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Star Citizen's StarEngine Demo
- Thread starter Buggy Loop
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Men_in_Boxes
Snake Oil Salesman
I propose a peace treaty to all the non believers at NeoGAF.
This game is undeniable now.
This game is undeniable now.
LiquidMetal14
hide your water-based mammals
I already said my piece in the Squadron 42 thread on the front page right now, it's unbelievable.
#1 most anticipated game. I haven't seen something that blew me away like this since GTA3 and it's change to open world. One of those, "I can't believe this exists", kind of games.
I hope it's as good as it looks.
#1 most anticipated game. I haven't seen something that blew me away like this since GTA3 and it's change to open world. One of those, "I can't believe this exists", kind of games.
I hope it's as good as it looks.
Buggy Loop
Member
A mod thought SQ42 was not worth its own thread? Really? This is wack.
Croatoan
They/Them A-10 Warthog
Yeah, I am curious about that too. Seems like a mod with an agenda but whatever, if you think it is a scam that is fine...you can keep screaming scam as I continue to play the alpha and eventually will play squadron42.
edit: this thread is great for me to add more idiots to my ignore list lol
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LiquidMetal14
hide your water-based mammals
With what has been shown, this thread certain deserves the proper name and not the appropriate sarcasm or the past. I never even post in the Star Citizen threads and I guess you can call my perspective that of some one who hasn't blindly followed the game to one who is excited as of today.
So yeah, Squadron 42, like the now merged thread, deserves to be the title.
Buggy Loop
Member
I feel attacked
My whooping $45 from 2012
My whooping $45 from 2012
Buggy Loop
Member
I still can’t believe mods merged the Squadron 42 thread back to this one
Not even that other forum is that dense
There’s legit peoples who never even heard of Squadron 42.
Not even that other forum is that dense
There’s legit peoples who never even heard of Squadron 42.
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LiquidMetal14
hide your water-based mammals
I like it here and find it a place I've come to call home again but I agree.
The current state, as of the last few days, is finally hype worthy and new news deserve new threads free of the scam moniker.
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Snake29
RSI Employee of the Year
Even ResetEra doesn't do these childish butthurt things for thread titles.
Buggy Loop
Member
It appears that there is already a separate thread for the 26 minute trailer:
EviLore , is it an official neogaf take? Squadron 42 doesn't deserve its own thread with a 26 mins long trailer and it got squished into the Star citizen, with moniker "scam"? Some peoples will literally skip the thread and miss out on SQ42 news.
Here are 25 minutes of gameplay footage from Squadron 42
Buggy Loop
Member
It appears that there is already a separate thread for the 26 minute trailer:
Here are 25 minutes of gameplay footage from Squadron 42
www.neogaf.com
uh, didn't see it. The one i did last night at 8ish pm was already 2-3 pages long before it got squished back here. The guy who did it at 4:55 AM escaped the wrath of a mod.
What about the Scam moniker?
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It should definitely have been merged with the other separate thread rather than merged into this thread. Can't undo it, but will talk to the mod team about the situation. Sorry about that.
Will change the thread title.
iHaunter
Member
What money are they laundering?
Torrent of Pork
Banned
The 600 some-odd million dollars when they have no intention of actually launching a product. The whole team has been paid handsomely for over a decade to forever chase that 'next big tech upgrade', and so long as the whales keep on simping they can keep the scam going indefinitely. After all this time all anybody has to show for the most funded videogame of all time is a buggy-ass unoptimized shit-show of a tech demo. The moment the funding dries out is when these people piss off into the sunset with whatever funds are left in the coffers. The worst thing CIG can financially do is actually launch a product.
These people aren't developing a videogame, they're servicing a funding pipeline for gullible people with more money than common sense.
Edit - It's the exact same business model as mobile gaming, and I think that's a scam as well.
