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So you're saying that you just backdoored access to a new planet through Arena Commander?

TL;DRKind of: the planet team built a new planet for Arena Commander without PU-only content like cities or bunkers, and Dying Star now uses the real Pyro skybox.

Duncan BuntingLead Gameplay Programmer, Arena Commander feature team

Kind of. So we worked with the planet team on building this brand new planet. But it takes a lot more work to get a planet ready for the PU than it does for Arena Commander. For Arena Commander, we can be like, you're going to be generally above the tree line. You're going to be fighting at a distance from this and that. And we can contain you within an area if we need to. So we say that to the planet team and they're like, all right, this is what we can achieve. We can get this close to bringing Green to life. Now it's going to be lacking a lot of the things that are PU-exclusive items, like bunkers or mission locations, cities, whatever it may be. But what we've got right now is in there for Arena Commander. And that's why the ground isn't necessarily built for it just yet, because it's focused on the flight modes for now.

Sean TracySenior Director of Tools and Technology Content

We did, however... back to our skybox.

Duncan BuntingLead Gameplay Programmer, Arena Commander feature team

Yeah, we got the real Pyro skybox.

Sean TracySenior Director of Tools and Technology Content

Fun fact, Dying Star.

Jared HuckabyHost, Community

Yeah, so Dying Star now has the actual background that is built for the Pyro system.

Sean TracySenior Director of Tools and Technology Content

Built for Pyro. I'm sure they'll update it too, but yeah.

Duncan BuntingLead Gameplay Programmer, Arena Commander feature team

The very cool thing about our new map creation process is if it is changed, we get the change. As we're developing the Pyro skybox, maybe something does change. You'll be able to see that in Dying Star up until you can see it in Pyro for yourself.

Star Citizen Live›Arena Reborn, Part Three·
Published on this date.14 Jul 2023