Star Citizen Promises

SQ42

SQ42 Similar to Mass Effect, in that the choices you make will roll over to the next games in the series

Arena Commander

Arena Commander will exist in the final game. It will be an in-universe video game where you can train/play without the risk of destroying your ship and damaging your character/losing lives.
Additional AC game modes and ways of specializing matches, ranked leaderboards and so on. If someone wants to create esports out of this, CIG will support it.

Star Marine/On Foot Combat

Weapons – Arclight Pistol, Laser Pistol, Combustion Pistol, Laser Assault Rifle, Burst Cannon, Sniper Rifle, Electric Shotgun, frag grenades, EMP grenades, force propulsion grenades, an electric claymore,
Gadgets - a quick barricade, a hologram that creates a 3D version of yourself, med kits, an energy grapple gun
There’s a big gun in Star Marine, a cluster bomb that gets fired from a launcher
Shoulder carried railgun for anti-ship attacks
Energy riot shields will be in the game
We will be able to wear backpacks to increase storage capacity, but this might inhibit other things.
Yes to melee combat and it will work in EVA.
Shoulder patch character customization in Star Marine
You can loot people you kill in Star Marine
Co-op will be in Star Marine.
They may do weapon skins, as long as they’re not stupid.
Have basic melee, but can also train in alien martial arts at a Tevarin dojo.
You will be able to engage in combat on lawless landing zones

FPS Stances and Breathing

Three stances, lowered, ready and ADS
Stamina System, consumed by sprinting, vaulting, mounting, climbing and holding breath
Armour increases stamina drain rate, low stamina increases weapon sway
Fire is most accurate at top and bottom of each breath.
Weapon sway also dictated by the weapons and their attachments
FPS dungeons/instances are a core part of the PvE FPS gameplay mechanic we’re designing for the PU.
Something like taking a five man FPS team into a Vanduul mining station or arms factory and either steathing or killing everything that moves on your way to the objective? Yes.

Persistent Universe

100 Star Systems
Linux support has been announced. CryEngine supports it, and so can SC. If CryEngine ever supports Mac, then so would Star Citizen.
Track IR support
At least one waterworld in the PU
There may be missions in the PU exclusive to those who completed Squadron 42 (The Vanduul have invaded Vega… help!)
Voice acting in PU with subtitles as a backup.
There are a bunch of ‘world changing’ events that they have planned for the PU, but they’re not going to take any officially yet. It’s too early yet.
Organization system will form the basis for the faction system.
Organizations will be both player and NPC-run. Smal factions like your friends, organization, and allies, big organizations like the UEE, Banu, Xi’An, and Vanduul
There will be shifting alliances. If you choose to be a friend to the Xi’An for example, the Banu and Vanduul will both be displeased with you.
Cool plans for streaming tech (streaming the game) to come down the line.
Secret military bases in the PU? Yes.
You need to log out in a bed
Hyper Vanguard Force might be in the game. They’ve talked about having all the mini games in the final game somewhere.
Pirate, smuggler, drug runner, hacker, militant, terrorist… bad dudes you can be.
Missions won’t necessarily be stand-alone, some will interlink, or drive into other ones.
We’ve got an awesome NPC/Boss-NPC system, if anyone has player Shadow of Mordor and liked their nemesis system, this takes it another level beyond that, it’ll add a much more personal level of interaction, your actions will effect those NPCs and those around you etc.
Plus, global ones that affect all the players, so some pirate that might be your nemesis could gain enough infamy that he becomes the pirate lord in that system, where all players can go after him. We’ve got a really cool system worked out for all of that, blending into the economy.
Some Jump points might be dangerous or dynamic
You can share star map locations
In fiction live team reporting on in-game events

Organisations

There will be player influenced politics
There will be a player arbitration guild for settling organisation disputes and drama
Organisations can be corporations, PMCs, Cults, Syndicates, or Misc
Organisations have internal ranks
Organization will have a reputation system (10FTC, 10FTC)

