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@MishaDark

4 ай бұрын

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@Phoenixstorm36

4 ай бұрын

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@deathlytree434

4 ай бұрын

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@MatthiasLowry

4 ай бұрын

Please move your sponsor vid to the end of the show. "Before we continue, a quick word from our sponsor, [sponsor's name]. We'll tell you more about them at the end of the show."

@Phoenixstorm36

4 ай бұрын

@@MatthiasLowry depends on the details of the sponsorship if he can do that or not

"Star Citizen backers hate Gameplay" had me in stitches.

@MishaDark

4 ай бұрын

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@TheMacCloud

4 ай бұрын

sometimes the customer is just wrong. it takes a level headed developer to know when this is right and when this is wrong. laser weapons aren't laser weapons they're pulse energy weapons. when we have beam weapons then imho the community can be mad about recoil but pulse energy weapons would and should have kickback. it makes literal physical logical sense.

@Traumglanz

4 ай бұрын

Of course they do, Millions of Backers and always the same guys in Arena Commander matches ;-) Barely any of the backers play the game, most are just dreaming of the game. And get upset when their dreams are not CR's dreams.

@grantvaughan543

4 ай бұрын

Recoil for lazer weapons... is still stupid 😆

Re: "Laser Weapons having recoil is unrealistic" Lets talk about the real elephant in the room about realism. This is perhaps the most offensive one of all. And that is, WHY ARE THERE NO SUN VISORS IN SHIPS. Were these ship interiors designed before 1924?! The sun is bright! My eyes cannot take anymore! I would have beat Avenger__One if the sun weren't in my eyes. (please do not confirm with Avenger__One on our fight, just trust me on this, I am totally not just making stuff up, I had him on the ropes. 👀)

@restwellcloud-ix8ee

4 ай бұрын

How could you know if it’s unrealistic or not when we don’t have laser guns in real life so we don’t know if they would have recoil or not

@JetSe77er

4 ай бұрын

​@@restwellcloud-ix8ee I think it actually makes sense for them to have recoil. Every action has an equal and opposite reaction, so shooting something out the front should push the gun back.

@Traumglanz

4 ай бұрын

​@@restwellcloud-ix8eePhysics. E = mc² and" For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction". You can use lasers as means of propellant, you can even create a blackhole just from enough lasers firing at each other and the same point in spacetime. Lasers that have significant force behind them in extreme dense packages, should have significant recoil. But it's a kinda mood point as our "lasers" are not lasers but some form of plasma weapons just like Star Wars Blasters/Lasers.

@humand0969

4 ай бұрын

@@Traumglanz is completely right. To translate what he said into normal human, irl light bulbs also have recoil and laser weaponry is a big flashlight.

The Sunday test was a lot more stable than the Saturday one. I believe CIG said in chat that there were around 367 players on the shard between Pyro and Stanton side.

@ScottWinterringer

4 ай бұрын

350 player servers is a big increase!!!

@9:51 sorry, the AI can't come help you b/c they are stuck on the table or merged with 5 other AI entities

super appreciate these monday updates. thanks dude

Night Vision would be awesome!!

@blackbird9962

4 ай бұрын

reShade is the way

Salty Mike "Clouds look pretty solid" ... love this.

They have good lighting tech. It should only glint if light truly reflects of it.

@bigpaps7696

4 ай бұрын

Second that, it shouldnt become COD

As a Tarkov uncitizen.. yeah, the ammo management is not there yet, but it’s a work in progress and I love that they are working on it

Always look forward to these on Monday. Thanks for keeping us all in the loop!

Nice video. Been coming to appreciate your take on the SC "experience". Thanks for the channel!

Either Snipers have a glint or you take away the possibility for a 1 shot kill.

@jasonmiller4614

4 ай бұрын

this is not CoD

@user-zb2dk1lf3c

4 ай бұрын

Agreed, but it is a game and there will be problems with a game where there is perma-death and the danger of some guy just sniping you and not being able to do anything about it.

