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IanW · 6 Jun 2016

Buccaneer Press Release from Drake Interplanetary

Buccaneer owners are in the process of receiving their "free" size 4 weapon.
(At least mine has arrived! )

The C-788 "Combine" Ballistic Cannon.

They do NOT, however, get the specialised "Flashfire" mount required to fit it to Cutlass or Hornet (8000UEC each).

PaulC2K · 8 Jun 2016

Worth mentioning that the S4 gun with the Bucc, the deal has changed due to miscommunication. At the moment, everyone with a bucc has 'item x' replaced with the winner, as part of the items included with the ship. On Monday they'll run a script to break that weapon from the ship contents, and be a regular Voyager Direct weapon on the account. It was done because if you'd CCU'd to the Bucc, if it was stitched into that ship contents, if melted the CCU is gone for good, and it seems their solution was to give loose weapons to CCU'd ships, which ofc didnt go down well with the community. The bought buccs would retain the gun if ccu'd of course, but it was still and inferior deal to those who'd ccu'd to it.

I may have acquired 3, purely for the free weapon, see how it unfolded (i expected it to be tied to the ship, as it is now). Monday confirmed the worst case scenario, but no big deal, i'd just use that as a superior LTI base to ccu up to something better (orion, most likely), rather than from a prospector, but now they're soon to be set loose, i can melt em next week, use a token to get the sabre back for some fun, and consider my options for a LTI base later on.

So if you were taking advantage of the free weapon, give it a week before melting it, if that was always the intention.
Does anyone know much about the weapon itself? I think the losing gun was the same as the Vangaurds under-nose gun, sounds amazing but not great. Not sure if the winning gun is on an existing ship, or how it compares.

IanW · 8 Jun 2016

Still no live release for 2.4, just another PTU (Build "R")

Patch notes said:

The ship spawn terminal in Port Olisar locks the user in place until they request a ship, even after exiting the terminal.

Backing away from the terminal rather then exiting it will sometimes allow users to escape.

Star Systems:

Fixed an issue where the jump point icon for ICC Probe mission 2 would disappear after the mission was completed.

Fixed an issue with that was preventing Arena Commander matches from starting in Dying Star.

When the Security Console Defender at Security Post Kareah disconnects, the mission to kill the defender will be withdrawn from the criminals.

Game Systems:

Players will be unable to exit the Ship Selector Console while their ship is still in the process of spawning.

Fixed an issue where your character would change to a T Pose when in an idle state and not holding a weapon.

Technical:

Client and server optimization.

Fixed multiple client crashes.

Fixed multiple server crashes.

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N17 dizzi · 8 Jun 2016

They are really struggling with this update. Dozens and dozens of internal builds since the original 2.4 on the PTU. 18 or more PTU builds now too.

PaulC2K · 8 Jun 2016

At least they're getting fresh patches out the door on a regular basis. They'll get there eventually, and regular patches is likely to help speed that up.

What is/are the main blockers at the moment?

N17 dizzi · 9 Jun 2016

Server sync issues to do with the new persistence I believe

PaulC2K · 9 Jun 2016

Patch S is up, apparently.

PATCH SPECIFIC ANNOUNCEMENTS GO HERE

Tutorial has been disabled.

Contents:

-Updates and Fixes
-Star Systems
-Ships
-User Interface
-Technical
-Updates and Fixes

Star Systems:

-Disabled the Tutorial.
-Fixed an issue where the “inspecting weapon” animation was very awkward for shopping try-on.
-Fixed an issue at CryAstro Station where missiles were not restocking if the player left their ship cockpit during the restock process.
-Fixed an issue where particles were not displaying correctly in Covalex Station.
-Fixed an issue in Port Olisar where a player would become stuck after interacting with the Ship Spawn Terminal, -and be unable to move until they spawned a ship.
-Fixed an issue in Selfland where parts of the wall and floor would disappear when viewed at certain distances and angles.

Ships:

General Ships:
-Made a change so that if a player has multiple of the same ship, they will be numbered sequentially.
-Fixed an issue where firing a FPS weapon in the Starfarer was not damaging another player or the Starfarer.
-Temporarily removed the pulsating orange emergency lighting fro the Starfarer.
-Fixed an issue on the Hornet series where you were unable to switch out the cargo pod via Port Modification.

