Star Citizen

Here's a demostration of CIG's physics grids


Here is talk about their move to a 64-bit engine and their move away from Cryengine. 64-bit was required due to the size of the maps and planets. Everything is done in 64-bit space now. Advanced LoD's.


"Over 120 unique heads." Advanced unified workflow for characters and AI. Cascaded shadows for point lights so they can "pull the sun out of the skybox" and so that sun and its sunlight can be accurately rendered.


Next gen animations using "blood maps" to simulate the colour of blood behind the skin accurately and real-time pupil dilation. "200 bones and over 400 blend shapes."
 
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Here's the near end where some great new stuff happens. To recap the whole video, the camera does a zoom in from outer space with zero trickery (cough No Man's Lie) and keeps on zooming until we are following the surface with lush forests and a huge real moon positioned in 3D real-time with no skybox trickery. The camera continues to travel north until you see beautiful snowy mountain caps. You hit the north pole and then continue south on the other side of the planet to a sandy desert. The desert has a very detailed wreckage of a ship, a giant freaking sandworm monster, and real-time sand storms tearing off various structures with its power. And the rest....


 
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This game will be epic. To paraphrase, they are making a lot of new dev tools that further expedite dev time and getting realistic lighting to work with modular and procedurally generated maps.

 
This game will be epic. To paraphrase, they are making a lot of new dev tools that further expedite dev time and getting realistic lighting to work with modular and procedurally generated maps.


I feel like a lot of neat render technologies and design/coding methodologies will come from this game. Certainly for streaming data and having dense, massive open universes. Hell, the just the Tech of having in depth, dynamic stuff happen INSIDE other objects (like ships within ships, and walking/interacting inside a dynamic object) Crazy. I LOVE the animation portion!
 
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NEW Gamescom 2017 Demo! Sooo Cool! I love the real time facial capture feature! Man, everything and the kitchen sink is going into this game :D

I really hope this ends up on Console at some point, but I really love that they are doing so much. It's really the first instance where a game in perpetual development is really incorporating new tech.

 
This game is never coming out. This is gamings biggest scam....
 
The promise the devs are making with this game...if they can really achieve it, then I will not have time to play anything else once it releases. It's in the name, Starcitizen. You'll basically be a citizen of the stars and can do whatever the hell you want to do. Bi-weekly event content to be added by the devs and just overall the most dynamic game ever. This game is a true leap forward for gaming IMO.

But, I've been waiting for Patch 3.0 for ages and still not released. I really do hope they don't mess this up and run out of money or something because I want to Play this game in its final form. From the way things are going it doesn't seem like it's going to be anytime soon, unfortunately.

But overall like I said. A new leap forward in gaming.
 
Pro and X could run it.
I played alpha for quite a bit. Even if consoles could handle all that graphics, technical details and vastness, I really don't think the game will be coming to consoles ever. Literally almost every single key on your keyboard does something important. I really cannot see how they can bring this to consoles it's just not possible. Too many limitations with the controller for the type of game this is. Chris Roberts also talked about this I believe that it'll always be a PC game through and through.

This game is never coming out. This is gamings biggest scam....

Even tho I have high ass hopes for this game I do fear that it may never come out. I wouldn't say it's a scam tho they are working hard on releasing 3.0 which will be a good slice of what the final game will be like. With this much invested and released it's hard to believe they'll willingly abandon the project. Now if they run out of money or something then maybe.
 
This thing really seems to be moving along!
It may be taking a while, but I don't see how this looks like a scam. It looks like it's extremely complicated with a ton of moving parts AND incredible levels of detail. It's kinda mind-blowing, really...



 
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This thing really seems to be moving along!
It may be taking a while, but I don't see how this looks like a scam. It looks like it's extremely complicated with a ton of moving parts AND incredible levels of detail. It's kinda mind-blowing, really...






Could we see this as a launch title for next gen?
 
Everything about this game looks amazing. It just seems like a game that will never reach completion/release.
 
I'm pretty relaxed when it comes to loot boxes and such, and at times I think the "gamer justice warriors" are over the top, but when something like this happens, I really wonder, where's the outrage? Is it because it is PC only that fewer people care?

When I see people spending 4 and even 5 figures not on a game but on the promise of a game, that's pretty terrifying.

I mean $4500? That's a PS4 pro, X1X and a top tier gaming PC all in one. Probably enough left over for a decent TV/monitor too.
 
I'm pretty relaxed when it comes to loot boxes and such, and at times I think the "gamer justice warriors" are over the top, but when something like this happens, I really wonder, where's the outrage? Is it because it is PC only that fewer people care?

When I see people spending 4 and even 5 figures not on a game but on the promise of a game, that's pretty terrifying.

I mean $4500? That's a PS4 pro, X1X and a top tier gaming PC all in one. Probably enough left over for a decent TV/monitor too.

They knew what they were getting into. That dev team has some serious talent and they gotta get paid to build the game. It makes no sense at all to drop that kinda money. It's of an unheard of scope, and its progress is steady. If it stagnated and the dev stopped communicating and it wasn't obvious they were working thats one thing.
 
They knew what they were getting into. That dev team has some serious talent and they gotta get paid to build the game. It makes no sense at all to drop that kinda money. It's of an unheard of scope, and its progress is steady. If it stagnated and the dev stopped communicating and it wasn't obvious they were working thats one thing.

Admittedly I only follow this casually so maybe I don't have all the facts, but the sheer numbers pop out at me more than anything else. 5 grand? For a video game? That just seems crazy to me (and I spend a lot of money on this hobby).
 
People will probably still be backing this game 10 years after it was announced and they still won’t have anything to show for it.
 
Admittedly I only follow this casually so maybe I don't have all the facts, but the sheer numbers pop out at me more than anything else. 5 grand? For a video game? That just seems crazy to me (and I spend a lot of money on this hobby).
Yeah, that's a lot. The guy made like 61 separate pledges/payments over the years. Kinda kills your narrative that they changed the game from what you originally paid in for. He also made payments after the return policy change.

I get the feature creep thing on one hand, but there is a part of me that wants them to make this crazy space/life sim thing.
 
People will probably still be backing this game 10 years after it was announced and they still won’t have anything to show for it.
They do have plenty to show for it. It's not like they haven't done a ton of very high level stuff. Backers even get to play it as it develops. It's pretty experimental, and that's what is so intriguing...
 
They do have plenty to show for it. It's not like they haven't done a ton of very high level stuff. Backers even get to play it as it develops. It's pretty experimental, and that's what is so intriguing...

They haven't deliver on their initial promise and they keep saying they will add more. I'm glad I didn't back them personally. I'm not saying they are trying to con people. I'm just questioning if theyll actually deliver in the end.
 
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They haven't deliver on their initial promise and they keep saying they will add more. I'm glad I didn't back them personally. I'm not saying they are trying to con people. I'm just questioning if theyll actually deliver in the end.
I agree. I don't think this is a scam, but I do think ambition and inevitable scope creep could get the better of their end product.