A
post to the
Elite: Dangerous forums announces that
Elite: Dangerous has entered the final
frontier, as Frontier Developments' space combat game has left beta testing, and
has entered the gamma phase, if not the gamma quadrant (thanks Dave). This
paves the way for the game's planned official release
on December 16th, as gamma is an infrequently used
term for a release candidate. Here's word on the changes that mark the
occasion
The first gamma build will be released in a little over an hour.
People will be kicked from the server shortly . Here is the change log for the
build:
- Playable area no longer restricted to beta bubble
- Playable ship Python added
- Playable ship Orca added
- Kickstarter starting ships and locations added
- Freagles added
- Capital ship events added
- Fix crash following docking and accessing starport
services
- Fix for multiple input devices not working - for
example pedals and throttle from multiple input device controllers
- Chances for USSs increased
- Fix for cargo hatch not ejecting any cargo when
malfunctioning
- Workaround for AMD white lines issue
- Check to make sure the target is this machine that
this machine is ready to receive authority
- New games account for fines, bounties, and permits
- Added missing text strings for Federal and
Imperial missions
- NPC Comms in Another Castle Unidentified Signal
Sources should now only display the new target destination rather than
listing multiple destinations
The
Roberts Space Industries website has a write-up on how character health,
damage, and healing will work in the FPS mode in
Star Citizen, Cloud
Imperium's upcoming space combat game. They outline a detailed limb-damage
system which tracks four different damage levels for ten different limbs,
explaining the visual and gameplay impact of injuries. They also discuss their
version of respawning, available medical devices, how injuries can be healed,
and how incapacitated teammates can be dragged to safety, offering
a short video to show
how this looks, which is exactly how you'd picture it. Thanks 88fingers.
Continue here to read the full story.
Here's Valve's accounting of the 10 bestselling games on
Steam last week:
- Far Cry 4
- This War of Mine
- Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare
- Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
- Far Cry Franchise Pack
- Football Manager 2015
- Assassin's Creed Unity
- The Binding of Isaac Rebirth
- DayZ
- Rise of Nations: Extended Edition
The annual
Steam Fall Sale will begin on November 26th, reports
VG247 based on details in a promotional spam they got from PayPal touting
the ability to buy Steam Wallet codes to spend during the sale (hopefully
purchased with funds that were converted from bitcoin). Word is the sale, which
Australians are presumably calling the spring sale, will end on December 1st.
I cleared a bunch of leaves from around the BlueTower yesterday, and have some
more to deal with today. Luckily the weather is being cooperative, as it wasn't
freezing yesterday, and today may be the warmest day remaining this year. I just
wish the trees were more cooperative, as not all of them have shed their leaves
yet, so there will have to be another clean-up session down the road. We have
this one giant maple tree in particular that is staying so green that I'd swear
it's doing it on purpose
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