Star Citizen Live: EUPU Gameplay Features (6/18 @ 8am Pacific)

RSI Launcher 1.4.11 Release Notes

Roadmap Roundup

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 June 16th, 2021

Release View

RSI Constellation Taurus
This ship has passed its final review. For this reason, we have updated its card to Committed and changed its color to blue.

Actor Feature – Ladders T1
This deliverable’s schedule is currently under review. Therefore, we have temporarily removed this card until its plan has been finalized.

Bombs
This deliverable has been renamed from “Space Mines/Bombs” to bring it in line with last week’s update to the Progress Tracker. Space Mines will be added at a later date once its plan has been finalized.

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That’s all for this week! Join the discussion on Spectrum

Greetings, Exiles!

We are going to activate the Follower Limit on all official servers, all platforms, on June 29. First introduced in the Mounts update, this feature caps the maximum amount of allowed thralls and pets a player or clan can have active at any given time. Specifically - placeable combat thralls and pets. You can still have as many crafter thralls as you please.

Why are we doing this?We are doing this for multiple reasons, first and foremost of which are reducing lag and increase server frame-rate, especially for consoles, on official servers

In addition to this, a limit like this will make building enormous land-claimed areas more difficult to defend, which is one of many steps we intend to take towards solving problems with sieges and PvP going forward. We want players to feel like they are in control over a war-band, not an army.

When is the limit going to be activated in official servers?
On Tuesday, June 29th 2021.

How does it work?
A player/clan will have a maximum amount of Followers available to them. This maximum amount grows depending on the amount of members in the clan. A solo player will have as a maximum of available Followers the “base limit”. If they create a clan, and a new member joins the clan, this maximum goes up by a certain amount per new member. Players will not be able to place any more thralls beyond this limit. This is what we call the “soft cap”.

On top of the soft cap, there is a cap of 100 extra followers. This is what we call the “hard cap”. Any followers above this will be considered for the elimination until the hard cap is met.

These are the values we are going to use on all official servers.
Base limit: 50 followers.
Amount added per member in a clan: 15 followers.
Note: A solo player is treated as a 1 person clan.
Example 1 : A clan of 5 members in an official server will have a soft cap of 125 followers: 50 from the leader’s base limit, plus 15 per player on the clan. Beyond this limit, they will not be able to place any new followers. In the eventuality that they happen to have more than 125 followers in game, the system will only start to eliminate them beyond 225 (hard cap).

Example 2: A full clan of 10 members will have a soft cap of 200 followers, and a hard cap of 300.

What happens to Followers already placed when the limit is implemented?
If a player or clan are above the allocated hard cap, the system will run a check and periodically select from their followers the ones considered the weakest, and delete them one by one until the hard cap is met. To determine a follower’s strength, we use the formula Level by their Tier. For instance, a level 6 Tier 4 thrall will have a score of 24, while a level 20 Tier 1 thrall will have a score of 20. If two followers are tied in their score, one will be selected at random.

We strongly recommend organizing any thralls you definitely want to keep before the limit is in place. Remember, you can now check in the Follower Management screen if you’re above the limit, and where each one of your applicable followers are located, and break bonds or rescue them from that screen as well.

I own or play in a private server. Does this affect me?
No. This limit is going to be activated on official servers. However, this is one of the many server settings also available for private servers and can be fully customizable or completely disabled if so desired.

Happy Monday, everyone!

Alien week is well underway, celebrating all our friends and foes in the ‘verse with videos, contests, and more! Catch up on the festivities and look forward to what’s coming the rest of this week with our Alien Week Overview.

In addition to our Trading Card and Cook-Off contests for Alien Week, our Show Your Colors Celebration for Pride Month is still underway!Submit your most colorful creations to join the fun, and you’ll get a chance to win a Drake Cutlass Red with LTI! Check out the Spectrum Thread here for more info.

Now, let’s see what’s going on this week:

On Tuesday, the Narrative Team has a special Lore Post for Alien Week! House Gatac has opened its archives for a special look at a pivotal part in its history.

On Wednesday, we’ll be updating the Star Citizen Public Roadmap, so keep an eye out for the accompanying Roadmap Roundup for all the details.

Thursday we’ve got a brand new episode of Inside Star Citizen coming to our YouTube channel. This episode is a look forward into the future of Dynamic Events with Ninetails Lockdown and more, followed by a Sprint Report.

On Friday, you’ll see an update to the Subscriber Vault and the weekly RSI Newsletter delivered to your inbox. Finally, we have a new episode of Star Citizen Live, which will broadcast on our Star Citizen Twitch channel at 8am Pacific / 3pm UTC. This week we’ll be sitting down with the EU Persistent Universe Feature Team for a roundtable Q&A. Be sure to submit your questions to the submission thread on Spectrum!

