Yeah, that's a good point, sooner than later would be better.
As far as building up content, @INeedMana@piefed.zip have you heard of any scripts or tools for transferring posts/comments from one community to another?
I know that PieFed has a way of moving posts between communities, but I don't know how well this works with Lemmy communities.
My notes on the first 10 minutes of the video:
I played a bit yesterday as well. The only issue was that the ASOPs and elevators to hangars around New Babbage weren't working. I just avoided New Babbage and everything else went well.
There are a lot of "Event Groups" going around as well. I ended up in a group of ~60 players with everyone running various missions and sharing them just before turn in.
It was also great that one of the event missions allows anyone to get a free rental on the Constellation Mk 5.
Alright, 20hrs later and additional stats are now available for the wishlist: Currently sitting at rank 429 with18,002 players wishlisted. https://steamdb.info/app/4045720/charts/
I'm curious to see how quickly this moves up in the whishlisted ranks (currently ranked #3555).
The trailer is having issues loading for me on the page. Maybe too many people trying to watch it at once?
Luckily it can also be watched here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pTHEkEZhMgM
The announcement doesn't affect hardware giveaways for the Sabre Raven. It's limited to the Intel Optane SSD promotion and AMD R9/R7 GPU promotion where anyone could go out and buy the hardware to get a code (at the time).
Edit: Although it's possible DaPoets used a code from the SSD promotion, I find it more likely that this code came from CIG specifically for the giveaway... I'll try to remember to ask him the next time I run into him at a Bar Citizen/CitizenCon.
Edit2: Nah, it's totally possible that the code there did originate from the SSD promotion. That being said, this announcement doesn't prevent CIG from generating new codes and renewing the promotion with Intel in a different way.
These are specifically for hardware promotional codes. In the case of the Sabre Raven it would be from the Intel Optane SSD. The promotion for this ended in 2018. https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/support/articles/000059982/memory-and-storage/client-ssds.html
CIG has announced that unclaimed codes for these two ships have expired and can no longer be claimed.
A theory posed by one content creator (Camural) is that this is due to the recent breach that CIG had where a list of codes like these could have been obtained by the hacker.
Edit - link to official Support Article: https://support.robertsspaceindustries.com/hc/en-us/articles/42678242845591-Deprecation-of-Hardware-Promotional-Codes
He got a lot of criticism for the last video (SCL Gamedev: Siege of Orison). He might be trying to take a break from the spotlight to let things cool down.
This is also a brand new series, so they might be trying to let someone else take charge of this series and give Jared a bit of a break.
Yeah, we definitely should have been told sooner. Especially once Rockstar re-confirmed the release date in June 2026.
It is worth pointing out that the GTA VI release date was delayed twice. Originally it was set to release sometime in 2025 (announced in Dec 2023). In May 2025 they announced a delay with a release date of May 26, 2026. Then in November of 2025 they delayed again with a release date of Nov 19, 2026. I'm sure CIG was hoping for GTA VI to be delayed again.
Sounds like it's delayed until Summer of 2027, mostly blaming GTA 6.
They will at least open it up so that a small group of players can test it out, and it sounds like we'll get the official release date locked in soon after that:
We are allowing a small number of original backers and long-time Star Citizen content creators an opportunity to play Squadron 42 this October 9th and 10th. We’ll be making further announcements about our release plans during this time and a specific release date shortly afterwards.
Not really, the whole article is worth a read. Here's the next section (and there's a lot more after that):
Putting It Into Practice with Alpha 4.10
Our focus has been on the following core areas:
- AI
- Docking & Refuelling
- Economy & General Exploits
- First Hour Quality of Life
- Freight Elevators
- Hangars & ASOP
- Inventory
- Login & Connection Errors
- Quantum Travel & Starmap
- Ship Loss
Twice a week, QA, Production, Player Experience, and Community teams come together to look at the issues having the biggest impact on players. We weigh what we’re seeing internally against your Issue Council reports, looking at how often an issue is reported, how many players it affects, how long it’s been around, and how severely it impacts gameplay. We pull those factors together into what we call an “Impact Score,” which helps us decide what needs our attention most.
Your Issue Council reports play a significant role in that. In several cases, detailed reproduction steps, supporting information, and video evidence have helped us get from knowing something is broken to understanding why it’s broken - and that makes a huge difference for getting a fix.
With Alpha 4.10, we can start to see the results of that approach.
At the time of writing, Alpha 4.10 has reached 1,239 bug fixes submitted over its release cycle, compared with 295 in Alpha 4.9. Those numbers naturally vary depending on the size and scope of each patch, and 4.10 is a significantly larger release with more content, which means more issues to identify and resolve.
What matters more is the context here though. Of those fixes, 479 addressed bugs that were already present in Alpha 4.9 or earlier. That's a more useful measure of the progress we're making toward improving the existing Live experience, rather than simply counting issues discovered and fixed while developing new content.
We’ve also seen a significant improvement in client performance. Over the last few months, new content without corresponding performance improvements had contributed to a steady decline, with Instancing and Siege of Orison making that gap particularly apparent. That led to a coordinated effort across Engine, Physics, AI, Gameplay, Rendering, and Content to address some of the worst performance offenders.
Across all hardware configurations, measured in equally populated Landing Zones between Alpha 4.9 and Alpha 4.10, average client FPS has improved by 15.5%. Your next Lorville run should show a noticeable improvement!
