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Around the Verse - Alpha 3.2 in 5 Minutes or Less - Star Citizen Videos - MMORPG.com

The latest Star Citizen: Around the Verse has been published, this time pithily called "5 Minutes or Less" that is indicative of the length of the video. But it's an informative, if brief, video where Sandi Gardiner and Chris Roberts look at Alpha 3.2 and what is in the release pipeline going forward.

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JakeSim

release date: possibly 2037. By that time, Ill already be on a spaceship irl.

SupaMutant

Then Alpha 3.3, 3.4, 3.5, 3.6, 3.7, 3.8, 3.9..........................50 years later Alpha 9.9
Then BETA 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5, 1.6, 1.7............................ And you're bankrupt and homeless.

hikaru77

JakeSim said:

release date: possibly 2037. By that time, Ill already be on a spaceship irl.

Game is working and it have enough content for a Early access game on steam, 3.4 at the end of the year and 3.5 on Q1 2019 will have pretty much all the core systems and features working.   

Chaserz

hikaru77 said:

JakeSim said:

release date: possibly 2037.

By that time, Ill already be on a spaceship irl.

Game is working and it have enough content for a Early access game on steam, 3.4 at the end of the year and 3.5 on Q1 2019 will have pretty much all the core systems and features working.   

Agreed. It's now, (finally) a decent Alpha from a player's standpoint.

Vrika

hikaru77 said:

JakeSim said:

release date: possibly 2037. By that time, Ill already be on a spaceship irl.

Game is working and it have enough content for a Early access game on steam, 3.4 at the end of the year and 3.5 on Q1 2019 will have pretty much all the core systems and features working.   

3.4 and 3.5 might or might not have. CIG just had to delay salvaging, repairing, refueling and FPS AI, and their only new engine core tech piece this year has so far been delayed 6 months. Even if everything goes perfectly from now on CIG can't do 3.4 and 3.5 as planned because of all those past delays.

Erillion

Zenislav said:

Oh what a glorious time for gaming to be alive. We are happy when game is in Alpha and maybe soon it will get in early access and stay there for unknown amount of time all along while selling packets that cost hundreds and thousands of dollars.

... while selling packets that cost around 50 bucks.

With OPTIONAL crowdfunding pledges going higher than 50 bucks, like almost all crowdfunding projects offer.  These optional larger packages are not needed to enjoy the game.

With regulary FREE fly weekends, where anyone interested can try out the Alpha for free.

FREE. As in: Not paying anything. Nada. Zero. Zilch. Nix.

Have fun

MaxBacon

Vrika said:

3.4 and 3.5 might or might not have. CIG just had to delay salvaging, repairing, refueling and FPS AI, and their only new piece engine core tech piece this year has so far been delayed 6 months. Even if everything goes perfectly from now on CIG can't do 3.4 and 3.5 as planned because of all those past delays.

Even if they only manage half of it, it's already the best year for SC yet.

3.3 the next update shows to be the biggest yet because of its core requirement, the Object Container Streaming, without it they can't release Hurston and its moons that is the biggest content expansion yet. After OCS, the last major piece of tech SC needs is the server meshing (MMO backend), a big push is deff going to happen so it will be a matter of priorities.

Erillion

Vrika said:

Even if everything goes perfectly from now on CIG can't do 3.4 and 3.5 as planned because of all those past delays.

Thats the very nature of video game development. Unexpected delays occur often ... not only in CIG projects.

Have fun

Erillion

JakeSim said:

release date: possibly 2037. By that time, Ill already be on a spaceship irl.

You can be in a space ship irl ever since 2001 (Dennis Tito, first self paying space "tourist").

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dennis_Tito

Have fun

JakeSim

Erillion said:

JakeSim said:

release date: possibly 2037.

By that time, Ill already be on a spaceship irl.

You can be in a space ship irl ever since 2001 (Dennis Tito, first self paying space "tourist").

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dennis_Tito

Have fun

You know what I meant.

Octagon7711

It would be nice to have core requirements finished by the end of 2019, not counting pushing some items back to a later release or do-overs to update the core, development after the core work is done should only run 3 to 5 years at this rate. Launch around 2023 and 2025, counting unexpected problems, around 2030 at the latest.

MaxBacon

@Octagon7711 ;https://robertsspaceindustries.com/roadmap/board/1-Star-Citizen
What are such core elements are those? I'm not sure if you consider the difference between the core of a game (its engine tech/tools, and so) and gameplay mechanics (like mining and salvaging). Core elements missing here is pretty much the next update's OCS (been years in dev already) and the server meshing. 

Octagon7711

Would of loved to hear more about exploration, stealth mechanics, and future plans for SQ42 on those diagrams. Plus a new planet and moons are coming.

Octagon7711

MaxBacon said:

@Octagon7711 ;https://robertsspaceindustries.com/roadmap/board/1-Star-Citizen
What are this core elements that will take "3 to 5 years"? I'm not sure if you know the difference between the core of a game (its engine tech/tools, and so) and gameplay mechanics (like mining and salvaging).