Have a great week! Happy #PrideMonth2951! 🏳️‍🌈

Jake Bradley
Associate Community Manager

Screenshot by Touriste Galactique

The Weekly Community Content Schedule

MONDAY, JUNE 14, 2021
This Week in Star Citizen

TUESDAY, JUNE 15, 2021
First Contact Day – Imperial Letter

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 16, 2021
Roadmap Update
Roadmap Roundup

THURSDAY, JUNE 17, 2021
Inside Star Citizen (youtube.com/user/RobertsSpaceInd)

FRIDAY, JUNE 18, 2021
Star Citizen Live (twitch.tv/starcitizen)
Subscriber Vault Update
Weekly Newsletter

Community MVP: JUNE 14, 2021

Greetings, Exiles.

We're releasing a small patch today, containing the critical fixes released a couple of weeks ago.
This PC patch has been released for both the Steam and Microsoft Store builds to ensure parity between these versions.

Thank you for your ongoing support, stay safe!

Please remember that updates can mess with your installed mods. We suggest taking a backup of your current database before updating to any new patch if you have mods installed.




- Fixed a client crash that would occur when loading large mod lists.


- Fixed an issue where mods with custom maps were not working as expected.
- Microsoft Store-specific:
- Fixed a connection issue with the Funcom Live Services that occurred while having the setting “You can share outside of XBOX” set to “Block”.
- Fixed a number of issues that would cause text and voice chat features to not respect voice communication settings.

SCL Gamedev: Alien Encounter (6/11 @ 11am Pacific)

Hi Everyone,

We want to start by thanking you all for the patience and kindness you’ve shown us since we launched in February. We launched into Early Access because we want to build the game with you, but never in our wildest dreams could we have imagined how many of you want to join us on this journey!

As we’re sure lots of you suspected, we won’t be able to deliver four updates this year. Instead, we’re now planning to launch Hearth & Home in Q3 2021, and we’re temporarily taking down the roadmap whilst we make some changes. We are sorry it’s taken us so long to update you.

We weren’t prepared for such a large influx of players, and this highlighted a thousand new problems and bugs that needed to be fixed urgently. Our priority has been to make the current experience as stable as possible and this has meant new content has taken a backseat. To put it clearly; we haven’t been able to focus all of our resources on Hearth & Home until May.

We hope that one of the reasons Valheim has resonated with so many of you is down to attention to detail. We don’t want to launch an update that we’re not confident in, and that isn’t deserving of your time. With that in mind, the new roadmap will be much smaller, but we’ve made the decision to focus on the big Mistlands update directly after we’re done with Hearth & Home, putting aside the smaller updates for now...

That being said, we would like to share some of the upcoming Hearth & Home content here. This is by no means a complete list but a taste of what’s cooking.

New build pieces – Darkwood roofs and window hatches.

New cooking station extensions – spice rack, butcher table, pots & pans... In addition to this we've also implemented a new food system that places more importance between boosting health and stamina, making food choices more interesting based on your playstyle. To this end, we've also made some changes to how stamina/health affects your poise in combat. If you want to play a tanky, defensive viking you should now stock up on health, since this will boost your ability to deflect incoming hits and mitigate damage.

New foods to take advantage of the new system and cooking station extensions– more than 10 new recipes including Eyescream, Shocklate smoothie, various wolf meats, and more.

Plantable onions with pretty onion flowers.

We’re pretty flexible when it comes to what we want to add to the game, and we’re often inspired by a meeting or an awesome comment from the community, which means our roadmap is always going to be fluid. Valheim is also a game about exploration, and we don't want to spoil that feeling of discovery for our players. That said, we do want to be more open with what we’re currently working on, even if it is just our artist Robin working on a piece of content that he's enjoying, but that might never make it into the game. Striking a balance between being transparent about what we are working on, while at the same time not spoiling it for those of you who want to discover it yourselves is tough, but we think it's important to be more informal and open as an Early Access game.

Tomorrow June 11th, at 2PM CEST, we will also be heading to the r/valheim subreddit for an AMA. We’d love for you all to join so we have an opportunity to try and answer as many questions as we can on Hearth & Home and the new roadmap.

We’ll also of course keep posting our monthly development updates and hotfixes as always. Thank you again for continuing to support us, and for your feedback and creativity.

The Iron Gate team

Squadron 42 Monthly Report: May 2021

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.

Attention Recruits,

What you are about to read is the latest information on the continuing development of Squadron 42 (SCI des: SQ42).

Thanks to the work of dedicated field agents and operatives, we’ve uncovered information on security guards, Screaming Galsons, and the Shubin Interstellar Archon Station.

The information contained in this communication is extremely sensitive and it is of paramount importance that it does not fall into the wrong hands. Purge all records after reading.

