An
Arena Commander V0.9 Status Update on the Roberts Space Industries website
indicates they are very close to releasing the version 0.9 update for the Arena
Commander module for
Star Citizen first mentioned
over three months ago when
the debut version 0.8 was released. They explain the hoops they must now go
through in order to push out a patch once their release candidate is improved,
adding they are planning on improving this kludgy-sounding system to streamline
this process going forward. There will apparently be a new hangar patch this
weekend, as shown off in
this user video.
This recent post outlines all the changes planned for version 0.9,
summarizing the news in this shortlist:
- Murray Cup Racing Mode: As shown at
Gamescom, players can now race their pledge ships in a specially designed
upper-atmospheric scenario!
- Vanduul Swarm Co-Op: Take on the alien
hoards with a friend, or competitor!
- Flyable M50 and 350R: The M50 and the 350R
have been readied for flight to kick off the race mode. These ships will now
be flyable in all Arena Commander game modes.
- Private Matches: Tired of being matched
with random players in AC? Private matches will let you play with friends!
- Friend Codes: We’re launching a code system
for both private and public matches so you can connect with your wingmen.
- Leaderboards: Your performance in Arena
Commander’s various modes will display on the RSI website and allow you to
compare with others.
- Updated Ship Performance: We’ve increased
the speed and acceleration of every ship. With this we’ve also reworked the
afterburner mechanic to increase acceleration instead of top speed.
- HUD Update: We’ve overhauled the usability
of the visor HUD interface so you can customize your ships systems much more
easily in flight.
- New Hangars: We’ve remastered all of Star
Citizen’s Hangars with the new forward-looking room system and added the
Asteroid Hangar.
- New Pause Menu: Our refactored pause menu
is a large step forward aesthetically, and will support new features like
custom keybindings in the future. In the meantime we’ve included selectable
profiles for the most common peripherals.
- 6DOF: With the improvements to the IFCS and
flight physics we are now ready to introduce 6DOF movement for an entirely
new way to fly.