Landing Zones and Locations

Landing zones will have planetary landing and customs scans
Landing zones will have day/night cycles.
Four landing zones in Stanton system (ArcCorp, Hurston, Microtech, Crusader)
Four landing zones on Earth (New York, Moscow, Shanghai, ???)
Terra Prime (three districts)
Spider (Cathcart)
Cassell (Goss)
Delamar (Nyx)
The Belt and Vili (Odin)
Lo and Castor (Corel)
Shorvu and Xi (Rihlah)
Rytif (Bremen)
Capcas (Castra)
Lorana (Banshee)
Ergo (Nemo)
Uriel (Oberon)
Schwester (Chronos)
Tovaroh (Kayfa)
Mentor, Reisse, Persei (Rhetor)
Angeli and Vann (Croshaw)
Aremis and Selene (Vega)
Tangarou (Helios)
Haven (Tyrol)
Asura (Ferron)
Etos (Osiris)
Cole and Ashana (Nul)
Grinder and Tomb (Tiber)
Cestulus (Davien)
The ARK
Banu Trading Posts

MobiGlas

AR wrist based device, displays contextual information
Can be damaged, will glitch out
Can project onto nearby walls, can interface with things in the environment that have TAGs
There will be a military variant of the mobiGlas
Backers get an explorer class Mobiglas rig
Can automate cargo loading through MobiGlas
mobiGlas will have socket for different modules
A module may enable you to scan other players, or detect when they're scanning you
SkyLine app wouuld allow them to store personal information on top of the map

Death of a Spaceman

If you eject, you live, if you don't, you lose a life.
Each character has a number of deaths they can be revived from
Characters will bear scars from deaths
Characters can extend their number of lives with missions and money
Lose all of your lives and you must roll up a new one
You cannot buy game-character slots with in-game credits. That’s something you’ll have to buy with money outside of the game.
Character creation is in-world, first character is in a bathroom, second at a funeral for the first
You can sign up with the UEE Navy or head out as a civilian
Players have basic insurance for their possessions
Systems will be in place to prevent insurance fraud.
There’s a system for the insurance, they’ll never have you pay for something and then take it away from you.
Players can take out loans to buy more stuff
You can use simulators to practice combat with no financial penalty or risk
Reputation and faction alliances pass on to your new character, but slightly diminished
Possessions can be passed onto the new character
If you disconnect you autopilot
Shooting ejection pods or ejected players in space has a big penalty
Ship modules will decrease chances of life-loss with better ejection systems and automation
You can be captured and sold into slavery with consequences, this does not count as a deaths
Characters aging: It will likely be done, however, it is not a priority for the initial launch as it will happen so slowly.
You can also allow a character to retire.
You will be able to "Agent Smith" and possess NPCs to play with your friends

Healing Your Spacemen

10 areas of the body can be damaged in four different states
Damage is visual, also can be determined through diagnostics
Limb damage reduces weapon handling and movement
Hard to instantly kill a player, they get downed and can be revived
Can be dragged by other players, or drag yourself
Healing in the field is limited, you can't be restored to full health
Need to travel to a medical bay to be fully healed
Some ships have medical bays that work like stations with medical bays
Players can respawn in any medical bay, including ships medical bays
You can bleed out
Medical profession, like all professions, is something that you can be skilled at and get better at, not just push a button and done.

Player Character

Female character model
At least ten different facial structures to choose from per sex
Characters can lose limbs and replace them with cybernetic ones
Medical procedures can get you transplants if you don't like the aesthetics and are prepared to pay
Clothing system will allow top hats
All clothing customization options will have an impact on your character.
Food/Sleep/Showering will affect the player in a fun way. Lack of showering might affect player interactions/appearance, or lack of food/sleep might weaken the player a little.
There will be augments that grant skills or performance enhancers.
Play as an alien race (long term)

NPCS

NPCs will be unique and can also perma-die
Lots of NPCs variety required, at least ten types with both sexes
PU NPCs are "highly interactive"
NPCs will react to you based on your appearance, clothing or ship
Aliens speak their own languages

Pets

Pets will have robust health & damage models, in the way that the humans are going to have. Pets will have a fair amount of detail in terms of animation, their AI.

