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Star Citizen: Chris Robert`s new space sim (the Wing Commander guy)

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WTF? I just got an email from CIG inviting me to the Social Module PTU. I'm citizen #450,000+ or something like that. Didn't expect this for weeks....
 
rivethead said:
WTF? I just got an email from CIG inviting me to the Social Module PTU. I'm citizen #450,000+ or something like that. Didn't expect this for weeks....
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They aren't going in order for the early batches. Its more by geographical local to stress test the new google server network they moved to. Someone said that we all might be in by the weekend but I can't remember where I saw that.
 
SithSolo1 said:
They aren't going in order for the early batches. Its more by geographical local to stress test the new google server network they moved to. Someone said that we all might be in by the weekend but I can't remember where I saw that.
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Interesting.

I'd never messed with the PTU, but I am so excited for social module, I decided to give it a shot. I only got through 78% of the 36GB download before I called it a night....looking forward to my taste of the social module this weekend.
 
nsafreak said:
For those that don't already know, Chris Robert's business partner is Ortwin Freyermuth. He's a very senior media lawyer with a lot of courtroom experience and a good deal of respect in his field. I'm reasonably sure that when he heard about this case that he had a nice laugh and is quite ready to trounce Mr. Smart and his lawyer.
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This will hopefully minimize any potential legal costs (there will still be court fees). I think I'll buy another ship just to help them out and confuse a few running around here.

"But the film!!!!111"

rivethead said:
Really? I haven't heard anything about that plan.

I certainly hope that is true because the lack of SQ42 news has me puzzled as well. I mean, I get keeping it largely under wraps so as not to spoil anything, but I have to think there is still plenty they could tactfully show without revealing anything....title page, ending credits, save screen, load screen, character creation screen....anything to give us proof this code actually exists would be appreciated.
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Around the verse has mentioned development of S42 assets along the way, even shown some models. It's just not on the full release yet.

Fallen Kell said:
I think battle scars and prosthetics will be interesting. In the end, it is just a skin or slight model tweak/switch. People will know who have been in some bad fights and lived to tell just by their character looks.
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I find this quite interesting, as well as the weathering and newer damage model for the ships. I want my ships' and character's appearance to tell a story.
 
Oh we want you to spend more money. Believe me. Fireworks don't just happen on their own and this thing is gonna keep delivering a nice slow burn of lots for a while yet.
 
JSt0rm said:
Oh we want you to spend more money. Believe me. Fireworks don't just happen on their own and this thing is gonna keep delivering a nice slow burn of lots for a while yet.
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Come on Jst0rm, you've made your case and its intelligent, you know how to ask for a refund. Continue any further and you're the guy sitting at a ice cream stand pointing and shouting fatty!

Edit: Don't think I'm going to report you because that's childish.
 
Fanatical Meat said:
Come on Jst0rm, you've made your case and its intelligent, you know how to ask for a refund. Continue any further and you're the guy sitting at a ice cream stand pointing and shouting fatty!

Edit: Don't think I'm going to report you because that's childish.
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Well thanks for not reporting me. If you dont mind, I will hang out around here because I find the whole thing entertaining. Im not going to attack anyone.

At long last, the ship touched down upon the Martian surface. Six weary astronauts stood up from their deceleration couches, and felt the gentle embrace of gravity for the first time in almost ten months. A lifetime of training had brought them this far- many of them having waited for this since the moment they first laid eyes on Chris Roberts' love letter to space exploration, that game that touched the hearts and minds of a generation, Star Citizen.

As they waited for the ground outside their capsule- heated to a near-molten state by the thrust of the plasma engine that had halted their descent- to cool, each of them reflected on the personal journey that had brought them this far. The "Next Great Actual Astronaut" competition had been brutal and unrelenting- only the truest fans had survived the early inquisitorial purges once Citizen-mania began to sweep the globe, and the newly unified earth fan-empire was not going to let its "Donations" go to waste on some worthless scrubs who didn't even know the difference between a gladius and a gladiator, god.

Captain Chris "Admiral Package" Armstrong, genetic chimera of the first man on the moon and the first man to unite humanity through the power of video games, gave the all clear. With a gradually thinning hiss, the hatch popped open and the rust-red light of their first Martian day fell on their faces. As he took his first steps down the ladder of the "Lander" variant capsule, really quite a steal at a modest $75-million dollar increase over the base package, every breath was held on not one, but two worlds.

His feet touched the soil of a new planet for the first time, and he spoke.

"That's one small pledge for a man... one giant donation, from all mankind."
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JSt0rm said:
Well thanks for not reporting me. If you dont mind, I will hang out around here because I find the whole thing entertaining. Im not going to attack anyone.
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Your entertainment is derived from questioning other people's voluntary financial support of a game where the integrity of the developer is in question, and observing the resulting response.

This is fine - a lot of people do it (not just games) and aren't willing to admit it. We need people like this in society. They wear the hat of criticism (which is the easiest hat to wear), but they make people question the status quo.

I don't mind it as long as a logical, intelligent argument is presented. Hell, it's a challenge - I have to deal with this kind of thing every day for a living in an auditable federal compliance position.

The worst offense, though, is presenting the same approach to a subject over and over again, while employing logical fallacies to support the position. This speaks to a need for attention more than a genuine interest in changing another individual's views.

ThinClient made his agenda pretty apparent with his mindless posting, which is a shame, because I welcome having some level of critical dissent around. He just didn't have enough brain.

I hope you turn out differently. 🙂
 
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Finally got through the download. Social module looks great. If this is any indication of how much detail the rest of the environments are going to get, I think they're on the right track.
 
Stringjam said:
Finally got through the download. Social module looks great. If this is any indication of how much detail the rest of the environments are going to get, I think they're on the right track.
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Did the invite come in an email and is there stuff to do in the social module or is it similar to the hanger?
 
You don't need an invite now. The social module went live late last night. I'm dl'ing it now but at a little over 30gb it will take awhile on my connection.

I'm guessing it's a lot like the hanger. You just walk around and explore the different areas. Some areas aren't finished yet so they are still off limits.
 
Good read for anyone interested in what's going on with the social module right now.

https://robertsspaceindustries.com/...7-Welcome-To-ArcCorp-Star-Citizen-12-Released

Edit: Never mind, previously posted. Leaving this here for emphasis, though. The other links posted by SLU are worth the read as well. He's probably right though, totally an illusion to continue scamming us. CR must be a hell of a salesman to convince all of these engineers to be in on it and not be taking any money for this work.
 
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Not much to do besides run around but it looked decent, has a very Anarchy Online feel to it.

I think its funny that a bunch of clones are running around the place, everyone still looks the same.
 
Fanatical Meat said:
Not much to do besides run around but it looked decent, has a very Anarchy Online feel to it.

I think its funny that a bunch of clones are running around the place, everyone still looks the same.
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Player customization is coming soon, per the articles leaked earlier. This is just the ground framework and was released for a few reasons. First, to make people happy and because the devs behind this portion have been wanting to. Second, to stress test the underlying systems before moving forward with more content. Third, this will turn from a small window into the full PU over time. So it had to come out at some point.

If you read the articles, it's sort of bitter sweet that they put out these modules for us. On the one hand it is nice to see progress for your backing, but on the other hand every release of a module is a lot of work finalizing code branches for interim release that could've been spent doing actual development.
 
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