@derjadebaum9159

4 ай бұрын

With the current model they add the glint AND take away the 1 shot kill :D

@user-zb2dk1lf3c

4 ай бұрын

@@derjadebaum9159 And they should add it back now.

21:41 In my opinion, to maintain a level of realism, the glare of the sniper scope should vary depending on the light source behind the enemy player you're aiming at. For example, in dark places like Jumptown at night, if there's a person outside guarding the gates with a light source, and you aim the sniper, the lens glare should be noticeable due to how the scope works. However, if they're far from the light source, the glare should be barely noticeable or practically nonexistent. During the day, there will obviously be light sources everywhere, making it much easier to see. This could add another level of strategic planning.

@robotspartan9100

3 ай бұрын

jumped in to say exactly this

@trexmtb4381

3 ай бұрын

i hope thay add in game extra scopes features, mitigate glint or glare, techniques such as lens covers, lens coatings, anti-reflective coatings. To helps reduce lens glint and improve stealthiness in the field, particularly in bright sunlight or when viewed from certain angles. Implementing these features in the game would add extra depth for players who enjoy using snipers, making in-game purchases more meaningful, that way will have more use for money that means nothing in game at the moment.

Loved the video! love the format! super informative, i am satisfied! and informed

Hey Mike, I just wanted to say I very much appreciate your take on everything new, old, and upcoming. You have become part of my daily ritual as I get ready to go to work.

It's great to see progress on this tech. I'm really happy. Although SM will not be in 3.23 I still can't wait for other QoL updates that will make SC look like a game(finally).

I just think its great we are here looking and talking about gameplay features in detail, not just theory-crafting.

Honestly, I think scope glint is a huge win. Fun/Balance>Realism for sure. Don't like scope glint? You could just use a lower magnification sight, it's a trade off. Allows them to make Snipers not nerf guns while providing a little bit of a way to counter/avoid them.

@krounos1

4 ай бұрын

Glare is fine but it should be related to light. Rewarding positioning, time of day planning. They can add tools to create light, spotlights, ship lights, flares, ect to trigger glares and you can plan around time of days to minimize dark spots. Always glare is a bandaid fix for far more interesting ways it could be handled. It also makes flash suppressors useless.

@AgentXRifle

4 ай бұрын

There are honey comb looking filters you can put on scopes to hide this. It should be an add on, we have them currently so in 1000 years we will still have that at minimum

@MrChaosi

4 ай бұрын

here is the thing though. In every game where they have scope glint, players turn the sniper into i mid range combat rifle with acog type scope., as its a way more effective role then the actual sniper role, thos mking the role obsolete

@DummyThinksThoughts

4 ай бұрын

Honestly scope glint is garbage and a huge L

@Deno2100

4 ай бұрын

Snipers aren't even gonna be that prevalent in star citizens so nerfing them makes no sense.

Nice episode! Thanks!

Scope glint makes sense but in terms of being by in StarCitizen. Its current implementation is extremely arcade game style like. I’d prefer it to have some logic. Like if the sun is in front of you then players in front of you should see your glint. This gives us a mechanic to go opposite of the sun to minimize that glint.

@rakaydosdraj8405

4 ай бұрын

My personal take- if random dude has their flashlight on, their helmet is constantly scanning for possible reflections, and will alert you if it picks up a tiny, anti-glare reflection from your own flashlight on one of the known scopes in the UEE.

More gameplay would be nice

@BullsMahunny

4 ай бұрын

Given how server meshing is the last massive technical hurdle needed to get this game setup the way they want that's what needs to work. Once it works, they can finally start breaking servers up into little parts so that everyone's performance will skyrocket. This will allow even the old gameplay to actually work properly and they can add more shit without worrying about the server melting. It's looking up

Re-pooling is a good start, but it's too quick based on the footage they showed. Field stripping and re-pooling is a feature that not enough games touch on. I haven't seen anyone really lean into this since the original Rainbow Six and I'm glad we have a game taking another look at it without having to be some sort of hardcore milsim.