UEE Naval High Command

AI (Content)

The AI Content Team focused on Invictus Launch Week throughout the month, which included polishing the tourist and tour guide behavior, wildlines, Look IK, and completing the required female animations. They dedicated time to the Mannequin fragments animation selection to ensure they correctly fit their context, and the shopkeeper gained more usables that players would expect to see in food and drink shops.

They also started designing possible flow extensions to allow NPCs to serve players differently if they choose to eat in or take away. For example, this will allow food to be given to the player directly or served on a plate and tray.

The security guard was fully designed and prototyped. This behavior offers great gameplay opportunities in an emergent or systemic way as it fulfills scenarios of NPCs acting as law enforcers, information providers, gatekeepers, and greeters.

AI Content also continued designing and prototyping background life for the medical room when players respawn, including the systemic janitor and NPCs using the bathroom cubicle and sleeping in the bunk beds.

Specifically for SQ42, the team supported Aciedo station, identifying tactile interaction opportunities and blocking out animations and the usables setup. These usables, working with scripted AI Paths, will help to create mini-scenarios where the AI appears to look for hostages to dry-freeze.

Conclusion

WE’LL SEE YOU NEXT MONTH…

Hello everybody! Another one of our beloved fixer upper patches. Besides fixing some bugs and minor issues we found that some of our main random events never triggered as expected. So please welcome two new events: “You are being hunted…” and “The horde is attacking”. I'm sure they will brighten up your day.


0.154.1
* Fixed issue where capes sometimes formed strange bumps on the back after jumping
* Close build gui with ESC selection fix
* Fuling army event trigger fixed
* Wolf hunt event trigger fixed
* Troll ground slam can now be blocked
* Longship repair & build sound fixes
* Wolfcape durability fix
* Respawning resources timer fix (Berries and flint should now correctly respawn)
* Serpents no longer flee when low on health
* Fixed issue with ship containers not closing properly in some situations
* Raise terrain is more smooth & less pointy
* Fixed water particles & water-surface clipping issues inside boats
* Better fermenter feedback when it’s exposed
* Tweaked some sound assets to use less RAM
* Covered rocks should no longer look wet during rain

Following their successful mutiny, Cellin, Daymar and Yela have control of the ship but no idea how to fly it back to Sol. But an encounter with a Banu trade might just change their luck.

Happy Monday, everyone!

With our Free Fly and Invictus Launch Week 2951 wrapped up, we want to extend a huge thank you to all pilots who made the ‘verse a welcoming place for new citizens that gave Star Citizen a go for the first time during the event. As mentioned on Spectrum, everyone who attended the Invictus Launch Week will receive the exclusive leather jacket that commemorates the event and is the perfect way to relive Invictus Launch Week all year-round. We’ll start the distribution on June 10!

As June is Pride Month, we warmly invite each of you to celebrate Pride all month long by showing us your colors! Take part in our Show Us Your Colors Celebration for a chance to secure one out of TEN Drake Cutlass Reds for free!

Please also join us in congratulating the winners of the microTech Metroloop Race 2951 and all the participants that showed their courage and skill. Watch the top attempts on Spectrum!

Last week, our teams around the globe also shared what they were up to in May in the latest Star Citizen PU Monthly Report. Great progress was made on important features for Alpha 3.14 and beyond, from the Orison landing zone to the Pyro and Nyx systems.

Last, and most certainly not least, we’ll be kicking off our Alien Week celebrations on June 11, celebrating the historic First Contact on June 12, 2438, the day that Humanity and the Banu race first met.

Now, let’s see what’s going on this week:

On Tuesday, the Narrative Team continue “A Gift for Baba.” Read up on Part 1 and 2 before you dive into the follow-up of the 25th-century children’s tale that inspired the names of Crusader’s moons, Cellin, Daymar, and Yela.

On Wednesday, we post the monthly Squadron 42 report (that was recently sent out via newsletter) as a Comm-Link.

Thursday brings a new episode of Inside Star Citizen, our weekly behind-the-scenes series providing you with the latest updates on the development of the ‘verse. Our Alien Cultures Primer will be the perfect introduction to the homeworlds and cultures of the Banu, Xi’an, Tevarin and Vanduul.

On Friday, you’ll see an update to the Subscriber Vault and the weekly RSI Newsletter delivered to your inbox. Finally, we have a new episode of Star Citizen Live, which will broadcast on our Star Citizen Twitch channel at 11am Pacific/6pm UTC. This week will be a gamedev episode where we’ll be designing a new, fictional alien race within the Star Citizen universe, the perfect preparation for one of our two upcoming Alien Week contests!

