Space Marshal Christoper Blair
UPDATE: Two of the three blockers for MMO play discussed near the end of this clip have been addressed and released into Star Citizen, namely Object Container Streaming and Persistence. The persistence is still WIP but takes it’s second step in the upcoming 3.17 patch. Server meshing is still classified as soon(tm).
As we have come to expect from CIG, the new technology and features coming to fruition during the past year are showcased during CitizenCon using a canned demo. This year was no exception. The demo took the form of a multiplayer mission used to showcase several new exciting developments including Planet Tech V4, a unique new systemic rendering system that derives displaying the surface of a planet using temperature and humidity along with some physical maps to greatly improve the clarity of the planets and moons.
Chris Roberts gave an excellent presentation during last year’s CitizenCon 2948 event of the key pillars or milestones that succinctly define the development of Star Citizen, the online multi-player game. From the days of the first hangars back in 2013 until the time we can enjoy the first iterations of Beta much has and will be accomplished.
With CitizenCon 2949 days away I thought it would be a great time to review the framework set out by CR at last year’s event.
Many of the vids on this topic are dated and stale. It was nice to run across this fairly new series by BuzZzKiller. He clearly describes the ins and outs of almost every option available for use with Star Citizen. So without further ado:
The alpha 3.4 patch started quite rocky but last week’s 3.4.3 patch cleared up nagging issues resulting in some damn good game play time. The crash recovery feature works fairly well now which is a big boon to the economy.
The naysayers were no more than that and the future of Star Citizen is looking promising. I must admit, this video brought a tear to mine eyes.
One of the better takes on alpha!
One of the amazing things about Star Citizen is the fan base. The game is still in alpha, but you couldn’t tell. Here is one example:
All scenes recorded “live” in the verse!