Das Crowdfunding für Star Citizen hat vor kurzem einen weiteren Meilenstein mit einer unfassbaren Zahl erreicht. Demnach sind mittlerweile mehr als 600 Millionen Dollar zusammengekommen.
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Externer Inhalt robertsspaceindustries.comInhalte von externen Seiten werden ohne Ihre Zustimmung nicht automatisch geladen und angezeigt.Attention, Subscribers: Welcome to the August issue of Jump Point! This time, we’re saying goodbye to the legendary Port Olisar, digging into the development of the Mirai Fury (LX included!), and looking back at the birth of Wildstar Racing.
Interested in becoming a Subscriber? Learn more on the Pledge Store now.
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Happy Wednesday, everyone!
Every two weeks, we accompany the Roadmap update with a brief explanatory note to give you insight into the decision-making that led to any changes. This is part of an effort to make our communications more transparent, more specific, and more insightful for all of you who help to make Star Citizen and Squadron 42 possible.
With that said, let’s go ahead and dive into this week’s Roadmap Roundup!
-CIG Community Team
Notable Changes for August 23, 2023
Release View
The following cards have been added to Release View in the 3.20 column, targeting a launch with Alpha 3.20.X:
Crusader C1 Spirit
Building, balancing, and implementing Crusader Industries' small multi-crew cargo ship, the C1 Spirit, into the game.
Tumbril Storm
Building, implementing, and balancing Tumbril's light tank, the Storm, as a game-ready vehicle.
That's all for this week! Join the discussion on Spectrum, and check out the Roadmap Companion Guide for more information on the Star Citizen Public Roadmap.
Externer Inhalt robertsspaceindustries.comInhalte von externen Seiten werden ohne Ihre Zustimmung nicht automatisch geladen und angezeigt.In Star Citizen, you can be whoever you want and explore the stars on your own terms. You can mine ore, haul cargo, salvage space wrecks, hunt bounties, become a mercenary, or even take up a life of crime. Fly and drive a vast variety of vehicles and play how you want to play - the possibilities are endless.
You’re taking your first steps into the ‘verse at an exciting time – Ship Showdown, the annual tournament to uncover the community’s favorite in-game vehicle, is well underway! Alongside the contest, everyone can fly the top eight from August 31 to September 7, so don’t miss the opportunity to try out some of Star Citizen’s best-loved ships for free.
Read on, bold adventurer, for tips on getting started, how to join our thriving community, and resources to improve your skills.
Where's my ship?
Externer Inhalt robertsspaceindustries.comInhalte von externen Seiten werden ohne Ihre Zustimmung nicht automatisch geladen und angezeigt.As you take your first steps into the expansive Star Citizen universe, you might be wondering where to find your ship. Fear not. You’ve come to the right place.
Initially, there’s a lot to take in. But don’t worry, there’s no right or wrong way to play Star Citizen. The entire point is immersing yourself in the game world. Stanton is vast, and it’s easy to get lost simply traversing the spaceport. Slow down, relax, and get acclimated to your surroundings and the controls.
When you’re ready to take to the skies and see what else is out there, you’ll want to find your ship. Follow our detailed Getting Started guide to help you do just that.
I'm in my ship! Now what?
Externer Inhalt robertsspaceindustries.comInhalte von externen Seiten werden ohne Ihre Zustimmung nicht automatisch geladen und angezeigt.Star Citizen currently takes place in the Stanton system, a corporate-controlled commerce hub filled with near-limitless opportunity (additional systems are currently in development). There are four planets and twelve moons in Stanton, each with their own points of interest. From massive cities to small outposts, busy space stations to creepy cave systems, blizzard-kissed mountains to sprawling tundra, there’s plenty to see. Spool up your quantum drive and explore wherever and however you want.
How do I make money and where do I spend it?
Externer Inhalt robertsspaceindustries.comInhalte von externen Seiten werden ohne Ihre Zustimmung nicht automatisch geladen und angezeigt.Now that you’re out there exploring the ‘verse, it’s time to earn some credits. One way to do this is to run a mission. Open your mobiGlas (F1), navigate to your mission manager, and accept any available mission in one of many categories, from exciting high-stakes parcel delivery to earning your stripes as a bounty hunter. Consult our Missions and Contracts guide for more details.
Completing these missions earns credits that can be used to purchase a wide variety of items from shops found at most space stations and landing zones. Weapons, armor, clothing, ship parts, components, and even ships and vehicles are available for in-game purchase.
Guide System
Externer Inhalt robertsspaceindustries.comInhalte von externen Seiten werden ohne Ihre Zustimmung nicht automatisch geladen und angezeigt.The best way to learn the tricks of the trade is from the citizens who have already mastered them. The Guide System gives you an easy way to find knowledgeable members of the community to help you get started or hone your skills in a particular role or profession.
Welcome Hub
Externer Inhalt robertsspaceindustries.comInhalte von externen Seiten werden ohne Ihre Zustimmung nicht automatisch geladen und angezeigt.No matter your style of play, the Welcome Hub is a one-stop shop when it comes to getting started. Alongside the Guide System, there are a wealth of tutorials and how-tos to kickstart your personal journey into the Stanton system. Looking for a deeper dive on something specific? Our in-depth Knowledge Base has all the detail you could ask for on anything from controls to in-game reputation.
Having trouble logging in?
Externer Inhalt robertsspaceindustries.comInhalte von externen Seiten werden ohne Ihre Zustimmung nicht automatisch geladen und angezeigt.Getting an error when trying to log in? These things can happen, especially during massive events. The Status Page gives you an overview of the Persistent Universe, matchmaking, and platform along with reports of any outages.
Externer Inhalt robertsspaceindustries.comInhalte von externen Seiten werden ohne Ihre Zustimmung nicht automatisch geladen und angezeigt.Emergent Gameplay
Externer Inhalt robertsspaceindustries.comInhalte von externen Seiten werden ohne Ihre Zustimmung nicht automatisch geladen und angezeigt.Emergent gameplay refers to situations, scenarios, and events that happen either organically or are planned by the community, rather than the developers. Being an open universe, Star Citizen has no shortage of these!
From in-game racing competitions and large-scale player-vs-player battles to roleplay events, the community employs the robust systems and mechanics of Star Citizen to create unique ways to play.
*Image by Corsair62
Become Part of the Community
Externer Inhalt robertsspaceindustries.comInhalte von externen Seiten werden ohne Ihre Zustimmung nicht automatisch geladen und angezeigt.The Star Citizen community is always buzzing with activity, and there are a few places where you can see what they’re up to. Spectrum is your go-to place to discuss the game, find an organization, or just chat with fellow citizens. The Community Hub highlights the amazing creations the community has made, including videos, galleries, livestreams, podcasts, and more.
Join an Organization!
Externer Inhalt robertsspaceindustries.comInhalte von externen Seiten werden ohne Ihre Zustimmung nicht automatisch geladen und angezeigt.Whether you’re looking to make a name hunting bounties, join a convoy of cargo haulers, or crew up to explore the stars, the easiest way to find like-minded citizens is to join an Organization. Organizations are groups of players with their own distinct story, look, and goals. Each one has an archetype and a selection of activities that they focus on. Check out the Organizations section of Spectrum and join one today, or check out our Organizations hub for more info if you aren't quite ready to join up.
2953 Ship Showdown - Clash of the Top 16
Externer Inhalt robertsspaceindustries.comInhalte von externen Seiten werden ohne Ihre Zustimmung nicht automatisch geladen und angezeigt.The knockout tournament has begun, with the community’s top 16 vehicles battling for the title of Ship Showdown Champion 2953. The Elite Eight will be available to fly for FREE from August 31 through September 7, with the top four receiving limited in-game swag. The winner will be flyable for a whole month, so cast your vote to help your most-loved vehicle to victory.
Improved New-Player Introduction
Externer Inhalt robertsspaceindustries.comInhalte von externen Seiten werden ohne Ihre Zustimmung nicht automatisch geladen und angezeigt.Star Citizen features a beautiful sprawling universe full of wonder, adventure, and action. However, it’s easy for new citizens to feel overwhelmed as they take their first steps into life in the 30th century.
So, from Alpha 3.19, a whole-new guided mission will welcome new players to the ‘verse, including showing them how to get around, use the mobiGlas, and fly a ship in atmosphere and in space.
New Salvage Missions
Externer Inhalt robertsspaceindustries.comInhalte von externen Seiten werden ohne Ihre Zustimmung nicht automatisch geladen und angezeigt.Waste not, want not. Make a career salvaging destroyed or abandoned vehicles across the ‘verse with all-new salvage missions.
Whether you play by the rules and only claim what’s yours, risk it all for a vulnerable haul, or break into secure space to take what you can, there’s serious money to be made in the Salvage game.
Lorville City Upgrade
Externer Inhalt robertsspaceindustries.comInhalte von externen Seiten werden ohne Ihre Zustimmung nicht automatisch geladen und angezeigt.Jump to Hurston and set a course for the industrial city of Lorville, a brutalist behemoth nestled in the remains of long-abandoned mines and weapons testing sites.
One of Star Citizen’s earliest planetary locations, Lorville has been given a huge overhaul, with an all-new layout, revamped buildings, and a sense of scale that must be seen to be believed.
Mining Gameplay Enhancements
Externer Inhalt robertsspaceindustries.comInhalte von externen Seiten werden ohne Ihre Zustimmung nicht automatisch geladen und angezeigt.Alpha 3.19 updates Mining to better reward those with the skills to properly plan and execute a professional rock-breaking excursion.
