[@LeafBoye]

​@@redrumcoke2363last time I played was in 2014 when they didn't even have planets or a star system

[@stibosis]

When 4.0 first launched my friend and I saw all these ai features working in a bunker then got ambushed on the way back it was awesome.

[@LeafBoye]

Yeah I had an AI hide in the vent next to the door and shoot me with a shotgun because I didn't see him crouching

[@The_Opinion_of_Matt]

Hey, hey, hey. Don't forget about the Stonebug.

[@MegaPizzaTimeGames]

Game was working better for me. I have wayyyyy less issues than before. Maybe I’ve gotten lucky

[@MrLittleDuck]

2:02 I want the cannon for this Universe to become Manchester is the star port for planet earth, as everyone has a Manchester accent. The American, Canadian, New Zealand and Australia accents are all of the time British accents, so why not Manchester fuelled the galaxy and was so ubiquitous it became a thing everywhere.

[@junglemeat6434]

Your a CIG paid actor. Fix the fucking elevators and the game. then do the other shit. every comment in this video should be focused around fixing the fucking game and not promoting this shit.

[@savagefrito]

What caliber/size cannon? Will the cannon be part of the star Citizen canon? A canon cannon? Or non-canon cannon?

[@paulcotton1992]

lifts? working? can i get some snacks for that?

[@Kabbith]

I am getting back into star citizen since 2019 and i look forward to these vids for all my info lmaooo thabk you so much for what u do!

[@johncandelario294]

Bad time for “getting back “

[@Billy-bc8pk]

@@johncandelario294 No it's not. The game is running the best it has ever run. These lies from the anti-SC group look pathetic since you guys don't even play the game. Kabbith can literally look at any livestream from Berks, Ollie or SMB and see that the game is amazing right now.

[@Qwarzz]

@@Billy-bc8pk Those who play more know how to get around the bugs. Usually it's finding a server that works.

[@fastforecast.original]

Ah good, this is where we come in

[@UncleFester84]

I cannot even get to the spaceport in Orison, every time i walk out of the shuttle i fall to my death.

[@Montross]

great adding new stuff before they fix the base... love it

[@Qwarzz]

that's how it should be done. Each time they add something another thing breaks. Fixing comes after everything is implemented usually. Unfortunately SC marketing also quite aggressively advertises the game as playable.

[@Tubetimenews]

How about working elevators?

[@Empara_Nox]

They should rebuild the ATC and Elevator tech, they know it's outdated ,still they try to run it with a broken system, it's my biggest problem with the game ,ain't gonna touch the game until they do it right.

[@dasmoools606]

Ah yes, I care sooo much about NPC's standing around in landing zones an the like! Far more than being able to leave a Landing Zone and not be trapped due to Elevators or the Trams not working. Naaah, MuH ImErSssssSssiOn! That's definitely more important than stability and gameplay.

[@KayaBirdie]

Dude, where is this green planet with animals? Where I land is disgusting and sand or rocks.

[@operator9858]

'Hi. Welcome to the shop.'

[@Thor_Asgard_]

As usually alot of stuff that never comes to fruition.

[@Deno2100]

CIG has a very specific rhythm. After waiting a year or two, they take 5 very loud steps forward. Then quietly 4 steps back. Nobody seems to notice. Repeat.

[@networknomad5600]

@@Deno2100 I mean, clearly we've noticed. I've been gone for 4 years, but have checked the patch notes every so often... just to find out they're having the same issues we've had since Day 1 no matter how much time has passed.

[@ten.kenobi]

I just hear what they are working on, or planning to change. Nothing about actual achievements that make the experience somewhat enjoyable. So tired of this.

[@Dieselboy420]

Lol they want to add so much to the game that it's never going to happen. They can't even get it to run at the stage that is at now. Imagine with all the new implementations. It will never run lol. Maybe in about 25 years and another 200 million maybe.

[@19iason19]

I like your optimism … they are burning more than 10 million per month. Extra 200 million means money for 20 months or less than two years.

[@Dieselboy420]

@@19iason19 Like it or not its still a shit company that loves scamming ppl. promises so much yet never delivers. Lol but keep supporting them.

[@drsev61]

​@19iason19 Where did you get the 10 Million a month number?

[@19iason19]

@ financial report provided by cig for all years up to 2022. 2023 report still pending … just have a look on the balance sheet and the win&loss calculation

[@J_Farlander]

Sorry but I agree with just about everyone here that is basically saying that why even talk about any new tech or any part of this game really currently since it is TOTALLY broken at the moment.

[@a.k.1902]

I hope we can get to the point where we can chat with the NPCs using our mics; I saw something similar a while back using the Unreal 5 engine, and it was incredible in my opinion as the player was having full conversations with NPCs that were reacting to what he was asking.

