The production schedule is unfortunately incomplete in some respects. For example, mining was originally going to be included in 3.0 but was delayed at the last minute, and yet does not currently appear in either in the 3.1 or 3.2 outlines, nor on the global schedule. The Idris and the Javelin wouldn’t be listed on the global schedule anyway because they already exist modelled and animated in-game with damage states, they’re waiting for non-ship-specific gameplay features to be added.
I get what you’re saying. The Idris and the Javelin could be described as delayed since they were originally supposed to come out in 2014. What I was trying to say is that ship production is humming along nicely compared to other aspects of the game, so I don’t think that’s where the backer outrage would theoretically arise from. The whales that spent thousands on those capital ships will see behind-the-scenes videos like this and be reassured that they will indeed get to fly them:
Timex
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Like I said, my hopes for this game were high, but my expectations were low.
I gave them some money because I want to see this game made… but even if it failed completely (which seems unlikely at this point) I wouldn’t be crushed.
The biggest loss for me, in that case, would be that an awesome game didn’t get made.
Star Citizen actually helped me somewhat, since after a while with no product in sight I nearly stopped visiting kickstarter, and if there was anything there - I’d only go in at the lowest tier. So, less funding for all the other projects, but more $ left for me.
I’m in for $40 for the most basic package IIRC, which I consider a reasonable investment for this thread and all the content in it.
Lantz
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I mean, I won’t speak to what people will see in their minds when they watch the video, but that has less gameplay than an X-Com 2 cutscene. It’s just 3d models standing around inside of 3d models.
I didn’t give those shysters a dime, and I’m reading this thread for free.
That’s one I have too. I think I gave the kickstarter $250 and have the Rear Admiral package. It’s too much for a game I have little faith in, but it’s actually the least money I’ve given to any of the games I crowd funded (which are only Pillars of Eternity 1 and 2, Divinity Original Sin 1 and 2, Shroud of the Avatar and Kingdom Come Deliverance). Oh, also Torment, which I think I was in for $150 or so, and got Wasteland 2 with it along with a physical collectors edition - that was more spontaneous and random than the other ones - find it hard not to support RPGs.
I don’t feel burned by any of them, and I’m happy to help develop games that I like from developers I appreciate.
YOU FREELOADING SON OF A BITCH
I’m not going to sell mine, but don’t understand all the different Constellation models. Which one is the kickstarter one?
You know the $40 you spent, that I saved on this thread? Do you think I should spend it on single-origin shade-grown 90% cacao artisanal chocolate or give it to a smelly homeless?
And…3.0 is pushed back 2 weeks. So, won’t be before Gamescom? I gather the Evocati and PTU releases quite restricted in audience?
Evocati is very restricted. PTU is released in multiple waves which get bigger each time, culminating in the final wave which is available to anyone that chooses to download it.
Official statement from CIG about the latest 3.0 delay.
kedaha
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That’s pretty awful. It’s essentially saying “No project of any sort of complexity can offer roadmaps or schedules and be expected to keep to them because it isn’t possible to plan for complexity” as a reason as to why they will not stick even remotely to a schedule.
Wow.
It’s also important to consider that what 3.0 meant a year ago is a shadow of what 3.0 means today.
This is quite an amazing statement. I had thought and taught that a release number indicates feature freeze. Then if we had wanted more features, it’ll be on milestone 4.0 and so on and so forth.
It’s a shockingly amazing statement to make…
It’s fine guys. Seriously it’s gonna be great. They totally know what they’re doing. Don’t you worry 'bout a thang.
Between meaningless version numbers and alphas not being alphas, I guess we can say that CIG doesn’t follow any recognizable software development standards.
I wonder if some day they’ll change their versioning strategy and then claim they invented semantic versioning. Because, you know, it could happen.