Character Interaction with Gameworld

You can pick up items with grabby hands, features animations of you picking them up
You can put down items again
You can rotate items that you are holding
Two handed items are re-oriented automatically
You can throw and flip items like in Elder Scrolls, flipping coins
You can USE items by double-tapping
You can perform vandalism and tagging

Ships and Ship Systems

You will be able to paint ships.
You will be able to rent ships.
You will be able to buy ships with immersive purchases, such as talking to a salesman and signing a deal
Purchasing ships/ship components with ingame currency
Ship/component/cargo insurance
Ships should be able to dock to each other
Panel Access to Components/Internal Repair
Component Tweaking/Tuning/Overclocking/Testing
Ship locking / access control
Ship hacking / forced boarding / component disabling
CPU Resource System
Working escape Pods/Vehicles
Xi’An Volper bomber will be in the game.
Vanduul Bomber will be in the game.
More Banu ships will be in the game.
Many promised ships such as the Banu Merchantman, 890 Jump, etc
Flying an alien ship, will affect your standing with that race.
Pilots can bulkheads/depressurise in their ships as a means to make boarding attempts more difficult.
There will likely be some sort of in-universe way to tell how far/long your ship has run.
Ships will be able to attach and detach parasite craft
Ships like the Retaliator will be able to fit different internal modules
Ships like the Endeavour will be able to store ships in internal landing bays
We're still missing the Idris, Polaris, Javelin, Bengal and other capital ship categories that were in the Kickstarter
Capital ships have a command and control system, where they can relay data and targets to other players on their team
Larger ships will need shuttles to land on planets
Some ships will have fishtanks onboard

Multicrew

Larger ships will have crew stations for different activities
Crew stations can be crewed by other players or NPCs
Communications is a multicrew station, can communicate with other ships
There will be short range voice communication between player ships
Can send information like cargo manifests or docking requests based on modules fitted
Scanning is multicrew function, depends on array installed
Avionics is a multicrew function, can prioritise systems such as ITTS or missile lock to reduce lock on time
Power Management is a multicrew function
Navigation is a multicrew function
All users can see ship stats and overlays over a ship model for damage, heat, power and EM sig, with filters
Multicrew stations have presets that can be renamed
Multicrew stations will log player chat, critical information and server information
Multicrew stations can recieve notifications from other players
NPCs can crew stations on your ship, but not as well as players
NPCs can be assigned to stations manually
NPCs will have their own skills that determine their effectiveness at their jobs

Electronic Warfare

Ships will have many types of signature: cross section, electromagnetic and Infrared
Reducing your signature below a certain level is illegal, like driving at night with headlights off
Ships have a unique signature like reg tags
Players will be able to scan their surroundings either passively or actively.
There will be multiple states for signature detection, including fuzzy contacts
There will be multiple EWAR methods available and multiple types of ESM
EMP will shut down a target completely, requiring a reboot
Signal Intercept is mostly passive, allows you to reroute or scramble communications, can change tracked targets, or interfere with radar and scanners
Dataspike missiles allow you to hack in and shut down components like engines, weapons, shields and cooling
Distortion reduces power flow to components, will repair over time
Modules like ship-mounted antenna systems and custom avionics modules can improve function of EWAR
Heat chaff are countermeasures for IR tracking.
EM flares are countermeasures for EM tracking.
Data chaff are countermeasures for hacking or spoofing
Decoy missiles can act as a ship by spooking a tag, but not the cross section
You can get ship shields with scan shielding
There is a dedicated scan shield component
Hulls can be modified to be scan shielded