Mustang fixes:
-Updated the Mustangs Series to have the proper Port Modification Ports.
-Fixed an issue where the Mustang Series did not have the proper visual effects or audio when destroyed.
-Fixed an issue with the Mustang Omega where it could not land properly for repair if its wings were damaged prior to landing.
-Fixed an issue with the Mustang Gamma that was preventing players from exiting the ship if ship was damaged and on a landing platform.
-Fixed an issue with the Mustang Beta where it had no rear lighting.
-Fixed an issue with the Mustang Alpha where the exterior lights were not working.

User Interface:

-Fixed an issue where UI was not correctly notifying player of Comm Array status, aUEC rewards and mission updates.

Technical:

-Fixed a client crash.
-Fixed multiple Server crashes.
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That tutorial should have been stripped soooo long ago. What a terrible advertisement that was for newcomers during the free-fly weeks, so anyone that had the common sense and decency to try and learn the game before diving into the PU, got a buggy mess that couldnt be completed.

The Mustang stuff, seem more like stuff that happens to have been fixed by other areas of the team and being introduced, rather than ever being blockers, but the notes dont go into whats still missing, only whats been fixed.
It'll all come together when its ready, theres a long way still to go, i just hope for their sake it doesnt hold them up, delaying the implementation of stuff in other areas. I wonder whether 2.5's content is somewhat piling up and could be another big and troublesome update as a result, or whether they'll try and stick with manageable chunks.

IanW · 9 Jun 2016

Just tried S.

When summoning ships, the console just went back to the welcome screen instead of telling you which pad to go to.

Ships still spawn 50m up, then teleport to the ground as you're about to walk under them.

Halfway around Yela, it just CTD for no adequately explored reason.

IanW · 10 Jun 2016

Build T is up, and open to ALL backers!!!

Patch Notes said:

Alpha Patch 2.4.0t has been released to the PTU, and is now available for players to test! As of 2.4.0t, access to the PTU is no longer restricted and all backers can access it. If this is your first time on 2.4.0, check out our quick guide here

Your launcher should show “2.4.0-362929” as the client version. It is strongly recommended that players delete their USER folder for the Test client after patching, particularly if you start encountering any odd character graphical issues or crash on loading. The USER folder can be found (in default installations) at C:\Program Files\Cloud Imperium Games\StarCitizen\Test.

The full 2.4.0 Patch Notes are located here. Please take full advantage of our Issue Council area of the Community site to report any bugs you encounter, as well as contribute to other players submissions.

Contents:

Star Systems
Ships
First Person
User Interface
Technical

Star Systems:

Fixed an issue where weapons and missiles were not being restocked on ships properly at CryAstro Station.

Fixed an issue where spawned ships in Port Olisar would first appear floating 50 meters above their designated landing pad.

Fixed an issue where textures were disappearing from certain angles in Selfland Hangar and ArcCorp.

Ships:

Fixed some reflection and flickering issues with the Starfarer cockpit glass.

First Person:

Fixed an issue with the inspecting weapons animation looking awkward in Live Fire and Cubby Blast.

Fixed an issue where inspecting rifle weapons would cause the rifle to clip into the players helmet.

User Interface:

Fixed an issue where the UI notification alerting users which landing pad to find their ship was missing.

Technical:

Fixed a server crash.

Fixed a client crash during Vanduul Swarm.

Fixed an error code 7 disconnection.

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Captain Zyloh said:

Greetings Citizens,

As part of a final series of tests, Star Citizen Alpha 2.4 is now on the PTU for all backers to assist in stressing the servers!

SC Alpha 2.4 introduces the first iteration of in-game persistence and shopping, as well as major changes to the controls, updates to the ship roster (including making the massive Starfarer flyable in-game), bug fixes, balance updates and more! In short, this is our biggest and most important update since Star Citizen Alpha 2.0.

You can read all about the new systems below, and find a complete list of changes in the 2.4 Patch Notes here. We will have a more detailed post outlining 2.4 when we go live.

Note: It can take up to 45 minutes to recieve the email to complete the Copy Account To PTU process.

Starfarers Take Flight!

Star Citizen Alpha 2.4.0 welcomes the Stafarers to the skies! Not only has the base Starfarer become flight-ready, but the Gemini variant is being introduced as well and will be hangar and flight-ready too! These massive tankers have multiple decks and crew support for seven people, making it our largest flyable ship in-game so far.

Hangar Ready Reliant!

In addition to the Starfarer duo, Alpha 2.4.0 introduces the MISC Reliant to the hangar!

With a larger cargo hold than the Aurora ES or the Mustang Alpha, the Reliant is a natural choice for anyone engaging in short-haul shipping. And that cargo space also means there’s plenty of internal room to expand, allowing the placement of medical systems, weapons racks and more. Ultimately, though, the Reliant is no transport: it’s a sleek and maneuverable utility ship more than capable of holding its own in combat!

