Star Citizen - Chris Roberts, lots of spaceship porn, lots of promises

[rho21]

One persistent bug was a memory leak issue where the game (either on the client or server side) soaked up more and more system RAM until it crashed. The team has been squashing this bug whenever they find it, but with performance issues like this, there is rarely a single solution. As more mechanics and code are implemented, any one of them can cause the issue to return.

This is a good sign of insufficient testing. In the (complicated) project I’m working on, if a new memory leak appears it will be flagged up within a day at the most, often within an hour. That means there’s only a limited number of possible causes, and it can be tracked down and fixed very quickly.

[Giles_Habibula]

Can you imagine attending a tupperware party where you’re promised that the plastic tub set you will someday (not this year but soon) receive will cook your meals and clean up your dishes afterward. Then you’re given the chance to pay $1,000 for a limited edition tub that you will be able to use to cook casseroles if they can figure out how to keep the plastic from melting in the oven… And you pay up! Because who wouldn’t want to cook a casserole in a custom-design tupperware tub? And if you want to spend your surplus leisure funds on it, it’s a free country, isn’t it?

Yes I can imagine this, and so thank you for putting this awesome image into my head. I’m picturing it in late 60’s or early 70’s in one of our old neighborhoods when I was a kid. All of the moms at first so excited about it, then disappointed, then puzzled, and finally throwing fists at each other.

[RichVR]

Autumn gold, avocado, pink.

[ZeTh1]

What marvelous insanity allows them to exploit all this money from all these naifs without even the possibility of getting anything more than a video game out of it?

In one reddit thread (there are quite a few similar ones), the poster says something like “I’ve always been a fan of space games etc., I just want to park my ship in the orbit of a planet, use a shuttle to land on it, do some missions and get back later”. The replies that followed consisted of suggestions regarding what type the main ship should be, what type the shuttle should be, the possibility of someone stealing the ship you left parked in orbit, running into a difficult mission and remote controlling the main ship for an air strike. And they went on and on with their far fetched delusions through dozens of (upvoted) replies.

These people seem to have “built” a version/part of the game in their imagination so they (naturally) love it and Roberts and his team are regularly giving them just enough to keep their dreams going. This, by the way, is why CitizenCon will feature 2 hours of “Xi’an history, physiology and language” along with “art and tech of stanton”, instead of actual gameplay. :)

[dsmart]

In one reddit thread (there are quite a few similar ones), the poster says something like “I’ve always been a fan of space games etc., I just want to park my ship in the orbit of a planet, use a shuttle to land on it, do some missions and get back later”. The replies that followed consisted of suggestions regarding what type the main ship should be, what type the shuttle should be, the possibility of someone stealing the ship you left parked in orbit, running into a difficult mission and remote controlling the main ship for an air strike. And they went on and on with their far fetched delusions through dozens of (upvoted) replies.

The sad reality of it all is that, as per the above, the game - all of it - they paid a conman $160m for, I built over 20 years ago. And it’s still going strong today. I just recently had a 6hr stream of myself playing it, no bugs, no crashes, nothing. Every single feature promised, and which they are dreaming of in Star Citizen, implemented and worked as designed. And I built over 95% of that game - alone.

It makes me so very mad that this has happened to a genre I spent a lifetime (mostly filled with derision because my first attempt was rife with problems because I was an egotistical n00b) fostering. And that money is never coming back into the genre.

But I’m not bitter or anything.

[YakAttack]

I bought BCM many years ago. Is there somewhere I can upgrade to Universal Combat CE v2.0 (2015) for free?

[RichVR]

Derek. All you did was destroy a soda machine. Not fleece morons for every dime that you could. Think bigger. :)

[Giles_Habibula]

All you did was destroy a soda machine.

I missed this story.

[kerzain]

Sounds like a Coke-fueled rampage took place.

[dsmart]

I bought BCM many years ago. Is there somewhere I can upgrade to Universal Combat CE v2.0 (2015) for free?

There is no upgrade path unfortunately. You can pick up UCCE 2.0 (2015) on Steam for $9.99 though.

[dsmart]

Derek. All you did was destroy a soda machine. Not fleece morons for every dime that you could. Think bigger. :)

Yeah, I know, right? I’ve been doing it wrong this whole time

[dsmart]

I missed this story.

Not true. It’s an urban legend based on a story cooked up by Take Two right before they shipped my game without my permission, and for which I later took legal action. Ryan Brant, the CEO at the time, went on to become a convicted felon.

[YakAttack]

I heard from the soda machine’s family that it was actually much more serious than this. In fact, Ben Affleck now says he was told what happened from the soda machine itself much earlier, and wishes now that he had stood up and done something, instead of trying to suppress it.

[Lamalo]

Hah, you were duckfacing before there was any duckface. You’re the original!

(not a praise)

[JeffL]

I heard you called the family of the soda machine and said it knew what it was getting into when it got into Coke. Then forgot its name. Hey dude, I’ve been around since the beginning. ;) I’m trying to remember if I reviewed BC for CGW or CGM/CGS+ way back when…

[stusser]

I am surprised that people are attending this conference,

I’m surprised they aren’t charging to watch it at home, like Blizzard’s “virtual ticket” scam.

[Balasarius]

At least the virtual ticket gives you a mount. (And other goodies.)

[dsmart]

Hey dude, I’ve been around since the beginning. ;) I’m trying to remember if I reviewed BC for CGW or CGM/CGS+ way back when…

It was CGM :)

[scharmers]

New sooper seekrit leak from CR himself! Thanks to Mr. X for the direct link:

"Star Citizens!

After much deliberation, nay, soul-searching, I have decided that the world is simply not ready for the release of Star Citizen/Squadron 42/Whatever. Thanks to the outright lies and persecution of the mainstream media, I have decided to withdraw development of Star Citizen from the current 97 studios from which it is being (rapidly, I might say) developed, to consolidate development in our newest development studio location, Camp Tiger’s Claw, located in beautiful Guyana.

I have encouraged all of our developers to relocate to this new studio location, also known as Robertstown, where the advantages of a centralized management will soon be made clear to all. However, this isn’t all. CSI will soon announce the availability of actual vacation packages to Robertstown, allowing our most dedicated customers to completely immerse themselves in the world of Star Citizen! (Available 2022).

Sincerely,

Rev. Chris Roberts."

[DTG]

It was CGM :)

Was that the review with the Blue Screen photo, saying that it should have been part of the cover art ?