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What's the most fun or memorable bug you've seen on a ship?

TL;DRMemorable bugs include the CitizenCon demo where the rover appeared to be born from the Constellation, and anything with inverse kinematics producing twisted limbs; other bugs are mostly just annoying.

Vincent SinatraQA Manager, Los Angeles

One of my favorites is definitely during CitizenCon, the Homestead demo. We had a lot of problems getting the rover and the Connie working, and there was one where it basically looked like the Connie was giving birth to it, and it was a troubled pregnancy, obviously. That one got a few laughs. What else? I mean, a lot of them are just annoying, such as the aforementioned Mustang bug that we always refer to. We definitely want to see a lot of those get fixed eventually, but we've definitely had some funny ones. Anything with IK is always hilarious, because you get guys with twisted limbs trying to get into their seats. I don't even know what it stands for. That's what I was trying to avoid.

Elwin Bachiller Jr.Lead Vehicle Artist, Los Angeles

Inverse kinematics. So essentially what it does is it will figure out the best solution for moving a joint. So you'll give it a target, and then it'll figure out how to rotate the two different bones in order to give you a sensible looking motion. I guess it's an animation thing.

Happy Hour›w/ Ben Lesnick & Elwin Bachiller Jr·
Published on this date.3 Feb 2017