Have a great week, everyone and happy #PrideMonth2951! 🏳️‍🌈

Ulf Kuerschner
Lead Community Manager

Screenshot by Kernel-Debugg3r

The Weekly Community Content Schedule

MONDAY, JUNE 7, 2021
This Week in Star Citizen

TUESDAY, JUNE 8, 2021
Serialized Fiction: A Gift for Baba (Part 3)

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 9, 2021
SQ42 Monthly Report Comm-Link

THURSDAY, JUNE 10, 2021
Inside Star Citizen (youtube.com/user/RobertsSpaceInd)

FRIDAY, JUNE 11, 2021
Star Citizen Live (twitch.tv/starcitizen)
Subscriber Vault Update
Weekly Newsletter
Alien Week Start

Community MVP: JUNE 7, 2021

Star Citizen Alpha 3.13.1l PTU.7491200 Patch Notes

Star Citizen Live: Let's Talk About Pedro (6/04 @ 9am Pacific)

Greetings, Exiles!

We’re releasing a stability patch that addresses the issues introduced with June 2nd’s patch. This includes crashes and freezing issues, especially after teleporting and using the maproom. This patch also addresses issues when loading into custom map mods and other similarly reported issues since yesterday’s patch. We have also reapplied two stability hotfixes released last week.

Thank you everybody for your feedback and patience while we’ve addressed this issue. Stay safe.

Please remember that updates can mess with your installed mods. We suggest taking a backup of your current database before updating to any new patch if you have mods installed.




- Fixed an issue with player teleports (Death, Character Creation, Admin Teleport, Map Rooms, etc) hanging due to a corrupted environment .pak file.
- Fixed the ability to load mod map files while making a custom single player game.
- Fixed a crash related to loading into a map with a huge modlist.

Contact System
We've added a new system for keeping track of the players you interact with.

You'll find a new tab on your inventory screen which will open the contacts panel. From there you'll be able to use the various controls to flag a player as either friendly or enemy. This will change how their name tag shows up when you encounter them in the world. Players are automatically added to the 'seen' category if you've been in close proximity for several seconds.

Any player who kills you will be added to your Enemy list.





You can select any contact from the list and filter by category (friendly/seen/enemy) as well as assign a contact to a category.

Binoculars have also received a buff, and will allow you to see a colored pip above players indicating if they are an enemy or a friend.



There is a rudimentary reputation system in the works which will very slightly shade your nametag either blue or red based on how likely you are to kill on sight. This system is a work in progress and will be expanded upon in the future.

Any server can disable the contacts system with the convar relationshipmanage.contacts false

The nametag system has also changed and you can now display your name plate at long distances to anyone you are looking at by using the 'wave' gesture. We hope this will allow players to avoid killing other 'friendly' players and grant the ability to signal your intentions.



As for the majority of hardcore rust players who kill everyone on sight anyway, you may as well pretend this system does not exist as it will not affect you. However for those less inclined to destroy and kill every living thing that passes infront of them. This system might help you find some like-minded players to team up with.


Wire Colour Coding
This was suggested on Reddit and we all felt like it was a good idea so I added the ability to colour code your electrical wires and hoses this month.



Simply hold Reload while holding the Wire Tool/Hose Tool to select which colour you’d like to use.


Demo Shot System
This month we’re adding the first iteration of a more advanced feature set for viewing and manipulating demos. This has primarily been built to improve our internal production tools, but considering the rich and diverse community of Rust content creators out there we’d love for this to be a tool that all of you can use.

Once you load a demo with “demo.hud” turned on, you’ll see a variety of new options including a shot manager and scrubbable timeline. Pressing the ALT key at any time will switch control between the demo UI and debug camera.

You can now create and manage 'shots' within demos, which are individual recordings of camera motion as well as properties such as FOV and DOF. These shots can then be played back in-sync with the demo scene.


To create a shot, simply press the “New Shot” button, give it a name and then hit record - your live camera movement will now be recorded. To end a shot recording, press the Escape key.

For added management, shots can be sorted into folders, moved between folders, renamed and deleted all from the in-game interface. Folders can also be renamed/deleted by right clicking on them in the shot list.

This current shot system is the first stage of a comprehensive cinematic toolset we’ve planned out. Our goal for the future is to expand on this system by adding features such as keyframe editing, redubbing elements of shots post-recording, UI for modifying world conditions (eg. weather, time of day) and export options so you can render your shots into actual video or image files.

Are you making videos in Rust? Let us know how this tool can help you!


AI
The first phase of the AI rework is finished and it replaces multiple different AI systems across different game locations with a single new one.

Making changes to an established game as big and complex as Rust is scary, especially due to the multiplayer nature, so there's bound to be some initial bugs. Please report anything you find and I'll get it fixed.

The advantages of having everything running on one AI system are numerous, the main one being it should be easier to keep the AI updated going forwards. New features will be easier to add, and they will work across all of the AI, and not just for AI in certain areas or specific monuments.

