Alpha 2.0 is live. Ive tried it but still very buggy in parts....

Can't find an update thread so I will just put it here, Alpha 3.5 bug fixes new planet, women and fiddling with the flight model again.

At times there, I thought I was watching Wolfenstein in Space!

That's a nice city

Years ago on this forum I used to say " a GTA like city in space" , looks like we are finally getting close to it, granted it's not single player.

Now what would happen if you jumped off.

Judging by what happened to me at Lorville (another starport in the game with a city around it) I fell through the scenery. Still lots of work to do it seems. 😉

I don't think they will ever finish it, more like a continuous WIP.

I might actually get around to down loading it one day but still on the look out for a single player with this sort of detail in it.

Maybe Starfield will be it as Bethesda have the deep pockets required to spend on this type of detail in a game.

Edit I change the title of this thread, as it's not really a new game now.

Its a nice visual when your flying above it but that is it.... its a shame you cannot interact with any of it 🙁

Falling through city, planet or anything really shouldn't be happening personally, especially after 7yrs of development... yeah I guess I am a little sour about this game in general. I was not expecting development to take this long and not even looking close to being done..... ? I agree Pinback, I think 5 yrs from now it will still not be a released game.

Right now I am just looking forward to playing Squadron 42. I got so turned off on SC when I logged into it last year and I couldn't even board my ship the ladder wouldn't drop (looked it up it was a bug).... but this ship was a starter ship that was present during the kickstarter.... how can this be 🙂

I might split this post since there is 400+ replies 🙂

Well regardless of the project's state this city is quite impressive _(._.)_
And those guys know how to texture, the depth effect on the flat surface at the end of the video is amazing.
That said I agree that with such visuals the first idea that comes to mind is "now can I take an elevator to the lobby, get out to the street and grab an ice cream at the closest food-truck?" 😉

Any chance of bringing back pages to the forum D1 where we used to have 15 or 20 post per page.

I been very impressed with what they are trying to do, but I have not had the disappointment of trying to play the game.

As for Squadron 42 I thought that would have been out by now, looked like they were close to releasing it a couple years ago. Get the feeling it suffered fome feature creep same as the main game.

I think the main reason was switching to the Lumberyard engine halfway through development. This meant alot of assets and code had to be updated or otherwise changed, but yes more features were certainly added to the game too. I think we will be well into the 2020s before we see this game.

Lumberyard? <grins> From the Lumberyard T&Cs a few years back:

57.10 Acceptable Use; Safety-Critical Systems. Your use of the Lumberyard Materials must comply with the AWS Acceptable Use Policy. The Lumberyard Materials are not intended for use with life-critical or safety-critical systems, such as use in operation of medical equipment, automated transportation systems, autonomous vehicles, aircraft or air traffic control, nuclear facilities, manned spacecraft, or military use in connection with live combat. However, this restriction will not apply in the event of the occurrence (certified by the United States Centers for Disease Control or successor body) of a widespread viral infection transmitted via bites or contact with bodily fluids that causes human corpses to reanimate and seek to consume living human flesh, blood, brain or nerve tissue and is likely to result in the fall of organized civilization.

Sounds perfect then! 😀

They have another Free Fly event. https://robertsspaceindustries.com/promotions/35-Free-Fly

Yeah they usually do one of these each time a milestone is completed, which Alpha 3.5 just came out recently. I am a paying customer and I still have yet to play really the game more than 10-20mins in 7 yrs. I know I should give the game a try.... maybe I will after Alpha 3.6.

Aw, man. I missed it. 🙁 I'll have to check somebody's stream.

13 years later and I read $700 million.

just have a think about that.

Posted by: @pinback

just have a think about that.

<sobs>

Posted by: @cody

Posted by: @pinback

just have a think about that.

<sobs>

Yes "sobs" indeed and where is squadron 42.

I have my founders card on the shelf for when I bought into the kickstarter..... still haven't really played this yet because I always wanted the Squadron 42 experience like in the old WC3/4/5 times. And I thought it was due this year they been kind of quite on it, because they said content wise it was done and they were just polishing it up.

This has a little info.... but still no release date.... since there is only 6mos left I doubt it will be in 2024.

When they said "polishing up" maybe they meant rewrite.

My guess would be Christmas if it comes out this year.

Not been keeping up with what has been going on in SC for a while but just watched a video yesterday and it seems that the game is still in a bit of a mess.

I see SC is back in the news, this time because of the eye popping fig of $800 million for a game still in Alpha.

And in a few years time it will be the one billion dollar Alpha game. 

Yeah, I just can't take this game seriously any more, unfortunately. There was so much potential there, but I doubt it will ever be finished, or even un-buggy. They just have no real incentive to release it, and apparently, no deadlines either, and have burned through their cash like crazy.

Still, I often stare at my brass "Star Citizen" membership card from years ago, and think about what could have been.... 😊 

I can't, and won't, recommend this game to anybody.
A more true view of the game by Camural.