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3.0 Production Schedule Report

Our schedule for the next Star Citizen Alpha releases, up to date.

Welcome!

Last update : Oct 13th, 2017

Below you will find the latest roadmap for the development of the Star Citizen Persistent Universe. While the bulk of this schedule outlines our tasks and estimates that you can expect to find in the upcoming 3.0.0 patch (as well as some of the tasks that we’ve already completed), we are also including projections for the remainder of the year so you can have some visibility into the upcoming Persistent Universe features and content. These are the very same schedules we update daily and circulate internally on our intra-studio hand-offs with a few exceptions: the individual developer names assigned to the tasks will be omitted (for obvious reasons), we’ll remove the JIRA details, and we’ll modify the technical wording to make it readable for a wider audience.

Also note, this schedule does not represent everything CIG is working on, but more the functionality and content we feel comfortable committing to at this time. Outside of the work on Squadron 42, we have a few research projects that, once validated, we would move into production and add to this schedule. Otherwise, when something changes, slips or is completed, you will know.

What you are seeing here is the result of our scheduling and planning process. We have a high level feature and content set that we want to achieve for Star Citizen and Squadron 42. The first step is to break these features into higher level tasks with which we populate Microsoft Project, JIRA and Shotgun (the three tools we use for project scheduling and tasking). Then, as we approach a task, Production works with the relevant developer(s) to make sure the task is broken up with enough detail to allow completion. Sometimes this means adjusting the initial task estimate, as things tend to come into a clearer focus when coming up on a task, but it almost always means breaking down the big task into a bunch of smaller tasks that have their own individual sub tasks that possibly are distributed to multiple developers.

Both tasks and sub-tasks get created in JIRA, linked under an Epic (which is a high level task or feature) and are then pulled into Microsoft Project to manage with granular detail providing us global visibility through Gantt charts and visual timelines. No developer works on a task unless it has been created in JIRA, prioritized and assigned by a lead or a member of the Production Team.

Then as the developers work on the tasks, Production will adjust the schedule and JIRA tickets to reflect the work being done.

In the schedule below, you will first find a master schedule that covers the broad departments/disciplines that are being developed. Each department will then have its own dedicated sub-schedule, briefly explaining the various features that are being developed and their current status.

CAVEATS

But also, we would like to establish some ground rules before proceeding:

I.Quality will always be our number one goal. We set out on this journey by looking at the gaming landscape and asking: can we do better? We continue to ask that question about everything we do. As a result, we will ALWAYS extend timelines or re-do features and content if we do not feel they are up to our standards. The freedom to fight for a new level of quality in game development is what crowd funding has allowed us, and we will continue to fight to make sure Star Citizen is the best possible game it can be.

II.The estimates we provide are just that: estimates. They are based on our knowledge and experience, but there are many aspects of game development that are impossible to predict because they literally cover uncharted territory. You will see the same estimates we use in our internal planning, but it is important to understand that in many cases (especially with groundbreaking engineering tasks) these estimates are often subject to change due to unforeseen complexity in implementing features.

III.The time expected for bug fixing and polishing is also very hard to estimate, increasingly so in online and multiplayer situations. The complexity and the difficulty in testing at a large scale make it harder to reproduce and isolate bugs in order to fix them. We base our estimates, again, on our experience, but we also know that it’s possible for a single bug to cause a delay of days or weeks when a hundred others might be fixed instantly.

IV.Internal schedules, the ones you will now be privy to, tend to have aggressive dates to help the team focus and scope their tasks, especially in the case of tech development. Every team, even a team blessed with the kind of support and freedom you have allowed us, needs target dates in order to focus and deliver their work.

V.This schedule doesn’t cover everything being worked on across Cloud Imperium Games, but is meant to highlight our aims for the remainder of the year on the Persistent Universe.

VI.This schedule doesn’t include every audio, vfx, tech art, etc. task. Those are detailed in our departmental sub-schedules.

VII.Although technology is shared between the two games, this does not reflect the Squadron 42 schedule. That will be released at a future date.

VIII.These aim dates are determined based on our current staff. Additional hiring will potentially allow us to bring in some dates below.

WELCOME TO THE PROCESS

The community has always been integral to Star Citizen, so we will be updating this page weekly to keep you informed about our development. We hope that this page will not only help explain our latest status, but also provide some explanations in the event that updates are delayed.

This week our dedicated Evocati testers from the Community tackled Alpha 3.0 and allowed us to see performance and network issues we weren’t able to with our internal test group. This feedback gave us good insight on areas we can optimize to ensure that when 3.0 goes Live, it is a smooth, fun experience. As of Thursday, we were at 23 must fix issues to polish our shopping and cargo features, as well as working together with Evocati to process and fix bugs so we can get the build ready for the PTU and then go Live.

Last update : Oct 5th, 2017

ISSUES FIXED IN THE LAST WEEK

3.0.0 OVERVIEW

What you see below is a numerical representation of issues the team is focusing on to close-out (Burndown) to get to an Evocati release candidate, so you can see the progress of work we’re doing on a week-by-week basis.

BUG PROGRESS

We are thrilled that the first version of Star Citizen Alpha 3.0 was released to our Evocati testers. This is a major step forward in our efforts to get Alpha 3.0 into everyone’s hands. The first stage of public testing is important for so many reasons, but primarily it means we have many, many more people playing the game and providing feedback to guide us through the next round of improvements. Based on tester feedback, we will continue to smash bugs, implement fixes, and improve the user experience. As we move towards a full live release, we’ll expand the test group so more players can participate in the process and experience Alpha 3.0. We couldn’t possible create this amazing Star Citizen universe without our backers and testers. So, we thank you all and look forward to seeing you in the ‘verse.

ISSUES FIXED IN THE LAST WEEK

(Please note: This is an overview of fixes made this week and not a complete list.)

Crashes

Fixed a crash in CD3D9Renderer::FX_DeferredShadows

Fixed a crash in CTX::ContextGroup::GetDomain

Fixed a crash in CSCActorResultStateUsable::Update

Fixed a crash in IEntity::QueryComponent

Fixed a crash in CServerContextView::GC_BindObject()

Fixed a crash in COrderedMeshBV::Build

Fixed a crash in CShadowUtils::GetShadowMatrixOrtho

Fixed a crash in CPersistentDataManager::SyncGameData

Fixed a crash in CSCItemCommsStateDockItem::OnHailStatusChanged

Fixed a crash in CTravelEnvelope::TakeSnapshot

Fixed a crash in CSpaceLoopEffectManager::UpdateGasCloudSpaceLoop

Fixed a crash in HUD::CWorldDisplay3D::OnPreRender

Fixed a crash in CRigidEntity::MaskIgnoredColliders

Fixed a crash in CRenderToTextureObject::~CRenderToTextureObject

Fixed a crash in ICameraView::SaveLastViewParams

Fixed a crash in BTNodeRegister::Register

Fixed a crash in SPlanningTextureOrderKey::SPlanningTextureOrderKey

Fixed a crash in CZone::UpdateObjectsBBox_ZonePartition

Fixed a client crash after the game was launched

Fixed a crash in CMannequinInterface::UnloadAll

Fixed a crash in CPostAA::TemporalSuperSampling

Fixed a crash in CSCLocalPlayerAudioComponent::UpdateInteriority

Fixed a deadlock in zservicepersistencecache – cig::PersistenceCache::CCacheMsgHandler::OnMsgStorePurchaseRequest

Fixed a crash in CSCInventory::NotifyChildrenRemoved

Fixed a crash in CSCActorResultStateLadder::Update

Fixed a crash in COrderedMeshBV::Build

Fixed a crash in CSCInventory::OnObjectRemoved

Fixed a crash in CSCItem::GetHostCharacter

Fixed a crash in CZoneSystem::GetZone

Fixed a crash in CLockingMarker::UpdateAttachments

Fixed a crash in CD3D9Renderer::ConfigShadowTexgen

Fixed a crash in CSCActorResultAdditiveStatePlace::PlayPlaceAnimation

Fixed a crash in CShaderMan::ShutDown

Fixed a crash in CRendElement::Release

Fixed a crash in CExplosionGameEffect::QueueMaterialEffect

Fixed a main thread lock in CEntityComponentHazard

Fixed a crash in CSCRTTCameraComponent::Update

Fixed a crash in CSCActorAnimationComponent::RemoveEyeDestabilization

Fixed a crash after leaving a Squadron Battle match and attempting to join a Battle Royale match

Fixed an issue where a line of placeholder textures appeared when zooming in on the Starmap.

Fixed an issue where the video Render to Texture disappears after switching apps inside mobiGlas.

Fixed an issue where the Stanton sytem’s sun was a selectable destination in the Starmap.

Fixed an issue where certain Escort missions spawned a QT beacon that was difficult to see in the Starmap.

Fixed an issue where the Starmap zoomed in very slowly on certain objects.

Fixed an issue where attempting to sell cargo you don’t possess displayed an incorrect screen on the kiosk.

Fixed an issue where the comms UI contacts were not updating correctly when moving to different locations.

Fixed an issue where the holograph rendering on the mobiGlas was not visible when inside stations.

Stanton

Fixed an issue where the client hung when entering the shops in GrimHex.

Fixed an issue where various derelict-based mission modules wouldn’t stop running if their short/long timers failed to end.

Fixed an issue where the ship insurance timer could be bypassed by backing out of the ASOP terminal and reentering it.

Fixed an issue where leaving a mission item on a planet and flying away would despawn the item preventing the player from completing the mission.

Fixed an issue where a landed ship could be retrieved from any location.