Persistence

That’s right, you read that correctly. Our Persistent Universe is finally persistent! The backend functionality has been completed and there are several things that you do in the game that will carry over between sessions. Many of these are detailed below, but include things like purchased items in shops, Alpha UEC balance, and hostility level.

Adding persistence is a huge milestone and a crucial addition to the game that will affect nearly every aspect of Star Citizen, and this is only the beginning! A ton of back-end work was completed in order to make this possible and we are looking forward to the updates to come as we continue to expand and flesh out this core foundation of the game!

Alpha UEC

With this push to the PTU we are implementing a brand new currency, called “Alpha UEC”. This currency exists purely as a test currency and is designed to test out economy balance, item pricing, mission rewards, and more. We’ll monitor the activity of the initial wave of Alpha UEC and improve and iterate on the features mentioned. At any point this currency, and anything purchased with it, can be wiped so that a clean slate can be instituted and we can begin a new cycle of testing. (Anything purchased with real UEC on the Voyager Direct site will still be available and will persist as it previously did.)

As well as rewards, you will now also be charged for services at Cry-Astro. This is an initial implementation so some services are “all or nothing” in that, for instance, you cannot repair specific items on your ship – you have to repair the whole thing.

Shopping

It’s time for a Shopping Spree! With 2.4.0 PTU. we finally release the first iteration of purchasable items in shops. We have a few different shops open for business with more to follow soon after. They offer a variety of merchandise that can be purchased with our brand new currency Alpha UEC. For this iteration, you can also use this interface to equip an item you’ve already purchased. Proper storage and inventory solutions will come at a later date.

Casaba Outlet

Casaba Outlet can be found at Area18 as well as Port Olisar and sells a variety of shirts, jackets, pants, hats and shoes. Each individual piece of clothing can be interacted with and purchased. Looking at an item in AR Mode displays the price, manufacturer, product description, and two Use Verbs: “Try On” and “Purchase”. “Try On” allows you to view how the item would look before making a purchase. Selecting “Purchase” will take the player to the purchase summary screen. The price of the item is listed, as well as a product description, the amount of credits the player has available, a button to confirm the purchase is present and a large “X” at the top right to cancel the purchase and close the window. Selecting “Purchase” will deduct the price from the player’s AUEC balance and equip the item on the player. Once the item has been purchased, you can come back to the shop to re-equip the item at any time with the “Equip” option

Cubby Blast

Cubby Blast can be found on Area18 and sells weapons, ammo, medpacks, armor, and flight suits. The interface for interacting with items in Cubby Blast is very similar to Trying and Purchasing clothing at Casaba Outlet. For weapons, you can “Inspect” instead of “Try On.” The main difference here being when inspecting weapons, it will stay in 1P camera so you can get a feel for the item in your hands. In addition to weapons, there is also a variety of Armor Sets and several new RSI Flight Suits. (Treated in the same manner as clothing when it comes to the Use Verbs.)

Live Fire Weapons

Live Fire Weapons is the resident personal weapon vendor on Port Olisar in the space above Crusader. It too sells weapons, ammo, and medpacks. The interface for interacting with items in Live Fire Weapons is the same as Cubby Blast.

Garrity Defense

Garrity Defense is where you can go to purchase body armor and some of our brand new RSI flight suits. It is located on Port Olisar as well. The interface for interacting with items in Garrity Defense is the same as Casaba Outlet. Helmets and armor are packaged together into a single purchase.

Clothing Lockers

You now have two outfits you can switch between – a set of clothing you can wear indoors and your flightsuit. You will wake at Olisar wearing your indoor clothing. If you plan to head out into space you will have to change into your flightsuit or risk explosive decompression in the airlock. You can change your outfit in two locations – in your bedroom with a new wardrobe, or at the valet units beside every airlock.

You will find a wardrobe in your bedroom which will switch your clothes between civilian and spacesuit.

Missions and Rewards

Crusader Security has noticed that its currently unmanned security post is regularly subject to trespass, theft and systems tampering. They are now contracting out the facility’s security to those they have noticed doing lawful work.

You should be rewarded for missions by the amount shown in the mobiGlas beneath the objectives for the mission.
Some mission reward bonuses such as the PI mission awarding a bonus the next time you go to Olisar if you complete the mission in the “good” way. And the security guard mission rewards bonuses for every trespasser you kill at Kareah.

You can now earn UEC by scavenging whisky and cigars. You will find these around Yela and also dotted around some of the ICC probe asteroid missions. There is a cheeky noodle based decay box in there too.

