3.0.0b is out to Evocati. The
patch notes (that's not public yet, so you won't be able to login) are truly hilarious. It will be exported and on Pastebin shortly.
Here's the thing. The same shit they did with the
original 3.0.0 and the 3.0.0a (which came after the weekend release) is what they've done again with this one. You can't tell wtf they've fixed or addressed because there is no distinction between what they fixed now, before, or what is still an issue. They just lump everything in there to make it look like, well, I dunno really what they were going for there. Not to mention the fact that they listed items which they are claiming is already implemented, but as of yesterday, 93% of what they claim is in 3.0, isn't actually IN these builds.
Also, when you consider this bullshit:
"We're expecting many new players so we wanted to make sure the [3.0] user experience is *really good*. So we've decided to spend more time optimizing and polishing then we have for recent releases"
...you have to wonder wtf they're actually talking about. There are currently
over 3000+ bugs in Issue Council for 2.6.3. And with this 3.0, it's safe to say that there are going to be thousands more - which will probably never be fixed. They will get it to "good enough", then fuck off to go do something else that's about making money from whales.
As I've said before, most times, half the shit they show to backers, is all made to generate hype, running local (like at the shows) client/server, or in an editor. Which means that the live experience will be totally different, and complete rubbish.
Here's the example of the Nox parking in the Cutlass.
ATV (July 2017):
3.0 Evocati (Oct 2017):
https://gfycat.com/gifs/detail/ChubbyLargeGossamerwingedbutterflyIt's all shit. They really just rushed this build out to Evocati because of CitizenCon, which is probably when they plan to release it to the PTU.
Derek, do you see them releasing a further revision of 3.0, like, 3.0.0c just to keep their promise of 3.0 being that really good one?
Maybe 4.0 isn't the Jesus Patch, but just 3.0.0.1.
Oh most definitely. I believe that 3.0x is the end of the line. They're going to keep refactoring and iterating until the wheels come off. There's so much they promised for 3.0, that it will take another 3-4 years to complete it - before they even start thinking about 4.0.
If they DO survive the next few months, they will do what they've always done. That being, implement the promised features which they can, walk back or ignore those they can't, then leave them in a buggy state. Which is how we get 3000+ bugs currently in 2.6.3. But they're promoting shiny new things in 3.0 which are just the same rubbish that's never getting fixed.
1) Performance is still shit. And it got worse with this build, and it's only going to get even worse when MORE people are able to play it.
2) Netwworking is still shit. But we already knew that. And back when I said they'd be fucking dumb to touch this shit at this point, some people thought I was mad. Until they removed the critical aspects of this from the dev schedule. We've now experienced the results in 3.0 - and they're NEVER going to be able to fix it. It's too late, and they're too far gone. 1000+ client MMO? Fuck you, and get off my ship!
3) Physics is still shit; but somehow they managed to make it a LOT worse in 3.0.
4) The much touted Subsumptionm AI is NON-FUCKING-EXISTENT. It's just scripted NPCs hanging around, glitching, and doing fuck all but taking up space and impacting performance even more.
5) Mission givers don't work. Oh you want a mission, do you? Go ask Miles over there. Assuming he's at the fucking table, and not floating off 20 feet away - glass in hand.
6) The much touted "planetary tech" is as underwhelming as it is mindboggingly boring. And it's buggy as hell. And barren. The one location, Levski, is an absolute slideshow. And that's with just you and the environment.
And that's with two fucking moons and an asteroid. So much for this:
7) UI, well, I don't even know about that one. But then again, not that I am the one to talk; after all I'm the guy who develops games with the most ridiculous UI, you need to be on the autism spectrum to comprehend it. And that fucking ESC key, man. :negative:
8) There is absolutely NOTHING worth doing in 3.0. Seriously, NOTHING. When backers get this, assuming they can get in a ship, fly to a planet, and enter it - the spectacle will be over in all of 20 mins. Guaranteed. Then, the streamers are going to be doing the same repetitive bullshit for weeks on end because, well, they have nothing.
It's all still a glorified $160M tech demo that's not even a vertical slice, if you can believe that.
What Evocati are now seeing in 3.0 is PRECISELY the bane of these types of games. They're fucking DULL AND BORING if you don't have people to play with, or a robust AI and mission system for solo engagements.
And in 3.0, good fucking luck finding anyone. There could be 8 clients in your instance, and you'd NEVER see them. And when you do, there's NOTHING to do because there is no "game". Six fucking years later.
Even ED suffers from this same thing, and that's why those who don't like it, call it boring. And the funny thing is, you could be peddling rubber dog shit for hours in ED, and get some "fun" from it because everything is just
so well put together. Even in my BC/UC games; I spent
DECADES developing and improving revolutionary AI (
check out my recent 6hr live stream) to alleviate this problem - specifically. Which is why I never even bothered to spend too much time with multiplayer for those games.
This is an absolute travesty. I don't care what anyone says, they've basically blown through all this money, spent all this time - and have this shit to show for it.
I have said it before, I will say it again: someone is going to jail over this because there is NO way on Earth they get away with this. And a bunch of ass-clowns are parked on Reddit creating bullshit theory-crafting threads, instead of inquiring about where the money has gone.
A year ago today, this is a
50K upvoted thread on Reddit over proof-of-concept that a year later is still nothing more than a pipe dream.