With updates to tools, ore deposits, refining, and selling, miners must now travel the system to get the best return of investment and embrace the added risks and rewards that may bring.
New Component Salvage Gameplay
Externer Inhalt robertsspaceindustries.comInhalte von externen Seiten werden ohne Ihre Zustimmung nicht automatisch geladen und angezeigt.Ripping wrecks apart just got easier thanks to component salvage. Now, you can use the hand-held tractor beam to remove intact engines, powerplants, and more from abandoned ships and reuse them or scrap them for profit.
This initial version also lays the foundation for moving and placing cargo via ship turrets, which is planned for release soon in a coming patch.
Visit the full Salvage & Repair Guide for everything you need to know.
PVP Event at Ghost Hollow
Externer Inhalt robertsspaceindustries.comInhalte von externen Seiten werden ohne Ihre Zustimmung nicht automatisch geladen und angezeigt.Deep in the microTech wilderness lies the crumbling remains of an outlaw settlement once used for counterfeiting credits. And, if the rumors are true, it’s back up and running…
Embrace the cold and leave civilization behind in pursuit of Ghost Hollow’s bounty. Just be careful, competition for control of the credit terminals is bound to get heated.
Externer Inhalt robertsspaceindustries.comInhalte von externen Seiten werden ohne Ihre Zustimmung nicht automatisch geladen und angezeigt.This article originally appeared in Jump Point 10.7.
CHAPTER 8: MARIA PURE OF HEART, DUBIOUS OF PURPOSE?
“You can’t marry her. Maria has class but little else. She’s nothing but trouble.” – Alton Hurston
In 2799, Jasper Hurston married the 22-year-old Maria Wharton in an act of defiance against his family and specifically his father, Alton. Though one of his boldest confrontations, it wouldn’t be his last. Jasper’s independent streak and inclination to put Maria before his family would eventually lead to him being swept into the dustbin of Hurston family history. No plaque or statue commemorates him in Lorville but, in a strange twist of fate, the Maria Pure of Heart medical facility would be named in honor of the woman he was told not to marry.
Alton Hurston’s assessment of Maria Wharton was hyperbolic but based on a kernel of truth. The Wharton family had once been a fixture in the upper echelons of society only to lose their status due to their vocal opposition to the Messer government. The family’s construction firm first rose to prominence by building the spaceport in Quinton on Angeli in the Croshaw system. A stream of lucrative government contracts followed, with their most famous being the design and construction of the biodomes that enclose Jata in the Davien system. Yet, the Wharton construction empire would crumble after being blacklisted by the Messer regime following their refusal of a contract to build an internment center they denounced as “inhumane.”
When Maria was born in 2777, her family lived in a tenement high-rise in Jata and struggled to survive. Her parents were prominent anti-Messer activists, who spoke openly about how the regime destroyed the Wharton legacy due to their dissent. A picture of a defiant, teenage Maria and her parents protesting in the streets of Jata when the Messer regime was overthrown in 2792 was circulated widely on spectrum. She became a minor celebrity and used the attention to land lucrative promotional deals that helped raise her family out of poverty. She also leveraged her newfound fame to become a vocal proponent of a variety of progressive political causes, which is why her decision to marry into the Hurston family shocked many close to her. Though Maria would go on to fight for improved medical care for all Hurston employees, friends would criticize her for allying with a company that seemed to embody everything she believed was wrong with the empire. Some historians have even questioned whether she stopped fighting for truly revolutionary reforms at Hurston for the sake of her own name and reputation.
AGENT OF CHAOS
In 2786, Olivia Hurston convinced the company board to install her younger brother, Alton, as CEO. Transcripts from the closed-door meeting reveal Olivia sold the idea by describing Alton as “an ideal stop-gap CEO who could keep the chair warm” until the board found the ideal person to lead the company into the 29th century. Olivia hoped to convince her son, Desmond, to join the company and ultimately be groomed for the position. Yet, she worried that naming Alton CEO would increase the chances of his enterprising son, Jasper, attaining the position. So, Olivia worked with the board behind her brother’s back to stonewall Jasper’s career by transferring him away from the corporate headquarters on Earth to the Davien office. Jasper languished there for years, knowing his career was in trouble if his CEO father couldn’t rectify the situation. He contemplated leaving the company to make a name for himself another way, until one fateful night when he met Maria Wharton.
A mutual friend introduced Jasper and Maria and they bonded over a deep, shared sense that family history and politics were working against both of them. When they married in 2799, Maria convinced Jasper to stay at Hurston to focus on being a force for good. Meanwhile, she leveraged his status to further bolster her celebrity and reputation by holding lavish charity events that highlighted her as much as the cause. She admitted to loving the attention and justified using the events to raise her profile by telling the Terra Gazette that, “I understand the importance of your name and reputation. My family had theirs destroyed for standing up for what was right. So, if I can now attach mine to a cause I truly believe in and get us both a bit of attention, then I consider that a win-win. More people will learn about a great cause, and more people will learn about me and hopefully take an interest in other initiatives I support.”
In 2803, Jasper’s mid-level management position within Hurston involved examining a rash of new laws passed at the system and local level that strengthened environmental protections and worker rights. As part of a team tasked with assessing whether these new laws would be cheaper to comply with or fight in court, Jasper saw the extent of Hurston’s predatory labor and devastating environmental practices that had been allowed under the Messer regime. He shared this confidential information with Maria, who was likewise horrified. Worried that a leak would be immediately tied back to Jasper, the two contacted a Terra Gazette reporter with the names of several former Hurston employees who were “off-booked” after suffering severe injuries in an explosion at a Hurston weapon manufacturing plant. The subsequent article brought to light “off-booking,” a predatory labor practice used by Hurston to void an employee’s Life/Labor Contract so the company no longer had to provide housing or health care. The story revealed that the company kept meticulous records on each employee documenting even minor infractions, like taking unauthorized bathroom breaks, to use as justification for the firing and releasing them from any liability to cover their medical bills.
Following the story and subsequent public scandal, Maria publicly announced she would host a fundraiser to help pay for the healthcare of workers who were off-booked. Her established reputation and public admonishment of the company made headlines across the empire, leading Jasper and Maria to receive a comm from his father, Alton, requesting that they immediately visit him at Hurston headquarters. Their gambit had worked.
HUMAN CAPITAL
In the meeting, Maria agreed to stop publicly criticizing the company and cancel her event in exchange for two things: her working with the company to address the issue and Jasper getting a transfer back to headquarters. Alton and the board agreed, knowing that partnering with Maria on the issue would be a public-relations win. The couple relocated to Earth and, in 2804, Maria oversaw and implemented the largest expansion of Hurston’s healthcare program, which the company successfully spun as a sign of its willingness to embrace the ethos of the new empire. Yet, Maria would privately admit that she compromised on several issues to get the deal done and that it didn’t do enough to guarantee future coverage for those off-booked.
Meanwhile, Jasper’s standing within the company skyrocketed, though some influential family members resented that he achieved this status through public pressure applied by Maria. This faction opposed numerous manufacturing modernization initiatives spearheaded by Jasper as well as Maria’s attempts to further expand the company’s healthcare policies. The couple pushed Alton to champion their agenda but he stonewalled their efforts, clearly worried that submitting to their pressure would only get him ousted as CEO.
By 2811, Maria was convinced that real change would only occur with Jasper as CEO, and that he could only reach that position the way Archibald Hurston did – through a ruthless corporate takeover. Jasper secretly met with family members who supported him and set out to convince a few he believed would be on the fence. Then, one day, Alton called Jasper into his office and fired his son for plotting a coup against him and the family. Upon hearing the news, Maria stormed into Alton’s office and demanded that Jasper get his job back. Exactly what happened next would become a point of contention within the family for years.
Near the end of Maria’s life, a confidant claimed she told him the truth of what happened. Allegedly, she threatened to expose the company for dumping toxic chemicals into a lake on Asura, which ruined its ecosystem and rendered its water unsafe to drink, unless Jasper got his job back. Yet, Alton made it clear that Jasper’s political maneuverings made him a persona non grata within the company, and that while exposing the Asura incident would be bad for Hurston, it would also force the company to bury Maria and Jasper in lawsuits that could bankrupt them. In the end, Jasper would never work for the company again but, in 2812, Maria would help launch the Hurston Health Foundation, a charity focused on providing medical care to all former employees including those who were off-booked.
Today, some believe Maria prioritized her legacy above fighting for real change. Others argue that she made the best out of a bad situation and helped Hurston workers more than anyone else of the era. Regardless, Maria’s name became the one remembered and revered. Thanks in large part to Maria and Jasper’s son, Chesterfield Hurston, who became one of the most powerful and venerated board members of the 29th century. Following Maria’s death in 2880, Chesterfield announced that the new state-of-the-art medical facility being built in Lorville would be named in her honor.
Many saw this as a fitting tribute to the woman who championed worker healthcare. Yet, others believe it to be a strategic move by Chesterfield to enshrine and ally himself with his mother’s legacy instead of his father’s. Much like the contentious relationship between Alton and Jasper, Chesterfield and Jasper famously feuded, including on the fateful night Jasper disappeared, leaving some to speculate that the Hurston family knows more about what really happened to Jasper than they’ve publicly revealed.
EXCERPT FROM LIFE/LABOR REPRINTED BY PERMISSION. COPYRIGHT MERITUS PRESS.
Happy Monday, everyone!
