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I think that's what I will do as well. Unless some VR headset grabs my attention early next year :) Ewok? Ew! OK.

Rustine did quite a few. From what he was saying is he's working on the armours first, then it'll be other stuff.

Oh well, I can now spend 50 bucks on something! ;) I'll probably wait until this game is on offer somewhere...

Can you still play the beta if you buy it now or is it purely pre-order now?

No and no. The only water retex availble is for water splashes (did't test it yet) and for landscape we have a single rock retex for Skellige... It looked identical to vanilla on screenshots, so I didn't even bother testing it.

No problem, enjoy! Not yet, I'm still awaiting for some mods to be updated. I'm still on 1.10 myself. I'll get to the update soon :)

The hint is in the avatar ;)

Do you mean in the very beginning of the game? There are no mods that change the damage, combat or scaling at all, so that aspect is as per the vanilla game. It IS quite harsh though, I admit. It benefits you will skill, because you have to be very careful and tactical for the first 4-5 levels and the skill pays off later on. The game balances out about level 5 or so. Argh! :D

That's my mod :D Let me know what's the time you want the buffs to run for and I'll make a W3R special edition for ya :)

CURRENTLY SUPPORTED GAME VERSION: 1.10 REQUIRED EXPANSIONS: Hearts of Stone LATEST UPDATES: 18/10/2015Full game purge and restore vanilla, major update.FULL UPDATE PROCEDURE TO 1.10 GAME VERSION

Do not install the Triss DLC appearance for masquerade mod I mentioned - it's not compatible with 1.10. I'd then recommend setting Alternate Look for Triss off. These alternate looks DLCs seem like they should be activated towards the end of the game after certain events. Maybe apart from Yennefer one - that one is not lore friendly.

I am doing a full game purge for this new patch... It's a massive one and I think some mods will be redundant. I also wanted to test a couple of other bigger mods to replace some existing ones - seems like a good opportunity. I reckon the guide will go through a massive update :)

Alternative Look for Triss should be enabled. There is a mod that forces that fancy dress to be used only during a certain masquerade... No spoilers :) It really fits from the story point of view, makes total sense. I wish there was a similar for for Alternative Look for Yennefer and a certain funeral too. And a one that forced Alternative Look for Ciri towards the end of main quest line, after a certain quest. It would be a perfect trio! I contacted the author of Alt. Look for Triss mod, but they weren't willing to make these mods, so here's hoping that someone will read this and make them :)

I'm updating my game :) I'm hoping to have the updated version of the guide ready to be released by Monday.

I have overclocked my graphics card, does it count?

Ah, OK - I wasn't aware that these were the stretch goals and promised features. Fair enough then. Flight model may be Newtonian, but it's not very fun to play, it turns the game into "turrets in space", where you just strafe around. Sometimes you have to sacrifice realism for gameplay fun and SC flight model is missing that. In comparison to Elite (I keep bringing it up, but this is the only similar modern game that I played), where the yaw is very slow, SC is simply boring - because it's TOO realistic IMHO. As for the HOTAS - yes, I know it will be possible to use one in game, however due to the fact how aiming works mouse will always be a controller of choice, because it's simply better, faster and more accurate. It just feels like FPS in space. You don't move your ship to aim, you move the guns themselves, just like in an FPS game. HOTAS users will ALWAYS be disadvantaged in this model. And lastly - be reasonable mate. You can't compare Fallout 4 that is a pretty much finished game with a set release date (in which case you can say: in Fallout you CAN DO A, B and C) to Star Citizen, which like you say is pre-alpha and majority of the features are missing, are in development or just planned for now, not even started on (what we really have is, and what you CAN DO in SC is: flight model, dogfighting, racing, clunky animations and a ground base where you can run around and dance... nothing more). How can you say "we CAN DO A, B and C", where A is playable but bugged, B is being designed and the progress is unknown and C has only been mentioned as a promised feature during KS campaign? (Insert whatever you want in A B and C). Please, can you show me how can I do, let me quote you, "mining, trading, farming, astronomy, medicine, overclocking ship components". Show me a video or point me to the pre-alpha product where I can DO these things.

I think I'll wait until it's release and have a look at the package then. I did love the gameplay though! Wish I had time for more. Like you said - it felt very atmospheric!

I'd want them to focus on making the flight model more interesting and figuring out how to make HOTAS actually usable in game - rather than getting some celebrities to dub the characters :/ Luckily for AC2.0 we'll be hopefully getting a bit of an open world to fly in... As for the behind the scenes stuff - I'm not really that interested. Like I said - I bought it because it costed me next to nothing, so I thought I'll give it a go. I will probably read and watch more as they near the release time or at least have a substancial beta to look at. I have Elite: Dangerous for my space sim fix - there is nothing for me in SC at this stage. I like when people describe SC as "is a game / is so much to do" :) No, it's not a game, no, there's nothing to do in it now. "Will be" is the phrase you want to use and perhaps prefix it with "Hopefully" ;)

Hm... To me 60 bucks is too high for an online shooter. I didn't realise the price of the DLCs either! Is there a storyline? I've never played BF games before, not a big fan of online shooter... I just prefer games with storyline or sandboxes.

I only managed to play couple of matches, the ones where you need to secure the pods - it's excellent fun! The price puts me off a little though :/

You misunderstood. I'm all for taking it slowly and do things right, but how long had SC now been in production? And all they have to show for it is bugged invisible walls arena combat... Maybe I have a different attitude because I've not invested a lot in it and I'm immune to their "best damn space sim ever" PR propaganda ;)

They're surely taking their time though, aren't they?

Arena Commander? Sorry, but it's laughable. I didn't try AC2.0 mind you.

It looks much better than previous iterations. Finally ;) Still is a long way to be a playable thing :(

Thanks. I think I'll wait with the upgrade until mods are updated... If you leave HUD at default settings in game the section wouldn't exist in user.settings file. You were correct by adding it. The order doesn't matter, you can add it anywhere as long as it's not in the middle of another section. For Re-Shade, I'd still encourage you to try the preset I recommend, it's easy to uninstall if you don't like it. You can skip it entirely if you want, but remember to change your Post Processing options (turn on AA, set Sharpening to what you prefer etc.). As for envBlendValue - yeah, 0.75 may be too high, so feel free to experiment with different values to find out what works best. And no worries, I'm busy, but I'm always happy to help, that's what the thread is for :) Enjoy the game!