Star Citizen - media blowout, Chris Robert's new game

Smoeki said:
I finally got to the big crash site. I kept getting a hard crashes every time I got close. Something I noticed today was I was getting some cache faults, Star Citizen seems to be using the AVX instructions and I originally had my 5ghz OC set with a -1 AVX offset and I never stressed the system for AVX after I set it to 0 lol. I popped my voltage up a bit so I'm not sure if that was causing the faults and crashes or not as they went the normal server disconnects.

Anyway, I grabbed some footage with the built in windows 10 video recording, cool little built in feature. Not sure how to upload it yet as they are over 10gb haha.
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With a reasonably SC-compliant system, I bet you could really get those compressed down using HEVC/x265 , or at very least x264 encoding. x264 is supported by almost everyone these days, and x265 is a huge increase in compression per quality level even over x264 with file sizes that tend to be about half x264 or less! I've not used windows 10 built in recorder (which sort of recording is it anyway? Is it a full screen capture etc.. .or is it something that hooks to the game in particular?)

If you need to do a bit of editing and encoding, try...

Avidemux - http://avidemux.sourceforge.net/

OpenShot - https://www.openshot.org/

There are also a few others out there if those aren't to your taste, but I'm pretty sure both of them are frequently updated and have the features you need for transcoding (usually FFmpeg or similar backend support built in).

Hope this helps a bit!
 
I record all my videos using OBS and set the broadcast mode to File Output Only using the same settings as Twitch/Youtube 1080P 60fps with a little more quality (read bitrate) since I'm not streaming. If I need to cut/clip anything later I do it with handbrake.
 
Lorien said:
I record all my videos using OBS and set the broadcast mode to File Output Only using the same settings as Twitch/Youtube 1080P 60fps with a little more quality (read bitrate) since I'm not streaming. If I need to cut/clip anything later I do it with handbrake.
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Oh yes, OBS is a fantastic tool for future use. I was just referencing for his existing fiiles and transcoding them + any editing he may wish. Handbrake is a fantastic stand-alone encoding (and ripping) tool; I didn't recall if it had any video editing features but I haven't used a recent build.
 
Tup3x said:
I'm getting really tired of seeing these same "blaa blaa 500 € jpg" posts over and over again - it's really getting old and doesn't add anything to this thread. No one is forcing you to buy anything. You only need the basic game package and that's it. You're done. The universe is so large that the majority of ships and "people" you see are NPCs anyway. It wouldn't be fun if you could earn everything in few hours in game. I'm pretty sure that they will find right balance.

I've pledged ages ago, now I'm just watching how things progress. They are indeed making some nice progress with 3.0. However I'm more excited about Squadron 42. Star Citizen will be nice extra once it's "ready".

By the way, when is the SQ42 holiday stream?
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Tup3x said:
It's shitty weather outside. And dark. How's the weather there?

Like your post has anything to do with what I posted... I get it, you and bunch of other have no interest in this game. I wonder what you are doing in this thread though...
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"The universe is so large" is what I was primarily responding to, since your comment made it seem like there was much more content released than what I had read about I was curious, turns out there really isn't much still.

I am still interested in the answers to my questions, if you can't answer them for whatever reason feel free to say why, or do you not want to discuss the current state of SC?
 
The SQ42 stream is sometime in December but I havent seen/heard a exact date yet. I do remember people saying December though.
 
I suspect there are going to be detractors and defenders of SC that are going to be eating a lot of crow. It won't be all it's supposed to be, but it won't be a complete bust like so many are betting on.
 
FearTheCow said:
"The universe is so large" is what I was primarily responding to, since your comment made it seem like there was much more content released than what I had read about I was curious, turns out there really isn't much still.

I am still interested in the answers to my questions, if you can't answer them for whatever reason feel free to say why, or do you not want to discuss the current state of SC?
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I'd like to know this, too. It sounds like there's not much to it.
 
Welp made it to Levski and my framerates dipped below 10fps, it was pretty bad. Then I crashed to desktop. Thanks for the directions Lorien! - BannedPlayer.

Sure is pretty up there!

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So CIG is selling certificates that will wallow you to stake a claim to land... what stretch goal was that again?

CR has to be getting desperate for money to start pulling this kind of shit, nothing else makes sense, particularly since they supposedly had the finds over a year ago to finish...
 
I think the land claim thing is pretty dumb too. Still a fan of the project and having a blast in 3.0 PTU but it made me facepalm.
 
I predict that entire moons will be for sale next... Followed by planets... And then entire systems. The funding possibilities are endless! :D

And to think they haven't even fronted a monthly subscription fee yet! I bet that's in the works next as well.

They really just need to push for a realistic release date and *actually* commit to it. They can then develop furthet content and flush out the rest of the universe over time...
 
Surely "flesh out"? Unless you're suggesting that this game is going to be... a turd. YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH
 
I wasn't even aware "Basebuilding" was in this game.

Was this another one of their 'stretch' goals?
 
Old Orion vs New Orion. The ship is 100% larger than before with an approximate total length of ~340meters. That makes it larger than an Idris(240m) and pretty much the same size as a Javelin destroyer (349m). I love the UK ship team.

Source:


https://i.giphy.com/xUOxf3ZsiJiOb0Q9uo.mp4

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That would probably make the Orion one of the best buys in terms of the amount of ship you get for the price..
 
And will you have to wait until 2020 for that NPC gunner patch to actually be stable?

Last time I checked it's not in 3.0. And that won't be stable until 2018, at this rate.
 
Hmm now that the Orion is so big I don't know if my epeen will allow me to CCU from it lol.

I kind of want the 600i explorer but it's a toss up between the carrack or using the super hornet to go to the Redeemer-banu-reclaimer-600i my saved $0 CCU route to knock off $150 600i

Don't see an issue with the land claims. They seem pretty pointless, seems like a way to store uec now rather than pay for it in game.
 
Fan of the game but I don't see a need to buy land in the game. At this point anyway but what is that saying about fools and their money....

I don't think CR is desperate for money. Somebody is a marketing genius though. Sell land that doesnt really exist and is not really needed at this point. Ha ha
 
Nice and yeah mining at the scale the Orion will be capable of, should be at least as profitable (if not more) as cargo hauling on a Starfarer and quite possibly safer.

I was tempted to grab one 8Kmx8Km land beacon for the org but then I thought of how long from implementation that mechanic actually is and all the gameplay required before settling a location.

You have to actually scout a location or hire someone to do it for you
Find a place with a nice view if you just want a retreat
Prospect it to see if it's any valuable if you want to mine the land
If it's close to any heavy traffic trade route if you want to pirate or escort cargo convoys
Then you have to gather all the required raw materials to contruct an outpost
Then you have to contract out someone with a Pioneer to build you the outpost

And knowing we'll be able to claim land with in-game credits, I can't help but pass.
 
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Lorien said:
You have to actually scout a location or hire someone to do it for you
Find a place with a nice view if you just want a retreat
Prospect it to see if it's any valuable if you want to mine the land
If it's close to any heavy traffic trade route if you want to pirate or escort cargo convoys
Then you have to gather all the required raw materials to contruct an outpost
Then you have to contract out someone with a Pioneer to build you the outpost
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CIG will never, ever be able to code all this into the "game", especially with their current engine.

Theorycrafting FTW
 
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