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Tyler Nolan

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Is Planet Nope still a possibility?asked by Major Malfunction

Jared HuckabyHost, Community Content Manager

I wouldn't hold your breath.

Tyler NolanCommunity Manager

Probably not.

Jared HuckabyHost, Community Content Manager

I wouldn't hold your breath. We've got plenty of planets already in the pipeline, already scheduled to build. You should check out the star map at some point. I think it would be a hard sell for me to convince them to add one more when we have so many to build already.

Happy Hour›Community Show·
Published on this date.8 Sep 2017

What is the status of alien languages? Still being worked on?asked by Matty Zero

Jared HuckabyHost, Community Content Manager

Britton, if you remember from our alien language videos from before, he was just in this office earlier this month for a little summit with Dave Haddock and the lore team. So it is still something in active development. So stay tuned.

Tyler NolanCommunity Manager

They were working on the Xi'an language. Getting the alphabet and a doc that helps people understand how to speak in Xi'an, even formal and informal ways. It's really cool.

Jared HuckabyHost, Community Content Manager

We even had some new Xi'an for the Nox sale. On the Nox sale page, there were these little vertical banners with Xi'an writing. And a handful of folks spent a good week, week and a half trying their best to decipher it. And they got very, very close.

Happy Hour›Community Show·
Published on this date.8 Sep 2017
EpisodeLore

How is the Phoenix doing?asked by Gohammo

TL;DRThe Phoenix is waiting on the artist, who must finish the Cutlass Blue and Red first; recent material tests were side experimentation on an old model, not Phoenix progress.

Jared HuckabyHost, Community Content Manager

Josh Coons is moving to the Phoenix as soon as he's done with the Cutlass Blue and Red. That's one of those things we talked about where the artist is tied up in one thing before he can move on to another thing. He is the artist scheduled for the Phoenix, and he's the artist scheduled for the Cutlass Blue and the Red. So he has to finish the work on this before he can start the work on that.

Tyler NolanCommunity Manager

Yeah, we did mention that he had worked on some part of the Phoenix, and that was really about the material.

Jared HuckabyHost, Community Content Manager

Yeah, ATV about a month ago, they showed some material tests. It was just him on the side playing with some material stuff. But as eagle-eyed viewers pointed out, it was still the existing Connie Andromeda model and not the Phoenix model. So it was just him playing with materials on the side, but his focus right now is still the Cutlass Blue and Red at the moment. So he's got to finish those before he can move on to the Phoenix.

Happy Hour›Community Show·
Published on this date.8 Sep 2017

Any updates on the Terrapin?

Jared HuckabyHost, Community Content Manager

The Terrapin is being built out here in LA. Jin is working on it over in that half of the office along with his team, Elwin and Daniel and others. It's looking awesome. I've gone on the record as saying I was not a fan of the Terrapin concept. It wasn't until Jin started building it out in 3D where I really saw the virtue of the ship for me personally. So I'm in love with the ship now after seeing the work that we've been doing here in LA on it. So I'm excited about getting that into the game when that comes.

Tyler NolanCommunity Manager

Yeah, I think Sandi's Twitter actually showed a picture of what Jin was working on recently too.

Happy Hour›Community Show·
Published on this date.8 Sep 2017

Do you have a favorite FPS weapon?

Ben LesnickDirector of Community Engagement

Is it the Devastator? The shotgun, yes. I'm bad with gun names.

Tyler NolanCommunity Manager

I think mine is still the Behring SMG. It's still a quality weapon I've always used.

Jared HuckabyCommunity Content Manager

I will tell you my favorite gun is one that I saw just this morning. It's a bug Vinny Sinatra sent to me. He had a P4-AR that accidentally loaded the railgun ammo. And it was amazing. Vinny was in there in Star Marine running around with a handgun that shot railgun. It just exploded everybody. I'm trying very hard to find a programmer who will program that into the game as a dev weapon so we can cheat.

Ben LesnickDirector of Community Engagement

I just want to clarify right now that he's joking. We do not have secret dev weapons.

Tyler WitkinLead Community Manager, Austin studio

Just to jump in on that, by the way, for me it's the P4-AR with the silencer on it.

Happy Hour›Community Show·
Published on this date.30 Jun 2017
EpisodeFPS weapons & gear

How does one get into the Evocati, or get selected to be part of the Evocati group?

Tyler NolanCommunity Manager

Issue Council.

Tyler WitkinLead Community Manager, Austin studio

Yeah, Issue Council. We regularly add people, a few times a year. We take a look at how many we have, how many we need, depending on which test cases or what we're doing. But the biggest thing is really just to participate. The Issue Council is one of the biggest factors. And just helping out.

Happy Hour›Community Show·
Published on this date.30 Jun 2017

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