Citizens, brace yourselves as phase 2 of the biggest annual space smackdown, Ship Showdown, is about to begin! That's right, it's almost time for the intense, daily head-to-head battles between the top 16 ships that YOU, the community, have chosen. We've seen a tremendous amount of fantastic content flood the Community Hub and social channels; your creativity seems to know no bounds and never fails to astound us! For phase 2, your votes matter to ensure the survival of your favorites past their brackets, and the top 8 will be available to test-fly for free starting August 31, so don’t forget to weigh in every day.
Gamescom is also right around the corner, and we’re looking forward to taking every opportunity we can to meet all the Star Citizen fans making the trip to Cologne, Germany, so there will be not one, not two, but THREE Bar Citizens this week! Join your fellow Star Citizens and members of the CIG team at the following locations:Thursday, August 24, 2023, at 6pm
BON - Brauhaus ohne Namen
Friday, August 25, 2023, at 6pm
BON - Brauhaus ohne Namen
Saturday, August 26, 2023, at 4pm
Brauwelt KölnCheck out the Gamescom Bar Citizen post for all the details if you're interested in attending! Please note that, as the venues have limited capacity, entrance will be on a first come, first served basis.
<i style="font-style: italic;">Pssst...</i> We hear that the Community team has exclusive goodies to hand out (maybe even some bodacious Banu baubles), so don't hesitate to come and say hi!Now, let's see what's going on this week:
Tuesday, the Narrative Team brings us <i style="font-style: italic;">Life/Labor: The Secret History of Hurston Dynamics</i>, which first appeared in Jump Point issue 10.7. Hurston's hospital was named after her, but was Maria Wharton a saint or sanctimonious?
This Wednesday sees the latest Roadmap Update accompanied by its complementary Roadmap Roundup, so be sure to check those out for a glimpse of what's coming down the road.
<i style="font-style: italic;">Inside Star Citizen</i> and <i style="font-style: italic;">Star Citizen Live</i> will be on pause this week as the team will be attending Gamescom. But fear not, no content will be lost, and we'll still have the same number of episodes planned for this season. We're just shifting the video schedule for the next 2 months by a week, and there will be a smaller gap between the last episode of ISC and CitizenCon! The shows will return next week for more behind-the-scenes looks at development.
On Friday, you'll find our weekly RSI Newsletter directly delivered to your inbox, plus Subscribers can also look forward to Jump Point magazine's August issue.
For all you votaries of velocity, get your racing fix on Saturday with XGR Division Pro Series 3, where participants blitz around Baijini with their Mustangs. Catch it live on Twitch from 18:00 UTC / 11 am Pacific.
Fly low, and fly fast!
Freyja Vanadis
Associate Community ManagerTHE WEEKLY COMMUNITY CONTENT SCHEDULE
MONDAY, AUGUST 21, 2023
- This Week in Star Citizen
- Ship Showdown - Phase One
TUESDAY, AUGUST 22, 2023
- Lore Post - Life/Labor: The Secret History of Hurston Dynamics
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 23, 2023
- Roadmap Update
- Roadmap Roundup
- Ship Showdown - Top 16 Announced
THURSDAY, AUGUST 24, 2023
- Ship Showdown - Phase Two
- Bar Citizen World Tour @ Gamescom - Cologne, Germany
FRIDAY, AUGUST 25, 2023
- Weekly Newsletter
- Jump Point August Issue for Subscribers
- Ship Showdown - Phase Two
- Bar Citizen World Tour @ Gamescom - Cologne, Germany
SATURDAY, AUGUST 26, 2023
- Ship Showdown - Phase Two
- Bar Citizen World Tour @ Gamescom - Cologne, Germany
- XGR Division Pro Series 3 <i style="font-style: italic;">()</i>
COMMUNITY MVP: August 21, 2023
Externer Inhalt robertsspaceindustries.comInhalte von externen Seiten werden ohne Ihre Zustimmung nicht automatisch geladen und angezeigt.We're constantly amazed at the contributions made by the Star Citizen community. Whether it's fan art, a cinematic, YouTube guide, or even a 3D print of your favorite ship, we love it all! Every week, we select one piece of content submitted to the Community Hub and highlight it here. The highlighted content creator will be awarded an MVP badge on Spectrum and be immortalized in our MVP section of the Hub.
Don't forget to submit your content to our Community Hub for the chance to see it here!Flying RC Constellation
Externer Inhalt robertsspaceindustries.comInhalte von externen Seiten werden ohne Ihre Zustimmung nicht automatisch geladen und angezeigt.My Connie flies over the ocean (of grass), my Connie flies over the sea. My Connie flies over the ocean, oh bring back my Connie to me! BAIG4LIFE wows us with their FLYABLE remote-controlled Constellation.
Check out this beauty on the Community Hub!
Did you make sure to check for typos? Elliot Maltby from the Mission Feature Team returns in Part II of our Gamedev series where he creates an in-game contract and tests it in the persistent universe.
What sounds in Star Citizen resonate with you the most? Inside Star Citizen this week gets an update from the Audio Team on their work on Claudius and how it will further bring the 'verse to life.
Happy Monday, everyone!
Ship Showdown is off to an incredible start, with the Community Hub and social media flooded with amazing submissions to help elevate your favorite vehicles to the top of the list! Models, LEGO® builds, artwork, music videos, and much more have graced our feeds all week. We've got one more week to go in Phase 1, so if you haven't submitted your own creations, make sure to get that in before August 21. After that, Phase 2 will kick off with our Top 16 bracket, and the voting begins!
CitizenCon is rapidly approaching, with the event in Los Angeles a little over two months away! Join us for panels from development across the company, booths promoting the orgs of the ‘verse, our first in-person LAN tournament in collaboration with ATMO esports, and much more. We’ve got more details about the event headed your way soon, and don’t forget to grab your tickets! Keep an eye on the CitizenCon hub for more info.
Now, let's see what's going on this week:
On Thursday, Inside Star Citizen catches up with the Audio team and their work on audio reverberation tech after their previous CitizenCon presentation on Claudius.
This Friday, Star Citizen Live has Elliot Maltby back on to wrap up the mission they created last week and give it a test in-game! Show begins at 8am Pacific/3pm UTC. You'll also see the weekly RSI Newsletter delivered to your inbox.
This Saturday starting at 2pm UTC / 7am Pacific, Knebel and the StarHead Federation in our German community will exhibit all the vehicles that keep Star Citizen's economy running - trading, mining, salvage, exploration, and more! Visit the rooftops of ArcCorp's Area17, experience air cab service, take part in guided ship tours and interactive games to earn points, and get a chance to win a Drake Vulture with lifetime insurance. You can also watch the event live on Twitch: twitch.tv/knebeltv
Also on Saturday, the group stages for this year's Fight or Flight tournament begin! Check out the heated 2v2 competition live on twitch.tv/ATMOesports at 8 PM UTC and see who moves on to the next round. The top four teams at the end of the series will compete at CitizenCon this year, so the stakes are high! Don’t miss it!May Selûne guide your path,
Jake Bradley
Community ManagerTHE WEEKLY COMMUNITY CONTENT SCHEDULE
MONDAY, AUGUST 14, 2023
- This Week in Star Citizen
- Ship Showdown Phase One
TUESDAY, AUGUST 15, 2023
- Ship Showdown Phase One
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 16, 2023
- Ship Showdown Phase One
THURSDAY, AUGUST 17, 2023
- Inside Star Citizen (@RobertsSpaceInd)
- Ship Showdown Phase One
FRIDAY, AUGUST 18, 2023
- Star Citizen Live - 16:00 UTC / 8:00 am Pacific (twitch.tv/starcitizen)
- Weekly Newsletter
- Ship Showdown Phase One
SATURDAY, AUGUST 19, 2023
- Fight or Flight Group Stages (twitch.tv/ATMOesports)
- Intergalactic Industry & Trade Fair ()
- Ship Showdown Phase One
COMMUNITY MVP: August 14, 2023
Externer Inhalt robertsspaceindustries.comInhalte von externen Seiten werden ohne Ihre Zustimmung nicht automatisch geladen und angezeigt.We're constantly amazed at the contributions made by the Star Citizen community. Whether it's fan art, a cinematic, YouTube guide, or even a 3D print of your favorite ship, we love it all! Every week, we select one piece of content submitted to the Community Hub and highlight it here. The highlighted content creator will be awarded an MVP badge on Spectrum and be immortalized in our MVP section of the Hub.
Don't forget to submit your content to our Community Hub for the chance to see it here!Cutlass Disassembly - Blender Animation
Externer Inhalt robertsspaceindustries.comInhalte von externen Seiten werden ohne Ihre Zustimmung nicht automatisch geladen und angezeigt.TF160 decided to get down to the nuts and bolts of the Cutlass Black and create an amazing animation in blender of the ship being taken apart down to the studs.
Check out the full animation on the Community Hub!
Have you ever wondered how missions are created? Today we're challenging Elliot Maltby from the Mission Feature Team to create an in-game mission while sharing the process live on stream.
Can you imagine a world without visual effects? Today we're going behind the scenes with the VFX team to reveal how their work breathes life into every game element they touch, from obvious explosions to many subtle environmental effects you may not have noticed before.
Happy Wednesday, everyone!
Every two weeks, we accompany the Roadmap update with a brief explanatory note to give you insight into the decision-making that led to any changes. This is part of an effort to make our communications more transparent, more specific, and more insightful for all of you who help to make Star Citizen and Squadron 42 possible.
With that said, let’s go ahead and dive into this week’s Roadmap Roundup!