LiveWorks AR

With 2.4.0. we have released a new app in the mobiGlas that enables Port Modification Mode. This mode causes “Item Ports” to appear in the Hangars that you can use to customize your hangars in ways not able to previously. There are 2 different types of Item Ports currently: Ports that hold ships and Ports that hold flair objects. Clicking on an Item Port will bring up a list of available items via the player mobiGlas app. This list contains the following: the name of the currently placed item (none if the port is empty), a list of items the player possesses that can be placed at this port, the “Remove” button to take the currently placed item off the Item Port and place it back in the inventory, and the “Cancel” button to exit the item list without making any changes. The player can access the item list by selecting an Item Port, or by selecting the Modification App button from the front page of mobiGlas, however this method only allows you to place items if you selected an Item Port first.

Ships and Customization

As mentioned above, ships can be placed on an item port just like flair, as long as the port is a ship spawner. These Item Ports can be found on the landing pads in each Hangar; interacting with one of these will bring up a list of ships the player owns (as well as other vehicles, such as the Greycat). In addition, once a ship has been placed in the Hangar it will have Item Ports on it for the weapon hardpoints, shields, thrusters, etc. These components can be swapped out and customized (as long as the player has components that fit in their place). It works in exactly the same way as placing flair; once you interact with an Item Port a list of items that can fit in that port will be displayed. This will allow players to change weapon loadouts, swap out missiles or ammo, and change shields among other things.

Hangar Selection

With this release we have transitioned the hangar configuration functionality from the website to the Main Menu. In the main menu (accessed by pressing escape on your keyboard, and clicking “Options”) you can select which hangar you’d like to load. For this release we’ve restricted the hangars to one stock bay each. In the future you’ll be able to use the Port Modification app to expand your hangar and add new bays.

New Controls

We will have a full write-up with all the details on the control changes in our post we put out when we go live. In the interim, please utilize the information in the options menu to review the new control scheme!

We are really excited to to open up the flood gates on the PTU in order to stress the servers and get some final testing in! We want to thank all of the incredible PTU testers for their patience and dedication in helping us get 2.4 out the door! We are very proud to have such a supportive community and could not have done it without you!

See you in the 'verse!
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In other news, AtV 2.35:-

ADAM REALLY WENT FOR IT.
This week, Part 1 of our interview with Concept Artist and Illustrator Jim Martin, and Writer Adam Wieser from the CIG Lore Team explores the Davien System.

05:25 Intro
08:40 NFATV
21:45 ATV Interview with Jim Martin
33:57 ATV Rewind
11:14 Loremaker’s Guide to the Galaxy: Davien System
59:34 MVP with Tyler Witkin (Same as gameplay intro)
34:20 ATV Fast Forward

GAMEPLAY INTRO:-

PaulC2K · 11 Jun 2016

2.4 is ALIVE!!

Parge · 11 Jun 2016

Can you still play in third person? Would be a really nice way to get over the issues with locomotion in VR, as third person games aren't sickness inducing at all.

IanW · 11 Jun 2016

Parge said: ↑

Can you still play in third person? Would be a really nice way to get over the issues with locomotion in VR, as third person games aren't sickness inducing at all.
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Simples. F4 changes camera angle (1st/3rd person view)

Be warned that many of the controls have CHANGED for 2.4!

See this for the new keys:- https://forums.robertsspaceindustries.com/discussion/330174/star-citizen-keybinds-2-4-printer-friendly-updated-to-2-4-v1-2

Stanley Tweedle · 11 Jun 2016

Parge said: ↑

Can you still play in third person? Would be a really nice way to get over the issues with locomotion in VR, as third person games aren't sickness inducing at all.
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Motion sickness in VR? Is that really a thing?

BTW... SC doesn't support VR at this time.

Parge · 11 Jun 2016

Stanley Tweedle said: ↑

Motion sickness in VR? Is that really a thing?

BTW... SC doesn't support VR at this time.
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Eventually it will though, and we'll have to find a way to make the FPS sections workable.

Stanley Tweedle · 11 Jun 2016

Parge said: ↑

Eventually it will though, and we'll have to find a way to make the FPS sections workable.
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Yup,

That does seem to have become a big issue... locomotion I mean. I'm not a fan of teleport because it ruins immersion/realism.

VR zGame uses a hybrid system where you set a teleport destination and then you walk or run there automatically. It seems to work quite well.

Solus uses traditional movement controls assigned to Vive touch pad.