So whilst there's still plenty more to come in this area, there are already some new features such as animal packs to look out for.


Rust+ IFTTT
Rust+ now works with IFTTT! You'll be able to connect Rust to other apps, services, and devices through IFTTT to automate all kinds of tasks. For example, all of the deep sleepers who wanted Rust+ to have a louder alarm can now connect Rust's smart alarms to your actual smart home alarm, your bedroom lights, and other services which support IFTTT.

The IFTTT integration depends on having Rust+ set up on your phone so you can pair your Rust servers - so if you aren't using it already, install the Rust+ app on your phone! Once you're all set up with Rust+ you'll need to create or sign into your IFTTT account and head over to the Rust service page on IFTTT where you can link Rust+ to IFTTT and then build applets.



The current IFTTT integration does not support controlling smart switches at the moment - this is something we're looking into supporting in the future.


Updated Animals
The animals in Rust have sucked for far too long. They stand out more than ever now with the team dropping the amazing world revamp last month.

We've updated them with brand new models and materials, as well as a fuzzy fur shader for the longer bits of hair. This gets culled beyond LOD0 so we don't anticipate a big hit on performance - in fact, in the process of updating we discovered each model had a lot of redundant bones which we've stripped out!






Along with the new models came the arduous task of updating rigs, skinning & animation.

Some animals proved more challenging than others as the updated models correct issues in proportions of the previous models, which meant changing bone placements.

Creating new controller rigs for the whole suite of animals would of increased the workload by months & also meant every single existing animation would have needed to be replaced just to get things functional.

I decided to try and force the current rigs into submission for any animation updates, although as mentioned all redundant bones have been removed. The idles took quite a while to get something natural, but are a big improvement on what we have. I've also updated walks & some runs where possible, but this really is a baseline to build upon.

I'll be looking to update more anims like attacks/cycles, and once the ai becomes more advance we can hopefully increase their motives/goals/states and I can start to add more animations to support this. There are also current issues with some of the code-based turn movement as well which I'd really like to improve and have a greater degree of control over.

Improvements & Fixes Highlights
Procgen Improvements & Fixes: Multiple Improvments & fixes To Procgen Generation

Tree Minigame: Improved tree X markers positioning

Solar Panel Update: Updated Solar Panel model


Twitch Drops
No Twitch drops this month, they'll resume in July.


Hapis Island
This has been a frequently asked question, as mentioned last month: Due to the huge world revamp Hapis Island is currently removed from the map pool while Petur works on bringing the map up to date with the new visuals.

No update on this as of yet but progress is being made.

Changelist
New Demo shot system
Contact system
Rust+ IFTTT integration
Fixed certain monuments sometimes spawning partially underwater
Fixed terrain height artifacts that were causing extreme slopes on certain seeds
Fixed edge case where tunnel entrance would not connect to tunnel network
Fixed tunnel network gap when two stations were spawned right next to each other and a tunnel tried to cross them
Fixed harbors and fishing villages spawning at ridiculous slopes
Fixed edge case that could make rivers overlap each other
Fixed being able to break Injured animation by playing a gesture
Fixed demos over an hour not displaying time correctly in the demo list
Fixed being able to shoot over a ledge while in a beach chair at extreme height differences
Fixed some headgear blocking vision while injured (Lunar New Year masks, NVG goggles, etc)
Fixed M39 viewmodel sometimes ejecting two shells every shot
Sleeping players will no longer blink
Fixed some potential gib errors when destroying bases (likely resulting in a disconnect)
Fixed Storage Monitor bounds, often causing LOS to fail resulting in not sending the paring notification to app
Don't spawn harbors in tight places where they end up adjusting the coastline opposite to them (looks bad, leads to glitchy topologies)
Full rewrite of monument prefab prioritization when determining their spawn locations and which monuments not to spawn if there isn't enough space for all of them
Changed giant excavator monument to default priority
Changed mining_quarry_c monument to default priority
Can now press Reload to change the colour of placed electrical wires and hoses
Added a tooltip when first using a grenade to explain the controls
Prevented tree X markers from travelling too far down the tree
Ladder hatches that hit a vehicle while opening will now cancel their animation (like regular doors)
Allow gestures to be used while mounted on Secretlab chair
Reduced road vehicle wrecks to lessen the impact on roadside junkpiles
Improved small battery placement
Small battery can now be rotated before deployment
Small battery can now be deployed on tables / boxes
Censorplayerlist now enabled by default on servers
Rock colliders improved, still requires continued work
Icelakes not generating on procedural maps - this will be fixed in July's update.
Bone error in SkeletonProperties - this is a harmless server warning which can be ignored. We're investigating the cause.