-CIG Community Team
Notable Changes for August 9, 2023
Release View
The following deliverable has passed its final review, therefore we are toggling its status to Committed for Alpha 3.20.0:
Physicalized Cargo Updates
Adding new functionality to accommodate the release of the MISC Hull C. This includes both automated cargo loading at LEO stations as well as SCU containers up to 32 SCU.
Progress Tracker
With this update, we wanted to make you aware of a few upcoming team changes on Star Citizen. To better support upcoming tasks, and to accommodate the additional development resources coming in from our Montreal studio, the US PU Gameplay Feature and Systemic Services and Tools teams are being reformed into a pair of new teams. These teams will be the NA PU Gameplay Feature Team and the Economy Team. The majority of USPU and SST's tasks will be given to these new teams, along with a few going to other teams. We'll have more info on these teams, their deliverables, and their schedules in the future, but for now we're updating USPU and SST's schedules to end in Q3.
Additionally, we're also introducing the Vehicle Gameplay Feature Team. This team will have a focus on the persistent universe and its vehicles, with our existing Vehicle Feature Team remaining on Squadron 42. All three of these new teams will have their schedules updated on Progress Tracker very soon, but we wanted to give you an early heads up.
That's all for this week! Join the discussion on Spectrum, and check out the Roadmap Companion Guide for more information on the Star Citizen Public Roadmap.
Externer Inhalt robertsspaceindustries.comInhalte von externen Seiten werden ohne Ihre Zustimmung nicht automatisch geladen und angezeigt.This is a cross-post of the report that was recently sent out via the monthly Squadron 42 newsletter. We’re publishing this a second time as a Comm-Link to make it easier for the community to reference back to.
TO: SQUADRON 42 RECRUITS
SUBJ: DEVELOPMENT UPDATE 08:02:2023
REF: CIG UK, CIG DE, CIG LA, CIG TX,
FAO Squadron 42 Recruits.
Welcome to July’s Squadron 42 development report. Enclosed you will find details on the latest progress made across the campaign, including ship UI, weapon aiming, and fire propagation.
Thank you for your continued support of Squadron 42.
Sincerely,
CIG COMMUNICATIONS
AI (Content)
Last month, AI Content made a strategic decision to concentrate resources on a single location, which brought several benefits; one being a more iterative review process, as they now meet daily with leadership and receive detailed feedback, allowing them to raise the quality bar to a shippable level. Additionally, this fostered greater teamwork and knowledge sharing among team members, expanding developer skillsets.
They also progressed with the hangar and mess hall locations. In the hangar, they introduced an overseer behavior that underpins supervisors for the deck crew, ordinance officers, and fuelers. These supervisors dynamically interact with their colleagues using datapads and oversee their work, similar to a ‘middle manager’ role. For the landing officer, they drew inspiration from aircraft-carrier takeoff-and-landing videos to create realistic deck crew actions.
In the mess hall, scripted AI was added alongside random systemic interactions. This allows the team to implement more interesting actions that might be challenging to achieve with a solely systematic approach. For example, a new addition sees NPCs watch and react to a TV show.
Looking ahead, the team will shortly move on to various ship interior locations.
AI (Features)
In July, AI Features improved the quality of various behaviors, including unrestraining. For example, AI can now wake up while restrained and call out to others to come and rescue them.
They also developed interfaces and behaviors for AI-driven vehicles equipped with specific radar gadgets. This enables the AI to locate enemies when they hide or move out of sight.
Work continued on close-combat encounters to ensure that the AI locomotion performance looks good, which included integrating new performance capture animations. Environmental searches were also improved to allow NPCs to evaluate their environment and then attempt to flank the target using cover locations. The team are currently improving the combat behavior that allows NPCs to use MedPens to heal themselves in combat.
AI Features continued to implement buddy AI, including a behavior that enables the buddy to crouch and locomote between cover. Buddies now also have improved reviving, acknowledging when the player is downed or unconscious.
On the animation side, polish was done on a variety of features, including grenade throwing, healing, unrestraining, crouched sharp turns, and weapon reloads.
AI (Tech)
Last month, AI Tech finalized work to allow NPCs to transition between EVA and environments with gravity. This required an update to the usables code, including exposing it to enter and exit location information. Now, NPCs can enter and exit ships through airlocks or hatches by vaulting over ledges. The team also implemented simple behaviors and assignments for entering and exiting ships, which compute a path to a location and utilize the most suitable usable to finish the transition.
On the navigation-system side, AI Tech upgraded navigation links to connect two volumes from different zones, which is needed for moving platforms. The previous implementation only allowed links between parent and child zones rather than between two unrelated zones. Further optimizations and improvements were made for navigation-mesh raycasts too.
AI Tech also picked up the ongoing work on boids. They’re currently working on 2D boids agents, such as rodents, that will move across terrain within the confines of the navigation mesh. They’re also adding constraints to avoid navigation-mesh edges to ensure the boids stay inside navigable areas. Next, they’ll look into boids agents playing animations while moving or idling.
The Subsumption editor received numerous improvements, including a variable-type editor, the ability to copy/paste states while editing a mastergraph, improved views of how mastergraph transitions are presented, an improved activity view for available sub-activities and functions, and a validation panel that presents errors and warning when loading and saving files.
Various features and AI systems received improvements too. For the usable-group coordinator, designers can now specify that a group of NPCs should synchronize when transitioning from one group of usables to another. For NPCs pushing trolleys, the team optimized the PID controller and adjusted the default parameters to stabilize quicker after turning on a path.
For NPC perception of audio stimuli, AI Tech began using new functionality exposed by the Audio team, which will utilize the room system to understand if an audio event should be received.
AI (Vehicles)
Vehicle AI focused on supporting Level Design throughout July; vehicle AI has a significant impact on level design, especially for flight chapters, so time was spent looking into issues, supporting designers, and adding new features.
Further work was done to integrate the new vehicle aiming system into AI. NPC pilots will make use of the new system just like players, which has resulted in significantly improved AI accuracy. Though this requires balancing, they now have much more control than before.
Improvements and changes were made to atmospheric flight. Now, when in-atmosphere, AI fly with control surfaces and dogfighting reverts to a more traditional “get-on-your-six” style of combat. As part of this, the team wanted to give players more opportunities to get behind the AI, so now, enemies occasionally make mistakes and break away, leaving windows they didn’t before. This has resulted in a far more enjoyable experience.
Animation
Last month, the Animation team moved from alpha to beta work. This involved improving the visual results of reloads and takedowns as well as basic idles for weapons and knives.
The team continued working on background and systemic AI, taking a larger role in driving visual fidelity. They also kicked off reload animations for enemy spec-ops weapon types and began implementing two high-intensity combat fights.
They’re currently making updates to player-prone animations and adding an increasing number of player interactions to improve immersion in specific environments.
On the facial side, the team continued developing final-quality facial animations for various cinematic scenes alongside supporting new incoming lines for combat and social AI.
Support is also ongoing for two mo-cap shoots: one for narrative requirements and another for ad-hoc social and combat AI needs.
Audio
Audio continued their ongoing task of tagging generic animations with new Foley sound effects. This will add to immersion game-wide, including non-gameplay scenes (such as cinematics) where generic animations are reused.
The team also designed and implemented new weapon sound effects; a significant step to improving the sound across all FPS features. Several gadgets received their initial audio pass in pursuit of having sound on all interactable devices across the campaign too.
Audio also assessed the workload for the planned flight experience improvements, identifying areas of tech that need developing or improving. Alongside this, the Technical Sound team will soon begin writing up a new vibration system to amplify the tension and immersion of dogfights and large space battles to greatly improve the overall flight experience.
Time was spent reviewing all existing ambiance work in preparation for the next stage of development; currently, all base ambiance is implemented, which will be refined with smaller, nuanced details. They also completed the sound design for the large turrets that players can use during an early portion of the game. The cannon effects were redesigned to sound more powerful and “beefier,” while the Gatling turrets received a new barrel spin effect.
Finally for Audio, the Dialogue team spent time on set shooting a selection of scenes and mastering in-game dialogue.
Engine
The Core Engine team progressed with the development of StarBuild, the new in-house code-build system that will replace WAF; last month, they fixed issues and implemented improvements based on feedback from wider dev use.
For MemReplay 2.0, the team introduced VirtualMemoryAreas as a concept to the memory allocation system, which will better track OS committed memory and provide an improved visualization of sub-allocations.
Progress was then made on removing the remaining ‘MapAndWrite’ discard calls in the renderer in preparation for the new Vulkan backend. They also reworked the game-launcher code structure to reduce code duplications and enable Linux-based headless clients, which will help with automatic testing.
The Physics team continued helping the game teams fix various physics-related bugs in the game code. They also updated the new cloth system and Maelstrom, and began improving active and animated ragdolls.
The Entity System team primarily supported various technical initiatives, including RaStar and the Resource Network. This involved exploring ways to create and limit generated locations to provide a rich experience without negatively impacting performance.
Finally, they provided bug fixes for the recently enabled 'async editor loading,' and are currently adding more safety checks for correct entity access.
Features (Gameplay)
July saw work begin on the in-game simpod, where players can load into different simulations to practice their skills.
“This is a fairly involved process, where we need to teleport the player into a new environment, change their loadout and status, change the game mode and game rules, and restore everything back again when the simulation has finished. It’s not like the Matrix - if you die in the simulation, you don’t die in the real world.” Gameplay Features
Elsewhere, a pass was done on formation flying based on feedback from the ongoing mission reviews. This led to various changes, including how players join the formation, the way it flies to match the orientation of the leader, and numerous UI improvements.
