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Posted 7 July 2023
Star Citizen will be ''FREE TO PLAY'' @ Star Citizen
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Star Citizen will be free to play until July 17th, during the annual Foundation Festival event!
Star Citizen Foundation Festival Free Fly Ship Spotlight
FOUNDATION FESTIVAL 2023 In the ‘verse, the Foundation Festival is a month-long civic program that endeavors to strengthen community spirit by encouraging Citizens and civilians to volunteer with local and imperial organizations. During this time, the hope is that people will lift each other up so the community as a whole gets stronger.
We’re celebrating Foundation Festival all month long, with a Free Fly, referral bonus, and rewards for those making use of the Guide System.
The following ships are available to all Free Fly players during the Foundation Festival!
* 600i Touring.
* Aegis Gladius (Light Fighter).
* Anvil Valkyrie (Heavy Dropship Troop Transport).
* Crusader: Mercury Star Runner (Data and Cargo Conveyance).
* Drake Caterpillar _Cargo Hauling).
* Drake Cutlass Black.
* Drake Cutlass Red (Medical Ship).
* Drake Vulture (Rugged ''Solo'' Salvage Ship).
* MISC Freelancer (long haul merchant ship).
* MISC Prospector ( ''Solo'' Mining Ship).
* MISC Razor (Advanced Racer).
* MISC Starfarer (Refueling Platform/Fuel Transporter/Mobile Refinery).
This is a good opportunity to test out Star Citizen for FREE, see just what all the fuss is about.
You could try:
Atmospheric Flight/Piracy/Bounty Hunting/Mining/Cargo Hauling/Pew Pew/Medical Gameplay/Racing/Prison, and the chance to escape/Escort/FPS missions and quests./Solo and MP Gameplay/With friends/Group/Org, take your ships/Vehicles and troops and have a full scale Space/Ground battle.
Two other game options are available within Star Citizen@
1. Arena Commander in Star Citizen Alpha?
For Star Citizen Alpha, Arena Commander is accessed through the main menu and consists of single player and multiplayer game modes for open flying, dog-fighting, and ship racing.
There are even special perks for completing certain modes.
2. Star Marine:
Are you ready for battle? Do you need to test your skills? Star Marine may be for you!
Star Marine is an in-universe combat simulator that lets you engage in pitched first-person shooter (FPS) battles on the ground and in zero-g, complete with multiple game modes and leader boards.
Enjoy.
Star Citizen Foundation Festival Free Fly Ship Spotlight
FOUNDATION FESTIVAL 2023 In the ‘verse, the Foundation Festival is a month-long civic program that endeavors to strengthen community spirit by encouraging Citizens and civilians to volunteer with local and imperial organizations. During this time, the hope is that people will lift each other up so the community as a whole gets stronger.
We’re celebrating Foundation Festival all month long, with a Free Fly, referral bonus, and rewards for those making use of the Guide System.
The following ships are available to all Free Fly players during the Foundation Festival!
* 600i Touring.
* Aegis Gladius (Light Fighter).
* Anvil Valkyrie (Heavy Dropship Troop Transport).
* Crusader: Mercury Star Runner (Data and Cargo Conveyance).
* Drake Caterpillar _Cargo Hauling).
* Drake Cutlass Black.
* Drake Cutlass Red (Medical Ship).
* Drake Vulture (Rugged ''Solo'' Salvage Ship).
* MISC Freelancer (long haul merchant ship).
* MISC Prospector ( ''Solo'' Mining Ship).
* MISC Razor (Advanced Racer).
* MISC Starfarer (Refueling Platform/Fuel Transporter/Mobile Refinery).
This is a good opportunity to test out Star Citizen for FREE, see just what all the fuss is about.
You could try:
Atmospheric Flight/Piracy/Bounty Hunting/Mining/Cargo Hauling/Pew Pew/Medical Gameplay/Racing/Prison, and the chance to escape/Escort/FPS missions and quests./Solo and MP Gameplay/With friends/Group/Org, take your ships/Vehicles and troops and have a full scale Space/Ground battle.
Two other game options are available within Star Citizen@
1. Arena Commander in Star Citizen Alpha?
For Star Citizen Alpha, Arena Commander is accessed through the main menu and consists of single player and multiplayer game modes for open flying, dog-fighting, and ship racing.
There are even special perks for completing certain modes.
2. Star Marine:
Are you ready for battle? Do you need to test your skills? Star Marine may be for you!
Star Marine is an in-universe combat simulator that lets you engage in pitched first-person shooter (FPS) battles on the ground and in zero-g, complete with multiple game modes and leader boards.
Enjoy.