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In the month of May, Star Citizen welcomed the fleet to the Stanton system, which was an undertaking tackled by many of the teams at Cloud Imperium, but that wasn’t all! Great progress was made on important features for Alpha 3.14 and beyond, from the Orison landing zone to the Pyro and Nyx systems.

Star Citizen Monthly Report: May 2021

AI (Content)

AI (Features)

AI (Tech)

Animation

Art (Characters)

Art (Environment)

Art (Ships)

Art (Weapons)

Community

Engine

Features (Characters & Weapons)

Features (Gameplay)

Features (Vehicles)

Graphics & VFX Programming

Lighting

Narrative

Props

QA

Systemic Services & Tools

Tech Animation

Turbulent

Vehicle Tech

VFX

Conclusion

WE’LL SEE YOU NEXT MONTH…

Roadmap Roundup

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 June 2nd, 2021

Progress Tracker

The following deliverables have been added to the Progress Tracker:

Quantum Travel Experience
Updating Quantum Travel mechanic to move players in a more physically realistic way, and improve the general QT experience, adjusting how spooling/calibrating, interdictions and entering/exiting work.

Login Flow
Improving the login process to allow for more stability and easier analysis of errors, as well as improvements to queue that will help streamline the login process, particularly in instances of high concurrency.

Reward Service
Developing and implementing back-end systems capable of tracking stats and data per player, and awarding in-game rewards to them, as well as collecting, persisting and querying those player rewards.

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Space Mines/Bombs
This deliverable has been split into two, as the work on Bombs will complete ahead of Mines. You’ll find the new deliverable Bombs on the Progress Tracker now, with Mines being temporarily removed until it has been scheduled out.

Garages – Utilitarian
Additional time and resources were needed by the LZ-1 team for Pyro Space Stations and the upcoming Ruin Station, therefore this deliverable has been removed from the Progress Tracker. Additionally, the majority of the work for this deliverable affects the Levski landing zone and therefore will be scheduled closer to the release of the Nyx system.

These deliverables have been temporarily removed from the Progress Tracker as the Actor Feature team recalibrates their schedule to accommodate the additional time needed for Actor Status T1, Healing T0, and other content going into 3.15:

Release View

The following deliverables have been added to Release View:

Canvas Sliced Ship HUDs
Updating all ship HUDs to use the new Canvas Slice system, providing an improved layout that maximizes screen real estate and provides more info and depth to pilots.

Power Management V2
Rebalancing the existing power system and integrating Capacitors into it. Players will have the ability to manage the amount of extra energy that goes into the thrusters, weapons and shields, making critical decisions on the distribution of energy in order to defend, attack or pursue/evade.

The above deliverable is also replacing the three Capacitor cards on Release View, as it encompasses not only capacitors but several balance updates to power management as a whole.

The following deliverables have successfully passed their final review. For this reason, we have updated the label on these card to “Committed” and changed their color to blue.

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That’s all for this week! Join the discussion on Spectrum

From RSI’s expert R&D teams comes the next evolution in heavy combat, interception, and defense – the RSI Scorpius.

We open the Ark Archives to share a special letter given to the Ark by Xi’an Emperor Kr.ē to celebrate its centennial.

This article originally appeared in Jump Point 8.5.

Today we open the Ark Archives for a look at an important and unique historic document. To celebrate the Ark’s centennial anniversary in 2901, Xi’an Emperor Kr.ē gifted the institution a letter he wrote prior to his secret meeting with Terra Senator Terrence Akari in 2789. Emperor Kr.ē instructed his house that the letter should be opened and read to the Xi’an Empire only if he failed to return from this dangerous diplomatic mission into UEE space. Thankfully, Emperor Kr.ē returned safely after negotiating what Humans would come to refer to as the Kr.ē/Akari Treaty. This symbolic-but-vital agreement would play an instrumental role in ending the Xi’an-Human Cold War and the eventual toppling of the Messer regime.

Upon his return from Tohil, the letter was returned to Emperor Kr.ē and remained in his possession until given to the Ark. Before the Emperor unsealed and read the letter at the ceremony celebrating the Ark’s 100th anniversary, he said that sharing this deeply personal piece of history would hopefully remind both Empires of how far they had come and inspire continued harmony between species.

All Xi’an, Take Heed

Per my directive to the honorable and wise members of my House, the dissemination of this letter means but one thing — the end of my reign and the descendancy of House Kr.ē. This decree will mark the end of the Third Imperial Age.

House Kr.ē will provide the necessary details of my final moments when intelligence services deem it appropriate, but I believe the particulars matter less than the decisions our Empire will be forced to consider in the wake of my passing. Recently, I embarked on a covert journey into Human space to finalize a treaty with a leader of their kind who, unlike the Human Ruler, appears to be wise, reasonable, and a champion of peace. For years, this individual and I have corresponded about what peace between our two species might actually mean and how it would manifest in the real world and affect the everyday lives of both sides. As we watered the seed of trust, I came to not only believe that this future could exist, but that it was my duty to do everything in my power to ensure that it did exist. That is why I deemed it worthy to put my life on the line to venture into Human space in the pursuit of peace.