Progress was also made on the mini-map, including culling markers outside of the camera view and clipping important markers to the view edge. New markers for dangerous objects, such as grenades and missiles, were added to both the mini-map and Starmap too.
Features (Vehicle)
Last month, the Vehicle Features team worked alongside the Level Design teams to close out various chapters and improve how the game plays and feels.
One of these key areas is the vehicle aiming and gunnery system. As part of this, the team explored options to make aiming more challenging, which is partially driven by the slightly overpowered auto-gimbal system. New aiming modes, dynamic zooming on targets, and other elements will make the combat experience more engaging.
Control surfaces was finalized last month, with the team making UI changes to show additional information, including stall speed, selected mode, and thruster and control surface. Further control options will be considered following playtesting.
Vehicle Features also began supporting the Physics teams with physical damage tech, which requires a lot of lower-level vehicle-system refactors. This will update vehicles to use much more modern systems in the engine and work far better with physical damage and other recent features.
July’s work on multi-function displays (MFDs) focused on scanning. This is by far the most complex MFD screen, showing information from the scanned target and allowing players to find out about its internal components by utilizing a deeper scan. This is now working as intended.
Turret seats are currently being converted to use the new MFD system. Turrets also have a modified version of the vehicle self-status MFD, which shows more turret-relevant information.
Another smaller UI element worked on was rearm and refuel terminal located at some landing pads. This required a few new UI tech elements, which were resolved.
Lastly, the vehicle loadout terminal is now largely functional, allowing players to see all the items available in their profile and equip them onto their ships in the Idris’ hangar. Vehicle Features are currently working with the UI team to finalize how this terminal will look.
Gameplay Story
At the start of July, Gameplay Story completed the setup for the air-traffic controller (ATC) operator seat. They followed this by updating all their scenes that involve operator seats to work with the approved metrics.
“This was quite a big undertaking but it was great to see so many scenes that have been blocked for a long time finally get to a finished state.” Gameplay Story Team
Alongside this, they did an implementation pass for a scene in chapter 12 and used new mo-cap to update the start of a scene in chapter 14.
Recently, Gameplay Features joined a large strike team to review and improve animations on the Idris. Last month, this involved creating new TrackViews for deck crew entering the Gladius' cockpit, checking the Gatling gun, and testing the main thrusters.
Graphics & VFX Programming
Several new features were added to the Global Illumination system last month, including the initial implementation of temporal smoothing for screen space probes, which will produce more stable results at a lower cost. G-buffer support was also added to environment probes to provide a cheap scene representation for secondary light bounces. In addition, new debug modes were added alongside a new mechanism to gather lights for the GI system.
A basic implementation of Temporal Super Resolution was completed, which will continue to receive fixes and improvements as it’s integrated into the graphics engine.
AMD’s memory allocation API was integrated into the Vulkan backend, improving the system’s stability, streaming speeds, and buffer read times. A reduction in streaming/rendering dependencies has improved performance, and new parameters will allow the devs to modify the RenderGraph’s ShaderStage and ownership state. These features were added alongside ongoing bug fixes to visual regression tests with a focus on the render-to-texture system.
As part of ongoing UI refinements and unifications, the silhouette/highlight feature is currently being improved with a softer and brighter outer glow. The mini-map also received a ping effect, which will blink around objectives for improved in-game navigation.
The Feature team is working to bring the new unified water shader to the game, adding details such as puddles that splash on impact and fixing collision-detection issues on large water volumes. A new system to manage water simulations is also in progress that will activate regions upon collision, deactivate them when they have settled, and constantly monitor and protect performance by limiting active simulations. Meanwhile, a new hash-map system for allocating water buffer regions and large surface-area-friendly water volumes is actively being worked on so the new unified WaterBuffer system can be enabled by default.
The WorldBuilder system saw a variety of improvements last month, including a major refactor to the high-level logic that runs background jobs, which should significantly reduce latency, avoid stalls, and simplify the code. In addition, planet ocean patches no longer render in duplicates, and the planet streaming system was fixed for Gen12.
The VFX Programming team fixed issues impacting damage maps; attached objects now correctly update their damage maps and an issue causing unexpected data to appear in snapshots is being investigated. For VFX-specific work, an issue preventing grouped child effects from spawning correctly was addressed, and bugs on separator tags and external referencing were fixed.
Multiple Squadron 42-specific issues were resolved too, such as gas-cloud lightning problems, inconsistent damage maps, and a crash in chapter seven. In addition, planet effects now use a LOD cull to prevent unnecessary simulation when an object is out of bounds, and the team added functionality to allow plasma ammunition to attach to characters.
Level Design
Level Design’s main focus throughout July was interstitials, including bug fixing and maintenance. With all of the team’s scene content now in-game, they moved on to ensuring scenes reach the expected quality threshold and addressing specific details. For example, ‘Are characters in their correct outfits, are they aligned to the environment/props, do the interrupt/rejoin points work as intended, are they head tracking, do they work from various approach angles?’
This significant undertaking requires working closely with the Cinematics, Gameplay Story, and Character teams to iron out various issues.
Outside of scenes, progress was made on fail states. For example, punching a colleague will see players taken to the brig and getting a dressing down from a superior. Work continued on save and checkpoints too.
Narrative
Narrative’s focus in July was preparing for the two upcoming performance-capture shoots. Dialogue is used to support so many gameplay features that there have been a lot of recent reviews to ensure that the tutorials, instructions, and help that the various characters provide are in alignment with the gameplay experience. The team also identified several dialogue triggers that occur more frequently than initially estimated, so they went back to capture more line variants so that players won’t have to hear the same audio quite as frequently.
“These recording sessions also mean that much of the team’s placeholder dialogue will soon be replaced by the actual performances. People across the studio are making sure to enjoy these inspired temporary performances by fellow team members while they still can.” Narrative Team
Additionally, the team supported localization, assisting with subtitle validation. This process will be ongoing as some of the more recently captured audio still needs to go through the pipeline. It’s important that the actual audio recordings are validated to the script to ensure that the subtitles are as accurate as possible, as often during the recording process, actors will slightly adjust lines to make them sound more natural.
Research & Development
In July, further updates were made to atmosphere and volumetric cloud rendering. Guided sampling used in the cloud raymarcher was updated based on last month's improvements to transmittance profiles. The profiles themselves received additional filtering (stochastic resampling) to reduce occasional block artifacts due to profile reuse. Moreover, the temporal render mode currently being developed for atmosphere and volumetric clouds was switched to a low discrepancy-based sequence of sample offsets that are used to set up rays for raymarching over time. Based on recent research publications, cloud shadow maps can now be stochastically filtered, which considerably improves performance and render quality. The new temporal render mode will use the stochastic texture filter by default.
UI
July saw the UI team iterating on display layouts for Squadron 42’s flyable vehicles to ensure they all look and feel unique but retain the ease of use built on throughout the project. The concepts for the second main vehicle in the game are now signed off and ready to add, and UI are working closely with the vehicle artists on the cockpit for the third.
The MultiTool UI was also updated to make it much simpler and cleaner, while improvements were made to the AR markers and health widget. UI also updated several interaction menus and continued developing one of the key 3D displays in the game.
The Core Technology team improved Building Blocks’ runtime performance, as the recent addition of new UI assets led to an increase in size and complexity. This involved coding more aggressive solutions for skipping hierarchy section updates, which led to a reduced CPU footprint and significant performance gains.
The team also continued adding new features to Bindings and Building Blocks, including a color picker, pagination widget, and stepped lines for the designers.
Finally, UI worked alongside Graphics to develop a new internal map system to help players navigate the game’s complex cities, planets, and capital ships.
"This will be a real game changer for players and we're really excited by its progress."
VFX
Last month, the VFX team continued to focus on fire propagation. With the shader improvements from the previous month adding greatly to overall visual quality, the artists created new fire particles (including looping fire texture sequences) to work in harmony with the shaders.
“The results, though still work-in-progress, are very encouraging!” VFX Team
Further improvements were also made to gas-cloud lightning effects, including a new option to allow lightning to follow a moving vehicle.
WE'LL SEE YOU NEXT MONTH...
// END TRANSMISSION
Externer Inhalt robertsspaceindustries.comInhalte von externen Seiten werden ohne Ihre Zustimmung nicht automatisch geladen und angezeigt.This article originally appeared in Jump Point 6.10.
Constellation Phoenix
DEVELOPMENT HISTORY
The Phoenix is a variant of the standard Constellation platform developed as Roberts Space Industries’ first luxury-market spacecraft. When the development of the Phoenix variant was first announced in 2935, it seemed to be an unusual direction for Roberts Space Industries, a company that had made its name offering affordable spacecraft “to the people”. The Phoenix’s origin story is appropriately unusual: the variant project began following the brief success of a Spectrum series called Spacecraft of the Elite. The series premiered in 2932 and showed off top tier luxury spacecraft owned by the rich and powerful, which spawned a ‘custom interior’ design trend for spacecraft. This led to the creation of numerous luxury brands dedicated to enhancing more common spacecraft designs. It also landed at exactly the time Roberts Space Industries’ Astro Development Team (ADT) was studying options for a fourth production variant of the time-tested Constellation.
The development team (led by longtime RSI designer Jules Parliegh), began by taking a stock 2934 model year Constellation Mark III chassis and outfitting it with new interior supports. The final prototype seems unrecognizable when compared to what would ultimately become the first Phoenix, but this test was focused solely on under-the-deck modifications that would go on to support the eventual overhaul. The major challenge at this point wasn’t so much the luxury styling as it was adapting and reworking the ship’s design to support a wider variety of changes. Incorporating the hot tub, later made famous by the variant’s marketing campaign, required a major revision of the stock plumbing and waste disposal systems. The makeshift prototype was also outfitted with improved shields and privacy systems in the expectation that a luxury spacecraft would likely need such protections to stand out in its much more specific role.