Thank you SaltEMike for the news, nice video :)

On Saturday test, it hit well over 300 players on my shard, but it struggled when it got close to 400 (across meshed servers)

@16:40 Yes, Same here.

havent been able to play sc since about patch 3.17, but i gotta say, its been a real pleasure being subscribed to you and the official sc YT. I still feel all the hype and excitement from all these cool updates as we get closer to 4.0. Thanks mike o7.

sniper glint based on sun direction would be interesting. in a fight you could negate most of the land you need to check for a sniper and as a sniper you need to account for the sun and your positioning.

I'd say keep the shining scope if its against the sun, makes no sense otherwise

Love to see a lazer pointer, it seems to me that the crosshair is going to lag, right where you want to shoot.

9:09 i think the reputation and hostility is for now just related to the distribution center security guards.

So glad for automated cargo. Thank you CIG!!!

I think the dynamic cross hair can replace the laser sights because it does exactly the same thing. The difference is, it doesn't shine a laser so no one will know where you are until you start shooting. I don't know if I will like it or not (have to test it for myself before making any judgment) but I am glad it can be disabled if unwanted.

Right... 900 years into the future we can have a dynamic crosshair on the visor, but the visor has no night vision. The ship HUD can have pips, but no night vision either.

@Farlayy

4 ай бұрын

wait even more

@RN1441

4 ай бұрын

Faster than light travel, but no system for indicating where the damn spaceport is.

@ScreentubeR

4 ай бұрын

@@RN1441Even more, no fucking guaranteed hangar marker when you try to land.

@desibellsbeats

4 ай бұрын

i swear CIG's priorities have been messed up from the beginning of times

@ChristoffRevan

4 ай бұрын

I love how all of you fail to realise it's an alpha

The funny part is that no one really had any issue with the laser recoil - they just made it up to make a joke. But people had problem with the logic they've used here because they basically say that everything should be the same or its not "fun". And people immediately gave them lots of options how to make lasers distinct and still "fun". CIG really shot themselves into the leg here by touching that subject

I think modularity tech may not be coming in .23, but I think it's around the corner. We know they are focusing hard on RSI ships this year, and you've got that Galaxy looming large with its different bays.

Hey SM, Warthog here. Great News!!! Finaly happening.

Mike, thanks for the balanced review. All the best.

Missing link in top right of video at like 4 or 5 mins in for the other video on meshing. Didnt bother me just tryn help

I like the part where you take some extra time to refill your magazines up and discard the ones that you don't use! Maybe it should take a little bit longer but overall I think its a great feature! Many great things coming up! Maybe my personal favorite is the quantum boost... Finally we will be able to travel in space anywhere we want as we should! I don't see too many people talking about quantum boosting and I can't understand why... This feature will CHANGE the game when it is implemented! And finally I really want to see each ship getting its own unique UI design... With the new MFDs and everyhing... Many great things to look for in 2024!

So if we consider the fact that they probably have multiple servers per region already with a player cap of around 100, we consider that 30k recovery has been successfully demonstrated several times with the new tech, and we now see servers being tested with between 200 to 400 players... I think CIG will have the spare servers, virtual or otherwise, to be able to start swapping out a slow instance that is still running with a fresh one as necessary.

Normal players don't even see the scopes light. Maybe it would be better if it reflects depending on the angle of the sun.

I'm a sniper and I'm a fan of scope glint. Countersniping gameplay is FUN. I appreciate your selection of mastermodes clip.

I love the scope glint. That's gonna make the combat waaaaay better. I've been playing fps games for 20 years. All types of fps from casual to serious ones. I LOVE CIG's decission on this.

Heck of a moment. This continues to expand on the proof of concept that is Star Citizen. Love to see it.

W content mike, favorite vids of the week

same recoil when you hold straight and lean to the sides?

17:16 scopes: I like the "removing black border", but now it just looks like the scope itself is useless. the outside looks exactly like the inside of the scope view. outside the scope should be blurry with different zoom factor

you can have recoil and ammo for lasers. if they are detination lasers that is they detonate something to generate the energy for the laser then it would have recoil. boom done and its based on a real laser type

If I could have gameplay, I would be so happy. More so if it was bug free

Not sure if they ever mention the reloading a weapons being a choice. does it only reload out of the backpack after the normal mags are used or can we choose to reload from the backpack during a fight. Difference between a tactical reload ect. give us 2 options so when we are safe or have spare time we can just reload out of the backpack and conserve our quick mags.