Fixed an issue where objective markers wouldn’t be removed when set on a different object.

Fixed an issue where mission objective text used debug font.

Fixed an issue where the elevator from Customs to Hangar 02 did not work in Levski.

Fixed an issue where some Quantum Travel nav points stopped working because they were too close to the planet.

Fixed an issue where the planetary rotation created contrail effects on fog volumes during the night cycle.

Fixed an issue where mission availability timed out too fast and caused fewer missions to be available.

Fixed an issue where journal entries were not added after interacting with the terminal in certain missions.

Fixed an issue where MediPen dispensers were not interactive.

Fixed an issue where a part of the airlock was floating outside one of the outposts on Daymar.

Fixed an issue where AI NPCs spawned at the map origin.

Fixed various objects appearing with placeholder textures in the outpost environments.

Fixed an issue where the ASOP terminal could not retrieve ships left in space.

Fixed an issue where the console screens in Covalex were completely detached from the terminals.

Fixed an issue where the ASOP terminal failed to spawn multiple ships.

Arena Commander

Fixed an issue where accepting and completing missions caused the HUD to display the text “mission(Title)” rather than the mission name.

Fixed an issue where the player could not reduce their wanted level via computer terminals.

Fixed an issue where AI ships would not fire at the player.

Fixed an issue where openining Covalex doors while in EVA moved the character erratically and made them difficult to enter

Network / Backend

Fixed 10001 disconnection caused by services failing to find player GEID.

Fixed 10001 disconnection caused by entitlement processing tickets sometimes not making it to game server.

Vehicles

Fixed an issue where the MFD’s obscured the player’s view in the Captain’s chair.

Fixed an issue where the Prospector was missing its Quantum Travel HUD.

Fixed an issue where the Cutlass’ copilot seat had no support screens.

Fixed an issue where characters could be killed when entering the side door of the Freelancer from EVA.

Fixed an issue where the “Open” interaction did not function on the Prospector side door.

Fixed an issue where the character would be forced out of the ship when exiting the pilot seat.

Game Code

Fixed an issue where clients fluctuated between high and low framerates as more players connected to a server.

Fixed an issue where power plants would still transfer power when at zero health.

Fixed an issue where the ATC immediately triggered the despawn procedure after an unauthorized landing.

Fixed a memory leak in Stanton that would be present even in an empty server.

Fixed an issue where the character lost the ability to sprint after performing certain actions.

Fixed an issue with poor client performance when using the comm system.

Fixed an issue where standing up from the prone position while under the URSA Rover pushed the character through the surface collision.

Fixed an issue where “scattergun” type weapons would have the correct spread on the first shot, but no spread on subsequent shots.

Fixed an issue where insurance claims were not processed properly.

Fixed an issue where performance would momentarily drop after spawning a ship from the Levski ASOP terminal.

Fixed an issue where planetary rotation caused the try on camera to float away from the player view.

Fixed an issue where transitioning between physics would cause the character to tilt to one side.

USER EXPERIENCE POLISH PASS (ON-GOING):

MISC

Fixed various localization errors.

Fixed an issue where characters could have their upper body animations break when carrying crates.

User Experience Polish Pass (On-going):

Improvement of Our Overall Framerate

We have decided to spend time increasing performance on the client and server side.

Player Count & General Stability

Currently, performance and stability drop sharply once the active players in a server reach 12-15 players.

Space Landscaping

We are working on some extra Graphics code for the GPU particle system to support the creation of new VFX to implement space dust at points around Stanton. This will continue to be iterated on to create some more elaborate assets.

Basic Ship Security

With the gameplay we’re adding in to 3.0.0, we’re conscious that there may be some other players that would love to kill you and take your ship. To help prevent this, we wanted to implement some basic security that will allow you to lock the ship, so only you have the ability to pass freely through its doors. Part of this work includes adding destruction for external ship doors to allow for the other half: basic breaching / boarding.

Rotating and Orbiting Planets

We are very keen to make the Stanton map feel more organic as a real environment and having the planets rotate and orbit will really help with this.

This will also introduce a proper day/night cycle when you’re on a planet surface which in turn opens up further gameplay possibilities.

Player Interaction System – User Experience Improvements

We want to give players the ability to more intuitively interact with items and objects within the game, but also find ways to indicate to the player what type of interaction they would be performing (pick up, start conversation, push button, etc).

Race Tracks on Planets

To give our planetary environments extra points of interest, and also an excuse to drive ground-based vehicles around at high speed, we thought the best way to do this was to build some rudimentary race tracks on the planets that would have been previously used by the research teams as a way to blow off steam and have fun.

THE PROCESS

REMAINING WORK REQUIRED FOR 3.0.0 RELEASE

The following lists and charts show our progress towards releasing 3.0.0, with all remaining major tasks listed.

Tasks are either feature complete, or have an ETA for completion.

What you are seeing here is the result of our scheduling and planning process. We have a high level feature and content set that we want to achieve for Star Citizen. The first step is to break these features into higher level tasks with which we populate Microsoft Project, JIRA and Shotgun (the three tools we use for project scheduling and tasking). Then, as we approach a task, Production works with the relevant developer(s) to make sure the task is broken up with enough detail to allow completion. Sometimes this means adjusting the initial task estimate, as things tend to come into a clearer focus when coming up on a task, but it almost always means breaking down the big task into a bunch of smaller tasks that have their own individual sub tasks that possibly are distributed to multiple developers.

Some tasks may require further QA, bug-fixing and iteration.

Tasks that delay beyond our target dates might cause the release of 3.0.0 to be delayed, or might be excluded from 3.0.0 if appropriate to maintain the release date target.

Then as the developers work on the tasks, Production will adjust the schedule and JIRA tickets to reflect the work being done.

CAVEATS

But also, we would like to establish some ground rules before proceeding:

3.0.0 work is separated into Subsections: Persistent Universe Content, FPS / Space Gameplay, Engineering, UI, AI, Graphics, Backend, Network, and Ships & Weapons.

The 3.0.0 Procedural Planet update marks a major advance in the Star Citizen Persistent Universe.

V.This schedule doesn’t cover everything being worked on across Cloud Imperium Games, but is meant to highlight our aims for the remainder of the year on the Persistent Universe.

VI.This schedule doesn’t include every audio, vfx, tech art, etc. task. Those are detailed in our departmental sub-schedules.

VII.Although technology is shared between the two games, this does not reflect the Squadron 42 schedule. That will be released at a future date.

VIII.These aim dates are determined based on our current staff. Additional hiring will potentially allow us to bring in some dates below.

3.0.0 OVERVIEW

PLANETARY UPDATE

YELA

Yela is the most frigid of the Crusader moons. Those bold (or careless) enough to step outside without a spacesuit will be killed instantly by its freezing temperatures. If the cold doesn’t kill you, then any of the treacherous crevasses that crisscross the planet might. Cyrovolcanos have been known to erupt unexpectedly from such crevasses, so be wary when flying at low altitudes. Despite all its danger, there is much beauty to be found on Yela, like the underwater caves hidden beneath the moon’s crust.

CELLIN

Burning with volcanic activity, Cellin is the counter to her icy sister. Although the volcanoes have been dormant for hundreds of years, the surface is dotted with thermal geysers that erupt without notice. The largest of such geysers can destroy heavy vehicles. Highly corrosive clouds of gas are regularly released from the moon’s surface, creating low visibility and damaging anything caught outside.

DAYMAR

Daymar’s surface is like a harmonic blend of Yela and Cellin. It’s mountainous surface is reminiscent of Cellin’s volcanoes, while its craters share a warm likeness to Yela’s frozen crevasses. Known for its dense atmosphere, thick fog and a loose dirt surface makes travel difficult. Lightning storms can help illuminate the fog, just don’t get struck by their flash.

PERSISTENT UNIVERSE CONTENT

IMPROVED LIGHTING FOR FOG TECH

We have implemented a new fog system in the game to improve the overall feel in various environments such as ships and shops. In doing this, we need to convert the old fog volumes to this new system and do another sweep through existing lighting to ensure the new fog works with the lights correctly. This work is still being estimated due to cross-discipline dependencies.

We have started the task of relighting all the environments and ships to incorporate this new feature. However, due to the volume of work, it is likely to be an ongoing process and extend beyond 3.0.0, so we will relight everything we can up to the live release and then address whatever remains in a future patch.

MISSION GIVERS

We’re introducing Miles Eckhart (first seen in the Gamescom video) and Ruto to provide missions to players.

We’re aiming to complete Ruto’s initial setup in Subsumption today, but there will be further support needed from both Gamecode Engineering and Graphics Engineering after this point.

ETA is October 30th

ETA is October 6th

ALREADY COMPLETE IN THE 3.0.0 BRANCH:

Modular Room System for procedural generation of planetary outposts

Official Outpost Spawning System ready for mission designers

Integrated Outpost distribution to PlanetEd

Single outpost Object Preset

Cluster of Outposts

Crash site mission

Interface to hand place modules and save to Layer

Interface to teleport the camera to the closest outpost

Area boxes created by artists (all room sizes are now usable in the outpost procedural system)

Entrance Room system working (stairs and ramps are now available as initial rooms)

Rooftop Prop system working for Solar panel

Wall prop system working for additional prop variations

Material Wear/Dirt on props using Layer Blend done and actually working

Developed Outpost “feet” system

Set random rotation and offset caps on planet editor

Start documenting 3 possible map layouts looping system (using 2 or 4 meters metrics * system; using connection additional corridor pieces; using spline skinned corridors)

Support Aircon/solar panel system on outposts

Added color tinting to Outposts

Added color tinting interface to Planet Ed

Created material distinction for interior / exteriors

Group elements offset in Planet Object Preset to be able to offset landing pads

Moons

Surface Outposts

Additional Surface Outposts

Surface Outposts Lighting

Basic Derelict Ships

Inhabited Derelict Ship Sites

Debris Fields

Delamar / Levski

New Assets:

Heavy Marine Armor

Explorer Suit Armor

Cloth and Clothing simulation on various assets old and new

Updated helmet interiors and exterior for updated art, FOV tech and standardization

Armor converted to work within modular customization structure

Finalized delivery of ALL facial assets from 3Lateral.