Though my journey may have ended there, away from the home of my mothers, I wish to advise my fellow Xi’an to not abandon this path of peace. Whatever fate befell me, as innocent or treacherous as it may be, is not worthy of war with a species we have only begun to benefit from. My time with Humans has led me to believe that we can find a use for them that is favorable to the future of our Empire.

Consider a growth of thorns. Left unchecked it may overtake the garden. Attempt to remove it, and the risk to yourself is great. Attempt to destroy it, and the beauty that surrounds it may be destroyed as well. However, if you tame the growth to become part of the garden, its danger can be put to new use.

Humans discovered Hui sen Th.us’ūng the year I was born. I grew up watching my House handle diplomacy with this interesting and animated new species. As a child, I attended enough formal dinners with Human emissaries to know what food of theirs I enjoyed. As an heir, I practiced their language and studied their ways. I learned their history and experienced their art. I even found their music to be quite meditative.

Compared to us, Humans are a young species, one who only recently discovered the universe is not theirs alone. Still, they developed spacefaring technologies of impressive sophistication and spread their diverse culture across dozens of systems in less time than our First Imperial Age. My experience with them taught me that Humans overflow with emotion, ambition, and competing desires. They may act irrationally but they are not illogical. Their potential as a species is both great and terrible.

Since first contact, House Kr.ē has maintained distance, but remained engaged. Diplomacy was difficult but preferable to armed conflict. It seemed perilous to underestimate their military capability or willingness to use it. Humans had already won two wars against the Tevarin and there appeared to be much to learn from them and much risk in provoking them.

This strategy of distanced diplomacy also allowed time for House Kr.ē to produce an heir that could continue the dynasty. As I ascended to Emperor and the possibility of such a successor diminished, I meditated on the impending end of House Kr.ē’s imperial dynasty. Above all I did not want the Third Imperial Age to end while the Empire warred with a dangerous and unpredictable new enemy. Particularly since history has taught us that the search for the next Imperial line can be long and complicated. For these reasons and others, I focused on finding common ground, fostering peace, and creating a universe where we Xi’an can prosper from our proximity to Humans. Though I may not have succeeded, I still believe peace to be our best option, and pray my actions have not doomed it.

To those Houses who would proclaim that our safety lay in subjugating the Humans, I would remind you that scars inflicted by battle are slow to heal. Victory too often comes with a price too great. Let us not completely abandon the lessons we hard earned from the Spirit Wars.

My death brings an official end to the Third Imperial Age. With no legitimate heir to the throne, House Kr.ē’s last act will be to administer the ascension of the new House that will lead our people. I hope this sacred endeavor will be swift, smooth, and provide the Empire with a strong and steady leader to navigate the challenges ahead.

As my last act, I wish to share with the entire Empire the same advice I would give the next Emperor. Trust Li’tova to provide guidance and solace. Be benevolent in action, diplomatic when faced with opposition, and wise when encountering the unknown. Finally, remember that taking no action can often be the best action.

It has been an immeasurable honor for me to have served the Xi’an Empire as your Emperor. Long may the Xi’an Empire reign.

Emperor T.uēng Kr.ē

Beneficent and righteous caretaker of the Xi’an people and protector of all our worlds

Translation courtesy of Ary Alfonso, who was the Ark’s Xi’an Archivist from 2887 – 2913.

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Happy Monday, everyone!

We look at the Invictus Launch Week Schedule with a smile and a heavy heart today, as our annual event comes to an end tomorrow. We have received a mountain of awesome submissions to the Invictus Launch Week 2951 Screenshot Contest so far. We would like to thank everyone for sharing your epic moments with us!

As a reminder, It’s not too late to hop in the cockpit and set your thrusters to maximum speed, as our microTech Metroloop Race continues until June 1, 11:59 PM Pacific. We’ve loved every second of watching the community compete just outside of the city. It’s been a blast for us (no pun intended for those who weren’t able to conquer the course).

Now, let’s see what’s going on this week:

Monday kicks off the Invictus Launch Week 2951 Wrap-up, so make sure to visit microTech or the UEES War Hammer before the fleet activates their Quantum Drives!

On Tuesday, the Narrative team will open the Ark Archives for a look at an important and unique historical document.

Before Wednesday, we recommend subscribing to the Squadron 42 newsletter here, as we’ll publish the May monthly report for Star Citizen and send out the Squadron 42’s monthly report per mail. We will also publish our bi-weekly Roadmap Update and associated Roadmap Roundup.

