@@dr.ludwig8189 The Shenandoah is a pretty popular choice among people who can't grow a decent moustache, usually due to scarring or patchy growth. LevelCap has a chinstrap, though, which is never a good choice. Might as well shave that shit off if you're not going to grow a real beard.
you can save your character btw. I haven't checked where the XML is saved in our user folder, but even if CIG doesn't implement character persistence across patch (spoiler, they mentioned they are), we can still manually copy-paste our character files.
@@LevelCapGaming I'm just over here to say thanks for the amazing content for the last decade cap. Been watching you since the BF3 days hoss, stay blessed.
Yeah... You can't help but be cynical with this game. What always puzzles me is the HUGE amounts of time being spent on cosmetic stuff, which usually comes AFTER the game's release. Because releasing the game in a playable format, with actual content SHOULD be the number one priority... But hey! We're dealing with an intense dude (Christ Roberts) who, according to legend, argued with a developer about changing the colour of a SINGLE pixel! So yeah, based off that (assuming it's even true) I suspect feature creep will still continue for a while...
It's still just Stanton, the ai still doesn't work, the amount of jank and bugs are still off the chart, performance is still abysmal the limits or success of server meshing and replication layer are still very far from a sure thing one cluster of four one hundred player shards is not impressive its not even half of a rust lobby also the meshing test had performance issues that bordered on unplaybale.
@@internet_tough_guy_ All that and still EvE, StarField, No Mans Sky, Elite nor any other space game can compete with SC. You have to combine a few together to beat SC on some metrics - and some metrics you can combine ALL the other space games and they dont equal SC.. number of people who watch gameplay streams, for example. Any given hour of any given day it will take ALL the other space games combined and they Still dont equal SC
@@lights4bre890Why would you want to combine all of those games together, tho? They are all focusing on different things. What CIG is doing here is truly impressive, but let's not act like it's the end all be all to gaming.
One thing I didn't see you mention (that may not have made it into the PTU, i only saw the leaks haven't played the ptu) is that planets have new super long range LOD's so that you can see all the planets from anywhere in the system. No more entire planets popping in.
I can't wait to see a planet where it looks similar to at 12:18. Having a nice forest and then cool floating structures --> maybe apartments you can buy or rent. That would be cool!
Regarding the new map missing some places. At CitCon last year, they did show that at some locations you'd have to download the full map from a terminal. It could be that some places are missing maps as a preparation to that functionality, but it hasn't been fully implemented yet. When we get it tho, it's supposed to be a part of the exploration gameplay.
Especially the easy travel and not getting confused part is a great improvement. one of the problems i had with the game is finding the correct travel spot and able to pinpoint it on the map to travel lets see maybe this will help getting me try the game again
As far as the saving the character thing, it’s already in the eptu, it’s those buttons at the bottom of the selection windows, along with undo and redo buttons. I somehow missed them the first time, a buddy had to point them out to me
I am pretty hyped tbh I am for sure gunna dump some hours checking stuff out, I hope distros make it and soon server meshing because now its getting more than anything. I would love pyro and 60 fps, I know you can get 60 fps like in dead of space and some other places in current patch but its always mostly 30 fps or below depending on the server pop but man the EVA looks so much better entering ship I remember on C2 eva back on that thing is sometimes a nightmare lol
Thank you thank you thank you... I have been reading and viewing many reviews of the new patch and most have been negative. As if the patch was going to start with little or no problems. We are test monkeys and I will live and die as a citizen. You my dear friend have placed a smile on my face. 😊
I keep hearing that NPC behavior is limited by server load or whatever, but I don't think I've ever seen an example of what they look like when the server isn't overloaded. At this point I kinda assume the NPC AI just isn't working very well and they're blaming it on the server load.
I've been lucky enough to face them on a low stress server before, only 2 bunkers before the Sfps dropped again, but they are very good and reactive. I got shot and had to take cover to medpen, and it felt like they reacted to that and bum rushed me with 2 guys to get me, killing me. In the 1st bunker though, they took cover, moved well, and kept me on my toes. This was a while ago now though
There's a few videos on Reddit. The ai is balanced for lag so when you get smooth ai it makes bunker missions almost impossible solo. But yeah CIG has a LOT of work to do on this front, it's very bad for every npc in the game
The devs said server load isn't the only problem why Ai don't work properly. They're not fixing them because it's useless to fix them when server meshing isn't out
I've seen them in action on fresh servers and they actually behaved quite impressive. This was a while ago, and since then I've just assumed that they will get fixed once the servers are meshed and not so stressed out.