Ships:

New Skinning and Rigging tools for landing gear on ships.

Constellation Cargo Bay/Elevator extensions

Light Group entity optimization

GAMEPLAY

COCKPIT EXPERIENCE

The Cockpit Experience sprint team focused on improving the overall player experience in the cockpit by refining the cockpit geometry, character placement, g-force/hit reactions, VFX, Audio, UI, as well as code support for things like camera shaking and hooking into ship health systems to display proper damage.

This is an ongoing task and we will continue to polish features until the release of 3.0.0. Any additional work will continue into future releases.

ETA is TBD

ALREADY COMPLETE IN THE 3.0.0 BRANCH:

Crusader Converted to Object Container Setup

With the transition to Object Containers, the Crusader map was completely re-designed. Each Point of Interest is now an object container laid out via the Solar System Editor. This is in preparation for Object Container streaming and seamless transitions from different POI’s and between Star Systems. Mission Flowgraphs are converted over to use Subsumption and the new Mission System.

Mega Map for Persistent Universe

Mega Map tech (also used in Crusader for seamless loading between different gamemodes) is now possible in the new PU map, which is setup in the Solar System Editor. This allows the utilization of Mega Map technology.

Revamp of Power Plants / Shield Generators / Coolers and the Heat & Power System for improved gameplay and conversion to Item 2.0

Player Manned Turrets

Pick Up & Carry

Item 2.0 Ship Conversion

Item 2.0

Operator Seats

Radar System

Light Control System

Fuel / Refuel

Power Supply / Pipes

Quantum Drive

Insurance

Stamina

Doors & Airlocks

Cargo

Commodities

Kiosk Support

Atmospheric Entry Support

Persistent Damage, Ammo, and Missiles

Repair

Inventory System Support

Rover and Dragonfly in Ships

IFCS Performance Improvements

Hint System

CORE TECH

ALREADY COMPLETE IN THE 3.0.0 BRANCH:

New Radar Databank

Subsumption Base Functionality

This is the initial release of the foundation technology that drives all of the AI, mission, dynamic content, and conversation logic. The mission content previously created with FlowGraph has been replaced and the implementation time to achieve a desired effect has been cut dramatically.

Various Performance improvements

Planetary Physics Grid to support orbiting and rotating planets

Multi-Function Display implementation for Item 2.0 Components on ships

IFCS improvements to support AI & Takeoff System

Unified Visor for seamless Ship 2.0 / FPS transition

HUD/Visor integration for new Radar Databank

Object Distribution

Terrain / Object blending for soft natural transition of objects intersecting with the ground

Video codec updated to Bink2, providing higher fidelity at lower bitrate

Vehicles no longer use Lua

This is a huge step forward on the code side.

Skeleton Extension support for Item Port Offset overrides per item

Numerous types of physics simulation for all Item 2.0 attachments including hair, weapons, grenades and more.

Destructible component for items, props and environment assets

Nested Physics Grids support for vehicle transportation inside large ships, i.e. DragonFly & Rover

Physics simulation gravity vector now respects planetary gravity

Modular loadouts rule sets and support for up to five loadouts

Animation driven facial audio implemented

Updated Spacebox Editor Python integration.

Zone culling on all character assets and layers, system complete and mesh markup complete supplemented with tools to easily support new assets.

Solar System Editor

A tool that will layout entire solar system with their astral objects (sun, planets moons) as well as space stations, etc.

New Light Controller for runtime light switches

New network message queue (current in QATR) to reduce network bandwidth and network thread time.

Light Entity Render node merging.

Dynamic Physics Grid to support sparse space areas vs. dense areas like space stations.

Highly optimized vertex and position format for all geometry

Texture memory usage reduced across the project

Unified material libraries for use across all departments

Comparing and finding all duplicated normal maps and albedo maps in the LayerBlend texture library

Clean up LayerBlend Material Libraries, Resolution Adjustments, Renames to Lower Case

Follow-ups on list of unused textures and materials

Massively improved LOD computation and average face sizes for ships

Shared hair assets (instead of bespoke asset per head) for character creation

Automated facial asset LODs, skinning algorithm per LOD updated.

Reworked mesh setup of facial assets for optimal performance and reduced drawcalls.

Unified helmet and character mesh into singular render proxy for better performance and visuals.

Various portal and culling improvements.

Improved Animation Data Base collection and build process for optimized animation data streaming also added external tools to manage this.

Deprecated thousands of legacy and test assets including animations, geometry, libraries and more for reduced build size.

Automatic Asset Error collection and tracking.

Reworked itemport layout for characters and character items

Updated all assets using HumanSkin to highly optimized HumanSkinv2 shader. This saves upwards of a 100 megs of texture memory per face.

Vastly improved memory allocator which allowed massive reduction in runtime allocation count

Several significant optimizations to entity update code

Planetary Tech

Solar System Tool

Entity Update Component Scheduler

Entity Owner Manager

CHARACTER CUSTOMIZATION

Players will now be able to customize their characters’ heads, hair, eye color, and skin color.

This feature has been impacted due to the team helping support other bugfixing needs.

ETA is TBD

VEHICLE CUSTOMIZER APP

This app will allow players to customize their ship via the ship customization screen, so edits can be done without locating the exact port on the ship.

The UI apps and mobiGlas had their current functionality and progress reviewed. The feedback generated from this review is being estimated out by the UI team, in addition to bugfixing support.

ETA is TBD

SHIP SELECTOR APP & INSURANCE CLAIM

This app would exist alongside the Ship Selection Terminals in the Persistent Universe, allowing players more freedom to spawn ships at designated locations.

The UI apps and mobiGlas had their current functionality and progress reviewed. The feedback generated from this review is being estimated out by the UI team, in addition to bugfixing support.

ETA is TBD

COMMS SYSTEM UI

We are adding the initial implementation of the Comms System in to 3.0.0 which will allow players to hail in order to request landing while at the various space stations in the PU.

The entire comms system will undergo final implementation review next week. Should there be any further requirements for UI, these will be identified in that review and estimated out.

ETA is TBD

ALREADY COMPLETE IN THE 3.0.0 BRANCH:

Kiosk UI

Item 2.0 Multi Function Displays

Field of View Slider

Personal Manager App

Mission Manager App

Cargo Manifest App

Heavy Armour for Star Marine

Inventory System

Mission Board App

StarMap App

UI Owner Component

mobiGlas Overhaul

Comms System UI

MISSION SYSTEM

The overall system that will be used to create mission flows when we start building missions like Patrol, Assassination, Smuggling, etc.

We have moved into the bugfixing stage of this feature.

ALREADY COMPLETE IN THE 3.0.0 BRANCH:

AI Turrets

GRAPHICS

ALREADY COMPLETE IN THE 3.0.0 BRANCH:

RenderTarget refactor

This saves over 50% of the video memory previously used for dynamic textures.

Physically-based area lights

Shadow map caching system

This allows for many more shadow casting lights at once and avoids the need for baking shadows.

Revamped decal rendering system which renders fully deferred, instanced decals with aggressive overdraw optimizations

Render to Texture

Environment Probe

Atmospheric Entry

Volumetric Fog

GPU Particle Foundation

Engine Trails & Contrails

Asteroid Physics

Exposure Improvements

BACKEND

ALREADY COMPLETE IN THE 3.0.0 BRANCH:

Diffusion Subset for 3.0.0

Solar System Shop S

Solar System Shop Service

Solar System Mission Service V1 “Mission Broker”

NETWORK

ALREADY COMPLETE IN THE 3.0.0 BRANCH:

New Message Queue

Physics Serialization

Persistent Data Refactor

SHIPS & WEAPONS

ALREADY COMPLETE IN THE 3.0.0 BRANCH:

Drake Dragonfly

Drake Cutlass Black

RSI Constellation Aquila

RSI Ursa Rover

MISC Prospector

RSI Aurora

Behring P8-SC

Apocalypse Arms Scourge Rail Gun

Klaus and Werner Gallant Rifle

Arrowhead Sniper Rifle

KSAR Devastator-12 Shotgun

Klaus and Werner Arclight Pistol

Gemini L86 Pistol

Behring P4-AR.

BEYOND 3.0.0 - OVERVIEW

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3.1.0 Goals

PERSISTENT UNIVERSE CONTENT

New Additions:

Modular Space Station – Truckstop

Arc Corp / Area 18

FPS / SPACE GAMEPLAY

New Additions:

Female Player Locomotion

AI Locomotion

Shouldered Weapons

Throwable Weapons

Armed (FPS Weapon Equipped)

Fists

Knife

Take down (Front, Sides, Rear)

Knockdown and Knockbacks

CORE DEV TECH AND SYSTEMS

New Additions:

Fuel (Item 2.0)

Criminality System

Room System v2 (Physical Depressurization)

Item 2.0 Elevators v2

Item 2.0 Airlocks v2

Diffusion Refactor

Item Degradation/Failure/Luck

Service Beacon v1

Parties and Orgs(Group Entity Component)

Game persistence

Spectrum Integration in game

Repair and Restock System

Elevators v2

Bind / Unbinding

Object Container Streaming Core Engine Support

SHIPS:

MISC Razor

RSI Aurora (Update)

ANVIL Terrapin

MISC Hull C

DRAKE Cutlass Red

DRAKE Cutlass Blue

AEGIS Vanguard Harbinger (Variant)

3.2.0 Goals

PERSISTENT UNIVERSE CONTENT

New Additions:

Crusader

Hurston

MicroTech (Stretch Goal)

FPS / SPACE GAMEPLAY

New Additi

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Our schedule for the next Star Citizen Alpha releases, up to date.
Welcome!

