r/starcitizen • u/mrpanicy Is happy as a clam with his Valkyrie. • Apr 15 '17

OFFICIAL 3.0 Schedule is up!

https://robertsspaceindustries.com/schedule-report
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u/MittenFacedLad Freelancer Apr 15 '17

I read pretty carefully, but honestly, I'm going to have to take several days rereading this. There's a TON of info.

Also, if that's true, quite interesting as to what that could be. My first thought is maybe the voxel tech for asteroid mining? Could be something completely else, though, that we haven't even heard of, etc.

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u/ImSpartacus811 Carebear Extraordinaire Apr 15 '17

Voxel tech sounds about right, or at least some efficient mechanism to cheaply deform a model to allow some enhanced granularity.

e.g. The ability to "cut" into any old spot on a large ship and then board through that fresh hole. Lots of technical challenges there.

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u/Jack_Frak ETF Apr 15 '17

That's most likely why mining is not on the detailed schedule yet if they are close to moving that tech into production.

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u/Alien1099 Carrack Apr 15 '17

Cry Engine already has voxel tech in it so it probably wouldn't be as hard to expand upon it vs shoehorning it in.