02
Aug
Party down with the Spanish and French Star Citizen communities, Squadron 42 tech, and fun with Foley in this week’s update.
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04
Aug
…The Federal Intelligence Agency has launched an investigation into the Far God cult. Several members of the sect have been arrested for interrogation.
Senior Agent Micah Whitefield of the FIA released this statement:
"Given the organisation's proclaimed interest in the Thargoids, it is vital that we confirm they are not in contact with Thargoid forces, or being influenced by them. The FIA is working with local security agencies across many systems to ascertain the truth."
The Rewired news service has broadcast footage of armed Federal troops forcing their way into the cult's hive-chapels and dragging cult members into armoured vehicles. There was no sign of resistance from the Far God adherents.
Other video feeds show groups of citizens trying to shield the Far God worshippers, while rival groups can be seen cheering on the soldiers.
Juanita Bishop, who runs a campaign against the Far God
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04
Aug
…Wing Commander composer
George Oldzieyhas another update on the progress of his
album campaign. He's still diligently working on sending out the discs that backers ordered, but the timetable has been slower than he'd have liked. He has had some exciting distractions, however! In addition to moving from Austin to LA, he's had a couple of major professional jobs to attend to with great results. The full update is below:
Greetings all! I just wanted to apologize for the slowness of delivery on this phase 1 of Volume 2 campaign. I did complete recording the bar music and delivery of digital files and score pdfs. But I still owe some of you physical CDs as well as MIDI mockups of the (hopefully) soon to be recorded orchestral music (pending success of a subsequent phase).
This has been a year of huge transition for me and my wife Suzi. I've been spending most of my time in LA trying to kickstart
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03
Aug
…Letter from the Chairman
Hello Citizens
I hope you are all enjoying Star Citizen Alpha 3.2.1. We’re having a great time checking out the community streams, videos, and screenshots that you’re creating. Events like the Spanish Community getting together for a 50-person Quantum Jump to Daymar and a huge coordinated mixed-arms battle give us all an exciting glimpse at the possibilities of the universe that we’re building.
CitizenCon and Star Citizen Alpha 3.3
We were very happy with the format of last year’s CitizenCon and felt it was the most successful CitizenCon yet – the community could spend a solid amount of time with the developers and had the opportunity to learn about the game in a way impossible from a single presentation. This year we are doubling down on this approach to make it even more like a convention, and we have some pretty cool things in store for you that we’ll be sharing in
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03
Aug
Game Director for Star Citizen and Squadron 42 Chris Roberts stops by to hang out and answer questions LIVE from backers.
I’ll get you next time, Jeremiah.
To watch Reverse the Verse LIVE each and every week, tune into Twitch.
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03
Aug
…Monthly Studio Report: July 2018
Welcome to the Cloud Imperium Games Monthly Studio Report for July. This month, the team patched Star Citizen Alpha 3.2, pushed forward on Squadron 42, and continued developing systems, ships, and features for future releases.
Let’s explore the details…
Los Angeles
LOS ANGELES
VEHICLE FEATURES
This month, the U.S. Vehicle Feature Team focused their efforts on fixing turret bugs and making improvements to the Alpha 3.2.1 patch. After it went live, they reviewed turret feedback and began working on additional improvements for the upcoming 3.3 release.
They also continued their work on Ping & Scanning, including moving the scanning infrastructure over to the servers, generating signals via blackbox entities, and implementing the various information that will be provided by transponders.
VEHICLE PIPELINE
The Art, Design, and Tech Art Teams worked
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05
Aug
…Here are this week's major stories.
An attempt to assassinate Princess Aisling Duval has been prevented by the Imperial Internal Security Service. The attempt occurred in the Zhao system during a fundraising event. The IISS is analysing the explosives used in the attempt to determine their origin.
Meanwhile, former rear admiral Riri McAllister has been shot. She is currently undergoing medical treatment. The incident took place at the Alliance Chamber of Justice on Turner's World in the Alioth system. McAllister was on trial for organising acts of terrorism as Nexus, founder of the League of Reparation.
The Federal Intelligence Agency has launched an investigation into the Far God cult. Several members of the sect have been arrested. An FIA agent said that the purpose of the investigation was to confirm that the sect was not in contact with Thargoid forces, or being influenced by them.