Below you will find the latest roadmap for the development of the Star Citizen Persistent Universe. While the bulk of this schedule outlines our tasks and estimates that you can expect to find in the upcoming 3.0.0 patch (as well as some of the tasks that we’ve already completed), we are also including projections for the remainder of the year so you can have some visibility into the upcoming Persistent Universe features and content. These are the very same schedules we update daily and circulate internally on our intra-studio hand-offs with a few exceptions: the individual developer names assigned to the tasks will be omitted (for obvious reasons), we’ll remove the JIRA details, and we’ll modify the technical wording to make it readable for a wider audience.

Also note, this schedule does not represent everything CIG is working on, but more the functionality and content we feel comfortable committing to at this time. Outside of the work on Squadron 42, we have a few research projects that, once validated, we would move into production and add to this schedule. Otherwise, when something changes, slips or is completed, you will know.

What you are seeing here is the result of our scheduling and planning process. We have a high level feature and content set that we want to achieve for Star Citizen and Squadron 42. The first step is to break these features into higher level tasks with which we populate Microsoft Project, JIRA and Shotgun (the three tools we use for project scheduling and tasking). Then, as we approach a task, Production works with the relevant developer(s) to make sure the task is broken up with enough detail to allow completion. Sometimes this means adjusting the initial task estimate, as things tend to come into a clearer focus when coming up on a task, but it almost always means breaking down the big task into a bunch of smaller tasks that have their own individual sub tasks that possibly are distributed to multiple developers.

Both tasks and sub-tasks get created in JIRA, linked under an Epic (which is a high level task or feature) and are then pulled into Microsoft Project to manage with granular detail providing us global visibility through Gantt charts and visual timelines. No developer works on a task unless it has been created in JIRA, prioritized and assigned by a lead or a member of the Production Team.

Then as the developers work on the tasks, Production will adjust the schedule and JIRA tickets to reflect the work being done.

In the schedule below, you will first find a master schedule that covers the broad departments/disciplines that are being developed. Each department will then have its own dedicated sub-schedule, briefly explaining the various features that are being developed and their current status.

CAVEATS

But also, we would like to establish some ground rules before proceeding:

I.Quality will always be our number one goal. We set out on this journey by looking at the gaming landscape and asking: can we do better? We continue to ask that question about everything we do. As a result, we will ALWAYS extend timelines or re-do features and content if we do not feel they are up to our standards. The freedom to fight for a new level of quality in game development is what crowd funding has allowed us, and we will continue to fight to make sure Star Citizen is the best possible game it can be.

II.The estimates we provide are just that: estimates. They are based on our knowledge and experience, but there are many aspects of game development that are impossible to predict because they literally cover uncharted territory. You will see the same estimates we use in our internal planning, but it is important to understand that in many cases (especially with groundbreaking engineering tasks) these estimates are often subject to change due to unforeseen complexity in implementing features.

III.The time expected for bug fixing and polishing is also very hard to estimate, increasingly so in online and multiplayer situations. The complexity and the difficulty in testing at a large scale make it harder to reproduce and isolate bugs in order to fix them. We base our estimates, again, on our experience, but we also know that it’s possible for a single bug to cause a delay of days or weeks when a hundred others might be fixed instantly.

IV.Internal schedules, the ones you will now be privy to, tend to have aggressive dates to help the team focus and scope their tasks, especially in the case of tech development. Every team, even a team blessed with the kind of support and freedom you have allowed us, needs target dates in order to focus and deliver their work.

V.This schedule doesn’t cover everything being worked on across Cloud Imperium Games, but is meant to highlight our aims for the remainder of the year on the Persistent Universe.

VI.This schedule doesn’t include every audio, vfx, tech art, etc. task. Those are detailed in our departmental sub-schedules.

VII.Although technology is shared between the two games, this does not reflect the Squadron 42 schedule. That will be released at a future date.

VIII.These aim dates are determined based on our current staff. Additional hiring will potentially allow us to bring in some dates below.

WELCOME TO THE PROCESS

The community has always been integral to Star Citizen, so we will be updating this page weekly to keep you informed about our development. We hope that this page will not only help explain our latest status, but also provide some explanations in the event that updates are delayed.

Last update : Oct 5th, 2017

3.0.0 OVERVIEW

BUG PROGRESS
We are thrilled that the first version of Star Citizen Alpha 3.0 was released to our Evocati testers. This is a major step forward in our efforts to get Alpha 3.0 into everyone’s hands. The first stage of public testing is important for so many reasons, but primarily it means we have many, many more people playing the game and providing feedback to guide us through the next round of improvements. Based on tester feedback, we will continue to smash bugs, implement fixes, and improve the user experience. As we move towards a full live release, we’ll expand the test group so more players can participate in the process and experience Alpha 3.0. We couldn’t possible create this amazing Star Citizen universe without our backers and testers. So, we thank you all and look forward to seeing you in the ‘verse.

ISSUES FIXED IN THE LAST WEEK
(Please note: This is an overview of fixes made this week and not a complete list.)

Crashes

Fixed a crash in CD3D9Renderer::FX_DeferredShadows
Fixed a crash in CSCActorResultStateUsable::Update
Fixed a crash in IEntity::QueryComponent
Fixed a crash in CServerContextView::GC_BindObject()
Fixed a crash in COrderedMeshBV::Build
Fixed a crash in CShadowUtils::GetShadowMatrixOrtho
Fixed a crash in CPersistentDataManager::SyncGameData
Fixed a crash in CSCItemCommsStateDockItem::OnHailStatusChanged
Fixed a crash in CTravelEnvelope::TakeSnapshot
Fixed a crash in CSpaceLoopEffectManager::UpdateGasCloudSpaceLoop
Fixed a crash in HUD::CWorldDisplay3D::OnPreRender
Fixed a crash in CRigidEntity::MaskIgnoredColliders
Fixed a crash in CRenderToTextureObject::~CRenderToTextureObject
Fixed a crash in ICameraView::SaveLastViewParams
Fixed a crash in BTNodeRegister::Register
Fixed a crash in SPlanningTextureOrderKey::SPlanningTextureOrderKey
Fixed a crash in CZone::UpdateObjectsBBox_ZonePartition
Fixed a client crash after the game was launched
UI

Fixed an issue where a line of placeholder textures appeared when zooming in on the Starmap.
Fixed an issue where the Stanton sytem’s sun was a selectable destination in the Starmap.
Fixed an issue where the Starmap zoomed in very slowly on certain objects.
Fixed an issue where the comms UI contacts were not updating correctly when moving to different locations.
Stanton

Fixed an issue where the client hung when entering the shops in GrimHex.
Fixed an issue where the ship insurance timer could be bypassed by backing out of the ASOP terminal and reentering it.
Fixed an issue where a landed ship could be retrieved from any location.
Fixed an issue where mission objective text used debug font.
Fixed an issue where some Quantum Travel nav points stopped working because they were too close to the planet.
Fixed an issue where mission availability timed out too fast and caused fewer missions to be available.
Fixed an issue where MediPen dispensers were not interactive.
Fixed an issue where AI NPCs spawned at the map origin.
Fixed an issue where the ASOP terminal could not retrieve ships left in space.
Fixed an issue where the ASOP terminal failed to spawn multiple ships.
Fixed an issue where accepting and completing missions caused the HUD to display the text “mission(Title)” rather than the mission name.
Fixed an issue where the player could not reduce their wanted level via computer terminals.
Fixed an issue where openining Covalex doors while in EVA moved the character erratically and made them difficult to enter
Vehicles

Fixed an issue where the MFD’s obscured the player’s view in the Captain’s chair.
Fixed an issue where the Cutlass’ copilot seat had no support screens.
Fixed an issue where the “Open” interaction did not function on the Prospector side door.
Game Code

Fixed an issue where clients fluctuated between high and low framerates as more players connected to a server.
Fixed an issue where the ATC immediately triggered the despawn procedure after an unauthorized landing.
Fixed an issue where the character lost the ability to sprint after performing certain actions.
Fixed an issue where standing up from the prone position while under the URSA Rover pushed the character through the surface collision.
Fixed an issue where insurance claims were not processed properly.
Fixed an issue where planetary rotation caused the try on camera to float away from the player view.
USER EXPERIENCE POLISH PASS (ON-GOING):
Improvement of Our Overall Framerate

We have decided to spend time increasing performance on the client and server side.
Player Count & General Stability

Currently, performance and stability drop sharply once the active players in a server reach 12-15 players.
Space Landscaping

We are working on some extra Graphics code for the GPU particle system to support the creation of new VFX to implement space dust at points around Stanton. This will continue to be iterated on to create some more elaborate assets.
Basic Ship Security

With the gameplay we’re adding in to 3.0.0, we’re conscious that there may be some other players that would love to kill you and take your ship. To help prevent this, we wanted to implement some basic security that will allow you to lock the ship, so only you have the ability to pass freely through its doors. Part of this work includes adding destruction for external ship doors to allow for the other half: basic breaching / boarding.
Rotating and Orbiting Planets

We are very keen to make the Stanton map feel more organic as a real environment and having the planets rotate and orbit will really help with this.
This will also introduce a proper day/night cycle when you’re on a planet surface which in turn opens up further gameplay possibilities.
Player Interaction System – User Experience Improvements

We want to give players the ability to more intuitively interact with items and objects within the game, but also find ways to indicate to the player what type of interaction they would be performing (pick up, start conversation, push button, etc).
Race Tracks on Planets

To give our planetary environments extra points of interest, and also an excuse to drive ground-based vehicles around at high speed, we thought the best way to do this was to build some rudimentary race tracks on the planets that would have been previously used by the research teams as a way to blow off steam and have fun.