Thursday brings a new episode of Inside Star Citizen, our weekly behind-the-scenes series providing you with the latest updates on the development of the ‘verse.

On Friday, you’ll see an update to the Subscriber Vault and the weekly RSI Newsletter delivered to your inbox. Finally, we have a new episode of Star Citizen Live, which will broadcast on our Star Citizen Twitch channel. Keep your eyes open for further updates throughout the week on guests & time.

Have a great week, everyone!

Christian ‘Wayne-CIG’ Schmitt
Community Manager

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This Week in Star Citizen
Drake DefenseCon / Free Fly

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Ark Archives: Xi’an Emperor Letter
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Drake DefenseCon / Free Fly

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 02, 2021
PU Monthly Report
SQ42 Monthly Report via Newsletter
Roadmap Update
Roadmap Roundup
Free Fly

THURSDAY, JUNE 03, 2021
Inside Star Citizen (youtube.com/user/RobertsSpaceInd)
Free Fly

FRIDAY, JUNE 04, 2021
Star Citizen Live (twitch.tv/starcitizen)
Subscriber Vault Update
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Hey Survivors,
Today we are releasing A19.5 to the public.
While the team is tirelessly working to bring you a high quality A20, we were able to port back an entire system, a handful of bug fixes and optimizations to Alpha 19.5, featuring Twitch Integration.


Forum Release Thread[community.7daystodie.com]Twitch Integration Guide[7daystodie.com]
Official Alpha 19.5 Stable Release Notes

Added
First version of Twitch Integration.
Voxel mesh pooling
Chunk decal and model dither fading
Distant terrain decreases mesh detail when farther
gfx dtmaxlod console command
Allow selection of steering mode on controllers by pressing DPad down Changed
FindTagInChilds does not make garbage
Improved Show Stability colors
Distant POIs to use a shared material
Improved chunk LOD update
Optimized chunk object handling and frame timings
Optimized terrain mesh generation
Optimized terrain control textures to not update with every mesh update
Optimized distant terrain tile size
Optimized VoxelMesh AddMesh
Optimized distant terrain render order Fixed
Zfighting at barn_02 (window/loot container)
Dedi servers fail to update bedroll locations after pickup
Block previews have differences in shading at night
Block preview for normal blocks leaking a mesh on each update
ItemClassBlock CreateMesh having to destroy unneeded colliders
Empty voxel meshes were being created
Distant POI mesh and material leaks
Distant POIs could load and leak extra invisible objects
Chunk LOD update not using XZ center for distance

Attention development subscribers: the May 2021 issue of Jump Point is now available in your subscription area.

Jump Point Now Available!

Attention development subscribers: the May issue of Jump Point is now available in your subscription area. This month features an in-depth look at the team behind Star Citizen’s patching process and the second part of a visual guide covering Star Citizen’s corporations. Plus a Galactapedia entry on the Imperial Arts Foundation and an all-new short story.

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SCL Gamedev: Building NPC Behaviors (5/28 @ 8am Pacific)

Time flies and summer is just around the corner. Here at Iron Gate, we’re still working from home, and we’re still looking for the perfect office. While those two things remain unchanged, exciting things are still happening within the company. The last couple of weeks we’ve been having interviews with several potential future coworkers, and we’re really excited to grow with more talent! While it may take a couple of weeks before the time comes, we’re really looking forward to introducing our new colleagues to you!

We have in a way already received a new team member, say hello to Valheim the horse! We collaborated with our friends at Skövde ryttarförening (Sköve riding club) to get them a new horse (technically pony) for their riding school. Isn’t she a beauty? You will definitely see more of her in the future. (This does not mean that we’ll introduce horses to the game, but it does mean that Iron Gate will take field trips to the stables to meet our four legged colleague)


Since last time we have as usual made some updates and fixes for the game. We, for example, overhauled the harpoon mechanics, added a pre saving message and updated the looks of the troll and two bosses!

Our work on Hearth and Home is still going well. The update is starting to take shape and the past month has been very productive, with many new items and mechanics being finalized. There are of course many more things we want to make before the update is released, as we don’t want to rush it. In our last devblog we explained how we work, wanting to let things take the time they need, and not setting a release date before we know for certain that the game is in a state that we can proudly present, and the response we got was fantastic! We are eternally grateful for having such a kind and understanding community! We are very proud to get to be on this journey with all of you.

In our last two updates we gave you some sneak peeks, and this time is no different! We all have a great time reading your theories on what the items could be, some are more correct than others, but they are all equally creative. This month we present to you these pictures, what do you think they could be?



We are looking into hosting some sort of Q&A, hopefully in June, where we can answer your questions about the game, development and the team! If this is something you’d be interested in, comment below!

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