[@junglemeat6434]

Your a CIG paid actor. Fix the fucking elevators and the game. then do the other shit. every comment in this video should be focused around fixing the fucking game and not promoting this shit.

[@mrcunninghamz]

I would chat with the NPCs all day and cause them to have existential crisis... then the system will crash, no elevators will work, and nobody will be able to log in. Oh, those are already features!

[@yungsofa8084]

Yea but its so expensive to run that. Ive set up skyrim with eleven labs and chatgpt and man it cost $500 a month just to run it.

[@ohyeah2816]

Doing well with the Fortune right now. Looking forward to year, happy Red Festival. PS: will trade ever matter to the rest of the game, maybe a go slow by salvagers matter like a blockade would?

[@davewills6121]

Not a bad ship, salvaging is very slow though, and obviously twitchy with bugs, yet will improve no doubt, gone back to the vulture for now. And No Loaner for the Fortune, unlike the Vulture, where you get a Buccaneer.

[@stormi6245]

Doing well? Dude this ship the same money like a vulture but only got 65% efficience. Why buy the ship, makes no sense.

[@CallousCyclone]

Jeez, lotta misery in the comments on this one, I guess the last update issues really stuck to them this time for some reason 🤷‍♂ C'mon fella's we wait and wait, and occasionally get something exciting to drool over, and slowly slowly we get closer and closer It's just a story of patience, whether you love or hate it. Back it or slander it. It's gonna plod along Still very humbled at being able to follow this arc in dev history since 2014, you too Mac, been a blast seeing how we've all grown over the past decade

[@1scrub2]

Precisely. Well said.

[@Tubetimenews]

Everything you said is optimistic speculation and ignores all the historical facts of CIG's actual progress. They game can't "plod along" if funding crashes.

[@LeafBoye]

​@@Tubetimenewswell new players like me replace you so ¯⁠\⁠_⁠(⁠ツ⁠)⁠_⁠/⁠¯

[@pierrotA]

Imagine the numbers of amazing indies projects that can be made with that much money and that much time investment... That's pretty sad honestly. So many things could be made... But no, people prefer to invest hundreds of dollards and hundreds of hours in this scam... Trying for hours to take an elevator that do not work, then the ship explode by clipping on the ground when the door is open, then it suddendly disappear in flight,... Then they buy an other ship and start again... And even when everthings work perfectly, they have nothing to do, but still place all their time and money in this game instead of buying and playing a thousand awesome and finished indies games. This is an "arc in dev history", but not a good one. Edit: Lots of spellings errors 😅

[@CallousCyclone]

@ and old ones like me ;)

[@Terrince_Tate]

Who's falling for this BS at this point??? They need to dix their existing features first and foremost! Like their native controller support! F! CIG!

[@o_fingers_o]

spot on, no bias ~ tippy cap and a sub 2025 - Return of the Bug Smasher

[@nukecola2468]

oh boi so much info yet nothing works in the game in the first place xD

[@aranon522]

After today's SC Live, you're not going to be able to credibly use titles like this for quite some time.

[@farthammer7126]

This Devs of this game are a absolute joke. 13 years and almost a billion dollars and all we get are promises. Broken alpha thats been in the same state for 13 years and a campaign that will prob never come out. 100% the worlds biggest scam in the video game industry

[@TheNorthHawk]

Constantly falling through the world is getting very, very old.

[@bradythomas5532]

Time for a pc upgrade lol

[@TheNorthHawk]

@@bradythomas5532 i9 9900k, RTX 3080, 32GB of RAM. I think I'm fine, thanks. It may not be cutting edge, but dropping five thousand dollars for a decent upgrade in this economy is a hard pass from me.

[@LeafBoye]

​@@TheNorthHawkbozo tier hardware now that the 5090

[@networknomad5600]

@@bradythomas5532 Funny. If that would fix it, I'd upgrade to a 5090 yesterday.

[@novalis791]

Thanks for the update and consistent diligence 🎉

[@duckner]

0:51 How is 25 minutes long? Are people that brain dead now? 25 min is short, id prefer 1 hour. Have something to listen to while I work or play

[@FlamingoTable]

Very nice, but when are they fixing the game?

[@curleex3838]

They use an awful business model, selling non existent products into a very broken game environment…! Ive been stranded at area 18 for 2 days now as all hangar elevators are broken, loads n loads of folks just running around with no way out..! Disgraceful that are unable to fix these critical issues..!

[@Clearwood_]

Server hop till you find a server that has working elevators. I know trust me shouldn't be this way but until they can fix ol faithful not working we have to use workarounds.

