“Meet The Bug Smasher himself Mark Abent in the fourth episode of Star Citizen’s community show.”
In this episode of “Around the Verse,” Sandy Gardner and Ben Lesnick discuss their weekend activities and the popular image of James with anime eyes. They then move on to the monthly report, highlighting bug fixes and updates to Arena Commander. The UK team is developing a new game mode called “New Horizons.” They also discuss balancing and fixing bugs in other game modes, such as Capture the Core and Squadron Battle. Additionally, improvements are being made to audio effects, ship components, and overall server stability.
They shift their focus to Squadron 42, the single-player game, with updates on mission four and plans for localization for non-English speaking backers. The team is also working on multi-crew seat functionality and the avatar system. The behavior team is focused on the design of the avatar system and building tools for creating star systems and characters quickly. They are also working on the firing range, MobiGlass, and the asteroid hangar. Ship development progress is revealed, including work on the 890 Jump, Avenger, Cutlass variants, Idris internals, and constellation variants.
The Persistent Universe team is working on designing the persistent universe and building tools for further development. The first five systems are being put together, and work is being done on the large world 64-bit conversion. The character customization pipeline is also kicking off, allowing for more customization options for players. They then announce the winner of the MVP award, LoHawk, for his Star Citizen music video. They discuss the Customer Service update and the progress made by tech designer Calex Reneau on ship development.
Next, they announce the winner of the MS Paint contest, Angry Peas, and discuss the current projects of the Bug Smashers team, led by Mark Abend. They answer fan questions about programming, multi-threading, and addressing bugs. They also announce a logo competition for “10 for the Chairman” with the winner receiving an Origin 350R racer ship. The episode concludes with a sneak peek at concept art and well wishes for the 4th of July.