The Vehicle Pipeline (also known as Ship Pipeline) is the process employed by Cloud Imperium Games to create and update vehicles. The main stages of the Vehicle Pipeline are design, concept phase, whitebox, greybox, final phase and flight preparation, although the last part is sometimes further subdivided. The details of this process have been discussed in an Around The Verse development video in 2017.[1] It is a continuous revolving process.[2]
Stages
Vehicles work through the vehicle pipeline process from concept to flight ready.
Flight ready
The vehicle can fly with full operations including physics, interactions, systems, fuel, cargo, and more.[3]
Gold standard
Gold standard pass means to rework the vehicle to a level of completion that includes all possible and relevant vehicle features thus far implemented. For example:[2]
- Cockpit button placements and animations
- Updated metrics passes on characters and items
- Physicalized and accessible vehicle components
- Lighting passes
- Material passes
| Name | Manufacturer | Status | Patch |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gladius | Aegis Dynamics | Implemented | Alpha 3.13.0 |
| Sabre | Aegis Dynamics | Implemented | Alpha 3.14.0 |
| Retaliator | Aegis Dynamics | In production | N/A |
| A2 Hercules Starlifter | Crusader Industries | Implemented | Alpha 3.15.0 |
| Ares Inferno | Crusader Industries | Implemented | Alpha 3.15.1 |
| Ares Ion | Crusader Industries | Implemented | Alpha 3.15.1 |
| C2 Hercules Starlifter | Crusader Industries | Implemented | Alpha 3.13.1 |
| M2 Hercules Starlifter | Crusader Industries | Implemented | Alpha 3.13.1 |
| Cutlass | Drake Interplanetary | In production | N/A |
| 600i | Origin Jumpworks | In production | N/A |
| PTV | Greycat Industrial | In production | N/A |
| Sabre Raven | Aegis Dynamics | In production | Alpha 3.23.1 |
Hangar ready
The vehicle loads for display and interactions.[3]
Active production
Development, designers, and QA work from start to finish on the vehicle.[3]
| Name | Manufacturer | Ship matrix size | Role | Production state description | Concept announcement date | Concept sale date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apollo Medivac | Roberts Space Industries | Medium | Medical | 19 July 2018 | ||
| Cutter drone | Aegis Dynamics | Small | Drone | |||
| E1 Spirit | Crusader Industries | Medium | Passenger | 8 October 2022 | ||
| Polaris | Roberts Space Industries | Capital | Corvette | 9 October 2016 | ||
| Harvester | Vanduul Clans | Vehicle | Mining, salvage | |||
| Ironclad | Drake Interplanetary | Large | Armored Freight | 23 May 2024 | ||
| Legionnaire | Anvil Aerospace | Small | Boarding | Flight ready after hacking gameplay mechanics | 19 May 2022 | |
| Perseus | Roberts Space Industries | Large | Heavy Gunship | 28 November 2020 | ||
| Pioneer | Consolidated Outland | Capital | Heavy Construction | 26 October 2017 | ||
| Unidentified F8 Lightning variant | Anvil Aerospace | Small | Heavy Fighter | Active for Squadron 42, shown in CitizenCon 2954 | ||
| Zeus Mk II MR | Roberts Space Industries | Medium | Bounty Hunter | 21 October 2023 |
Long term production
Development work is planned and added to the Roadmap.[3]
| Name | Manufacturer | Ship matrix size | Role | Production state description | Concept announcement date | Concept sale date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apollo Triage | Roberts Space Industries | Medium | Medical | Scheduled for 2024 | 19 July 2018 | |
| G12 | Origin Jumpworks | Vehicle | Touring | Scheduled for 2024 | 7 June 2020 | |
| G12a | Origin Jumpworks | Vehicle | Military | Scheduled for 2024 | 7 June 2020 | |
| G12r | Origin Jumpworks | Vehicle | Racing | Scheduled for 2024 | 7 June 2020 | |
| Railen | Gatac Manufacture | Large | Medium Freight | Scheduled for 2024 | 10 June 2021 |
In concept
Artists and designers determine the concept look, 3D renders, and functional design for a vehicle.[3]
See also
References
- ↑
Around the Verse - Ship Pipeline Pt. 1 - Concept to Greybox. Transmission - Comm-Link
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Inside Star Citizen: Physician Admission | Summer 2021
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 Loaner Ship Matrix. Knowledge Base. Retrieved 2023-06-19
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