Ship Repair and Maintenance

You have a repair arm and a task manager
You can bring up diagnostics including damage area
Repairs require materials to be socketed for repair quantity and speed
Repair is a multi-stage process, first you must strip the damaged area, then spray over it to reach 100% on each area, this affects quality
You also have a personal multitool that does the same thing
Subcomponents can be repairs by turning the component off, swapping out a subcomponent, and turning it back on.
Repair ships can take damaged ships aboard [presumably only if they fit of course] and jump away to safety, if needed.
Miller ERS (External Repair Structure )can be locked together to create a scaffolding around a ship as a portable orbital drydock
There will be repair drones
Backers get a Class I Repair Bot
You can EVA to perform ship repair
The Crucible will be able to repair fighters

Shields and Management

Shields absorb energy, but let ballistic damage bleed through
Shields have a bunch of variants
Can allocate power to different shield faces
Multicrew shield management has five presets
Can allocate priority between Recovery, Regeneration and Max HP
Can reinforce shield segments and boost recharge
Can prioritise shield segments for recharge

Engineering: Ship Components

Ships have hardpoints for various pieces of equipment
Components use power and produce heat
Ships can reduce their signature for stealth
Ships can have hull breaches for boarding
Mass affects manoueverability
Items have varying quality
Ship also has CPU as limitation like in Eve
Parts have durability and can be damaged
Parts have different costs
Parts can be performance tuned
Higher performance at cost of higher wear and tear, or risk of burning component out
Testing, overclocking equipment in a hangar
There can be illegal components
Parts connect via pipes, need supply of resources to function, these pipes can be damaged
You can melt modules for raw components
Backers get an engine tuning kit
Engines can be tuned to racing level

Economy

Economic Background sim that represents millions of agents
No fixed prices, everything is supply and demand
Industry is represent by thousands of nodes, representing refineries and factories
Nodes are NPC run, players can purchase them
Some nodes are atomic, others are agglomerations, i.e. a business may represent multiple nodes
Node types: Population, Training, Entertainment, Repair, Raw Materials, Refinery, Manufacturing, Advanced Manufacturing, Component Manufacturing, Assembly Line, Reseller, Transport, Communications
Manufactured goods are not unlimited
Manufactured goods need to be shipped around manually by NPCs or players
Production is realtime and can take a long time, an Idris takes a month.
Background simulation spawns missions for players, especially in emergencies
Nodes away from civilised space request goods less frequently
There is a job or contract system
You can run your own business

Cargo and Trade Design Document

Containers have cargo unit capacity and fixing points
Cargo containers are standardised sizes and interchangeable
Cargo containers will be armoured
Players will be able to stowaway in cargo containers
Cargo containers can be scanned on foot
Cargo containers can be booby trapped
Heavily armoured containers can transport less
Pallets can be loaded to move multiple containers at once
Cargo is stored in a stasis grid as long as there is power
There will be a Space Craigslist for player trading.
Long term you might be able to open a storefront.
Space globes will be purchasable and tradable.
Inertia on objects not anchored on ships
Tractor beams and EVA for picking up cargo from space
Cargo containers can be opened in space
Smaller fighters can be de-assmebled and transported in parts as cargo
There will be trade lane and cargo software, which will be more in depth on larger freighters

Smuggling

For smuggling, you need to know what types of scanners you have to protect against and buy/install the appropriate components to mask your illicit goods.
In order to smuggle past the planetside cargo scan you will need electronic countermeasures to set off a false cargo manifest.

Mining Gameplay

Trade and Development Division is the commodities marketplace
Miners can work freelance or get a fixed price as an agent for a cut of their cargo
Pioneer career uses long range sensors to prospect
Prospecting information can be sold to information brokers
Organisations may automatically share private discoveries between themselves
Mining roles - Pilot, Scan Operator, Beam Operator, Cargo Operator, Refinery Operator
Scan Operator injects sampling missiles by scanning the asteroid for an injection point
Missiles are manually controlled, can scatter, skilled operators can barely scan and still hit
Beam operator controls voltage to sculpt big or small, can explode the asteroid at full power
Too much power creates seismic tremors that can blow things up in the asteroid
You can see materials quantity around the mining beam
Cargo dude scans fragments that come off, direct them into the crusher with a tractor beam
Has to balance attractive and resistive force to avoid breaking up fragments
Refinery operator channels different ores between different processors like Cook/Serve/Delicious
You can continue mining while not at the controls
You can jettison ore containers to drop the mass and increase speed
You can jettison ore containers to be picked up by others
There will be different mining lasers with some better at boring holes, or mining lighter/denser materials