REMAINING WORK REQUIRED FOR 3.0.0 RELEASE
The following lists and charts show our progress towards releasing 3.0.0, with all remaining major tasks listed.

Tasks are either feature complete, or have an ETA for completion.

Some tasks may require further QA, bug-fixing and iteration.

Tasks that delay beyond our target dates might cause the release of 3.0.0 to be delayed, or might be excluded from 3.0.0 if appropriate to maintain the release date target.

3.0.0 work is separated into Subsections: Persistent Universe Content, FPS / Space Gameplay, Engineering, UI, AI, Graphics, Backend, Network, and Ships & Weapons.

The 3.0.0 Procedural Planet update marks a major advance in the Star Citizen Persistent Universe.


PLANETARY UPDATE
YELA

Yela is the most frigid of the Crusader moons. Those bold (or careless) enough to step outside without a spacesuit will be killed instantly by its freezing temperatures. If the cold doesn’t kill you, then any of the treacherous crevasses that crisscross the planet might. Cyrovolcanos have been known to erupt unexpectedly from such crevasses, so be wary when flying at low altitudes. Despite all its danger, there is much beauty to be found on Yela, like the underwater caves hidden beneath the moon’s crust.

CELLIN



Burning with volcanic activity, Cellin is the counter to her icy sister. Although the volcanoes have been dormant for hundreds of years, the surface is dotted with thermal geysers that erupt without notice. The largest of such geysers can destroy heavy vehicles. Highly corrosive clouds of gas are regularly released from the moon’s surface, creating low visibility and damaging anything caught outside.


DAYMAR

Daymar’s surface is like a harmonic blend of Yela and Cellin. It’s mountainous surface is reminiscent of Cellin’s volcanoes, while its craters share a warm likeness to Yela’s frozen crevasses. Known for its dense atmosphere, thick fog and a loose dirt surface makes travel difficult. Lightning storms can help illuminate the fog, just don’t get struck by their flash.


PERSISTENT UNIVERSE CONTENT
IMPROVED LIGHTING FOR FOG TECH
We have implemented a new fog system in the game to improve the overall feel in various environments such as ships and shops. In doing this, we need to convert the old fog volumes to this new system and do another sweep through existing lighting to ensure the new fog works with the lights correctly. This work is still being estimated due to cross-discipline dependencies.
We have started the task of relighting all the environments and ships to incorporate this new feature. However, due to the volume of work, it is likely to be an ongoing process and extend beyond 3.0.0, so we will relight everything we can up to the live release and then address whatever remains in a future patch.
MISSION GIVERS
We’re introducing Miles Eckhart (first seen in the Gamescom video) and Ruto to provide missions to players.
We’re aiming to complete Ruto’s initial setup in Subsumption today, but there will be further support needed from both Gamecode Engineering and Graphics Engineering after this point.
ETA is October 6th
ALREADY COMPLETE IN THE 3.0.0 BRANCH:
Modular Room System for procedural generation of planetary outposts
Official Outpost Spawning System ready for mission designers
Integrated Outpost distribution to PlanetEd
Single outpost Object Preset
Cluster of Outposts
Crash site mission
Interface to hand place modules and save to Layer
Interface to teleport the camera to the closest outpost
Area boxes created by artists (all room sizes are now usable in the outpost procedural system)
Entrance Room system working (stairs and ramps are now available as initial rooms)
Rooftop Prop system working for Solar panel
Wall prop system working for additional prop variations
Material Wear/Dirt on props using Layer Blend done and actually working
Developed Outpost “feet” system
Set random rotation and offset caps on planet editor
Start documenting 3 possible map layouts looping system (using 2 or 4 meters metrics * system; using connection additional corridor pieces; using spline skinned corridors)
Support Aircon/solar panel system on outposts
Added color tinting to Outposts
Added color tinting interface to Planet Ed
Created material distinction for interior / exteriors
Group elements offset in Planet Object Preset to be able to offset landing pads
Moons
Surface Outposts
Additional Surface Outposts
Surface Outposts Lighting
Basic Derelict Ships
Inhabited Derelict Ship Sites
Debris Fields
Delamar / Levski
New Assets:
Heavy Marine Armor
Explorer Suit Armor
Cloth and Clothing simulation on various assets old and new
Updated helmet interiors and exterior for updated art, FOV tech and standardization
Armor converted to work within modular customization structure
Finalized delivery of ALL facial assets from 3Lateral.
Ships:
New Skinning and Rigging tools for landing gear on ships.
Constellation Cargo Bay/Elevator extensions
Light Group entity optimization
GAMEPLAY
COCKPIT EXPERIENCE
The Cockpit Experience sprint team focused on improving the overall player experience in the cockpit by refining the cockpit geometry, character placement, g-force/hit reactions, VFX, Audio, UI, as well as code support for things like camera shaking and hooking into ship health systems to display proper damage.
This is an ongoing task and we will continue to polish features until the release of 3.0.0. Any additional work will continue into future releases.
ETA is TBD
ALREADY COMPLETE IN THE 3.0.0 BRANCH:
Crusader Converted to Object Container Setup
With the transition to Object Containers, the Crusader map was completely re-designed. Each Point of Interest is now an object container laid out via the Solar System Editor. This is in preparation for Object Container streaming and seamless transitions from different POI’s and between Star Systems. Mission Flowgraphs are converted over to use Subsumption and the new Mission System.
Mega Map for Persistent Universe
Mega Map tech (also used in Crusader for seamless loading between different gamemodes) is now possible in the new PU map, which is setup in the Solar System Editor. This allows the utilization of Mega Map technology.
Revamp of Power Plants / Shield Generators / Coolers and the Heat & Power System for improved gameplay and conversion to Item 2.0
Player Manned Turrets
Pick Up & Carry
Item 2.0 Ship Conversion
Item 2.0
Operator Seats
Radar System
Light Control System
Fuel / Refuel
Power Supply / Pipes
Quantum Drive
Insurance
Stamina
Doors & Airlocks
Cargo
Commodities
Kiosk Support
Atmospheric Entry Support
Persistent Damage, Ammo, and Missiles
Repair
Inventory System Support
Rover and Dragonfly in Ships
IFCS Performance Improvements
Hint System
CORE TECH
ALREADY COMPLETE IN THE 3.0.0 BRANCH:
New Radar Databank
Subsumption Base Functionality
This is the initial release of the foundation technology that drives all of the AI, mission, dynamic content, and conversation logic. The mission content previously created with FlowGraph has been replaced and the implementation time to achieve a desired effect has been cut dramatically.
Various Performance improvements
Planetary Physics Grid to support orbiting and rotating planets
Multi-Function Display implementation for Item 2.0 Components on ships
IFCS improvements to support AI & Takeoff System
Unified Visor for seamless Ship 2.0 / FPS transition
HUD/Visor integration for new Radar Databank
Object Distribution
Terrain / Object blending for soft natural transition of objects intersecting with the ground
Video codec updated to Bink2, providing higher fidelity at lower bitrate
Vehicles no longer use Lua
This is a huge step forward on the code side.
Skeleton Extension support for Item Port Offset overrides per item
Numerous types of physics simulation for all Item 2.0 attachments including hair, weapons, grenades and more.
Destructible component for items, props and environment assets
Nested Physics Grids support for vehicle transportation inside large ships, i.e. DragonFly & Rover
Physics simulation gravity vector now respects planetary gravity
Modular loadouts rule sets and support for up to five loadouts
Animation driven facial audio implemented
Updated Spacebox Editor Python integration.
Zone culling on all character assets and layers, system complete and mesh markup complete supplemented with tools to easily support new assets.
Solar System Editor
A tool that will layout entire solar system with their astral objects (sun, planets moons) as well as space stations, etc.
New Light Controller for runtime light switches
New network message queue (current in QATR) to reduce network bandwidth and network thread time.
Light Entity Render node merging.
Dynamic Physics Grid to support sparse space areas vs. dense areas like space stations.
Highly optimized vertex and position format for all geometry
Texture memory usage reduced across the project
Unified material libraries for use across all departments
Comparing and finding all duplicated normal maps and albedo maps in the LayerBlend texture library
Clean up LayerBlend Material Libraries, Resolution Adjustments, Renames to Lower Case
Follow-ups on list of unused textures and materials
Massively improved LOD computation and average face sizes for ships
Shared hair assets (instead of bespoke asset per head) for character creation
Automated facial asset LODs, skinning algorithm per LOD updated.
Reworked mesh setup of facial assets for optimal performance and reduced drawcalls.
Unified helmet and character mesh into singular render proxy for better performance and visuals.
Various portal and culling improvements.
Improved Animation Data Base collection and build process for optimized animation data streaming also added external tools to manage this.
Deprecated thousands of legacy and test assets including animations, geometry, libraries and more for reduced build size.
Automatic Asset Error collection and tracking.
Reworked itemport layout for characters and character items
Updated all assets using HumanSkin to highly optimized HumanSkinv2 shader. This saves upwards of a 100 megs of texture memory per face.
Vastly improved memory allocator which allowed massive reduction in runtime allocation count
Several significant optimizations to entity update code
Planetary Tech
Solar System Tool
Entity Update Component Scheduler
Entity Owner Manager
UI
CHARACTER CUSTOMIZATION
Players will now be able to customize their characters’ heads, hair, eye color, and skin color.
This feature has been impacted due to the team helping support other bugfixing needs.
ETA is TBD
VEHICLE CUSTOMIZER APP
This app will allow players to customize their ship via the ship customization screen, so edits can be done without locating the exact port on the ship.
The UI apps and mobiGlas had their current functionality and progress reviewed. The feedback generated from this review is being estimated out by the UI team, in addition to bugfixing support.
ETA is TBD
SHIP SELECTOR APP & INSURANCE CLAIM
This app would exist alongside the Ship Selection Terminals in the Persistent Universe, allowing players more freedom to spawn ships at designated locations.
The UI apps and mobiGlas had their current functionality and progress reviewed. The feedback generated from this review is being estimated out by the UI team, in addition to bugfixing support.
ETA is TBD
COMMS SYSTEM UI
We are adding the initial implementation of the Comms System in to 3.0.0 which will allow players to hail in order to request landing while at the various space stations in the PU.
The entire comms system will undergo final implementation review next week. Should there be any further requirements for UI, these will be identified in that review and estimated out.
ETA is TBD
ALREADY COMPLETE IN THE 3.0.0 BRANCH:
Kiosk UI
Item 2.0 Multi Function Displays
Field of View Slider
Personal Manager App
Mission Manager App
Cargo Manifest App
Heavy Armour for Star Marine
Inventory System
Mission Board App
StarMap App
UI Owner Component
mobiGlas Overhaul
AI
MISSION SYSTEM
The overall system that will be used to create mission flows when we start building missions like Patrol, Assassination, Smuggling, etc.
We have moved into the bugfixing stage of this feature.
ALREADY COMPLETE IN THE 3.0.0 BRANCH:
AI Turrets
GRAPHICS
ALREADY COMPLETE IN THE 3.0.0 BRANCH:
RenderTarget refactor
This saves over 50% of the video memory previously used for dynamic textures.
Physically-based area lights
Shadow map caching system
This allows for many more shadow casting lights at once and avoids the need for baking shadows.
Revamped decal rendering system which renders fully deferred, instanced decals with aggressive overdraw optimizations
Render to Texture
Environment Probe
Atmospheric Entry
Volumetric Fog
GPU Particle Foundation
Engine Trails & Contrails
Asteroid Physics
Exposure Improvements
BACKEND
ALREADY COMPLETE IN THE 3.0.0 BRANCH:
Diffusion Subset for 3.0.0
Solar System Shop Service
Solar System Mission Service V1 “Mission Broker”
NETWORK
ALREADY COMPLETE IN THE 3.0.0 BRANCH:
New Message Queue
Physics Serialization
Persistent Data Refactor
SHIPS & WEAPONS
ALREADY COMPLETE IN THE 3.0.0 BRANCH:
Drake Dragonfly
Drake Cutlass Black
RSI Constellation Aquila
RSI Ursa Rover
MISC Prospector
RSI Aurora
Behring P8-SC
Apocalypse Arms Scourge Rail Gun
Klaus and Werner Gallant Rifle
Arrowhead Sniper Rifle
KSAR Devastator-12 Shotgun
Klaus and Werner Arclight Pistol
Gemini L86 Pistol
Behring P4-AR.
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3.1.0 Goals