Good job! I always enjoy, Thank You!

I am fine with sniper glint if it is working relative to light sources and not just an arbitrary glint for "balancing."

All that matters is that it worked. It might be rough all over the place, but it worked.

Different coloured weapons seems to be the only way to know which gun has your attachments on without actually equipping it.

I like that ammo condensing thing, I think it should actually take some time though, like actually have some animation should you taking ammo from one mag to another, something you should,'t be doing on the fly basically..

Good shit as usual!

At this point almost everything they've shown the these updates I'm totally ok with. I just want to play with all these changes before I can make a good opinion about it. I think we will start to see more sacrifices to make the game more functional and easier to make with the shift to the PU.

Love your videos man! Scope flashing could be justified with sun reflections and would make total sense to me, but only if there’s a sun and you’re in the open. Otherwise is like attaching a flashlight to the weapon and making light signals before shooting saying “I m g o n n a k i l l u l o l z” 😂 If it’s to fix the gameplay now until the fps scanning is in, ok, but I feel like that will be solved once the fps ping is implemented.

Appricate the updates and news on star citizen 👍🏼is anything happening with the RSI Apollo yet? I think a Black/Carbon skin would look so bad ass 💯

@SaltEMike

4 ай бұрын

We think there was a sneak peek of it about a month ago, outside that crickets.

@ArtemisTGM

4 ай бұрын

@@SaltEMike 🤣🤣🤞🏼🤞🏼

Sub par flight experience? Seems ok to me. Problem is server lag and bad AI.

Thank you for wearing a different color shirt before and after the sponsor. I know exactly where to click to skip.

Totally buying that tankard. Neener neener

I still wonder how long the line at Kiosks will be when selling stuff, when the player count goes from 100'ish to unlimited. Universe seems small sometimes even with 100 players on.

mike, I love the high-quality feel of these episodes! And better still, the info and opinions provided are also well-researched and aim to make this game genuinely playable! sad I can't like twice... :)

any news on squadron release yet?

I can understand them wanting most if not all combat guns to have recoil. The game needs to have balance. The one spot I am having an issue is that the arrowhead has bullet drop. It's less powerful than the p6, even fully charged. You have to charge it up. Every shot is a tracer. I know this is changing but the default scope is a bright yellow TV. And it has bullet drop? Where are the positives of using this thing? Used to be my favorite gun.

Crosshair is something we develop for 900 years, though weapons are not? consistency maybe? The scope flair is good for now, though I think regular patrols in areas that are supposed to be safe, Satellite observations and drones is better if they get AI to work to intercept and outmaneuver players.

As long as there is no glint at night.... 😂

I wish they'd copy Helldivers 2 in how they do the dynamic cross hair.

does coop work yet? e.g co-pilot?

I need a jetpack!

there are laser things for detecting snipers in the real world so it's not out there in 2,000 years you could fit one to a helmet

I'd like the glint to be more dynamic. (I know everything in this game is dynamic, but hear me out) If the sun hits your scope just right, it should leave a glint. In real life, snipers have to account for that kind of thing. Being in a shaded area and having a glint on your scope is stupid, in my opinion. You should be rewarded for being a smart sniper.

Like spring time flowers. lol

Understandable not everyone like the dynamic crosshairs. Personality, I like dynamic crosshairs, I use it in CS2 and it helps me learn the recoil patterns, spread, and it's just really nice to have as a tool and one less thing to remember. There of course is an option to turn it off for individuals that don't want it.