Lots of nice improvements that will definitively enhance the experience. However, the recent server meshing test is the most exciting thing happening in SC right now
I think it's already ready for Wave 2 testing next week. It's definitely a little too laggy but setting DLSS to "Quality" lets me get better FPS than I'm currently getting in Live (at 4K, my 3080 gets about 40fps in Live and I was hitting 60fps with DLSS in 3.23). The lag is more in elevator response time, etc. which I think could be solved by keeping the replication server running all the time. I'm so excited for the 3.23.x patches! This is a great ".0" patch and the EVA and Maps app are especially just jaw droppingly good.
There's a point where games stop feeling "gamey", and I believe Star Citizen has reached that point. I think this is why I prefer Starfield over this, but it all comes down to personal preference though of course.
Interesting. They need to add more because competition is popping up in all sorts which is hard to deny. I think the ship repair g and modules is great. There was a great game but closed called Hellion. It was fantastic as little parts changing for power and repair etc but it was short lived.
Wait, we can mark things on the map now? Is it multiple points, or is it just one marker that we can put down to find a route to? Because I'd love to be able to mark locations of hidden mines and then sell that info to people in the verse - and yes, they could go there themselves, but it takes time, so selling that information is a viable business in the verse.
Seeing the video, many things are clunky, glad we have the video to undestand what is clunky and why, because some things i don't get at first how can be clunky or what you was telling that is not good
I would love to get back into SC but im either waiting till I can afford a way better system to run the game higher than 30-40 fps tops or till they drop actual optimization patches
only getting 10- 20fps anywhere in the patch, in live i get normally 40-70fps in most areas. something is wrong with the shaders i think, heard they have changed the way to do the shaders...could be a bug with it.
You didn't mention personal persistent hangars and the Cargo elevator. I'm assuming they aren't in the current build yet? I can't test the PTU since they redid the PTU access. Apparently pledging $6000 is only good for Wave 3 now. :/ By the time they get to wave 3 they go Full open PTU and I've lost interest in helping to test by then so I just wait for the PU patch to drop.
I bought a $45 dollar starter ship pack a year and a half ago - i dont subscribe monthly and i was in wave 1 and am now Evocati. Buying ships doesnt automatically get you access or restrict access to the EVO or PTU waves.
@@ccgod Every now and then i joined the open PTU to get a early look at upcoming patch and fired off a couple bug reports and got into earlier and earlier waves until Evocati. Little of my playtime is bug testing or reporting but it doesnt take much to get into early waves/ evo
Also, no, QT wasn't actually improved. The QT rework was never planned for 3.23, which is why it wasn't covered on any of the shows or in the patchnotes. It's just that the new map doesn't EXACERBATE QT issues.
Love the map. Love the new eva. Hate both the master modes implementation and the arcade-feel UI (single player ick is strong). I can't believe you're stuck at SCM speed while the QD spools up. They should make speed ramp up over time, proportionate to % of QD spool amount. This gives escapees a chance without making escape guaranteed.
Been saying for years now that when RSI goes to the effort to fix all the bugs, they already have a damn good game on their hands. Biggest worry I have is they will never actually fix the bugs, just add features forever. Have an Aurora I bought back in 2014 with SQ42 access included, which is what I actually want to play. The PU is meaningless to me until it stops being a buggy mess.
There are kiosks to download the minimaps to certain locations. That way you either discover the area or download its map. The minimap works on a new FrontEnd system.
Yeah there ramping up for a full console release now. Pu and squadron 42. 😂😂😂😂 all of you can deny it but it’s seems odd there starting to make things more streamlined (which is usually done to help with controller mappings)
1:15 The ability to locally export and import has been in the character creator since the very first ETF implementation without incident. There's no reason to hedge your bets. It's definitely going to be in 3.23.0. 🤷🏿♂️ Edit: Reflecting on the fact that you didn't show b-roll of this, I wonder if you just didn't know it's already in. It's the floppy disk icon.