PERSISTENT UNIVERSE CONTENT
New Additions:

Modular Space Station – Truckstop
Arc Corp / Area 18
FPS / SPACE GAMEPLAY
New Additions:

Female Player Locomotion
AI Locomotion
Shouldered Weapons
Throwable Weapons
Armed (FPS Weapon Equipped)
Fists
Knife
Take down (Front, Sides, Rear)
Knockdown and Knockbacks
CORE DEV TECH AND SYSTEMS
New Additions:

Fuel (Item 2.0)
Criminality System
Room System v2 (Physical Depressurization)
Item 2.0 Elevators v2
Item 2.0 Airlocks v2
Diffusion Refactor
Item Degradation/Failure/Luck
Service Beacon v1
Parties and Orgs(Group Entity Component)
Game persistence
Spectrum Integration in game
Repair and Restock System
Elevators v2
Bind / Unbinding
Object Container Streaming Core Engine Support
SHIPS:
MISC Razor
RSI Aurora (Update)
ANVIL Terrapin
MISC Hull C
DRAKE Cutlass Red
DRAKE Cutlass Blue
AEGIS Vanguard Harbinger (Variant)
3.2.0 Goals


PERSISTENT UNIVERSE CONTENT
New Additions:

Crusader
Hurston
MicroTech (Stretch Goal)
FPS / SPACE GAMEPLAY
New Additions:

New Ammo Types
Gadgets (drones / shields)
Bumps
Cooperative Avoidance
Downed
Drowning
Item Inspection
Looting IK / Permissions
CORE DEV TECH AND SYSTEMS
New Additions:

NPC Generation (Archetype)
Interaction System – Useables
Radar System (Item 2.0)
Cargo v2
Service Beacon v2
StarMap v2
Gas Giant Tech
Ship to Ship Refuel System
Breaching
Security / Access Control
Object Container Streaming
SHIPS:
RSI Constellation Phoenix
RSI Constellation Taurus
MISC Freelancer MAX
AEGIS Vanguard Sentinel (Variant)
MISC Freelancer DUR

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3.0 Production Schedule Report
Our schedule for the next Star Citizen Alpha releases, up to date.
Last update : Oct 13th, 2017

This week our dedicated Evocati testers from the Community tackled Alpha 3.0 and allowed us to see performance and network issues we weren’t able to with our internal test group. This feedback gave us good insight on areas we can optimize to ensure that when 3.0 goes Live, it is a smooth, fun experience. As of Thursday, we were at 23 must fix issues to polish our shopping and cargo features, as well as working together with Evocati to process and fix bugs so we can get the build ready for the PTU and then go Live.

ISSUES FIXED IN THE LAST WEEK

What you see below is a numerical representation of issues the team is focusing on to close-out (Burndown) to get to an Evocati release candidate, so you can see the progress of work we’re doing on a week-by-week basis.


(Please note: This is an overview of fixes made this week and not a complete list.)

Crashes

Fixed a crash in CTX::ContextGroup::GetDomain
Fixed a crash in CZone::UpdateObjectsBBox_ZonePartition
Fixed a crash in CMannequinInterface::UnloadAll
Fixed a crash in CPostAA::TemporalSuperSampling
Fixed a crash in CSCLocalPlayerAudioComponent::UpdateInteriority
Fixed a deadlock in zservicepersistencecache – cig::PersistenceCache::CCacheMsgHandler::OnMsgStorePurchaseRequest
Fixed a crash in CSCInventory::NotifyChildrenRemoved
Fixed a crash in CSCActorResultStateLadder::Update
Fixed a crash in COrderedMeshBV::Build
Fixed a crash in CSCInventory::OnObjectRemoved
Fixed a crash in CSCItem::GetHostCharacter
Fixed a crash in CZoneSystem::GetZone
Fixed a crash in CLockingMarker::UpdateAttachments
Fixed a crash in CD3D9Renderer::ConfigShadowTexgen
Fixed a crash in CSCActorResultAdditiveStatePlace::PlayPlaceAnimation
Fixed a crash in CShaderMan::ShutDown
Fixed a crash in CRendElement::Release
Fixed a crash in CExplosionGameEffect::QueueMaterialEffect
Fixed a main thread lock in CEntityComponentHazard
Fixed a crash in CSCRTTCameraComponent::Update
Fixed a crash in CSCActorAnimationComponent::RemoveEyeDestabilization
Fixed a crash after leaving a Squadron Battle match and attempting to join a Battle Royale match
UI

Fixed an issue where the video Render to Texture disappears after switching apps inside mobiGlas.
Fixed an issue where certain Escort missions spawned a QT beacon that was difficult to see in the Starmap.
Fixed an issue where attempting to sell cargo you don’t possess displayed an incorrect screen on the kiosk.
Fixed an issue where the holograph rendering on the mobiGlas was not visible when inside stations.
Stanton

Fixed an issue where various derelict-based mission modules wouldn’t stop running if their short/long timers failed to end.
Fixed an issue where leaving a mission item on a planet and flying away would despawn the item preventing the player from completing the mission.
Fixed an issue where objective markers wouldn’t be removed when set on a different object.
Fixed an issue where the elevator from Customs to Hangar 02 did not work in Levski.
Fixed an issue where the planetary rotation created contrail effects on fog volumes during the night cycle.
Fixed an issue where journal entries were not added after interacting with the terminal in certain missions.
Fixed an issue where a part of the airlock was floating outside one of the outposts on Daymar.
Fixed various objects appearing with placeholder textures in the outpost environments.
Fixed an issue where the console screens in Covalex were completely detached from the terminals.
Arena Commander

Fixed an issue where AI ships would not fire at the player.
Network / Backend

Fixed 10001 disconnection caused by services failing to find player GEID.
Fixed 10001 disconnection caused by entitlement processing tickets sometimes not making it to game server.
Vehicles

Fixed an issue where the Prospector was missing its Quantum Travel HUD.
Fixed an issue where characters could be killed when entering the side door of the Freelancer from EVA.
Fixed an issue where the character would be forced out of the ship when exiting the pilot seat.
Game Code