[@matthewscarborough2597]

lol their business model made them millions

[@curleex3838]

@@matthewscarborough2597 i have no issue with people getting rich from hard work or even this business model they use if they got the game working and playable without having problems every time we log in, it’s infuriating to say the least lol

[@JP-fm1oz]

Yeah if idiots keep buying their ships, the keep malimg that money lol ​@@matthewscarborough2597

[@Billy-bc8pk]

@@curleex3838 It's in alpha. Also they are just breaking even -- no one is profiting. They also built out groundbreaking server techonlogy that does not exist anywhere else in the software industry at scale, and all people can complain about is elevators. As others said, server hop or ask someone for a lift, as people are more than willing to help stranded players. Comments like this completely miss the forest for trees while looking completely entitled.

[@xerator1]

whit npc i hope the density and traffic varies between day and night and when there is a event etc its flooding whit npc and lots of transport missions to and from the area. its wery important to have a living ingaging and innteresting station npc life now when no elevators gonna work for years waiting for the elevator reworks. so we gonna be in stations a loot

[@ravu7]

Thanks for the effort mac. However..

[@бэкап-д4у]

He is permanently a *yes* man. If he won’t speak up now, he will never.

[@vazonasvamzdis]

Looking forward to more changes :)

[@junglemeat6434]

How about a bell hop, an AI in the game who opens the elevator for you so... lol. How about putting spawn points in your hanger? it doesnt fix the elevator issue but it allows a work around because lets face it.. elevators have been broken for years. and they will never fix them permanently. but if we can atleast fly around it wouldnt be as bad.

[@Auldus]

Cant wait to see what the atrium of my 890J looks like with vulkam illumination.

[@junglemeat6434]

Your a CIG paid actor. Fix the fucking elevators and the game. then do the other shit. every comment in this video should be focused around fixing the fucking game and not promoting this shit.

[@tomgarden]

A lot of these comments are of adults throwing tantrums. It's quite funny. Put the video game down and go outside ❤

[@whiskybob]

And nothing will work and/or will be delayed. Or will work but you'll be stuck waiting for elevator so you wont experience it. Probably the first one.

[@mythicallegendary3992]

Guess they should fire all the devs that aren’t trained in bug fixing or coding, so they don’t make any progress in anything except bug fixing yeah?

[@Aur3um.]

Please just fix the infinite loading screen. I have done everything and still cant get in the game

[@aso6437]

What they said was they are going to work on stabilizing the game and making the game play able.. I just want a working game.

[@Berzk01]

they really need to hire or work with another company to help make this game. cig cant do it. always a mess, something always broke. cant use well its alpha. i mean jesus they still have shit thats been broke for years and they say its fixed... like wtf. i love this game but they really need to step up n fix this game.

[@Chaffee738]

CIG should stop letting players try to be bosses over things they don't understand. The illusion of communication and transparency just hurts the development and achieves nothing but encouraging gamers, known to be among the worst bunch of humans on this planet, to act like CIG employees are their servants. That time when players were furious about LOGIN QUEUES of all things should have been the cue for CIG, and if not that then the Galaxy debacle. Gamers offer harassment of developers as solutions to problems they invent all the time.

[@LeafBoye]

Honestly I'd be ok with them saying " it'll be done when it's done" and almost entirely stopping communication because people here clearly don't care about what they say and only use it for drama

[@networknomad5600]

I mean, CIG has a duty to their patrons, since you know... they've literally funded their whole existence? So no, you can take that trog argument and shove it, CIG has every responsibility to communicate what they're up to with patron's cash. And also, most of the backlash towards devs in the general industry has been perfectly warranted. You know how you don't get backlash as a dev? Don't say stupid politically charged shit on a social media platform, especially if it has something to do with disdain for your customers. It really isn't that hard to not be a wanker on social media.

[@Pompelipom33]

There need to be many more items to find, just look at Tarkov.

[@Nico-ei7ot]

They need to put out hotifx after hotfix instead of having 10 groups workin on useless shit

[@Nico-ei7ot]

Why dont just focus on stability and then work on animations

[@mikefreeman4430]

This game reminds me of my ex.. I've never been so happy to be screwed😂

[@ThomasD66]

Stop showing me pre-rendered art and pie in the sky promises. If it is not in game footage I do not believe it and am ever more angered that limited resources went into producing it instead of improving the game.

[@t4zur066]

Great I can glitch through planets in the rain soon 😂

[@arcadealchemist]

Maybe fix the bugs that keep coming back 😂

[@IcyDawn887]

i kinda loved the format

[@Ubeer85]

How can you be so optimistic about all theese new ''features''? They should focus on getting the game playable wich in its current state is NOT! They sad it themself at citizencon. PLAYABILITY!! I dont want new things added to the game i WANT PLAYABILITY!!!!!!