Tonight the 2.1 invitations went out and they released the unmelt system. It's under your hangar system. Did anyone get an invitation? According to a friend of mine:
-Better party system
-Freelancer in game
-Sabre in game
EDIT: Buy back can't be used with store credit or coupons. Ouch!
Freelancer in flight. I think it's fast!
http://youtu.be/IkvtOysrUdg
Yep, got my invite!
account has just copied over, so I'm about to start the download. :)
Quote from: Obsydian;407517Yep, got my invite!
account has just copied over, so I'm about to start the download. :)
I'm clearly at the bottom of the list!
got my invite just downloading now.
THE SABRE IN GAME!!!!!! i dont think i will get a invite but tell she me she looks sexy please ? that ships is my fav so far
Quote from: RogueTaylor;407538THE SABRE IN GAME!!!!!! i dont think i will get a invite but tell she me she looks sexy please ? that ships is my fav so far
In hangar, yes, but not yet flyable.
Here's a short video about the Sabre and the Freelancer:
[video=youtube_share;Oin00rPNW9k]http://youtu.be/Oin00rPNW9k[/video]
Haha that's fine by me lol it's almost in game and I can't wait
God the Saber looks good
Some epic multi-crew Freelancer footage:
[video=youtube_share;LnzcvlHHcdI]http://youtu.be/LnzcvlHHcdI[/video]
I been waiting soooo long for the Freelancer and they decide to release it in game while I'm away. :( curse my luck!!! Looking forward to reading everyone's feedback.
Got my invite
Sent from my Nexus 5
Got mine too!
Might download and play over the holidays, but with the recent arrival of offspring #3 any playtime won't be that long ....
More Freelancer ship-porn!
[video=youtube;rPHI68MNUtk]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rPHI68MNUtk[/video]
So the rear turret is man-able :yahoo:
Just got the email telling me I'm one of the very specially selected players to get PTU 2.1 access, along with everyone else.
PTU now open to all players for Christmas, but not replacing 2.0 as the "stable" release.
Yeah but it ends this evening lol!
got mine this morning too....
no time to have a look :(
Also got mine but yea ends this evening so probably be over by the time I've downloaded.
i've been on 2.1 but not seen any other dmws online, would be good if we could all meet up online .
Well I would like to but I arrived in Devon then got my invite so I can't really play till next week
Sent from my Nexus 5
I got mine too but am out tonight, so won't be online to play it before it ends. Grrr.
Unfortunately, the arrival of some family for a few days for Xmas pretty much sounds the death knell for be doing anything outside of the living room for the next few days!
Enjoy if you get to load into the real world for a while :)
2.1 now live to all players. PTU download didn't need redone.
just downloaded mine this morning
Morning awl, Just had a quick trek around 2.1c The Crusader environment. I have to say, High Settings, the game was a smooth experience, I would expect nothing different in a full game. There wasn't a lot going on I grant you but there was no graphical tearing and I certainly didn't crash (except the Connie).
Things I noticed I couldn't achieve with this PTU release:
- Automatic detection of TrackIR, it never worked either in 1st Person or in the ship. EDIT: it's not supported right now in game.
- I couldn't get my control bindings to be recognized even though they were in the correct folder and in the full v2.0 release they are recognized.
I may go back through an rebind everything later if I can be bothered.
The visuals were stunning, the Connie (the one I melted and is sitting there like the mother of all carrots shouting unmelt me, unmelt me!) was a huge improvement over the original that was in the Hangar in v1. The effect of another Connie taking off overhead, the sound, scale and atmosphere was awesome.
I think this is a major step forward in the game development, both in quality, stability and experience.
If I can get my TrackIR and controls back working I could find myself in game a lot more often.
I will say if anyone is getting crashes in PTU 2.1c then look at your computer health and specs. A mid range i7 with a GTX980 on my machine, which is very low on bloatware and startup crap runs it fine.
Cheers,
Bert
Bar in mind that TrackIR is not currently supported by the game. It did work (sort of) in previous versions, but that was more by luck than judgement and was more of a hack, really. Proper support will come, as will support for VR when there are commercial versions to code against.
Regarding controls, did you actually import the settings? They're not picked up automatically. Also, I think that on the PTU, control settings aren't persisted between sessions. I haven't tested it, but I have had to reimport settings more than once in order to get them working.
All that said, the visuals are pretty stunning right now, and any slowdown in FPS is known to be server issues, not client, so hardware, while important, isn't to blame if people are experiencing low frame rates at the moment.
Quote from: Obsydian;408245Bar in mind that TrackIR is not currently supported by the game. It did work (sort of) in previous versions, but that was more by luck than judgement and was more of a hack, really. Proper support will come, as will support for VR when there are commercial versions to code against.
Regarding controls, did you actually import the settings? They're not picked up automatically. Also, I think that on the PTU, control settings aren't persisted between sessions. I haven't tested it, but I have had to reimport settings more than once in order to get them working.
All that said, the visuals are pretty stunning right now, and any slowdown in FPS is known to be server issues, not client, so hardware, while important, isn't to blame if people are experiencing low frame rates at the moment.
I see what I was doing wrong with the controls. The old folder was just called Star Citizen and I placed my profile in there without looking too far past my nose. There's a new Cloud Imperium Games Folder with the Public and Test profiles in there and my new control setup saved to that folder.
As more people came online the FPS went South totally. It became unplayable and there were rarely launch pads free to add ships to get into. when I did eventually get up and away the FPS in space was horrible.
So my original feedback applied to a server with very little load I assume. Still looked nice.
Sounds like this is the best yet and can get players to team up. I hope the live patch goes live before I return home but I'd love to know how you are doing with the "D" patch? Can players meet up with some consistency yet?
http://youtu.be/vkIMIiKjQrY