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I don't know if anyone here has played flight simulator games, but by and large they have a way of incorporating realism that is pretty interesting. If you want fidelity, you can run through the entire checklist for starting a 737, or you can simply hit E (or whatever the key is) and the plane...

I totally agree, exaggerated realism is a huge problem in many "realistic" games, but there are ways to approach realism that aren't annoying at all, and can be a lot of fun. This is true especially in Sci Fi games, where you can simply invent a technology to get yourself out of a box. It...

Welcome to TEST @Belthus !!!

I hear all of this. They forget that whatever else we are, we are also the customers and consumers of their product. That actually makes us the most important stakeholders in the industry. They're not the only industry to forget this, but they certainly are one of them. Developers have only...

What he said, or maybe in extreme cases another account?

Welcome to TEST @Mobitron !!

Something I was thinking about was whether or not some ships that currently do, should even have planetary landing capability. If you had large cargo ships that couldn't land, then you'd need ships to shuttle cargo back and forth... and encourage cooperative game play, and vulnerable ships...

3.1 is a branch that appears to contain a pre-alpha of the shard tech. It sounds reasonable to me, new functionality stuck in an alpha, or even beta software is often in a kind of less than optimal state, enough to demonstrate if you're barking up the right tree. Big BUT though. CIG uses...

... SNORT.... Don't say stuff like that when I'm drinking a coffee!

Very tough break for the players, it has to be heartbreaking for those kids. But I'm not embarrassed so much as just surprised. This is what happens if you're overconfident though (MY overconfidence), you get surprised. Good on the German players though. They've surprised more than just me...

Well, I hope they aren't doing forks. They referred to it as a branch, which means you're managing features and bug fixes in the same development tree. A fork means you're developing a new product based on the first, it's a separate development tree. You can end up with the same thing in...

They need to think in terms of "asset server" I think. That is a separate server that manages all of your inventory and transactions, so that each server always agrees about what mission you're running, what cargo you have, gear, ship etc. Otherwise it sounds like a pretty good plan to me. Do a...

Hi @Seventy Four ! Welcome to Test!! I happen to be partial to certain hard liquors, and ciders too.

Weapon's manufacturer? Omnisky is a manufacturer of laser cannons... not sure if that's significant.

Some good work in the pipe it seems. Boredgamer seems to be able to articulate it all in a nutshell pretty well, and overall I like his videos better than CIG's.

lol. Welcome to Test @Ginkomen!!

I haven't played the game yet, going to download on the weekend. But the armor depicted in the game's trailer is pretty damned accurate for a game. They even accurately depicted braies and pants, which I've never seen properly depicted in a game or movie before. The only criticism I have at...

Actually that was pretty much everyone at the time who were assholes and went around destroying everything. Turns out I study Medieval history as a hobby. Weird hobby eh? Now it's a hobby, and I'm not an expert historian by any stretch but I have enough knowledge to answer this. In an era...

"Those guys"... But you don't have a King either, yet. You and I both have a Queen at the moment. How is Liz doing anyway? I just live in the US, I'm not a citizen. I'm Canadian. My mother was American though, and wife is American, 3rd generation Bohemian/American in fact.

I don't think that politicians as a group are going to do anything, ever. At least not on their own. I don't think they see it as in their best interest. If they resolve this issue, then how in the heck would they be able to tell if they're going to have enough votes in the next election...