Mh, okay, so 54$ it is - are there fundamental differences in the ships I can buy in the packages? One looks like a cargo ship, another like a fighter and the last like a mixture?
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PC Gamer video interview with Mark Hamill. First pics of him from Star Citizen.
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Mh, okay, so 54$ it is - are there fundamental differences in the ships I can buy in the packages? One looks like a cargo ship, another like a fighter and the last like a mixture?
cripterion
Member
This looks awesome but that's some hyperbole to me. Drake doesn't come close at all?
That space suit is crazy though. I'd love to see ND take a shot at scifi.
And this is over a year old and looks this good:
That really looks good too but having seen the game at PGW (MP) it doesn't actually look like that.
Rephin
Member
In regards to the $45 packages:
The Aurora is more of a general ship. It can haul some cargo on the underside, it has a bed in the rear area you can sleep in for longer space flights, and it sports a little weaponry. It's kind of like the Honda Civic of the Star Citizen universe.
The Mustang is more of a fighter. It has minimal cargo capacity, no space to stay in (unless you opt for the slightly more expensive Mustang Beta variant), but packs more weapons and has better maneuverability. A sports car.
Which is the last one? The 300 series?
That's because it's MP...
Dictator93
Member
The game uses muscle simulation for the body, and the face has blood and tissue wrinkle simulation (including skin compression).
It's this one:
Aurora-LN
And is 45$ a typo, or do they use regional pricing? I have to pay 53,55 $ for the cheapest package...
Dictator93
Member
Speaking of decadence
Assuming that this camera view does not have tons of extraneous geometry in it (it just looks like a grey lighting box background), that would mean that the unli-lit/un-shadowed "Old Man face" has
<100,000 Polygons
164,500 is the number of polys listed. Probably less than this number though.
Assuming that this camera view does not have tons of extraneous geometry in it (it just looks like a grey lighting box background), that would mean that the unli-lit/un-shadowed "Old Man face" has
<100,000 Polygons
164,500 is the number of polys listed. Probably less than this number though.
Yeah. That looks about right, the base package has gone up in price since the last time I checked. They're also having a promotional price of 37$ but they're limited to 1000 per day over the next week.
It should be noted that the packages currently include SQ42 and SC, but they indicated that they might be considering splitting sq42 into its own thing.
lukeskymac
Member
That's debatable.
Possumowner
Member
Slightly odd looking in places,very impressive tech.Oh and Mark H is a damn nice man
Thanks for the tip! I thought it was some old package and ignored it!
When does it get reset to 1000 each day? Around midnight?
Rephin
Member
The LN is an Aurora with more combat bite. I didn't even know that was being offered for the same price, that's pretty cool. I'd probably take that one over the basic Aurora or Mustang.
Also, I guess they do use regional pricing. I wasn't aware, it shows up as $45 for me in the US.
Speaking of decadence
Assuming that this camera view does not have tons of extraneous geometry in it (it just looks like a grey lighting box background), that would mean that the unli-lit/un-shadowed "Old Man face" has
<100,000 Polygons
164,500 is the number of polys listed. Probably less than this number though.
I love how the model is accurate and shows nose deformation so well.
Also funny how polycount for model is 164k and polycount for shadows is over 2000k
FunkyDealer
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Speaking of decadence
Assuming that this camera view does not have tons of extraneous geometry in it (it just looks like a grey lighting box background), that would mean that the unli-lit/un-shadowed "Old Man face" has
<100,000 Polygons
164,500 is the number of polys listed. Probably less than this number though.
I'm sure they'll be able to reduce it by quite a bit before release. With hardly any noticable difference.
Dictator93
Member
I am not sure why they would want to reduce it
I guess around the time it was put up, 1100 pacific. I can't say for sure.
I should also say that when the first batch went up, they were gone in instants.
Zalusithix
Member
I wouldn't be the least bit surprised if it was mainly people picking up cheap NPC packages to man their ships.
I'll just try to get one then, if I don't - no harm done.. 11 am or pm? Have to make CET out of it
I'll just try to get one then, if I don't - no harm done.. 11 am or pm? Have to make CET out of it
AM.
FunkyDealer
Banned
A perfect cube does not need a thousand polygons.
Dictator93
Member
Is he a cube?
A perfect human probably needs an infinite amount though, so I am not sure how that is really relevant.
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Some wonderful context to show the advances of real time rendering:
Polygonally you can see how advanaced the hair structure still is in Spirits Within, yet shading and light models are now even beyond off-line rendering of that age. Very cool.
nelsonroyale
Member
I think it looks good, but in motion the animations aren't that convincing. I think other games do more convincing faces and more convincing animations. But the consistancy of visuals across this game is impressive. Still, extremely weird way this game is marketed. The ambition seems very impressive, but what has been shown hasn't impressed me yet because I don't feel I have seen an impressive game yet.
His expressions there look very uncanny.
His expressions there look very uncanny.
Zalusithix
Member
Yes, Squadron 42 is the single player campaign (though apparently will have some level of coop play), whereas Star Citizen is a multiplayer persistent universe. Progress in SQ42 also affects your character's life in Star Citizen to an extent that they haven't totally elaborated on. (You play the same character in both. SQ42 is the younger you.)
On the plus side, you also don't get to appreciate the amazing aliasing.
Some things in this game have so much detail that not even 4k can fix that.
And this is over a year old and looks this good:
Does Uncharted 4 even have interactive cutscenes or is there some kind of proof that the faces and animations actually look 1:1 the same in-game? Is there some wall-hugging material?
Show us better models my friend.
I think I'm having a deja vu