Will it be possible we get some kind of high specular faux-chrome paint job? (Obviously it won't actually be reflective). I'm hoping we can get something similar to the look of the polished aluminum fighter craft.asked by Eldragon

So, that is kind of reflective, but what's interesting about that reflective surface is, it's all distorted, it's wobbly, it's like looking into one of those magic mirrors, one of those fun shop mirrors, like it's a very interesting. Chris Wollack actually did a version of the Cutlass for a screenshot that had that material and it looked awesome. And it kind of has the, you can see the drilled-in bolts into that kind of material, cause it's kind of like rough varnish that never really was painted, it was just clear-coatedOmar Aweidah: The specular really determines the shape of the object, that's why cars are essentially just mirrors, and that's what the curves of the cars, or how the cars show and warp reflection, and that's what actually makes them beautifulFS: But polished aluminum, it's not polished it's kind of dented, it's not like a fiberglass, so you get some real interesting reflections in there.

But chrome is a good question though, because chrome is the most reflective, right?

Right, it's the most reflective.

Right, with that though, we get into, that becomes a thing about art tech and how much it hurts, and how much it adds. We were having difficulty recently with things with very high reflectance, they're harder to minimize the amount of aliasing. So, you get a lot of alien issues with super reflective materials.

You said alien issues.

Aliasing issues.

But it's appropriate. It's Star Citizen.

We have tons of alien issues. But yeah, that kind of tech, when we were doing it, so like... a little small pieces on a guy, it'll either, you'll see him far away and it'll start sizzling, or what if we make it more like a painted, like a military metal, it's not going to alias, and is that really piece of chrome, is that really adding to it? Probably not. But with a ship..

The shinier it gets, the worse it looks in the engine, sometimes, without proper, with the aliasing that we have in real time, it's kind of difficult. I have a trivia question. We know what the most reflective material is. What is the least reflective type of surface or object in real life?

Are you asking...

I'm asking you. Do you guys know this question?

The least reflective material? I'd assume a black hole would be the leastFS: A black hole? It's a thing, you can hold it in your hand.

You can hold it in your hand...

If you're bad, you get it...

CoalFS: That's right.

O...kay. Interesting.

I don't know if that's true or not, but I'm pretty sure it is. I think it is. It is in the game.

Coal is the last reflective?

Pretty sure. Yeah, no, it is.

If you're wrong, they're just going to make fun of you. The're going to be 'it's actually this super high-tech polyurethane that doens't reflect'

No.

It absorbs all light.

In our documentation it says it is. That I wrote.

Okay. Great. I hope it's right! But a fully chrome ship? I don't know... I meanFS: Like Ryan Church's ship in Cosmos?

I don't know. As a designer, I wouldn't think that was cool, but...

Did you just say Ryan Church's ship is ugly? It's awesome.

No, I'm not saying his ship isn't cool, don't blame me! I'm playing like GTA or something, and they have that chrome option, and...

You have an email in your inbox right now.

Oh, jeeze, I'm fired.

Is this live?

Yeah, but, we could, it'd be a sizzly ship...

I wouldn't do it.

I wouldn't do it either. Just for... I guess. You could. But it wouldn't be the best. There'll be chrome bits.