Just change the lore so that they are plasma blasters and not laser guns. Then it is still flinging something with mass and that would cause recoil. The laser guns could also be changed to have no recoil but they are low damage. Perhaps more like damage over time meaning you have to hold it on a specific point to puncture armor at all.

the sniper glint has to be very subtle and only when in direct sunlight imo

@GhostOfMilliesHat

4 ай бұрын

They already showed it off in a huge shadow and at night. It's like having a flashlight tight to your scope

My personal take on Sniper Glint- Tie it to an active flashlight. If random dude has their flashlight on, their helmet is constantly scanning for possible reflections, and will alert them if it picks up a tiny, anti-glare reflection on one of the known scopes in the UEE. As a sniper, you can see flashlights without ADS, but if you try to make a long range shot with ADS, anyone who is illuminating their position gets long range detection. Anyone with their flashlight OFF is playing cat and mouse, potentially ready to countersnipe you. (your own flashlight is off as a sniper, right?)

@Marlax-101

3 ай бұрын

it would be nice to give lights more purpose, but would probably need much larger light sources than a flashlight for long ranges. i would say players scanning or lighting an area could locate someone close but you might need a ships lights or scanners to secure a much larger area. Then you could have some ships or ground vehicles having much more powerful lights or sensors to help pick up ground snipers.

All of the Saint Patrick's Day exclusives anywhere are primarily green versions of things that already existed. I'm not saying it's smart, but I'm also saying they are not alone in this.

I get the balancing. But sniper glint is what made me stop playing snipers in battlefield and eventually moved to Arma. So snipers will be out for me if they go that route. To each their own I guess

Magazine repacking should take so long that it's completely unpractical during a firefight. This is only for the incessant reloaders who reload their gun after every ten shots. Currently, that punishes you by giving you a whole bunch of half empty clips, as it should! In comes the magic button and in seconds it's all repacked. Almost as bad as the crosshair, but at least you can turn that one off

If someone in Evo was shooting you on purpose, that's a HUGE No-No and could get them banned! I'm wondering if they were just testing if their guns worked and you happened to get in the way?

Cant really judge master modes without engineering and the ship damage. Ultimately that will determine how well ot plays.

Congratulations, they invented instancing.

The Radar change I really hope means that Mining laser Operators will also share scan results finally

@shippy1001

4 ай бұрын

Lets be realistic, when they did actually delivered a feature 100%?

@lss247

4 ай бұрын

@@shippy1001 Never. =)

just glad to see them seemingly change their priorities back to gameplay elements. also yeah, they are doing skins such a disservice.

They should make a laser/plasma weapon with no recoil that sucks :P

Will server meshing solve the desync issues? Pvp fps is almost unplayable as is.

Kill Markers should be for AC only!

Hell yeah Mike, hell yeah.

regards to MM people ned to watch space tomato too with Yogi and AV 1 a very good pod cast / youtube chat on Master modes this will help people out and give peace of mind

its called cutting corners in development an we ALL know they are gonna leave it at that. so the whole make the game work in short term is also gonna be the longterm solution.

Well if they actually got their tech working that's good I guess.

We can't have ammo be precious if we need to hit half a P4 mag to kill someone. Scope glint is there to fix the shortcomings of other areas of the game. Like horrible location design with way too less cover and elevations all around the poi. I feel like the fps team takes it upon themselves to fix the fuckups of everyone else.

I think a laser-gun would have a recoil. Pretty sure it would be less recoil than a normal gun but still noticalble recoil.

@beny9360

4 ай бұрын

I’ve no issue with them putting recoil on energy weapons. Obviously a laser has no recoil, but who knows what sci fi they want to put in. It’s really easy to add an explanation about gas discharge during fire coil energisation or some such justification. I agree with you. Easy to add an explanation if that’s what they want. :)

It won't scale with only 2 servers, as the entity count will be the same. Unless they separate each planetary ring on a seperate server in each solar system.

@lights4bre890

4 ай бұрын

Testing the replication layer and 1 server - and then 2 servers are the prerequisites for scaling it up to more. They cant jump straight to 8 servers or dynamic server meshing before first testing and tuning starting with One.

Decrease recoil on laser and damage, but make them usable in eva. When in eva ballistics must through you way of due to the recoil! Problem solved, and it keeps it realistic!!! Also, have no bullet drop with lasers on planet.

This shit is just turning into a new age halo at this point lol 😂

absolutely DETEST scope-glint.