BUILDING PARTNERSHIPS
With a prototype in hand, Roberts Space Industries turned to another major challenge: how to redefine their workman-like multi-crew vehicle as a luxury object that would appeal to those who would traditionally choose an Origin design. Their solution was as much marketing as design. To make the Phoenix work, the ADT understood that they needed to partner with long-standing luxury brands instead of simply presenting their vision as the ultimate in high-class space travel. To that end, the company brought in a roster of household names known for producing the best of the best:
- Designer Emil Quast, best known for his decadent design of Terra’s ‘Flowhaus’ public assembly building was brought in to design the Phoenix’s luxury interior. ADT designers had initially constructed their own concept plan featuring plush leather furniture and extreme soft lighting. Quast threw out the existing designs, refusing to even look beyond the first page of the plan and instead created the first iteration of the elegant cabin the Phoenix is known for today.
- The Wintle Design Company, most familiar for offering high-end luxury craft goods, was given the task of equipping the master suite and the first version of the hot tub. Wintle spent 18 months researching the creation of what they called a ‘complete sleep system’ to replace the standard Constellation fixtures, aimed at adding every comfort possible to the typically utilitarian process of sleeping starside.
- Kruger Intergalactic was brought back to create an updated version of the P52 Merlin bundled with standard-model Constellations. Their team developed the high-performance P72 Archimedes to replace the Merlin, although tooling delays caused initial production Phoenixes to ship with a Merlin instead. While the Merlin was purchased under license, RSI opted to buy exclusive rights to the Archimedes in order to prevent its use by other manufacturers.
- Atuvo, creators of the Foodsparce System, provided a licensed reworking of their signature Atuvo state table and kitchen system. Atuvo’s engineers spent months refactoring their existing food technologies to fit into the small area allowed on the Phoenix due to a contractual obligation to make sure the resources available aboard the Phoenix were identical to those found in the finest kitchens. One partnership did not work out as intended: luxury vehicle builder Kremner Ltd. was charged with developing a replacement for the RSI Ursa Rover. Kremner Ltd. declared bankruptcy in the middle of the development process, forcing the team to scramble to find a replacement. RSI’s own vehicle team ultimately developed the Lynx Rover variant specifically for the Phoenix.
To make the first production prototype possible, RSI gathered all the involved licensees (over one hundred in total) at their development facility on Earth. Representatives from each company were incorporated into the ADT process for the remainder of the Phoenix’s development cycle, allowing them visibility over not just their area of the ship’s design, but to provide feedback on everything else being built. The prototype construction stage took roughly two years and concluded with space trials for a unique variant of the then-current Constellation Mark III. The Mark III Constellation had fewer hull changes for variants than the Mark IV, allowing more custom experimentation during the prototype phase.
The Phoenix development team was also given unprecedented access to the work of the much larger Constellation Mark IV team, with the expectation that the variant would premiere as part of the launch planned for 2942. Delays relating to the Mark IV rework moved the launch to 2944, giving the Phoenix team an opportunity to soft launch the design. Starting in 2941, Roberts Space Industries’ representatives were allowed to offer interested parties Mark III conversions that introduced the Phoenix concept. The Mark IIIs were upgraded to Phoenix status in the lab at Valatie using factory-fresh base Constellations. Only a handful of conversions were constructed, with most purchased by RSI’s trusted partner corporations for executive operations.
Production of the Phoenix variant of the Constellation Mark IV began in earnest in June 2944 alongside a media blitz intended to remind buyers of Roberts Space Industries’ prestigious history. The company produced advertisements featuring their original model Quantum Drive and sponsored multiple documentaries focusing on humankind’s early interstellar expansion. All production model Phoenixes are constructed to base specifications alongside the other model Constellations at RSI’s Albany plant and then ferried to a special facility at Luna for the installation of their interiors and other unique features.
The first Constellation Phoenix sold went to rock star Ellroy Cass. The ship was commissioned by the then-head of RSI Outreach, Thar Obson, and personally delivered to Cass. Orders for corporate executive fleets and private citizens seeking a luxury experience came in quickly, selling out the first year’s production allotment of Phoenixes in a matter of days.
A single ‘centennial’ Constellation Phoenix has been constructed in honor of a 2946 production milestone for the entire Constellation range. This unique Phoenix features a metallic gold livery and an interior exhaustingly detailed in 24 karat gold. This Phoenix was not offered for sale and the only example remains owned by Roberts Space Industries, who have occasionally used it for trade shows and other marketing pushes.
In 2948, Roberts Space Industries premiered a variant-of-a-variant, the Constellation Phoenix Emerald, as competition with Origin’s new model of 600 series spacecraft became more serious. The Emerald featured a ‘lucky’ green paint scheme and a variant interior cabin design. Emeralds were produced in extremely limited numbers and have not become part of the normal production process. Market analysts believe that Roberts Space Industries is happy with the positioning of the Phoenix despite increased competition from Origin and others. Less than one percent of Constellation fuselages become Phoenixes, and although the model generates between five and seven percent of the total profits for the line depending on year, it is expected that the company will continue to produce Phoenixes for the foreseeable future.
Happy Monday, everyone!
Today we're kicking off the ultimate in vesselmania with this year's SHIP SHOWDOWN! Who will become the ultimate Champion of 2953 in the most important popularity event of the year? But first, it's time for our flyable and driveable crafts to survive Phase One and get into the top 16; otherwise, the dream of eternal glory will be crushed before it begins. To avoid early termination, your favorite needs your support, creativity, and cheering! Check out the Ship Showdown page for more details and your chance to win a spaceship.
Phase One, running until August 21, is all about spotlighting your favorite vehicle by sharing original content to the Community Hub or Twitter with the hashtags #SCShipShowdown and #StarCitizen. This can be an original song, something physically crafted, an epic in-game or real-life shot, a trailer, a music video... you can even take it a step further and construct the ship in real life if you're up to the challenge! To maximize your fav's chances of advancing to Phase Two and the top 16, upvote, like, and reshare any content of the vessel you want to win.
Now, let's see what's going on this week:
Tuesday marks the return of the Narrative team with 'Jerry: A Half-Told History.'
This Wednesday sees the latest Roadmap Update accompanied by a Roadmap Roundup. Plus, we'll publish last week's July Squadron 42 Monthly Report email as a comm-link.
On Thursday, Inside Star Citizen's latest episode is a look at the VFX department, their role in development, and an update on their latest work.
This Friday, Star Citizen Live returns with Elliot Maltby from Mission Features, who'll take us through the mission-making process. Don't miss it at 8am Pacific/3pm UTC. You'll also see the weekly RSI Newsletter delivered to your inbox. And don't forget, you have until Friday 06:59 AM UTC to participate in the 2953 Arlington Gang Screenshot Contest to win a beefy battleship.
Have a stellar week both in and out of the 'verse!
Christian Schmitt aka Wayne-CIG
Community ManagerTHE WEEKLY COMMUNITY CONTENT SCHEDULE
MONDAY, AUGUST 7, 2023
- This Week in Star Citizen
- Ship Showdown Phase One Kick-Off
TUESDAY, AUGUST 8, 2023
- Lore Post
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 9, 2023
- Roadmap Update
- Roadmap Roundup
- July 2023 SQ42 Report (Comm-Link)
THURSDAY, AUGUST 10, 2023
- Inside Star Citizen (@RobertsSpaceInd)
FRIDAY, AUGUST 11, 2023
- Star Citizen Live - 16:00 UTC / 8:00 am Pacific (twitch.tv/starcitizen)
- Weekly Newsletter
COMMUNITY MVP: August 7, 2023
Externer Inhalt robertsspaceindustries.comInhalte von externen Seiten werden ohne Ihre Zustimmung nicht automatisch geladen und angezeigt.We're constantly amazed at the contributions made by the Star Citizen community. Whether it's fan art, a cinematic, YouTube guide, or even a 3D print of your favorite ship, we love it all! Every week, we select one piece of content submitted to the Community Hub and highlight it here. The highlighted content creator will be awarded an MVP badge on Spectrum and be immortalized in our MVP section of the Hub.
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Externer Inhalt robertsspaceindustries.comInhalte von externen Seiten werden ohne Ihre Zustimmung nicht automatisch geladen und angezeigt.LeMage's impressive collection of Star Citizen screenshots makes an excellent submission for Ship Showdown's Phase One. However, the question remains, which vessel does LeMage consider their favorite?
Admire the full gallery on the Community Hub!
Ever wish you had a nice place to keep all your medical supplies in Star Citizen? Lewis from the Interactables Team creates a medicinal case while showcasing their process for building functional containers.
Today on Inside Star Citizen, we'll get our show on and go play with Rastar to build an Underground Facility on Daymar.
Welcome to July’s PU Monthly Report, where you’ll find the latest development progress on everything related to the Persistent Universe.
Read on for in-depth updates on vehicles, locations, AI tech, maps, and more.
AI (Tech)
Last month, AI Tech finalized work to allow NPCs to transition between EVA and environments with gravity. This required an update to the usables code, including exposing it to enter and exit location information. Now, NPCs can enter and exit ships through airlocks or hatches by vaulting over ledges. The team also implemented simple behaviors and assignments for entering and exiting ships, which compute a path to a location and utilize the most suitable usable to finish the transition.
