2.6 release pushed back to 18th December

smilodon · December 03, 2016, 03:41:17 AM

A few weeks back CIG started publishing their own internal production schedule with dates for major milestones and the planned release date for 2.6, which is more or less unheard of for a games developer to do.

https://robertsspaceindustries.com/schedule-report

However the 2.6 release, which is the one that will have the FPS module in it, has been pushed back from 8th December to 16th December to allow more testing and bug squashing.

But in an astonishing break from Internet tradition Star Citizen backers appear to have remembered that these dates are all provisional and a window into the uncertain world of game development. So they have NOT freaked out. Hard to believe but true. My faith in humanity is a tiny bit restored.

smilodon · December 17, 2016, 08:50:02 PM

Now it's 22nd December, although I am a first wave PTU member so I'm buzzing about in my Caterpillar and Herald (and every other flyable ship for the PTU) smashing into bugs. Looks spectacular but certainly not ready for Prime Time

The FPS Star Marine is nice although I'm only managing to connect now and again as usually it crashes to desktop, like I said buggy :-)

Twyst · December 17, 2016, 11:44:29 PM

Looking forward to this now ..... no more download caps to contend with gaming life vs kids vs work!

Galatoni · December 18, 2016, 07:30:00 AM

22nd December is a very tactical move. Its far enough back so they can say "cos Christmas" when things go wrong.

albert · December 18, 2016, 11:51:53 AM

I agree, wise move to get some new content out for Christmas and in the next 4 days they can hopefully make the FPS stable and give everyone a great present.

TeaLeaf · December 20, 2016, 12:12:55 PM

Finally got around to copying across to the PTU and started the 30GB download. Will be trying 2.6.0K after some lunch.

sulky_uk · December 20, 2016, 02:22:34 PM

with your internet speed tea, its had to be something quick, slice of toast?

albert · December 20, 2016, 03:27:36 PM

I hope they have made the FPS join able. I tried about 8 times and got as far as the start of round countdown only once, other times I saw no in game view at all.

K downloaded, trying later.

Twyst · December 20, 2016, 04:48:12 PM

I will try the PTU later tonight as well

Now I have the bandwidth, do I have the free disk space?

Twyst · December 20, 2016, 06:20:57 PM

Hmmmm, I don't see an option to download it and PTU is greyed out on my account? But I'm sure I had PTU access before ....

RogueTaylor · December 20, 2016, 06:34:01 PM

you need to sign up for it, check your emails and if your allowed join then you should have one saying how to get on. i will be downloading it tonight

TeaLeaf · December 20, 2016, 07:35:44 PM

I got LOTS of lag when I tried Star marine today, the lobby/grouping up worked fine, but in game I was absolutely hammered by lag when I turned. Not sure if it is an SLI thing or not, but it was horrible. Clearly not everyone is having these problems though based on looking at some of the scores being put up, so I suspect it is related to my graphics setup.

Sneakytiger · December 20, 2016, 08:15:18 PM

yeah played a little star marine and even with my 1080 it lags,does feel like cod in space.

RogueTaylor · December 20, 2016, 08:22:26 PM

I will have a game of this tomorrow and will see how I get on weather it's lag
All around or just some systems. Cod in space sounds like something I might be good at Yay haha

albert · December 20, 2016, 09:23:42 PM

Star Marine worked better than I expected. I managed 2 rounds out of 4 before I crashed due to server comms error. The game was smooth in 4K with a little stuttering from other players when they were supposed to standing still.

Marked improvement from pre-K.

Most importantly there a lot, a heck of a lot of ships there to test so I would say try that part as it's in good shape and 30 ships thick with fun.