Star Engine Tech Demo (Star Citizen 4.0) - truly interesting

[p0k314NET]

OK, scamCitizen for me is a scam as a project, but the following material is worth watching nonetheless. A new tech demo of the Star Citizen engine looks impressive and one hopes it is the truth and not pre-rendered lies (like in scamField "amazing" engine from year 2002 aka "it just works").

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jfLxMvDp1Lo

[potato]

yea that's how ponzi schemes work, they only "show"

[Chroniver]

It all looks impressive but these guys have basically been showing various tech demos for like 10 years.

I'll believe it when SQ42 and Star Citizen actually release and are good.

[navvar]

You gotta lack a basic understanding of the English language to be calling this a scam.

This is what they've spent all those years working on (including Squadron 42), and 90% of what you saw in that presentation has been available in the game for several years now.

[potato]

Originally posted by navvar:

You gotta lack a basic understanding of the English language to be calling this a scam.

you must be one of those that spent thousands of dollars on in-game ships

[Dr. Sinister]

Originally posted by potato:

Originally posted by navvar:

You gotta lack a basic understanding of the English language to be calling this a scam.

you must be one of those that spent thousands of dollars on in-game ships

I've bought 2 ships spent less than $100. You guys are just salty because you just choose to follow the hate trend when you don't understand how things work.

[Jaggid Edje]

Personally, I'm skeptical the game will release before i die of old age.

But I am also hoping that I am entirely wrong, because if they ever actually finish it. Or even get it to a polished beta state, it is going to be amazing. The recent news that Squadron 42 is actually feature complete has me pretty hopeful that I may very well be proven wrong.

Chris Roberts' biggest issue, which is well known going back to his projects over 30 years ago, is that he suffers from dreaming too big and is constantly wanting to add features such that projects will never get completed. So "feature complete" for Squadron 42 is HUGE.

[lizzo(overturned bans x 69)]

amazing video too bad sf's group of 500 devs across 25 studios couldn't come up with this amazing tech.

[navvar]

Originally posted by potato:

Originally posted by navvar:

You gotta lack a basic understanding of the English language to be calling this a scam.

you must be one of those that spent thousands of dollars on in-game ships

And you're seeing the results of that and others like me in the video above, I'm not ashamed to be supporting the project when we get results in return.

Your argument is like trying to mock someone who made a return on their stock investment.

[TheToxicTherapyRoom]

Impressive demo non the less. Looks way more immersive and something I was looking for in SF. Will be following this from now on thanks for sharing.

[potato]

Originally posted by navvar:

Originally posted by potato:

you must be one of those that spent thousands of dollars on in-game ships

And you're seeing the results of that and others like me in the video above, I'm not ashamed to be supporting the project when we get results in return.

Your argument is like trying to mock someone who made a return on their stock investment.

you didn't make a return on anything

scam citizen is forever in alpha and never coming out

[Infrasound]

Looks dated, btw Chris wants it to be like EVE, so its not going to be a fun PVE universe. People will steal your ♥♥♥♥

[navvar]

Originally posted by potato:

Originally posted by navvar:

And you're seeing the results of that and others like me in the video above, I'm not ashamed to be supporting the project when we get results in return.

Your argument is like trying to mock someone who made a return on their stock investment.

you didn't make a return on anything

scam citizen is forever in alpha and never coming out

I backed during the initial Kickstarter campaign, and as their vision became clearer and clearer as the years went by, it was a vision I was more than happy to support. I've spent about as much as I did on my WoW subscription for the 10 years I played it, as I have for the 11 years I've supported SC, it really doesn't amount to much when you spread it out over a timeframe like that. The stuff shown in the video above is far beyond anything I could've ever dreamed of back then (yes, even now 11 years later) - so how is that not getting return on my investment?

Star Citizen has been in a kind of a limbo after they moved a lot of their devs over to Squadron 42 in 2019 to get it done. Squadron 42 is now feature complete and they've moved a lot of those devs back to SC, which means that a lot of features that are ready for Squadron 42 will be ported over to Star Citizen in the near future. Server Meshing (which they've shown a working prototype of) is the last blocker to more substantial content like proper AI behavior, large(r) scale player gatherings/battles and performance improvements etc.

I'm curious what you're basing your ''scam'' claim on, the fact that it's been in development for such a long time?

[EricHVela]

They'll have to do better than a tech demo to get me to return. I've seen too many that promise things and don't deliver on many of them.

UE has plenty of tech demos that do exactly what they show and nothing else. Looks amazing until you need something different from them than what's shown. Turn to the left at this point? Don't. You'll see what wasn't meant to be seen.

It's probably better to wait and see than place any further bets on them. I stopped defending Cloud Imperium long ago. They lost my trust, and they have to earn it back. It's that simple.

They haven't earned it yet, and a tech demo ain't gonna cut it with me. I've been around long enough I know better.

[Krudtugle]

Originally posted by Infrasound:

Looks dated, btw Chris wants it to be like EVE, so its not going to be a fun PVE universe. People will steal your ♥♥♥♥

So you can't enjoy it casually because it's full of sweats who basically live in the game? Doesn't sound very appealing.

[Jaggid Edje]

Originally posted by Troldmand:

So you can't enjoy it casually because it's full of sweats who basically live in the game? Doesn't sound very appealing.

For those who don't like the multiplayer aspect, Squadron 42 is the single player game they are working on in the same setting with mostly the same technology.

I kickstarted Star Citizen way back when it first was on Kickstarter, before they did all the other money grabs. I'm in it for just Squadron 42.