Fixed an issue where power plants would still transfer power when at zero health.
Fixed a memory leak in Stanton that would be present even in an empty server.
Fixed an issue with poor client performance when using the comm system.
Fixed an issue where “scattergun” type weapons would have the correct spread on the first shot, but no spread on subsequent shots.
Fixed an issue where performance would momentarily drop after spawning a ship from the Levski ASOP terminal.
Fixed an issue where transitioning between physics would cause the character to tilt to one side.
MISC

Fixed various localization errors.
Fixed an issue where characters could have their upper body animations break when carrying crates.
User Experience Polish Pass (On-going):

Improvement of Our Overall Framerate

We have decided to spend time increasing performance on the client and server side.
Player Count & General Stability

Currently, performance and stability drop sharply once the active players in a server reach 12-15 players.
Space Landscaping

We are working on some extra Graphics code for the GPU particle system to support the creation of new VFX to implement space dust at points around Stanton. This will continue to be iterated on to create some more elaborate assets.
Basic Ship Security

With the gameplay we’re adding in to 3.0.0, we’re conscious that there may be some other players that would love to kill you and take your ship. To help prevent this, we wanted to implement some basic security that will allow you to lock the ship, so only you have the ability to pass freely through its doors. Part of this work includes adding destruction for external ship doors to allow for the other half: basic breaching / boarding.
Rotating and Orbiting Planets

We are very keen to make the Stanton map feel more organic as a real environment and having the planets rotate and orbit will really help with this.
This will also introduce a proper day/night cycle when you’re on a planet surface which in turn opens up further gameplay possibilities.
Player Interaction System – User Experience Improvements

We want to give players the ability to more intuitively interact with items and objects within the game, but also find ways to indicate to the player what type of interaction they would be performing (pick up, start conversation, push button, etc).
Race Tracks on Planets

To give our planetary environments extra points of interest, and also an excuse to drive ground-based vehicles around at high speed, we thought the best way to do this was to build some rudimentary race tracks on the planets that would have been previously used by the research teams as a way to blow off steam and have fun.
THE PROCESS

Below you will find the latest roadmap for the development of the Star Citizen Persistent Universe. While the bulk of this schedule outlines our tasks and estimates that you can expect to find in the upcoming 3.0.0 patch (as well as some of the tasks that we’ve already completed), we are also including projections for the remainder of the year so you can have some visibility into the upcoming Persistent Universe features and content. These are the very same schedules we update daily and circulate internally on our intra-studio hand-offs with a few exceptions: the individual developer names assigned to the tasks will be omitted (for obvious reasons), we’ll remove the JIRA details, and we’ll modify the technical wording to make it readable for a wider audience.

What you are seeing here is the result of our scheduling and planning process. We have a high level feature and content set that we want to achieve for Star Citizen. The first step is to break these features into higher level tasks with which we populate Microsoft Project, JIRA and Shotgun (the three tools we use for project scheduling and tasking). Then, as we approach a task, Production works with the relevant developer(s) to make sure the task is broken up with enough detail to allow completion. Sometimes this means adjusting the initial task estimate, as things tend to come into a clearer focus when coming up on a task, but it almost always means breaking down the big task into a bunch of smaller tasks that have their own individual sub tasks that possibly are distributed to multiple developers.

Both tasks and sub-tasks get created in JIRA, linked under an Epic (which is a high level task or feature) and are then pulled into Microsoft Project to manage with granular detail providing us global visibility through Gantt charts and visual timelines. No developer works on a task unless it has been created in JIRA, prioritized and assigned by a lead or a member of the Production Team.

Then as the developers work on the tasks, Production will adjust the schedule and JIRA tickets to reflect the work being done.

In the schedule below, you will first find a master schedule that covers the broad departments/disciplines that are being developed. Each department will then have its own dedicated sub-schedule, briefly explaining the various features that are being developed and their current status.

CAVEATS

But also, we would like to establish some ground rules before proceeding:

I.Quality will always be our number one goal. We set out on this journey by looking at the gaming landscape and asking: can we do better? We continue to ask that question about everything we do. As a result, we will ALWAYS extend timelines or re-do features and content if we do not feel they are up to our standards. The freedom to fight for a new level of quality in game development is what crowd funding has allowed us, and we will continue to fight to make sure Star Citizen is the best possible game it can be.

II.The estimates we provide are just that: estimates. They are based on our knowledge and experience, but there are many aspects of game development that are impossible to predict because they literally cover uncharted territory. You will see the same estimates we use in our internal planning, but it is important to understand that in many cases (especially with groundbreaking engineering tasks) these estimates are often subject to change due to unforeseen complexity in implementing features.

III.The time expected for bug fixing and polishing is also very hard to estimate, increasingly so in online and multiplayer situations. The complexity and the difficulty in testing at a large scale make it harder to reproduce and isolate bugs in order to fix them. We base our estimates, again, on our experience, but we also know that it’s possible for a single bug to cause a delay of days or weeks when a hundred others might be fixed instantly.

IV.Internal schedules, the ones you will now be privy to, tend to have aggressive dates to help the team focus and scope their tasks, especially in the case of tech development. Every team, even a team blessed with the kind of support and freedom you have allowed us, needs target dates in order to focus and deliver their work.

V.This schedule doesn’t cover everything being worked on across Cloud Imperium Games, but is meant to highlight our aims for the remainder of the year on the Persistent Universe.

VI.This schedule doesn’t include every audio, vfx, tech art, etc. task. Those are detailed in our departmental sub-schedules.

VII.Although technology is shared between the two games, this does not reflect the Squadron 42 schedule. That will be released at a future date.

VIII.These aim dates are determined based on our current staff. Additional hiring will potentially allow us to bring in some dates below.

3.0.0 OVERVIEW

PLANETARY UPDATE
YELA

Yela is the most frigid of the Crusader moons. Those bold (or careless) enough to step outside without a spacesuit will be killed instantly by its freezing temperatures. If the cold doesn’t kill you, then any of the treacherous crevasses that crisscross the planet might. Cyrovolcanos have been known to erupt unexpectedly from such crevasses, so be wary when flying at low altitudes. Despite all its danger, there is much beauty to be found on Yela, like the underwater caves hidden beneath the moon’s crust.

CELLIN



Burning with volcanic activity, Cellin is the counter to her icy sister. Although the volcanoes have been dormant for hundreds of years, the surface is dotted with thermal geysers that erupt without notice. The largest of such geysers can destroy heavy vehicles. Highly corrosive clouds of gas are regularly released from the moon’s surface, creating low visibility and damaging anything caught outside.


DAYMAR

Daymar’s surface is like a harmonic blend of Yela and Cellin. It’s mountainous surface is reminiscent of Cellin’s volcanoes, while its craters share a warm likeness to Yela’s frozen crevasses. Known for its dense atmosphere, thick fog and a loose dirt surface makes travel difficult. Lightning storms can help illuminate the fog, just don’t get struck by their flash.


