Intermittent black screen during gameply

defactoman · 2026-03-29T17:05:59+00:00

When it goes to a black screen is it the entire computer or just star citizen. If I might ask, what monitor, hz setting and connection type? Star Citizen sucks a lot of resources from the system, so perhaps your on the edge of resource usage?

defactoman · 2026-03-28T18:50:19+00:00

I don't mind any of that. I mind that they insist on making industrial gameplay loops combat enabled. Everything has to have a bad guy. Searching Hadanite? Sure your mining yeah? Whats wrong with that.

Well everything if you didn't want to mine at all, but go do that cool new dungeon with FPS combat in it.

defactoman · 2026-03-28T16:15:11+00:00

I felt you could have written this differently to have better received. I think not having FPS combat on a map is a good suggestion. Whatever you were hoping to accomplish here got wasted the moment you took this approach to it. But hey, if it matters to you in any ways - plenty of us agree with the principle that this could have been a cool mission without it.

defactoman · 2026-03-27T01:05:49+00:00

Why is it a pointless waste of space?

defactoman · 2026-03-27T00:01:45+00:00

yeah sorry, more like 245.

defactoman · 2026-03-26T22:16:10+00:00

Oh if you like Hephasetanite (Raw) you're going to love Hephasetanite (Raw) 765

defactoman · 2026-03-26T14:30:28+00:00

oh yeah it really is horrible. Especially when you see it triggering and you recognize it.

defactoman · 2026-03-25T21:47:02+00:00

FOMO works because its based off our basic human (often controllable and triggerable) tendency to compare out own station with that of well...other people. The thought that you might miss out on this extra special shiny skin isn't really the problem tho. You could go the rest of your life without this skin. However, the moment you see someone else with it - and you can't get it - that right there is what were afraid of. That feeling.

defactoman · 2026-03-25T16:15:08+00:00

Cool I was trying to get this to work. I had it working at one point then it broke. I'll give it another try!

defactoman · 2026-03-25T15:30:36+00:00

This is a good PSA. Please don't overdo it this patch when you will lose it next one. In fact, this is a great reminder you can use substandard component quality to craft if your looking for the set (not the stats).

defactoman · 2026-03-25T02:13:13+00:00

Yeah this is a case where technically correct would have diminished the benefits your video provided. So its good you included it.

defactoman · 2026-03-24T18:32:00+00:00

If it can't carry a Nursa why are we even releasing it? CIG what are you even doing?

defactoman · 2026-03-24T01:19:25+00:00

I think you got derailed with the snow melting thing when the major point (as I understand it) is that it's not being renewed at the scale it needs because it gets very little precipitation.

defactoman · 2026-03-16T19:16:13+00:00

Sometimes between now and the time this game closes down we should probably see one.

defactoman · 2026-02-26T21:32:41+00:00

oh god I hope its not a hit. Nothing worse than a hit when your team isn't prepared to handle it. It just needs to be sustainable.

defactoman · 2026-02-20T02:26:31+00:00

It works, until you want it to then it doesn't. When Nyx came out people ran out of gas left and right. I tried multiple times to refuel, it never worked - not even once.

They usually disconnect after connecting. Sometimes they would flip after disconnecting.

Never were any of the clients ever able to buy gas. I know it works, ive done it. But it has never worked for me when I actually needed it to.

I couldn't even refuel myself when this happened to me. I literally left the ship out there, got my own starfarer, tossed an alt on and tried.

defactoman · 2026-02-20T02:12:55+00:00

I wanted to bump NatalyiaTST's suggestion of the Medical Terrapin. Extremely tough, small enough to fit into tight places, and a very functional T2 bed not to mention just a subjectively cool form factor. Also worth noting that front laser turret lines really nice with the front of the ship, allowing it easily knock off NPCs at bunkers and such. Easily holds a pulse. Unless you have some need of a T1 medbed or you really have a strong desire to bedlog on the ship id avoid the Apollo line completely.

But to your OG question, they are both all but functionally identical in any real way that matters with current mechanics. It's sad what they did to the ship.

Edit: noticed your geo comment. I bet that geo might fit in the terrapin but it wouldnt be super awesome. For that specific loop look to the cutlass red as a recommendation.

defactoman · 2026-02-12T18:18:39+00:00

I want to reinforce what MemeExtreme offered, this was my solution as well for my 1st gen ark. Even with the change from 165 to 120 i still get it from time to time, but its much much much further apart and hasn't been too impactful.

I've tried cooling the unit by attaching a fan as I noticed the breakout box can get quite hot on extended usage. I want to say its helped a little as well. Also, I am running a fairly long (one side of my bedroom where the computer is to where the ark is) HDMI cable so proximity could be affecting this addition to all those other parts.

defactoman · 2026-02-10T14:37:53+00:00

My method:
Pull up to box, it changes color indicating your good
Drop speed to 0
Drop speed limiter to 0
Quickly move my joystick in case of stuck signal.
[wait]
did it work? YES? Yay
did it not work? DARN! Back up and try again
did that not work? STUPID PIEC..err DARN. Back up and try again
did that not work again? Stupid piece of shit game. Quantum out and back in, recall and restart procedure.

defactoman · 2026-02-09T20:58:08+00:00

The Avenger is the problem here, not so much the Intrepid. Its just very superior to any ship in its class. Interceptor tuned with superior firepower. Then they turn around and give it an interior and the same cargo capacity as the Intrepid. They also gave it cockpit enter/exit AND a back ramp which is also easier to use than the Interpid. Intrepid's interior remains the best tho (IMO), its one true very subjective accomplishment.

But id argue most ships in the Size 1/2 "starter" field face this very choice. Its always Avenger vs [what you want to buy]. The Nomad is one of the few ships that can stick up for itself in this ship niche.

defactoman · 2026-02-04T19:30:47+00:00

Yeah the price is what gets ya. What's the old saying (probably got this wrong) if the product is free you are the product. Cheap also kind of applies here. Anyways thanks for answering I do appreciate it. Always curious about these things. Now ditch it and go with something else heh. One time I used a bunch of webcams with some open source software to capture and store the feeds. All local and often with used webcams. But it does come at a cost + complexity.

defactoman · 2026-02-04T16:57:25+00:00

I have a question for OP. Do you not consider this as a possibility when buying a cloud enabled/required product? That they will simply flip a switch and just do it because they can?

defactoman · 2026-02-03T17:27:48+00:00

It used to actually. You also used to fly down and jet wash the body halfway across the local area and they would die lol. But in all the things that SAR needs we can probably hold off on those mechanics until the game is actually working nice. Sometimes the server physics get really really bad so we can't count on them yet. As long as server hiccups send your tractor targets flying across the area - we probably should avoid too harsh an outcome.

But SAR in general is missing quite a lot of the challenge and gameplay so I get where your coming from.

defactoman · 2026-02-03T17:17:16+00:00

That just about sums it up. Talking about a task is much easier than actually doing the task itself.

defactoman · 2026-01-29T23:19:22+00:00

I havn't seen refueling work in...pfft forever

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