Star Citizen

[Bodhi]

The Pre-Alpha dog fighting launch is available now.  Really looking forward to playing it and comparing it.

They have an amazing following and an amazing amount of money they have raked in.

[rabbidrabbit]

downloading...

[GScholz]

About an hour left of that 10 gig download...

[rabbidrabbit]

Bodhi, we have an aces high group?

[GScholz]

This is going to be fantastic! 

[SFRT - Frenchy]

I need DX11 card, but I have my ship for the last 6 months. This and Elite Dangerous ... I'm screewed.

[Nathan60]

Had my ship for around 6 months aswell too, unfortunately that leaves a high citizen number and as they are giving access to multilayer in waves, I don't see me going up against anything but AI anytime soon. That being said still looking forward to this download completing. Still have no idea what role I plan to take on in my Freelancer. What are you guys planning on becoming?


EDIT: had a little trouble with the launcher downloading the new files, found a fix where ya go into the installation folder and delete all files ending with .(dot)version now downloading.

[Gman]

Same here Nathan, but they've already jumped in and fixed that for future downloaders.  I'm amazed that with all the people getting this today, I maxed out at 8megabytes/sec downloading on a 100mbit connex.  Guys I know with 260mbit were getting even faster rates, pretty impressive, but they did say the 5$ fee for the alpha arena was to pay for bandwidth in their news release, so I guess they kept that promise so far.  I backed them back in early 2013 like many here, as I heard about it from this bbs, and today has been a long time coming, yet I can't complain, I'm really liking what I see.  Like Frenchy, I too bought the 150$ beta for Elite.  I have time on my hands right now, and both of these should keep me busy until AH(3?) comes out.

I've read in several places that the $ Star Citizen racked in just today may help put them into the 50 million range for pledge/backing by the end of the next quarter, which is a truly amazing thing.


edit - Ok, this is awesome.  Couple/decoupled flight modes, the G-loc in hard maneuvers....I'd say they've delivered so far, and I can't wait to see what is next.  I'm Gman109 if anyone is going to start an AH group or whatever.  

[Devil 505]

How exactly do I get in on this Pre-Alpha?

This game looks incredible.

[Nathan60]

How exactly do I get in on this Pre-Alpha?

This game looks incredible.

I pledged for one of the single ship packages(Freelancer) but I think you can buy in to alpha with a $5 fee not sure, just hopped out to do some schoolwork. I like it so far for a very very, or even pre-alpha the game is impressive however you cant set up the controls to your settings yet, and I srewed up and broke the little fighter they gave me by throwing a really big gun that I had bought for my freelancer on it and now I cant get the damn thing off lol.

[BoilerDown]

I'm stuck in a hotel because I had to travel for work, but anticipating this, I brought my desktop with me.  Unfortunately I left my HOTAS stuff at home.  I'll go mouse and keyboard once it finishes downloading (upgraded my room's internet already, but still a 6-hour download).

Been watching some Twitch streams on mobile (to not slow down my download) and I see there's a large planet nearby the Vandaal Swarm map.  Do you properly speed up from its gravity when headed towards it?  Space isn't really weightless and that planet looks well close enough to have noticeable gravitational effects.

[Bodhi]

Bodhi, we have an aces high group?

Not that I have heard of.  I do not have time to run a group again.  If someone starts one I'd consider joining, but I can only play late.

[Wiley]

Do you properly speed up from its gravity when headed towards it?  Space isn't really weightless and that planet looks well close enough to have noticeable gravitational effects.

Wouldn't get too excited about that kind of thing.  In space, if memory serves they've said no gravity will be modeled.  I believe atmospheric flight will occur, and that obviously will be different, but that is down the line a ways.

Forget about true flight physics in space though.  Speeds for the ships when they're maneuvering and fighting are going to be limited and honestly very slow.  It's going to play more like Wing Commander with slightly better physics, less like Kerbal Space Program type thing.

Not trying to rain on peoples' parades, just don't want people to get stuff in their heads that isn't going to be the direction the game is heading.  I preordered fairly early, citizen number 13000ish.  I wanted something out of it roughly equivalent to a modern day Freelancer, everything above that is gravy for me.

There's a lot of people who seem to be thinking this is going to be Second Life in Space, coupled with true to life physics modeling and combat, and they're in for some serious disappointment I'm thinking.

Wiley.

[Reschke]

I am seriously considering selling my golden ticket account....I have a ship and game access and haven't even attempted to use the account since I found out that TrackIR support isn't happening for some time.

[Nathan60]

I am seriously considering selling my golden ticket account....I have a ship and game access and haven't even attempted to use the account since I found out that TrackIR support isn't happening for some time.

Ya gotta remember this is very very early alpha.