Selvom Star Citizen er omkring to år ude i fremtiden, så har Chris Roberts nu leveret endnu en lille video til os. Denne gang er det en testvideo, hvor han viser den kunstige intelligens frem. Videoen er ret kort, og den visuelle side lever ikke helt op til præsentationsvideoen. Men Star Citizen er måske mere end et år fra blot at ramme alpha-stadiet. Så døm ikke på grafikken endnu. Chris Roberts og Cloud Imperium Games Corporation samler penge sammen til udviklingen via deres egen hjemmeside og Kickstarter. Selvom målene er overskredne på begge platforme, vil Chris Roberts selvfølgelig gerne udnytte de sidste dages indsamling. Du kan se testvideoen under nyheden.

You’ve been asking to see some in game footage, even if rough, so I thought I would share a little video that shows off some of the preliminary AI work that’s been done. Some of this was functioning in the Game Developers Online reveal and some of this has been done since in between the craziness of the crowd funding campaign.

This video isn’t as polished as I would normally put out so please be nice as we’re 24 months away from anything that would be called final, and even 12 months away from just a multiplayer alpha dogfighting build. The laser effects, explosions are all placeholders and there will be significant work done here, as well as some very cool shield effects I have cooking up in the background. My goal with the visual effects is to use a lot the techniques and looks used in film work, which are now possible with DX11 and modern day PCs.