In
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06
Aug
…Electronic Arts is expanding its Origin Access service. It first launched in 2016 to provide players with the chance to play unlimited amounts of certain EA catalogue games as well as a discount on digital purchases. Now a new Premier tier also gives people access to EA's brand new games. It also gives subscribers the ability to start new titles five days before the official release date.
The new higher end level will cost $14.99 per month or $99 for a whole year up front. The original Origin Access plan is staying at the same $4.99 per month or $29.99 for the year. Wing Commanders 1 through 4 and Privateer are included with either option. The company also offers a similar setup on Xbox One called EA Access with comparable features to the Basic Origin Access, but WC is not available there. The new Premiere details have many similarities to Microsoft's Xbox Game Pass, which has surged in
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07
Aug
The Wing Commander movie featured some of the earliest instances of what would later be dubbed "bullet time" in feature films after it was popularized by 'The Matrix'. Several sequences were shot for the film's jump travel sequences, but not all of them made it into the final film. This clip includes some of that extra footage from an early edit of the movie spliced into where it would have appeared originally. The footage was likely trimmed for pacing, but it's still pretty cool!
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06
Aug
Every week, designers, engineers and other developers from our five offices around the world answer backer questions submitted on SPECTRUM and voted on by YOU.
You can submit your questions for consideration in future episodes of Calling All Devs here.
And for info on becoming a subscriber, go to: Subscriptions - Roberts Space Industries | Follow the development of Star Citizen and Squadron 42
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06
Aug
…Hello everyone,
Recently, we introduced our latest concept ship, the RSI Apollo, the Guardian Angel for rapid response and medivac operations. Since then, we’ve been gathering questions about the Apollo on Spectrum and are excited to bring you the answers you’ve been looking for. Make sure to keep an eye out on August 8th!
Also, if you were mining under a rock last Friday, make sure to catch up on the Letter From The Chairman and Reverse the Verse with Chris Roberts for the latest on Alpha 3.3, our video content, and UEC.
Lastly, read up on what our global studios accomplished over the last few weeks in our Monthly Studio Report.
With that, let’s see what’s going on this week:
Every week on Calling All Devs, designers, engineers and other developers from our five offices around the world answer backer questions submitted on Spectrum and voted for by YOU. This week we talk
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07
Aug
Display MoreHello everyone,
We are continuing to focus on safely addressing the highest priority issues reported by the community. As always, thank you for playing the game and taking the time to report any issues you encounter!
We have now released update 1.54 to PC, which includes the fixes detailed below. We’ll be rolling out these fixes to other platforms as soon as possible.
Bug fixes:
- Fix for crash while reloading mission markers from save
- Fix for issue where invalid characters could be inserted into a save, causing it to fail to load
- Switched to using lockless small block allocator for physics to reduce memory footprint
- Fix for occasional crash when looking up data about substances in UI pages
If you experience any issues, let us know by submitting a bug report.
Thank you,
Hello Games
The post NEXT Patch 1.54 appeared first on No Man's Sky.
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07
Aug
Display MoreThis report presents the latest data on starports experiencing technical issues as a result of Thargoid Sensor related interference.
The following starports are currently closed:
Brady City, Shouvul
Cerulli Port, Setet
Flagg Station, 41 Upsilon-4 Eridani
Nagata Port, Setet
North Dock, Amaunet
Schmitt Platform, BD+08 642
Tani Hub, Ainunnicori
van der Riet Woolley Orbital, Jabugaly
Vinci Ring, HIP 91085
Younghusband Station, Miku
Meanwhile, the following starports are on the brink of closure:
Behnisch Terminal, HR 8202
Caidin Base, Checha
Chaviano Dock, Hapats
Dantec Enterprise, Socho
Glidden Enterprise, Narvert
Kanwar Enterprise, Cerno
Obruchev Orbital, Deive
Pascal Platform, Ahayan
Pordenone Port, Bonawen
Sinisalo Holdings, HIP 18305
Stackpole Platform, Manite
Unity, New Yembo
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08
Aug
Interesting error in Wing Commander Academy that I never picked up on before: the Kilrathi soldiers in the last episode all have Confed marine laser rifles!
