Many players wish for their games to look as realistic as possible. Now, the world’s most expensive MMO, Star Citizen, has demonstrated how realistically bed linens can crumple. And the community agrees that this is the last feature that is truly needed right now.
The MMO Star Citizen is considered the most expensive MMO in the world, as over 450 million US dollars have been invested in the game so far. The team behind it regularly develops new content and aims to convince both old and new players of its own world. However, the possible release date of Star Citizen is still far away.
In the latest update, a new feature has been introduced: NPCs can now relax and go to bed. But the real highlight is the bedding.
Crumpled Bedding is the Highlight of the New Update of Star Citizen
What has been introduced now? The development team behind Star Citizen regularly sends out emails with updates and announcements for the game. In the “development report” from April 2022, the developers explained that they have been addressing an important part of NPCs’ lives: sleeping. NPCs can now also take a break and lay down to sleep.
Those who think that the sleep cycle is the new highlight are mistaken. The developers clarified that what makes it special is the realistically crumpling bedding.
We knew early on that we had to deal with the deformation of bed sheets to achieve the level of realism expected from Squadron 42. If this is successful, the AI will be able to deform its bed sheet when entering, exiting, or sleeping on it. This is a challenging task and increases the complexity of the function. What happens, for example, to the sheets when the AI needs to leave the bed in an emergency?
However, what excites the developers leaves many users in the Star Citizen community shaking their heads. Many are questioning whether such a “feature” is even necessary.
Community is Divided on the Usefulness of this “Feature”
For example, users on reddit discussed how important and meaningful virtual bedding really is. And there is a general consensus that they would prefer a finished game over features like virtual blankets that can crumple. And there are indeed people who believe that the game is more marketing than an actual game.
Some users even mock, wondering what will come next? Will we be able to watch people realistically using the toilet in the future? And another person likely voices what many think:
Yes, the stuff is cool, but such things should be done only when all essential features are finished and there’s still time before the official release.
via reddit.com
Some users are now afraid that they will not even witness the release of Star Citizen. Because during the Kickstarter campaign, it was said that Star Citizen would be released at the end of 2014. Now we are in 2022. However, Chris Roberts, the head behind Star Citizen, stated in an interview that the game will definitely come.
The head says about the long development time of Star Citizen: “It’s not a pipe dream”