I'm not sure either, what do you estimate as a general launch date, based on what else has to be done?

FrodoFragins

hikaru77 said:

JakeSim said:

release date: possibly 2037.

By that time, Ill already be on a spaceship irl.

Game is working and it have enough content for a Early access game on steam, 3.4 at the end of the year and 3.5 on Q1 2019 will have pretty much all the core systems and features working.   

maybe if you ignore the optimization issues that may never get sorted out

MaxBacon

Octagon7711 said:

I'm not sure either, what do you estimate as a general launch date, based on what else has to be done?

But that estimation is based out of ignorance, for several reasons, one of them is the fact neither you or I know the scope SC will have by launch, it's based on assumption over assumption. Because it's exactly the point, we don't know "what else has to be done" because it's up to them to decide what they'll do before and after, because and this was said before the "1.0" version of SC will be just one more version as dev continues, usual to MMO's.

WalkinGlenn

By the time SC comes out there will be a Raspberry PI powerful enough to run it on max graphics.

Erillion

WalkinGlenn said:

By the time SC comes out there will be a Raspberry PI powerful enough to run it on max graphics.

nvm - lets just say "You would be surprised" about some things that already exist.

Have fun

Octagon7711

MaxBacon said:

Octagon7711 said:

I'm not sure either, what do you estimate as a general launch date, based on what else has to be done?

But that estimation is based out of ignorance, for several reasons, one of them is the fact neither you or I know the scope SC will have by launch, it's based on assumption over assumption. Because it's exactly the point, we don't know "what else has to be done" because it's up to them to decide what they'll do before and after, because and this was said before the "1.0" version of SC will be just one more version as dev continues, usual to MMO's.

So you have zero ideas of a launch date estimate. OK.  I'm still sticking with around 2030.  I would think a company should be able to get more specific the longer they are in development, not less. Especially with an 'open development' model. 

Herase

MaxBacon said:

Octagon7711 said:

I'm not sure either, what do you estimate as a general launch date, based on what else has to be done?

But that estimation is based out of ignorance, for several reasons, one of them is the fact neither you or I know the scope SC will have by launch, it's based on assumption over assumption. Because it's exactly the point, we don't know "what else has to be done" because it's up to them to decide what they'll do before and after, because and this was said before the "1.0" version of SC will be just one more version as dev continues, usual to MMO's.

Pretty much, that's why I just laugh at this point when the tired "'it's taking too long" jokes pop up.

I feel gamers have been given this false idea on dev time due to companies playing it safe and creating games we already have, while i'm not really against it, it does create players who expect games to be completed in less time than they actually should be. 

MaxBacon

Octagon7711 said:

So you have zero ideas of a launch date estimate. OK.  I'm still sticking with around 2030.  I would think a company should be able to get more specific the longer they are in development, not less. Especially with an 'open development' model. 

They are not more specific because their priority is having the game be on the best terms it can be, not a locked date to meet. Usually, it's the other way around. Neither there is one imposing deadline neither there is one imposing feature-set, what there is, is one imposing community they are liable to and depend on, and that's one of the reasons your speculation is what I find the most delusional thing to be serious about, it will never happen.

Now I'd agree in 2030 SC would possibly still be getting updated, after all the intended maintenance of the game post-launch is around 10 years, what would be around normal for one MMO.

lahnmir

Erillion said:

WalkinGlenn said:

By the time SC comes out there will be a Raspberry PI powerful enough to run it on max graphics.

nvm - lets just say "You would be surprised" about some things that already exist.

Have fun

SC on the Switch, heard it here first guys 

/Cheers,
Lahnmir

Arglebargle

Erillion said:

Vrika said:

Even if everything goes perfectly from now on CIG can't do 3.4 and 3.5 as planned because of all those past delays.

Thats the very nature of video game development. Unexpected delays occur often ... not only in CIG projects.

Have fun

Historically, Roberts' games are extreme in their delays.  Wouldn't that exclude the concept of unexpected delay?   I see a lot of 'Oh crap, we can't get this to work, kick it down to the next Alpha patch.'  When that includes important core design elements, it is not trivial.

And this is not a game running on the usual trivial early access budget either.   

Have they actually locked down anything in the design yet?

rpmcmurphy

Erillion said:

Zenislav said:

Oh what a glorious time for gaming to be alive. We are happy when game is in Alpha and maybe soon it will get in early access and stay there for unknown amount of time all along while selling packets that cost hundreds and thousands of dollars.

... while selling packets that cost around 50 bucks.

With OPTIONAL crowdfunding pledges going higher than 50 bucks, like almost all crowdfunding projects offer.  These optional larger packages are not needed to enjoy the game.

With regulary FREE fly weekends, where anyone interested can try out the Alpha for free.

FREE. As in: Not paying anything. Nada. Zero. Zilch. Nix.

Have fun

Not regularly, not anymore.

They had one a short while ago and that was the first free-fly week in over a year.

psiic

So glad I got my $2,000 back after the first two years of bad management, pipe dreams, broken promises, and bullshit embezzlement.