On the navigation-system side, AI Tech upgraded navigation links to connect two volumes from different zones, which is needed for moving platforms. The previous implementation only allowed links between parent and child zones rather than between two unrelated zones. Further optimizations and improvements were made for navigation-mesh raycasts too.
AI Tech also picked up the ongoing work on boids. They’re currently working on 2D boids agents, such as rodents, that will move across terrain within the confines of the navigation mesh. They’re also adding constraints to avoid navigation-mesh edges to ensure the boids stay inside navigable areas. Next, they’ll look into boids agents playing animations while moving or idling.
The Subsumption editor received numerous improvements, including a variable-type editor, the ability to copy/paste states while editing a mastergraph, improved views of how mastergraph transitions are presented, an improved activity view for available sub-activities and functions, and a validation panel that presents errors and warning when loading and saving files.
Various features and AI systems received improvements too. For the usable-group coordinator, designers can now specify that a group of NPCs should synchronize when transitioning from one group of usables to another. For NPCs pushing trolleys, the team optimized the PID controller and adjusted the default parameters to stabilize quicker after turning on a path.
For NPC perception of audio stimuli, AI Tech began using new functionality exposed by the Audio team, which will utilize the room system to understand if an audio event should be received
Animation
Last month, the Animation team focused on improving visual results for reloads and takedowns. They also worked on basic idles for weapons and knives, which are planned for release in Alpha 3.20.
They’re currently making improvements to player-prone animations and adding an increasing number of player interactions to improve immersion in specific environments.
On the facial side, they continued to support new incoming lines for PU pilots and combatants
Art (Characters)
In July, the Character Art team continued working on outfits for the Headhunters and Dusters gangs.
Alongside this, the Character Concept Art team explored ideas for additional Headhunters outfits and prepared handoff sheets for IAE and Luminalia content.
Art (Ships)
In the UK, the RSI Polaris began its whitebox pass with a thorough breakdown of the content required. The team then imported the concept mesh and completed a basic entity setup. A rough interior whitebox was completed, and several issues with the concept were resolved.
An as-yet-unannounced ship continued its LOD0 pass, with the majority of tasks completed and a review scheduled. The team is currently focused on adding tertiary details to the interior and exterior as well as finishing the lighting for each phase.
The Crusader A1 Spirit progressed through final art, with a handful of LODs remaining for its interior and exterior damage. Work also continued on the C1 Spirit cargo variant, with the main differences being minor exterior changes and the cargo room; the latter of which is currently progressing through greybox with most of the core forms refined.
Work on a new ship variant continued, with the dashboard and cockpit receiving attention. The Design team also resolved the placement of physicalized components ready for the Art team to add at a later date. Another unannounced variant continued through its greybox phase too.
In the US, the Tumbril Storm approached the end of production.
<i style="font-style: italic;">“We have built all damage meshes, projected all UV2s, generated most LODs, and are now just polishing up various parts of the vehicle. Lighting is getting another pass and we are working with Systems Design to make most of them procedural so that they will respond to player interaction.”</i> Ship Art Team
Ship Art also worked alongside Tech Art to solve visual issues with the treads.
Elsewhere, tasks were started for an all-new vehicle. The team began by breaking apart the concept and putting together an in-game preview while planning out the work required for the base and its variants. The current plan is to whitebox all the variants at the same time and then select which versions will move into greybox first.
Two new variants went through the LOD0 phase and are approaching content-complete.
The team also progressed through LOD0 for the Aopoa San'tok.yāi, filling out item housings and doing heavy paneling work on the exterior. They also came to a solution for the dashboard, which still requires polish, but delivers a unique aesthetic for interaction. They’re currently working with System Design to get the ship’s behaviors to trigger correctly.
Finally for ships, the Origin X1 entered the greybox stage. While waiting on the whitebox review, the team are working to solve various aesthetic issues while ensuring the overall ship makes mechanical sense. They’re also exploring new tools to help generate extremely clean automotive-style geometry to maintain the required Origin feel.
Audio
July saw the Audio team progressing with tasks for Pyro, including implementing imperative sounds. They also discussed how they can interrelate existing work with Squadron 42.
Improvements were made to the Flight Experience, including updated vibration tech and impacts. Sound effects were also designed and implemented for upcoming spaceship releases.
Community
The Community team kicked off July by launching Foundation Festival 2953, a month-long celebration of the community, with a Free Fly, referral bonus, video tutorial contest hosted on the Community Hub, and an Organization Spotlight gallery. Furthermore, with a focus on helping new recruits, the team posted updates on the New Player Guide, implemented a New Player Chat on Spectrum, curated media on the Welcome Hub, and encouraged veteran players to support new recruits by offering rewards for using the Guide System.
Externer Inhalt robertsspaceindustries.comInhalte von externen Seiten werden ohne Ihre Zustimmung nicht automatisch geladen und angezeigt.Later in the month, Community supported the announcement of Turbulent joining CIG.
The team also prepared for the upcoming return of CitizenCon, the in-person celebration of all things Star Citizen. They announced a collaboration with ATMO esports for the event too.
<i style="font-style: italic;">"CitizenCon is shaping up to be the most epic one yet, with the cosplay contest, community booths, and now, the biggest dogfighting tournament in the 'verse, Fight or Flight, coming straight from the show floor as well! We have many more cool surprises in store for you, and we can't wait to see you there!"</i> Community Team
Externer Inhalt robertsspaceindustries.comInhalte von externen Seiten werden ohne Ihre Zustimmung nicht automatisch geladen und angezeigt.Additionally, the team supported various community-driven in-game events, including the Greycat Social and a military-style parade organized by the French community. They also met passionate players out of the 'verse, returning to the beautiful city of Paris for a Bar Citizen, and attending a virtual Bar Citizen.
Externer Inhalt robertsspaceindustries.comInhalte von externen Seiten werden ohne Ihre Zustimmung nicht automatisch geladen und angezeigt.Lastly, Community assisted in the introduction of the brand-new Mission Spotlight series and launched a screenshot contest to reward the best images from players that take on the Arlington Bounty missions.
Engine
The Core Engine team progressed with the development of StarBuild, the new in-house code-build system that will replace WAF; last month, they fixed issues and implemented improvements based on feedback from wider dev use.
For MemReplay 2.0, the team introduced VirtualMemoryAreas as a concept to the memory allocation system, which will better track OS committed memory and provide an improved visualization of sub-allocations.
Progress was then made on removing the remaining ‘MapAndWrite’ discard calls in the renderer in preparation for the new Vulkan backend. They also reworked the game-launcher code structure to reduce code duplications and enable Linux-based headless clients, which will help with automatic testing.
Core Engine also worked alongside the Physics and Vehicle teams in support of the MISC Hull C, ensuring it works correctly and fixing bugs with the ship’s unique systems. Additionally, they fixed further fallout from the last integration and made various other bug fixes and optimizations.
The Physics team continued helping the game teams fix various physics-related bugs in the game code. They also updated the new cloth system and Maelstrom, and began improving active and animated ragdolls.
The Entity System team primarily supported various technical initiatives, including RaStar and the Resource Network. This involved exploring ways to create and limit generated locations to provide a rich experience without negatively impacting performance. They also supported the Server Meshing team by adding necessary improvements and fixes.
Finally, they provided bug fixes for the recently enabled 'async editor loading,' and are currently adding more safety checks for correct entity access.
Features (Characters & Weapons)
July saw the Feature team experimenting with skill progression, which involves players performing specific in-game actions to make them better at similar activities. For example, building up strength will allow players to carry heavier objects with fewer penalties, while performing takedowns will open access to quicker and quieter action sets.
For player traversal, the team began implementing a sliding mechanic. If a player tries to crouch while sprinting, they will perform a short slide before entering the crouched stance. The speed of the slide is determined by the starting speed of the player and the distance may depend on factors such as the roughness or angle of the terrain. The player will automatically stop when reaching an obstacle, as the prime use case for this feature is to allow players to slide into cover.
Features (Gameplay)
Gameplay Features continued their work on the new vehicle tractor beam, which will also bring improvements to the existing tractor beams. July’s tasks included first iterative test for core balancing and the UI.
Additionally, the team progressed with the Resource Network, which includes features like engineering gameplay and life support.
They also worked on several prototypes for Salvage’s ‘munching’ gameplay and are currently discussing the best-fitting technical solution with all dependent teams.
Finally, they made improvements to mining for Alpha 3.20 based on community feedback, including updates to stability and predictability when mining.
<i style="font-style: italic;">“A big thank you to the very valuable feedback that was provided. Big shoutout to our helpful community!”</i> Gameplay Features Team
Features (Mission)
Last month, Mission Features’ embedded QA testers supported the developer of Ship Trespass by giving the feature rigorous destructive testing.
The Retrieve Consignment missions passed final review and are currently being polished and balanced. Alongside this, the current underground facilities were replaced with RaStar to fix a variety of issues and make iterating on them easier.
Progress was also made on the new Global Event, Blockade Runner. A working prototype was shown to the game directors, who approved its move to development.
The initial planning for cargo missions was completed with all dependencies identified. The team are now looking deeper into the reputation system to improve the wider delivery and hauling mission gameplay loop.
Steal and recover cargo missions were also prototyped and shown to the directors and are making good progress. These will see players either recover cargo from disabled ships or disable and board ships before securing their cargo.
Finally, code work began for reputation. Progression within reputation scopes will give players discounts on various purchases, including items, refueling, and repair. Mission Features also picked up the reputation-based hostility system, which will see NPC orgs more willing to attack those who have a negative reputation with them while providing benefits to those with a positive standing.
