Is this game now playable?

TaishiFox

I noticed you can pay for an account, is it playable now or still in beta? I haven't heard anything about it for some time..

Erillion

It is still in Alpha.

You can do missions in the Stanton system. You can do PvE and PvP space dogfighting in the "Arena Commander" module.

If you expect a "late Beta" experience, you might want to wait.

However, at the moment is a free-of-charge free-fly week if you want to check it out.


Have fun 

Turrican187

It's pre-Alpha, most of the gameplay elements are still missing.

Burntvet

It is expected to be fully playable around 2027.

But only if they continue to get giant bags of "free money".

Abuz0r

I don't expect anything until at least 2027, I've committed budgeting $150 / month until then so that when they release I'll have a decent ship to start with. 

TaishiFox

Burntvet said:

It is expected to be fully playable around 2027.

But only if they continue to get giant bags of "free money".

Are you kidding me?! Where does it say that?

MaxBacon

TaishiFox said:

Are you kidding me?! Where does it say that?

Nowhere really. Just people saying random things cause they feel like it, the game does not have one release date but it is certainly years away still, at least 2.

Burntvet

MaxBacon said:

TaishiFox said:

Are you kidding me?! Where does it say that?

Nowhere really.

Then again, based on how long and how expensive it has been to get SC to this point, you can't say that extrapolation is unreasonable, either.

MaxBacon

Burntvet said:

Then again, based on how long and how expensive it has been to get SC to this point, you can't say that extrapolation is unreasonable, either.

It is unreasonable for me because there's no way in Hell the development can last that long. This as, that long before one "1.0" version is released. As the phases of creating engine/tech wouldn't compare to the speed when it gets to content creation.

Turrican187

Burntvet said:

MaxBacon said:

TaishiFox said:

Are you kidding me?! Where does it say that?

Nowhere really.

Then again, based on how long and how expensive it has been to get SC to this point, you can't say that extrapolation is unreasonable, either.

Lets extrapolate
They finished maybe 5% after let's say 4 years - to reach 90% it would take them 68 years more - the 90/10 rule gives them 72 years more so expect the game release in summer 2156

Erillion

Turrican187 said:

Lets extrapolate
They finished maybe 5% after let's say 4 years - to reach 90% it would take them 68 years more - the 90/10 rule gives them 72 years more so expect the game release in summer 2156

Lets extrapolate.

@Turrican187 ; obviously has no idea that FIRST you write the necessary tools and implement the necessary game mechanics .... which takes most of the development time ... and THEN  you can much more quickly add the rest of the content. Or he is ***gasp*** just trolling.


Have fun

MaxBacon

Good thing I've been eating tons of vegetables, so in 72 years I'm still around to play SC!  Or not.. hmmm maybe i'll just freeze my brain.


But in the real world we know that what takes longer to create is not the features, is the engine; or on this case: rewriting the engine, creating the tech. Something they pushed a lot on, but there's still more to do (AI, netcode and such).

Turrican187

Erillion said:

Turrican187 said:

Lets extrapolate
They finished maybe 5% after let's say 4 years - to reach 90% it would take them 68 years more - the 90/10 rule gives them 72 years more so expect the game release in summer 2156

Lets extrapolate.

@Turrican187 ; obviously has no idea that FIRST you write the necessary tools and implement the necessary game mechanics .... which takes most of the development time ... and THEN  you can much more quickly add the rest of the content. Or he is ***gasp*** just trolling.


Have fun

was just kidding but now they have all the tools so 2015 2016 2017 they go full steam ahead and pump out content!

TaishiFox

Ok.. based on the answer I got I think I'll just wait it out a bit more and I would prefer if you guys didn't start having a lengthy discussion about how long its taken for the game to be finished in my thread, cheers.

refo18

By the time the game comes out, real life spaceships will be available for people to buy making the game obsolete. 

Erillion

refo18 said:

By the time the game comes out, real life spaceships will be available for people to buy making the game obsolete. 

Real life spaceships are available already, if you have the bucks:

http://www.spaceadventures.com/

http://www.spacex.com/dragon

Has not made space-sim computer games obsolete yet. 



Have fun

FrodoFragins

I'd check on the game in 12-18 months - seriously

GladDog

Hmm I thought this thread was if the alpha was PLAYABLE.  I tried it a couple of months ago, but I was disappointed at the sluggish framerates, to the point that I could not even get in my ship.   So I didn't bother and uninstalled, figuring I would try a later build.

My system is not state of the art, but it is not awful either.  Intel 3rd gen i5 quad core, 16GB of ram and a 7870 video card.  I installed the game on my SSD drive, but it still could not break single digits on the framerate.

I plan on replacing the vid pretty soon with an RX-480, but my old card was near the front of the pack 4 years ago when I bought it, and I would be leery of any game that cannot play at least acceptably on minimum settings with a setup like mine, since that would exclude a LOT of the gaming populace. 

Phry

FrodoFragins said:

I'd check on the game in 12-18 months - seriously

 I don't think anyone is actually expecting anything this year, as Erillion has said, the game is still in Alpha, imo, the time to start predicting launch dates is when the game eventually hits Beta.