PERSISTENT UNIVERSE CONTENT
IMPROVED LIGHTING FOR FOG TECH
We have implemented a new fog system in the game to improve the overall feel in various environments such as ships and shops. In doing this, we need to convert the old fog volumes to this new system and do another sweep through existing lighting to ensure the new fog works with the lights correctly. This work is still being estimated due to cross-discipline dependencies.
We have started the task of relighting all the environments and ships to incorporate this new feature. However, due to the volume of work, it is likely to be an ongoing process and extend beyond 3.0.0, so we will relight everything we can up to the live release and then address whatever remains in a future patch.
MISSION GIVERS
We’re introducing Miles Eckhart (first seen in the Gamescom video) and Ruto to provide missions to players.
ETA is October 30th
ALREADY COMPLETE IN THE 3.0.0 BRANCH:
Modular Room System for procedural generation of planetary outposts
Official Outpost Spawning System ready for mission designers
Integrated Outpost distribution to PlanetEd
Single outpost Object Preset
Cluster of Outposts
Crash site mission
Interface to hand place modules and save to Layer
Interface to teleport the camera to the closest outpost
Area boxes created by artists (all room sizes are now usable in the outpost procedural system)
Entrance Room system working (stairs and ramps are now available as initial rooms)
Rooftop Prop system working for Solar panel
Wall prop system working for additional prop variations
Material Wear/Dirt on props using Layer Blend done and actually working
Developed Outpost “feet” system
Set random rotation and offset caps on planet editor
Start documenting 3 possible map layouts looping system (using 2 or 4 meters metrics * system; using connection additional corridor pieces; using spline skinned corridors)
Support Aircon/solar panel system on outposts
Added color tinting to Outposts
Added color tinting interface to Planet Ed
Created material distinction for interior / exteriors
Group elements offset in Planet Object Preset to be able to offset landing pads
Moons
Surface Outposts
Additional Surface Outposts
Surface Outposts Lighting
Basic Derelict Ships
Inhabited Derelict Ship Sites
Debris Fields
Delamar / Levski
New Assets:
Heavy Marine Armor
Explorer Suit Armor
Cloth and Clothing simulation on various assets old and new
Updated helmet interiors and exterior for updated art, FOV tech and standardization
Armor converted to work within modular customization structure
Finalized delivery of ALL facial assets from 3Lateral.
Ships:
New Skinning and Rigging tools for landing gear on ships.
Constellation Cargo Bay/Elevator extensions
Light Group entity optimization
GAMEPLAY
COCKPIT EXPERIENCE
The Cockpit Experience sprint team focused on improving the overall player experience in the cockpit by refining the cockpit geometry, character placement, g-force/hit reactions, VFX, Audio, UI, as well as code support for things like camera shaking and hooking into ship health systems to display proper damage.
This is an ongoing task and we will continue to polish features until the release of 3.0.0. Any additional work will continue into future releases.
ALREADY COMPLETE IN THE 3.0.0 BRANCH:
Crusader Converted to Object Container Setup
With the transition to Object Containers, the Crusader map was completely re-designed. Each Point of Interest is now an object container laid out via the Solar System Editor. This is in preparation for Object Container streaming and seamless transitions from different POI’s and between Star Systems. Mission Flowgraphs are converted over to use Subsumption and the new Mission System.
Mega Map for Persistent Universe
Mega Map tech (also used in Crusader for seamless loading between different gamemodes) is now possible in the new PU map, which is setup in the Solar System Editor. This allows the utilization of Mega Map technology.
Revamp of Power Plants / Shield Generators / Coolers and the Heat & Power System for improved gameplay and conversion to Item 2.0
Player Manned Turrets
Pick Up & Carry
Item 2.0 Ship Conversion
Item 2.0
Operator Seats
Radar System
Light Control System
Fuel / Refuel
Power Supply / Pipes
Quantum Drive
Insurance
Stamina
Doors & Airlocks
Cargo
Commodities
Kiosk Support
Atmospheric Entry Support
Persistent Damage, Ammo, and Missiles
Repair
Inventory System Support
Rover and Dragonfly in Ships
IFCS Performance Improvements
Hint System
CORE TECH
ALREADY COMPLETE IN THE 3.0.0 BRANCH:
New Radar Databank
Subsumption Base Functionality
This is the initial release of the foundation technology that drives all of the AI, mission, dynamic content, and conversation logic. The mission content previously created with FlowGraph has been replaced and the implementation time to achieve a desired effect has been cut dramatically.
Various Performance improvements
Planetary Physics Grid to support orbiting and rotating planets
Multi-Function Display implementation for Item 2.0 Components on ships
IFCS improvements to support AI & Takeoff System
Unified Visor for seamless Ship 2.0 / FPS transition
HUD/Visor integration for new Radar Databank
Object Distribution
Terrain / Object blending for soft natural transition of objects intersecting with the ground
Video codec updated to Bink2, providing higher fidelity at lower bitrate
Vehicles no longer use Lua
This is a huge step forward on the code side.
Skeleton Extension support for Item Port Offset overrides per item
Numerous types of physics simulation for all Item 2.0 attachments including hair, weapons, grenades and more.
Destructible component for items, props and environment assets
Nested Physics Grids support for vehicle transportation inside large ships, i.e. DragonFly & Rover
Physics simulation gravity vector now respects planetary gravity
Modular loadouts rule sets and support for up to five loadouts
Animation driven facial audio implemented
Updated Spacebox Editor Python integration.
Zone culling on all character assets and layers, system complete and mesh markup complete supplemented with tools to easily support new assets.
Solar System Editor
A tool that will layout entire solar system with their astral objects (sun, planets moons) as well as space stations, etc.
New Light Controller for runtime light switches
New network message queue (current in QATR) to reduce network bandwidth and network thread time.
Light Entity Render node merging.
Dynamic Physics Grid to support sparse space areas vs. dense areas like space stations.
Highly optimized vertex and position format for all geometry
Texture memory usage reduced across the project
Unified material libraries for use across all departments
Comparing and finding all duplicated normal maps and albedo maps in the LayerBlend texture library
Clean up LayerBlend Material Libraries, Resolution Adjustments, Renames to Lower Case
Follow-ups on list of unused textures and materials
Massively improved LOD computation and average face sizes for ships
Shared hair assets (instead of bespoke asset per head) for character creation
Automated facial asset LODs, skinning algorithm per LOD updated.
Reworked mesh setup of facial assets for optimal performance and reduced drawcalls.
Unified helmet and character mesh into singular render proxy for better performance and visuals.
Various portal and culling improvements.
Improved Animation Data Base collection and build process for optimized animation data streaming also added external tools to manage this.
Deprecated thousands of legacy and test assets including animations, geometry, libraries and more for reduced build size.
Automatic Asset Error collection and tracking.
Reworked itemport layout for characters and character items
Updated all assets using HumanSkin to highly optimized HumanSkinv2 shader. This saves upwards of a 100 megs of texture memory per face.
Vastly improved memory allocator which allowed massive reduction in runtime allocation count
Several significant optimizations to entity update code
Planetary Tech
Solar System Tool
Entity Update Component Scheduler
Entity Owner Manager
UI
CHARACTER CUSTOMIZATION
Players will now be able to customize their characters’ heads, hair, eye color, and skin color.
This feature has been impacted due to the team helping support other bugfixing needs.
ETA is TBD
VEHICLE CUSTOMIZER APP
This app will allow players to customize their ship via the ship customization screen, so edits can be done without locating the exact port on the ship.
The UI apps and mobiGlas had their current functionality and progress reviewed. The feedback generated from this review is being estimated out by the UI team, in addition to bugfixing support.
ETA is TBD
SHIP SELECTOR APP & INSURANCE CLAIM
This app would exist alongside the Ship Selection Terminals in the Persistent Universe, allowing players more freedom to spawn ships at designated locations.
The UI apps and mobiGlas had their current functionality and progress reviewed. The feedback generated from this review is being estimated out by the UI team, in addition to bugfixing support.
ETA is TBD
ALREADY COMPLETE IN THE 3.0.0 BRANCH:
Kiosk UI
Item 2.0 Multi Function Displays
Field of View Slider
Personal Manager App
Mission Manager App
Cargo Manifest App
Heavy Armour for Star Marine
Inventory System
Mission Board App
StarMap App
UI Owner Component
mobiGlas Overhaul
Comms System UI
AI
MISSION SYSTEM
The overall system that will be used to create mission flows when we start building missions like Patrol, Assassination, Smuggling, etc.
We have moved into the bugfixing stage of this feature.
ALREADY COMPLETE IN THE 3.0.0 BRANCH:
AI Turrets
GRAPHICS
ALREADY COMPLETE IN THE 3.0.0 BRANCH:
RenderTarget refactor
This saves over 50% of the video memory previously used for dynamic textures.
Physically-based area lights
Shadow map caching system
This allows for many more shadow casting lights at once and avoids the need for baking shadows.
Revamped decal rendering system which renders fully deferred, instanced decals with aggressive overdraw optimizations
Render to Texture
Environment Probe
Atmospheric Entry
Volumetric Fog
GPU Particle Foundation
Engine Trails & Contrails
Asteroid Physics
Exposure Improvements
BACKEND
ALREADY COMPLETE IN THE 3.0.0 BRANCH:
Diffusion Subset for 3.0.0
Solar System Shop Service
Solar System Mission Service V1 “Mission Broker”
NETWORK
ALREADY COMPLETE IN THE 3.0.0 BRANCH:
New Message Queue
Physics Serialization
Persistent Data Refactor
SHIPS & WEAPONS
ALREADY COMPLETE IN THE 3.0.0 BRANCH:
Drake Dragonfly
Drake Cutlass Black
RSI Constellation Aquila
RSI Ursa Rover
MISC Prospector
RSI Aurora
Behring P8-SC
Apocalypse Arms Scourge Rail Gun
Klaus and Werner Gallant Rifle
Arrowhead Sniper Rifle
KSAR Devastator-12 Shotgun
Klaus and Werner Arclight Pistol
Gemini L86 Pistol
Behring P4-AR.
BEYOND 3.0.0 - OVERVIEW

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3.1.0 Goals


PERSISTENT UNIVERSE CONTENT
New Additions:

Modular Space Station – Truckstop
Arc Corp / Area 18
FPS / SPACE GAMEPLAY
New Additions:

Female Player Locomotion
AI Locomotion
Shouldered Weapons
Throwable Weapons
Armed (FPS Weapon Equipped)
Fists
Knife
Take down (Front, Sides, Rear)
Knockdown and Knockbacks
CORE DEV TECH AND SYSTEMS
New Additions:

Fuel (Item 2.0)
Criminality System
Room System v2 (Physical Depressurization)
Item 2.0 Elevators v2
Item 2.0 Airlocks v2
Diffusion Refactor
Item Degradation/Failure/Luck
Service Beacon v1
Parties and Orgs(Group Entity Component)
Game persistence
Spectrum Integration in game
Repair and Restock System
Elevators v2
Bind / Unbinding
Object Container Streaming Core Engine Support
SHIPS:
MISC Razor
RSI Aurora (Update)
ANVIL Terrapin
MISC Hull C
DRAKE Cutlass Red
DRAKE Cutlass Blue
AEGIS Vanguard Harbinger (Variant)
3.2.0 Goals


PERSISTENT UNIVERSE CONTENT
New Additions:

Crusader
Hurston
MicroTech (Stretch Goal)
FPS / SPACE GAMEPLAY
New Additions:

New Ammo Types
Gadgets (drones / shields)
Bumps
Cooperative Avoidance
Downed
Drowning
Item Inspection
Looting IK / Permissions
CORE DEV TECH AND SYSTEMS
New Additions:

NPC Generation (Archetype)
Interaction System – Useables
Radar System (Item 2.0)
Cargo v2
Service Beacon v2
StarMap v2
Gas Giant Tech
Ship to Ship Refuel System
Breaching
Security / Access Control
Object Container Streaming
SHIPS:
RSI Constellation Phoenix
RSI Constellation Taurus
MISC Freelancer MAX
AEGIS Vanguard Sentinel (Variant)
MISC Freelancer DUR