Parge · 11 Jun 2016

No, I don't like teleport either, plus that would be interesting to balance in a competitive FPS.....

If they could get 3rd person working so that it doesn't give the user a unfair advantage, that would be a reasonable compromise.

Obviously non sickness inducing first person would be the dream, but I don't think we've found a way to achieve that yet have we.

Stanley Tweedle · 11 Jun 2016

Parge said: ↑

No, I don't like teleport either, plus that would be interesting to balance in a competitive FPS.....

If they could get 3rd person working so that it doesn't give the user a unfair advantage, that would be a reasonable compromise.

Obviously non sickness inducing first person would be the dream, but I don't think we've found a way to achieve that yet have we.
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Take a look at Windlands feedback. If any game is going to induce sickness it's that one. And yet it has overwhelmingly positive feedback on steam. People who've bought a VR game and then spew tend to be very angry and blame the developer. They post negative review on steam. Looking at the feedback from VR users it looks like sickness isn't the issue it once was. Sure there's a percentage but I think a minority now. DK2 reduced sickness a little perhaps. CV1 and Vive still further reduced the problem. I've been reading statements from people who suffer some degree but are determined to get used to the motion and for some it seems to be working.

Vorpx continues to sell. Why? There are gamers who want to play FPS in VR with mouse and keys. Vorpx VR will induce sickness far more than a native game like Windlands and yet Vorpx continues to sell. I've never experienced VR sickness.

I think it's a shame many developers are now somewhat scared to jump in because of this issue.

IanW · 14 Jun 2016

It seems they fixed the "10003" errors last night.

Also, "10 for the Developers" #14:-

This week, Archivist Cherie Heiberg and CG Supervisor Forrest Stephan answer 10 questions from our development subscribers.

00:52 – Teamwork
04:22 – The Hornet
06:47 – Star System Size
09:08 – Banu Merchantman
10:21 – Next Hangar Ready Ship
13:21 – Organizing
16:42 – Wrangling Art Assets
19:22 – Galactapedia
21:16 – Character Creation Pipeline
25:26 – Loremakers

IanW · 17 Jun 2016

AtV 2.36:-

EASY RIDER
This week, Part II of our interview with Concept Artist and Illustrator Jim Martin, and we discuss Dragonfly design with Tech Designer Matt Sherman.

00:54 – Intro
05:09 – NFATV
13:15 – ATV Interview with Jim Martin
24:33 – Ship Shape: Dragonfly
31:05 – MVP with Tyler Witkin

GAMEPLAY INTRO:-

PaulC2K · 18 Jun 2016

The Dragonfly concept sale is up - https://robertsspaceindustries.com/comm-link/transmission/15382-Hatching-The-Drake-Dragonfly

$35 Single ship (matt black or concept exclusive yellow)
$65 Double pack (one of each colour)

$300 Cat + 2 Dragonfly double pack.

So thats a $5 saving on the double, or $15 on the multi (Cat is $245), and ALL of the above include LTI because its a bundle item, so CIG couldnt disable it from the Cat inside that bundle.

They also have the regular $245 cat on sale too (6mo, which is unusual, as they'd said 3yrs about a month back... which didnt seem right then either!).

* All prices excl VAT (i ruddy hate the CIG site not telling you the clean price, im buying with credit, i dont want to have to work out the pre-VAT price if neither of us are liable for it), and all ships can be obtained in-game, yadda yadda yadda.

Theres also some updated images of the caterpillar progress on the page, the video below, and a Dragonfly brochure.

Caterpillar video

Looks pretty damn stunning.

I've picked up the Cat bundle, the impending price increase intrigues me, if they bump it from $245 to $260, then the difference in a few months could be:
$300 for Caterpillar w/LTI ($260) and 2x Dragonfly ($35/ea) as 'LTI tokens'
or
$260 for HR Caterpillar w/6mo ($26)

My sole interest in most of the concept sales these days is stocking up on LTI base ships and whichever sees the highest price bump, i'll use as a base towards a $325/350 ship. The LTI part isnt essential, but the concept sale is the most likely time to get the low price. Those people who bought a $240 Gemini saw it bump $100. If they wanted a Carrack now, it'd cost them just $10 more in the next major sale, and they'd have spent $250 for a ship others paid $350 for. Im looking for the next Starfarer, at the initial price. The more i can save, the better i'll end up with, cos im not adding more $$ for ships, maybe physical items if something pops up, but saving $15 could get me what i want, versus having to sacrifice something.
Its also possible something like the Prospector would be what i'd settle for (vs Orion), so its handy having them banked away for that purpose too.

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