More details at Community Updates
Edited by a community support team member, 7 July 2023
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sorted byThis pre-game (alpha) runs like dog poop for me most of the time, despite the constant PC hardware upgrades since back in 2014. Don't get me wrong, I get 100~fps, but it stutters/fluctuates like crazy, especially when near cities or any A.I. Of course it runs smooth in space.
This game can offer an experience that no other game can currently offer, if the servers are not borking.
Here's my tip if you are interested: try the free-flight and if you like it, buy the base package and do NOT spend any more beyond that unless you are down for some blind faith. You do not need to buy anything beyond that. A lot of folk have fallen for the trap of a $10 upgrade here, a $30 upgrade there. This then results folk spending more than they probably initially anticipated.
It's still being developed but my desire for it has diminished greatly.
After 6 months, and if your still playing and enjoying the concept, you'll have a more focused idea of the path you want to take.
Easier said than done of course. (edited)
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I backed the game since launch and I have not received any monies. lol
Star Citizen is very much playable and diverse in gameplay, its early access (Alpha Concept) which is 9+ yrs and counting. For those that have the PC Hardware to play the concept, its far from VAPORWARE.
Its here and playable.
Install complete!
Press Enter to begin!
Play 2 minutes intro tutorial!
Err insert coins to continue
Same genres, different games.
incredible that this scam is still going
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Banu Merchantman - Alien Ships - Star Citizen Base
Common sense, patience and a good basic understanding of the financial mechanics and the multi faceted . aspect that is Star Citizen, otherwise you'll just flounder. Its not a game most people spend large amounts of time in, unless they are willing to use the tools that are easily available to really take advantage of whats on offer. One such individual, along with her org/crew play Star Citizen to its current full potential:
NEW Crusader Security Missions - Public Enemy Bounties - Star Citizen 3.18 PTU FPS Wreck Site Combat - YouTube
With Squadron 42 removed from purchase for the last few months, the general consensus is that they're going to share a release date and price increase at Citizencon this year.
Maybe they're were trying to take realism beyond silly by trying to replace Lockheed Martin's approach to "engineering":
en.m.wikipedia.org/wik…ter
Unbelievable that any "engineer" would ever use imperial measurements, but there you go!
Looking forward to that in 2055
The Real link to the Free Fly event. open now til 17th July (edited)
My lad paid 45 quid for this and said its shockingly loose as a game wished he hadn't bothered.
One to AVOID until it's finished as expect your money to go to waste. (edited)
Then ran it again. easily 10 mins before the game actually boots up.
Get to character creation screen, which is really nice and got me excited to play.
After creating a character, I again wait an age for anything to load.
When it does finally load, It looks beautiful, but frame rates are literally all over the place, for me from 75 to 0. It was unplayable.
Reading in forums explain that the game runs very poorly unless installed on an SSD (mine was on HDD), and that you probably could do with at least 32GB Ram.
Decided to uninstall. No simple uninstall buttons here. Could uninstall the launcher from control panel, but then had to navigate to files all over my PC to remove the nearly 100GB of stuff it left behind.
Can't say it isn't fun - it looks amazing. But my experience was not much fun at all.
1. Well for what its worth, whenever their is a FREE FLY there tends to be server issues.
2. Always install to an SSD, that goes for the OS/Games/Applications....everything really, its 2023, SSD's are
dirt cheap. If your not using an SSD in 2023, you should not be PC Gaming PERIOD.
3. Your PC needs to be setup and optimized for gaming, especially for gaming.
4. Flight Sims/Space Sims should not be compared to most other gaming genrer's, 30fps in flight sims can give smooth performance and is very playable, your ''75 to 0'' tells me a lot about your situation.
5. The issue with ''"easy anti cheat" is easily resolved:
''Delete the EAC folder located in the Roberts Space Industries'' folder. Fully close the RSI Launcher. Use the task bar and/or the task manager to ensure the process is killed if need be. Re-open the RSI Launcher Click the SETTINGS option Press the VERIFY button next to "Analyze game files". Allow this process to finish''.
Apart from the odd issues server side, a lot can be done player side to give the best experience in Star Citizen.
Good post by the way.
1. (Starter Package) and leave it at that.
2. Decide to invest small amounts beyond the SP, until you have a more flexible base to play from.
3. Decide to stay for the long haul, CIG's development is snails pace, and invest to CONCIERGE level $900, you will have certain benefits, including: Not needing a game package to play, 2 Buy Back Tokens instead of just one, additional package options only offered to Concierge, access to the PTU (test builds) and more.
But there are possible hundreds of Early Access games, and you should always read the EULA before investing in any software, ''informed choice'' makes the decision simpler.