I think there is an argument here that the more SC tries to simplify and automate (like the suggestion to automate elevator options so you don't have to pick the hangar) the further SC will get from being a SIM and becoming more of a mainstream game. I like that I actually need to press the right button. I kind of feel this way about the ability to set waypoints in cities.. It becomes less of a sim if the need to read the signs in a city for directions goes away. For new players it is great. As a current player, I don't think I will ever use it. Most players remember the pain of being lost in Lorville. There is value in the pain. You learn your environment the same way you would in real life. The more that automation makes it where a player doesn't have to think that much, the less of a sim it becomes. There are probably holes in this idea but worth exploring.
Only thing I hate is that you no longer have shields while in navigation mode or quantum. Shields are only active in SCM fighting mode. Also, the game is using a massive amount of RAM, my game is using 31 GBs of ram for the PTU.
Игры
I tried to make myself. I kept coming out looking screwed up. Eventually I realized that's just how I look. 10/10 experience.
I didnt know your character was Amish.
We live in a society where some people think it’s legitimate to have a mustacheless beard despite not being Amish/Muslim
I thought Forrest Galante had started playing SC
@@dr.ludwig8189 The Shenandoah is a pretty popular choice among people who can't grow a decent moustache, usually due to scarring or patchy growth. LevelCap has a chinstrap, though, which is never a good choice. Might as well shave that shit off if you're not going to grow a real beard.
Neck beards have been around for a long time, way to long imo
Literally came here to say this.
you can save your character btw. I haven't checked where the XML is saved in our user folder, but even if CIG doesn't implement character persistence across patch (spoiler, they mentioned they are), we can still manually copy-paste our character files.
awesome
@@LevelCapGaming I'm just over here to say thanks for the amazing content for the last decade cap. Been watching you since the BF3 days hoss, stay blessed.
JUST IMAGINE, if all 3.23 features fully functional, working. And Pyro is out too. Ah, I might start play SC again.
And Squadron 42.
@@NoMansLand98 yeppp
No. You don't deserve It.
Hangars and cargo are already out. I wouldn't hold your breath
@@il2csichannel298 You don't deserve parents either, that's why they left you
Man that character creator looks amazing. So happy Star Citizen is really making huge steps and getting recognized.
Amazing progress, I'll be back in 5 years
Yeah... You can't help but be cynical with this game. What always puzzles me is the HUGE amounts of time being spent on cosmetic stuff, which usually comes AFTER the game's release. Because releasing the game in a playable format, with actual content SHOULD be the number one priority...
But hey! We're dealing with an intense dude (Christ Roberts) who, according to legend, argued with a developer about changing the colour of a SINGLE pixel! So yeah, based off that (assuming it's even true) I suspect feature creep will still continue for a while...
@@sdwone Or mission creep...as in SQ 42. Too many projects for the resources at hand.
Ive already been waiting 2😢
@@sdwone Then again, the game being continuously updated and improved is a good thing. Hopefully they keep it up after stable release
Quick tip: Hitting the middle mouse button goes between Nav QTM and Nav Normal
Oh nice!
Its really impressive how far Star Citizen has come over the last few years, I just hope one day that CIG will allow us to create Alien Avatars.
For me the game won't be done until I can be a Tevarin.
It's still just Stanton, the ai still doesn't work, the amount of jank and bugs are still off the chart, performance is still abysmal the limits or success of server meshing and replication layer are still very far from a sure thing one cluster of four one hundred player shards is not impressive its not even half of a rust lobby also the meshing test had performance issues that bordered on unplaybale.
@@internet_tough_guy_ All that and still EvE, StarField, No Mans Sky, Elite nor any other space game can compete with SC. You have to combine a few together to beat SC on some metrics - and some metrics you can combine ALL the other space games and they dont equal SC.. number of people who watch gameplay streams, for example. Any given hour of any given day it will take ALL the other space games combined and they Still dont equal SC
@@lights4bre890Why would you want to combine all of those games together, tho? They are all focusing on different things.
What CIG is doing here is truly impressive, but let's not act like it's the end all be all to gaming.
I think you mean decade
My guy, the floppy disk is the save/load icon.
One thing I didn't see you mention (that may not have made it into the PTU, i only saw the leaks haven't played the ptu) is that planets have new super long range LOD's so that you can see all the planets from anywhere in the system. No more entire planets popping in.
I can't wait to see a planet where it looks similar to at 12:18.
Having a nice forest and then cool floating structures --> maybe apartments you can buy or rent.
That would be cool!