Graphics, VFX Programming & Planet Tech
Several new features were added to the Global Illumination system last month, including the initial implementation of temporal smoothing for screen space probes, which will produce more stable results at a lower cost. G-buffer support was also added to environment probes to provide a cheap scene representation for secondary light bounces. In addition, new debug modes were added alongside a new mechanism to gather lights for the GI system.
A basic implementation of Temporal Super Resolution was completed, which will continue to receive fixes and improvements as it’s integrated into the graphics engine.
AMD’s memory allocation API was integrated into the Vulkan backend, improving the system’s stability, streaming speeds, and buffer read times. A reduction in streaming/rendering dependencies has improved performance, and new parameters will allow the devs to modify the RenderGraph’s ShaderStage and ownership state. These features were added alongside ongoing bug fixes to visual regression tests with a focus on the render-to-texture system.
As part of ongoing UI refinements and unifications, the silhouette/highlight feature is currently being improved with a softer and brighter outer glow. The mini-map also received a ping effect, which will blink around objectives for improved in-game navigation.
The Feature team is working to bring the new unified water shader to the game, adding details such as puddles that splash on impact and fixing collision-detection issues on large water volumes. A new system to manage water simulations is also in progress that will activate regions upon collision, deactivate them when they have settled, and constantly monitor and protect performance by limiting active simulations. Meanwhile, a new hash-map system for allocating water buffer regions and large surface-area-friendly water volumes is actively being worked on so the new unified WaterBuffer system can be enabled by default.
The WorldBuilder system saw a variety of improvements last month, including a major refactor to the high-level logic that runs background jobs, which should significantly reduce latency, avoid stalls, and simplify the code. In addition, planet ocean patches no longer render in duplicates, and the planet streaming system was fixed for Gen12.
The VFX Programming team fixed issues impacting damage maps; attached objects now correctly update their damage maps and an issue causing unexpected data to appear in snapshots is being investigated. For VFX-specific work, an issue preventing grouped child effects from spawning correctly was addressed, and bugs on separator tags and external referencing were fixed.
In-Game Branding
Last month, In-Game Branding continued building various assets for an upcoming event and worked alongside Locations on navigational signage for New Babbage.
They also began work on the underground facilities, working closely with the Concept and Sandbox teams on different mockups for the commercial lobbies.
Progress was made on the final touch-ups for Pyro too.
Interactables
July saw the Interactables team closeout and polish their work on Pyro’s consumables and shop and prop content. They also created content for Subscriber Flair.
Externer Inhalt robertsspaceindustries.comInhalte von externen Seiten werden ohne Ihre Zustimmung nicht automatisch geladen und angezeigt.Lighting
The Lighting team polished and cleaned-up various locations around Pyro and worked on the system’s gas clouds. Back in Stanton, they progressed with tasks for Crusader’s new platforms.
Locations (EU)
The Locations team continued working on Pyro’s rundown stations, with a focus on completing polish tasks. They also improved signage around New Babbage, improved and bug-fixed the new Crusader platforms, and worked with Mission Features on new content.
The Sandbox team progressed with outposts for Pyro and continued their extensive work on the updated underground facilities.
Improvements were also made to Pyro’s planets, and new technology for clouds was looked into.
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In July, Montreal’s Locations team progressed with additional derelict settlements, which passed greybox before moving into the final phase. Progress was made on underground facilities too.
Once the above content is delivered, the team will return to the ongoing building-interior mandate.
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Last month, Narrative continued syncing with the various Design teams to push development on Pyro, specifically focusing on mission content, local mission providers (establishing the tone and voice of how missions will be presented), and examining how the overall mission system will change when the new system is added.
<i style="font-style: italic;">“To answer that last one, it's led to some interesting discussions about missions that cross over from Stanton to Pyro and vice versa.”</i> Narrative Team
Elsewhere, the team supported the MISC Hull C by implementing the latest version of the air-traffic-control (ATC) behavior, which will allow players to request a landing spot to load and offload their cargo. This also led to resurrecting work on the overarching ATC behavior, with some potentially exciting updates that will be discussed in the near future.
The Narrative team is also expanding to include two dedicated narrative designers who will bridge the gaps between Narrative, Design, and AI. They will look at all NPCs, from mission givers to population characters, and refine their behaviors to make them feel more alive and ultimately establish the tone and flavor of the game's various locations. For example, to make the people of Hurston feel distinct from the people of Orison.
On the website, the team released some answers to the Community’s burning questions in another installment of Loremakers and published another installment of Galactapedia articles at the end of the month.
Online Services (Montreal)
The Online Services team spent July further refining the new InventoryID feature and addressing issues that came up during the formal QA testing pass. Time was also spent working on a plan to refactor several of the backend services to gRPC as well as modernize them with new features. Lastly, they researched Easy Anti-Cheat sanctions and enforcement.
Research & Development
In July, further updates were made to atmosphere and volumetric cloud rendering. Guided sampling used in the cloud raymarcher was updated based on last month's improvements to transmittance profiles. The profiles themselves received additional filtering (stochastic resampling) to reduce occasional block artifacts due to profile reuse. Moreover, the temporal render mode currently being developed for atmosphere and volumetric clouds was switched to a low discrepancy-based sequence of sample offsets that are used to set up rays for raymarching over time. Based on recent research publications, cloud shadow maps can now be stochastically filtered, which considerably improves performance and render quality. The new temporal render mode will use the stochastic texture filter by default.
UI
UI made improvements to the data-heist screen throughout July, which involved working closely with Mission Features. They also worked on a style variant for screens throughout Pyro.
The Core Technology team improved Building Blocks’ runtime performance, as the recent addition of new UI assets led to an increase in size and complexity. This involved coding more aggressive solutions for skipping hierarchy section updates, which led to a reduced CPU footprint and significant performance gains.
The team also continued adding new features to Bindings and Building Blocks, including a color picker, pagination widget, and stepped lines for the designers.
Finally, UI worked alongside Graphics to develop a new internal map system to help players navigate the game’s complex cities, planets, and capital ships.
<i style="font-style: italic;">“This will be a real game changer for players and we're really excited by its progress.”</i>
VFX
Last month, the VFX team continued working on the interiors and exteriors of several Pyro locations.
<i style="font-style: italic;">“The visual style of these locations differs greatly from many Stanton-based areas, which has been a welcome challenge for the VFX artists, both technically and artistically.”</i> VFX Team
They also completed their VFX pass on a Size 5 bomb and three upcoming vehicles.
Externer Inhalt robertsspaceindustries.comInhalte von externen Seiten werden ohne Ihre Zustimmung nicht automatisch geladen und angezeigt.Welcome to August and gear up for Alpha 3.20 upcoming in the PTU! To help you get the most from the upcoming patch’s significant updates to racing, August’s Ship of the Month is the blistering Origin 350r. Fast, focused, and hugely agile, it’s perfect for exploring Stanton’s new circuits and chasing PBs in Arena Commander.
This month’s Flair is appropriately themed too, with Subscriber-exclusive racing jackets from MISC, Origin, and the Murray Cup.
City Lights Prestige Origin Racing Jacket
Externer Inhalt robertsspaceindustries.comInhalte von externen Seiten werden ohne Ihre Zustimmung nicht automatisch geladen und angezeigt.The Prestige Origin Racing Jacket is high-quality, durable outerwear that features a colorful asymmetric design celebrating Origin's line of luxury racing vehicles.
Current Centurion-level Subscribers get the Prestige Origin Racing Jacket as part of their subscription.
City Lights Prestige MISC Racing Jacket
Externer Inhalt robertsspaceindustries.comInhalte von externen Seiten werden ohne Ihre Zustimmung nicht automatisch geladen und angezeigt.The Prestige MISC Racing Jacket is high-quality, durable outerwear that features a colorful asymmetric design celebrating the precision and relentless speed of MISC's line of racing vehicles.
Current Imperator-level Subscribers get the Prestige Origin and MISC Racing Jackets as part of their subscription.
City Lights Prestige Murray Cup Racing Jacket
Externer Inhalt robertsspaceindustries.comInhalte von externen Seiten werden ohne Ihre Zustimmung nicht automatisch geladen und angezeigt.The Prestige Murray Cup Racing Jacket is high-quality, durable outerwear created to celebrate the most prestigious racing league in the universe, the Murray Cup.
The Prestige Murray Cup Racing Jacket is available to all Subscribers to pledge for from the Subscriber-Exclusive Store.
Externer Inhalt robertsspaceindustries.comInhalte von externen Seiten werden ohne Ihre Zustimmung nicht automatisch geladen und angezeigt.If you would like to receive this flair as part of a subscription, you can subscribe before August 8th, 2023, 20:00 UTC.
If you subscribe after August 8th, 2023, you can pick up these and previous months’ flair (going back to 2014) in the Subscriber-Exclusive Store. You can fill in any gaps in your collection and pick up extras to gift to non-Subscribers.
Earnable In-Game
Externer Inhalt robertsspaceindustries.comInhalte von externen Seiten werden ohne Ihre Zustimmung nicht automatisch geladen und angezeigt.Our goal is to make most items earnable in-game. For this reason, many Subscriber Flair items have been added to the in-game loot table as rare drops from Alpha 3.17. Most pre-2023 items that can be carried by players are available now, with new and future flair being added after a three-month exclusivity window.
NOTE: Some exclusive digital event items, such as those from CitizenCon Goodies Packs, will not be discoverable via the in-game loot system.
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