In this episode of Inside Star Citizen, the developers give us some additional information on the features planned for patch 3.18. Jared reminds us that this is still scheduled for the first half of November.
River Technologies
Until now, rivers were drawn starting from a curve in the center of their bed. From this curve, the slope of the terrain was calculated to bring the ground up to the surrounding level, which could create more or less steep banks, but not real cliffs: the steeper slopes were simply textured differently.
The developers have made two improvements to this generation. First of all, each bank now has its own curvewhich smooths out the curve of the river during tight meanders, resulting in a more realistic rendering. Second, cliffs formed by 3D objects (rocks) are now placed automatically where the terrain is steepest. This makes it possible to create gorges and variations along the bed of the rivers.
Kart racing circuits
The developers are addressing workarounds players may find to cheat in the racing circuit. For example, they had to place barriers to prevent players from leaving the race. Unwanted shortcuts have also been removed.
Players will not have to bring their own vehicle, as the karts will be provided. In case of destruction, others will be created as replacements so that players always find a vehicle on site.
Post Kareah
The station Security Post Kareah is one of the oldest in the game, and it has already been upgraded once. This new redesign brings it closer to the level of visual quality of the very last places created, in particular with the use of the graphic charter of Crusader, and by bringing more life by the non-player characters. It also provides new gameplay opportunities, such as confiscated goods room.
Crimestat
Level 1 and 2 Crimestats no longer prohibit going to any station. It will be enough to go there to pay a fine and erase his crime.
One can also go to the authorities to go to prison with a 20% sentence reduction.
Jail
The prison has been improved with the addition of non-player characters who will have items to loot on them. Their presence will make the place less empty and more alive.
New missions take players through new hard-to-reach areas.
Crash sites on Daymar
Locations have been improved in many ways such as movement, non-player characters, and draw distances. The Nine Tails will only be no longer the only characters on site.
Orison Platforms
Of the assignments will be offered on the Orison platforms used for the dynamic event “Siege Of Orison” when it is not active.
Recycling
In the first iteration, the Reclaimer won’t really have any advantages over the Vulture other than payload capacity. The next steps of the gameplay will allow better differentiate the two devices and the size of the Reclaimer will be an asset for certain components of the activity.
Difficult to use it in combat: you have to shields are disabled.
As of patch 3.18, recyclable wrecks will appear randomly so recyclers can find work without having to shoot anything that moves.
Repair
The initial implementation will not fix a wing or one engine.