TaishiFox

GladDog said:

Hmm I thought this thread was if the alpha was PLAYABLE.  I tried it a couple of months ago, but I was disappointed at the sluggish framerates, to the point that I could not even get in my ship.   So I didn't bother and uninstalled, figuring I would try a later build.

My system is not state of the art, but it is not awful either.  Intel 3rd gen i5 quad core, 16GB of ram and a 7870 video card.  I installed the game on my SSD drive, but it still could not break single digits on the framerate.

I plan on replacing the vid pretty soon with an RX-480, but my old card was near the front of the pack 4 years ago when I bought it, and I would be leery of any game that cannot play at least acceptably on minimum settings with a setup like mine, since that would exclude a LOT of the gaming populace. 

Thanks for the feedback and overview of its current state.

Erillion

GladDog said:

Hmm I thought this thread was if the alpha was PLAYABLE.  I tried it a couple of months ago, but I was disappointed at the sluggish framerates, to the point that I could not even get in my ship.   So I didn't bother and uninstalled, figuring I would try a later build.

My system is not state of the art, but it is not awful either.  Intel 3rd gen i5 quad core, 16GB of ram and a 7870 video card.  I installed the game on my SSD drive, but it still could not break single digits on the framerate.

I plan on replacing the vid pretty soon with an RX-480, but my old card was near the front of the pack 4 years ago when I bought it, and I would be leery of any game that cannot play at least acceptably on minimum settings with a setup like mine, since that would exclude a LOT of the gaming populace. 

Hmm, I had an almost identical system that you do and have recently added an RX-480 and a larger SSD ... and seem to have significantly better performance back then and of course now compared to your framerates.

May i suggest you take a look here for Star Citizen performance optimization:


https://www.redacted.tv/how-to-set-up-star-citizen-performance-guide/

https://www.redacted.tv/custom-user-cfg-guide-star-citizen-alpha-2-x/

https://www.google.com/search?q=optimizing+star+citizen&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&client=firefox-b


Which may be interesting for the OP too.


Have fun

Gruug

The game IS in alpha but has made tremendous strides in the last 12 months. Rumors are the the standalone (1st Chapter) will be available early 2017. Small parts of the persistent universe are in game now with more coming by years end....just not the complete game.

Be warned that the system specs for the game have always been explained to be "quite high" so an old system may have a hard time running the game even now. My computer is going on 5 years I5 with 680 GTX and runs somewhat well most of the time. Considering that much of the game is still not fully optimized, that is a good thing.

As someone above suggested, I would try the free game now to see if you like what you see and to see if your current system can handle it. Check here:

https://robertsspaceindustries.com/promotions/Free-Fly-Fall-2016

Kyleran

Erillion said:

Turrican187 said:

Lets extrapolate
They finished maybe 5% after let's say 4 years - to reach 90% it would take them 68 years more - the 90/10 rule gives them 72 years more so expect the game release in summer 2156

Lets extrapolate.

@Turrican187 ; obviously has no idea that FIRST you write the necessary tools and implement the necessary game mechanics .... which takes most of the development time ... and THEN  you can much more quickly add the rest of the content. Or he is ***gasp*** just trolling.


Have fun

What every project manager "knows" is the final 20% of the work consumes 80% of the budget and schedule.

Kyleran

TaishiFox said:

Ok.. based on the answer I got I think I'll just wait it out a bit more and I would prefer if you guys didn't start having a lengthy discussion about how long its taken for the game to be finished in my thread, cheers.

LOL, all ur threds belung 2 uz!

waynejr2

Kyleran said:

Erillion said:

Turrican187 said:

Lets extrapolate
They finished maybe 5% after let's say 4 years - to reach 90% it would take them 68 years more - the 90/10 rule gives them 72 years more so expect the game release in summer 2156

Lets extrapolate.

@Turrican187 ; obviously has no idea that FIRST you write the necessary tools and implement the necessary game mechanics .... which takes most of the development time ... and THEN  you can much more quickly add the rest of the content. Or he is ***gasp*** just trolling.


Have fun

What every project manager "knows" is the final 20% of the work consumes 80% of the budget and schedule.

Wow, back in the 80s is was 90 10 rule

Hatefull

Kyleran said:

Erillion said:

Turrican187 said:

Lets extrapolate
They finished maybe 5% after let's say 4 years - to reach 90% it would take them 68 years more - the 90/10 rule gives them 72 years more so expect the game release in summer 2156

Lets extrapolate.

@Turrican187 ; obviously has no idea that FIRST you write the necessary tools and implement the necessary game mechanics .... which takes most of the development time ... and THEN  you can much more quickly add the rest of the content. Or he is ***gasp*** just trolling.


Have fun

What every project manager "knows" is the final 20% of the work consumes 80% of the budget and schedule.

Thank you. I was going to dive into project management 101 but you saved me the time. I think 2027 is a viable prediction for a full SC launch. OF course, they will have to re-write the engine for or five more times, make about 100 more overpriced ships, scrap all that, make an FPS game, scrap that, re-make mech warrior on line, scrap that, get divorced, then finally, back to the original idea for a tidy launch in 2027. 

During all of which @Erillion will be saying they had patch notes for that back in 2011.