Salvage Gameplay

You can explore ship wrecks
Most wrecks will not explode, so they can be salvaged
When you find a ship you want to salvage you can either go over to it and pick the parts you want off of it, or you can just turn the whole thing into scrap.
There will be a manned cutter which you can use in EVA to explore ship interiors

Refuelling Gameplay

Refuelling is a multicrew function
Players can choose which fuel tank is being refuelled
Ship to ship refueling, with manual and automatic options.
Refuelling can be done when stationary or in flight
You can haul fuel as well as cargo pods
You can refuel from your fuel pods
You can refuel from gas giants with a gas refinery

Passenger Transport Career

You need a passenger license with a recurring fee to carry passengers
You need a passenger starship, which comes in four different comfort classes
Players can publish flights with arrival and departure times and ticket prices
You can fly for NPC corporation flight lines
Pilots will be able to fly directly or plot a course for the ship to follow
Pilot recieves real-time feedback as to how many tickets have been sold
Pilots have a reputation, like Uber, poor reputation can lead to your license being revoked
Pilots can adjust pricing on passenger seats
You have to keep passengers happy by serving drinks
You have to keep passengers happy by repairing entertainment console server blades
You have to keep passengers happy by treating them if they have heart attacks
You need flight attendants for more than 30 people
You can carry NPC passengers or players
The pilot must give an all-clear signal to disembark
You can emergency land at a different destination and force people to get off
You can control passenger entertainment from screens in the cockpit
You will be able to modify the internals of the ship with a holoviewer style interface
Passengers will be security scanned when boarding

Bounty Hunting

You need to be licensed at a bounty hunters guild
Bounty Hunters guild has a ranking system
Warning if you fire on a citizen, bounty on your head if it keeps happening
Bounties don't fade away, are valid in all systems
UEE pays out the bounties
Insurance may be suspended on those with bounties
Murder is more important than destruction of property
Players can assign bounties on other players
Multiple bouunty types: tracking, capture and kill
There will be a "most wanted" list of criminals
Players with bounties will need to be scanned first
You can be jailed, and skip the sentence
Possibility of jail-break missions
There are in-game news feeds where freelance job postings will be listed
You have reputation as a bounty hunters
Bad reputation will only be reported against you if there are witnesses
Bank records are traceable in financial crimes
Bounties can be tracked by "red-tag-flag" signatures
Bounty Hunters will have varying reaction from NPCs depending on location

Exploration Career

You can save and sell the location of untapped ore deposits
You will be able to share exploration data to friends via mobiGlas.
You will find, catalogue and report critical information
You can sell information you find to players or NPC interests
You can sell information on enemy positions and composition

Information Broker Career

Information brokers can pinpoint small asteroid bays for you as well as type and quality
We can intercept data transmission drones and release them again to stay under the radar as part of the info-agent profession.


Science Career

Can grow plant life and harvest for profit
Plants require soil, seeds, water and fertiliser
Farming is labour intensive and requires attention to detail
Can choose lighting and radiation for your plants, as well as temperature
No irrigation or fertiliser automation, industrialisation what?
Each species is a puzzle
Some species are cosmetic, like tulips
Exotic species are harder to grow and more valuable
Space telescope can scan the heavens in any part of the EM spectrum
Can also fire off long-range scanning probes
Can scan down comets, asteroid fields, derelict ships or stellar phenomena
Select an area of the sky and slowly scan for anomalies
Can increase scan resolution by zooming in once you have detected something
Scanning creates a nav marker you can travel to
Supercollider modules will allow overclocking of components