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

While you were sleeping, a new Star Citizen controversy popped up. It’s hilarious. So of course I had to write about it.

I found this to be the most damning confession:

“What is so hard about fixing the performance problems is that the game is pushing the engine way beyond what it was designed to handle”

They might have just said, “We’re/you’re screwed.”

Yeah, that’s basically it. But they already knew this, and also know that it’s no big secret anymore. However, now they’re using that as an excuse for the delays, horrid performance, subpar experience etc.

Can’t wait for the announcement that they are starting over with a new engine. 2028 here we come! :)

Who knew game development could be so complex?

So, in your blog post, you point out that the video shows a directory path at 4:27. Took a while, but by slowing it down to quarter speed I was able to make out something like “g:\gamedev\cryengine\etc.” Is that significant in some way? (I’ve never worked with either cryengine or lumberyard.)

A file/directory name can stick around long after it means anything just so you don’t have to change things on your build.

They claim to have fully switched to Lumberyard. That’s the default install path for CryEngine. I have both. So I know. It was just one thing that jumped at me. I wrote about that switch in one of my blogs.

Yes, but that’s not the case here. Plus, neither CryEngine nor Lumberyard force any paths in their tools. Also, installing Lumberyard into the same folder as CryEngine is, well, try it and see for yourself. Both are free to download.

I laughed at this. Space Madness Star Citizen is beyond a joke. Yet for some reason, I can’t stop laughing…

That’s gold.

The article is amazing, but the comments are fucking golden:

Bjorn here is my favorite:

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By Bjorn’s standards, Trump is, well, God.

Yeah, we know those guys. They pop up everywhere. They’re a collective special kind of stupid.

Bjorn: You don’t know me!

I wonder which is harder: designing SC or actual IRL rocket science. It seems that if you keep throwing money at rocket designers, you end up with some pretty cool rockets.

Do you really have Smarticles that need to be kept warm using tin foil in your pocket? I read it on the Internet.

BRACE FOR IMPACT!! THE BIG ONE IS HERE!!

Yes. Why are you asking?

I’m on the edge of my seat!