Here’s the correct Kilrathi rifle design used in the rest of the series:
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If you'd like to learn more about Kilrathi rifles, check out this!
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07
Aug
Narrative Director Dave Haddock takes us on a whirlwind tour of the Banu world of Bacchus in an all new Loremaker’s Guide to the Galaxy.
Remember that you can always explore the Star Citizen Universe yourself in our web-based Ark Star Map.
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08
Aug
…Campaigner Jarl Toredo has resigned from Unchain, the anti-slavery organisation he founded with Princess Aisling Duval.
Unchain's press office released this statement:
"We can confirm that Jarl Toredo has officially resigned from his position as co-chief executive officer, effective immediately. Princess Duval remains our patron and CEO. We wish Mr Toredo all the best with his future endeavours."
Reema Falco, a journalist writing for The Imperial Herald, made these observations:
"Considering Toredo's passionate rhetoric against Imperial slavery, it's surprising for him to abandon an organisation that he co-founded. The recent assassination attempt against Princess Duval at an Unchain fundraiser may have caused him to regret allying with such a volatile political figure."
"As yet, there is no comment from Her Imperial Highness. This has led to speculation that there was a falling-out between
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08
Aug
…The folks here at DFTG absolutely love mods – even the really strange ones – so we’re always on the lookout for any kinds of mods that could heighten our experiences within our favorite games. Now, our spotlight is focusing on Fallout: New Vegas, which already has an impressive mod community dedicated to updating and revitalizing the popular Bethesda title. The Fallout: New Vegas mod we’re looking at today, though, adds something new – and pretty awesome – to the game! Created by xxShepardxx, this Fallout: New Vegas mod lets you play as Jack from the Mass Effect series, and it is absolutely amazing!
Now available for download through Mediafire, the ‘ME3 Jack’ mod for New Vegas lets you play as the edgy, super-powered biotic that we all know and love from the Mass Effect series. While Jack first entered the spotlight in Mass Effect 2 during Commander Shepard’s recruitment efforts for the “suicide
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09
Aug
Christian Kleincontinues to make impressive progress as he builds out a surprisingly complete collection of Wing Commander games
localized for Spain. Privateer's expansion, Righteous Fire, is his latest acquisition, and it looks great! The RF box is really cool with its heavily stylized main title font and tantalizing screenshots on the rear. Even in English, there just aren't all that many Righteous Fire boxes still out there in circulation, and many people acquired the game in a compilation on CD and never got the standalone package. If you don't have your own, check this one out closely!
Privateer: Righteous Fire localized for Spain. Isn't it great \o/? #DOSgaming
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08
Aug
…We’re back from a wonderful Star Trek Las Vegas! We had five days of meeting our fans at our booth, putting on panels with some of our favorite Star Trek Actors, and enjoying exciting announcements like Patrick Stewart returning to the role of Jean Luc Picard. If you followed along with our Twitter, you were kept up to date with all the action all week, including our Sunday Age of Discovery panel. But even if you didn’t – or if you just want to experience it all again – we won’t let you down. The fine folks at Priority One: A Roddenberry Star Trek Podcast recorded our epic panel with Mary Wiseman and Rekha Sharma, and you can check out the audio from that panel, and interviews with Lead Systems Designer Jeremy Randall and Lead Designer Al Rivera, right here: Thanks so much to the fine folks at Priority One for bringing us this audio, and especially to Elio Lleo, our incomparable
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08
Aug
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Q&A: RSI Apollo
Following the launch of the Apollo from Roberts Space Industries, we took your community-voted questions to our designers to give you more information on the recently unveiled medical ship.
If you haven’t watched our recent Ship Shape on the Apollo, you can do so here. Then, on Reverse the Verse, Corentin Billemont, John Crewe, and Paul Jones answered questions about the Apollo live on Twitch.
Special thanks to John Crewe for providing the latest interior plan as linked below.
Will there be any interactive ‘doctor’ gameplay to healing in med bays and first aid, or will it be automatic based on the tier of healing?
The design for doctor/medical gameplay is not fully signed off, but it currently has interactive elements to it. One of the things that we always want to do with Star Citizen is to make player interactions physical rather than just pressing a button and
Screenshot by MrKoddy
