Star Citizen video shows off first gameplay with AI pilots
Star Citizen is winging its way to the conclusion of a highly successful crowdfunding campaign, with only six days remaining and more than $3.4 million collected. But developer Chris Roberts still wants to hit the $4 million mark, so his company Cloud Imperium Games has released a new video showing a very early version of gameplay and pilot AI responding to commands.
Star Citizen is winging its way to the conclusion of a highly successful crowdfunding campaign, with only six days remaining and more than $3.4 million collected. But developer Chris Roberts still wants to hit the $4 million mark, so his company Cloud Imperium Games has released a new video showing a very early version of gameplay and pilot AI responding to commands.
Fans of of the Wing Commander and Privateer games should enjoy the view from the cockpit as the video shows off the AI in dogfights and flying in formation. "The Squadron 42 / Star Citizen pilot AI will be the most sophisticated AI that I've attempted on any of my games," Roberts said on the Roberts Space Industry blog. "My goal is to take the ideas that I pioneered with Wing Commander and later games; distinct personalities, dynamic learning, signature moves to next level with the power of modern CPUs."
Roberts also said the the video is definitely a rough work in progress. Explosions and lasers are all placeholder, and he plans some extra work on shield effects.
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Star Citizen is winging its way to the conclusion of a highly successful crowdfunding campaign, with only six days remaining and more than $3.4 million collected. But developer Chris Roberts still wants to hit the $4 million mark, so his company Cloud Imperium Games has released a new video showing a very early version of gameplay and pilot AI responding to commands.-
http://www.robertsspaceindustries.com/star-citizen/?rid=15591
Go there if you want to pledge. there's only SIX days left if you want to get in on the Alpha/Beta and get all the goodies (read upgraded ships)
I personally CAN'T WAIT till this comes out. Privateer used up sooooo much of my time. -
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So...what exactly are they doing, leaking a constant stream of O2? Can someone get Joss Whedon to help make space games.
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It's rough AI test video, not something meant to be pretty.
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Featuring the worlds slowest moving lasers.....no seriously it looks awesome.
I really hope it lets you take advantage of the range of movement in space combat. I know in the pitch video he explained that the ships are rigged to have thrusters to allow them to fly light a jet, but there was the ability to turn off their automatic features and get full manual control. I want to be able to flip around backwards to shoot people behind me without losing forward momentum, or be able to side strafe and stuff.
BSG had some really well thought out space combat when it came to stuff like that. I wish more games had that. @ about 2:00 http://youtu.be/RMMZd89E9qs-
IIRC the Wing Commander games had this from 3 on. I forget what it was called, but it was pretty much the same thing though its been awhile and it may not have functioned exactly the same. I remember flying up to a capital ship and engaging strafemode and just gliding along blasting away. It basically turns your ship into a free floating 360 degree turret.
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yup, placeholders.
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yes you kinda did. However, I vote for this being a sticky on the front
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