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LordBlodgett
Member
I doubt this comes to consoles, but I hope they let it be played on GeForce Now. It's been 5 years since I booted Star Citizen up and it did not run well on my PC at the time. I'm running a laptop now so if rather do GeForce Now or console
clarky
Banned
Streaming is you only hope i bet. Looking at the latest videos and all i keep thinking when watching is "lol this is going to run at 7fps lol".
It looks spectacular but you'll need the highest of high end pc's and DLSS 7.something with frame generation coming out of your ass to make this even slightly playable
Denton
Member
Wow, you nailed it. I am sure the 1110 people working at CIG, all the engineers and artists incl. people like Marco Corbetta, who was lead programmer at Crytek on Far Cry and Crysis, are all happily and voluntarily working on a scam, like the true scam artists they are.
No wait, that's actually BS and you are full of shit.
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Red5
Member
Don't forget they also got Mark Hamill, Gary Oldman, Gillian Anderson and Mark Strong all onboard this "scam".
Toots
Gold Member
You can keep your peace treaty, we'll all be resting in peace in the cemetary when this game ships.
a bit far-fetched butany reason to post a Peter Tosh song is good
Buggy Loop
Member
You would be a terrible scammer
When they empty the coffers is now the time to bail… not when the coffer is full
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Doctor Hades
Member
Looks good but not amazing, mainly due to the disappointing amounts of pop in during the demo, a clear limitation of using an old engine that lacks modern features such as Nanite or mesh shaders that help smooth out LOD transitions.
alucard0712_rus
Member
Yeah pop-in is only really distracting thing for me. They are working on mesh shaders and ray tracing.
Lord Panda
The Sea is Always Right
During day 1 of CitizenCon, there was a presentation about transitioning their compute workloads from the CPU to the GPU. They believe this shift could significantly reduce, if not entirely eliminate, the pop-up/in issues. I surmise that both the SC and SQ42 trailers were demonstrated using an older version of the engine/renderer.
Personally, I found the Star Engine showcase more captivating than the SQ42 presentation. While the latter was undoubtedly impressive, it didn't quite capture the sheer magnitude and intricacy of the work that's been poured into creating such a seamless, intricate simulation with all its multifaceted components. Many might not fully grasp the monumental engineering feat behind these games. I must admit, even I'm still wrapping my head around it, but the complexity is undeniably something.
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Topher
Gold Member
They said they are just now moving to the "polish" phase and then on to optimization.
nemiroff
Gold Member
“Understanding is a three edged sword: your side, their side, and the truth.”
Sethbacca
Member
Looks like just a different/better way of rendering darker skin tones kind of like a subsurface scattering. I'm not sure why anyone would be outraged by this?
what the fuck does this even mean? How deep in the rabbit hole is this community?
Men_in_Boxes
Snake Oil Salesman
iHaunter
Member
I don't think you have a firm grasp of what "Money Laundering" is. Also, they're not paid "Handsomely." A lot of them are market or under market rate. Because the company is technically a UK company, all of their financials are public EVERY year which you can see. Their spending and earnings.
I love how most people commenting are so ignorant on the subject. SQ42 is feature complete and is in the polish phase.
FeralEcho
Member
There is none yet,not an actual one,only a playable tech demo but based on some of the responses here when the time comes that we'll actually play this game we'll be blown away....aaaaaaany day now.....
Buggy Loop
Member
When even a brainlet like Asmongold has a more reasonable take than the haters
nemiroff
Gold Member
When even a brainlet like Asmongold has a more reasonable take than the haters
Yeah I saw that.. 90% of chat tried their best to persuade him to join the NPC script though, holy shit what a toxic environment. Two layers of Hasman suit wouldn't suffice.
Drizzlehell
Banned
Buggy Loop
Member
Well, his persona at the very least is not the sharpest tool in the shed, thus the brainlet comment. I think off camera he's probably something else. That's the thing with youtubers, the clicks come with a certain "playing" dumb most of the time.
Buggy Loop
Member
I guess this just happened on his twitch.
cripterion
Member
So many trolls in this thread, probably the same ones who continuously praise the hell out of Starfield for its persistence and 1000 planets.
I'm glad Star Citizen, even the idea of it exists as gaming definitely needs a shakeup.
THE DUCK
voted poster of the decade by bots
I'm a little shocked that so many are ready to define this as a real product, considering it's past, you can at least admit that most will be very hesitant to think it will be released until the day it's actually for sale a product. The indignation seems misplaced.
BennyBlanco
aka IMurRIVAL69
This is looking crazy.
Buggy Loop
Member
The attic goblin's whole impression
simpatico
Member
It'll never make sense to me how people can see all this breakthrough gaming tech and still be like "I gave them $40, I wish I just got to play a shittier version of this 5 years ago". Must have been nearly impossible that acquire that $40 to have such a take. Star Citizen is so exciting to follow. The only title I know of that gives a peak into true "next gen".
kutthoat5150
Member
This game could come out and land 10/10s everywhere yet this forum will still change every Star Citizen thread title to "Scam citizen." Glad to see it's finally at a point through where they can put out great videos like this one where more of the public can see the breakthroughs they're making with the backend tech. For me, I'd say the chase may be more exciting than the catch when it finally releases. Hopefully they continue to push the engine forward for the next chapters with the foundation mostly in place
ChorizoPicozo
Member
some say this community doesn't even breathe oxygen, but the smell of their own farts.
Now.
I think it is very impressive and i understand the appeal of it. it sells the illusion of limitless possibilities and the ultimate wet dream of space exploration.
when companies say "video games powered by the Cloud" this is something you expect to see.
And I was thinking...visually speaking this gen has been quite disappointing...and even more in terms on game design/mechanics. Everything feels derivative and iterative.
In some visual aspects, this demo it's outdated and some things looked even funny. But of course, you appreciate the actual scope and ambition and not some marketing speech borderline in false advertising.
Now.
I think it is very impressive and i understand the appeal of it. it sells the illusion of limitless possibilities and the ultimate wet dream of space exploration.
when companies say "video games powered by the Cloud" this is something you expect to see.
And I was thinking...visually speaking this gen has been quite disappointing...and even more in terms on game design/mechanics. Everything feels derivative and iterative.
In some visual aspects, this demo it's outdated and some things looked even funny. But of course, you appreciate the actual scope and ambition and not some marketing speech borderline in false advertising.
Buggy Loop
Member
I was shocked to see at their presentation that they're ditching the probe light system (cube map lighting)) for ray tracing. Even the software solution, while simplified, will be a form of ray tracing, much like software Lumen. The hardware accelerated RTGI though with this game, I mean fucking hell, that's some big balls on the R&D team.
Drizzlehell
Banned
It's always just him but he's often being sarcastic and jokes around even if it sounds like he's being serious. He doesn't make it very obvious, though, and that's part of the schtick. But other than that he's one of the most level-headed guys among all of those YouTube personalities so be glad that he was impressed by this video.
Although personally, in this instance, I suspect that he may have been blown away like that because he's not very familiar with the history of this particular hype train and that this trailer will probably be the last we'll ever see of any of those features for the next 10 years. At this point, the only way I'm gonna be convinced otherwise is if the game that they've shown here will be right here in my open hand and ready to be played.
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alucard0712_rus
Member
Poor people
Lord Panda
The Sea is Always Right
I get the impression that he's playing dumb for the sake of his stream. I'll even go as far as say that he's already watched these trailers privately, because some of his questions and answers to the chat seemed pretty pointed/well-informed.
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alucard0712_rus
Member
Yeah! As I understand they need one GI system to optimize for, so now even in software mode ppl will have some form of GI and artist will optimize for it. BTW I'm on Nvidia and don't care about software GI but it's very good that artist will not split between software/hardware modes. Also it will be faster than bake everything.
We are at least 2 years from anything release-like on SQ42. One year for Pyro me guess.
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