BEARDS. The update we’ve been waiting for!
Can't wait for Live!!
I honestly find the old interaction system (although buggy) more immersive.
Faster doesn’t always mean better but maybe that’s just me
Regarding the new map missing some places. At CitCon last year, they did show that at some locations you'd have to download the full map from a terminal. It could be that some places are missing maps as a preparation to that functionality, but it hasn't been fully implemented yet. When we get it tho, it's supposed to be a part of the exploration gameplay.
good video, im not sure if you meant if the save feature for the customizer stays or "comes" as its already here in the eptu build
I can never seem to get the beard color to change. What's the trick to that? I select Facial Hair and mess with the colors but nothing changes.
there's 3 color selectors for hair color at the top of the section. my the eyelashes seem to always be black which kinda throws me off cuz mine arent.
@@LevelCapGaming thanks! you did a great job with your character.
Especially the easy travel and not getting confused part is a great improvement. one of the problems i had with the game is finding the correct travel spot and able to pinpoint it on the map to travel lets see maybe this will help getting me try the game again
Man, things are coming together! Looking good 🎉
Yea, It looks very MASSIVE!!! Huge player experience improvement is coming!!! YEAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
You can already save your character btw. Just use the disk icon in the bottom left.
The map reminds of Jedi Fallen Order and Jedi Survivor
Love both of those games. ❤
No, it reminds me of Shadow Moses from Metal Gear Solid.
thought the same!
As far as the saving the character thing, it’s already in the eptu, it’s those buttons at the bottom of the selection windows, along with undo and redo buttons. I somehow missed them the first time, a buddy had to point them out to me
I thought that was Cal from Jedi: Survivor in the thumbnail.
I am pretty hyped tbh I am for sure gunna dump some hours checking stuff out, I hope distros make it and soon server meshing because now its getting more than anything. I would love pyro and 60 fps, I know you can get 60 fps like in dead of space and some other places in current patch but its always mostly 30 fps or below depending on the server pop but man the EVA looks so much better entering ship I remember on C2 eva back on that thing is sometimes a nightmare lol
"Go to your ship hangar" makes no sense in the elevator
Yeah should just be like "Hangar Bay #001"
Thank you thank you thank you... I have been reading and viewing many reviews of the new patch and most have been negative. As if the patch was going to start with little or no problems. We are test monkeys and I will live and die as a citizen. You my dear friend have placed a smile on my face. 😊
Hahaha That is bloody epic! Always wondered what you would look like with lipstick.
Question: how the ship UI affects the FPS now? last time if i'm correct they use Java for the ship UI, so when UI turn on FPS get hit lot
i hope they didn't nerf cruz red. so cold. so refreshing.
I keep hearing that NPC behavior is limited by server load or whatever, but I don't think I've ever seen an example of what they look like when the server isn't overloaded. At this point I kinda assume the NPC AI just isn't working very well and they're blaming it on the server load.
I've been lucky enough to face them on a low stress server before, only 2 bunkers before the Sfps dropped again, but they are very good and reactive. I got shot and had to take cover to medpen, and it felt like they reacted to that and bum rushed me with 2 guys to get me, killing me. In the 1st bunker though, they took cover, moved well, and kept me on my toes.
This was a while ago now though
There's a few videos on Reddit. The ai is balanced for lag so when you get smooth ai it makes bunker missions almost impossible solo. But yeah CIG has a LOT of work to do on this front, it's very bad for every npc in the game
Well check out squadron 42 npcs in reports and stuff
The devs said server load isn't the only problem why Ai don't work properly. They're not fixing them because it's useless to fix them when server meshing isn't out
I've seen them in action on fresh servers and they actually behaved quite impressive. This was a while ago, and since then I've just assumed that they will get fixed once the servers are meshed and not so stressed out.
Do the elevators still open to the void or have they fixed that? I log on a couple times a year and that glitch has been there every time thus far.
Lots of nice improvements that will definitively enhance the experience. However, the recent server meshing test is the most exciting thing happening in SC right now
I played during a free weekend a year ago and got completely lost without a map, so the new UI is a huge helpful change for myself! :)
LOL @2:53 I could have swore someone ran into the elevator with you too.
Schizophrenia update goes hard
when is this update going to be live on the regular version of Star Citizen?
Man i really hope there will eventually be some sort of trucking in the game. Seeing those new outposts.... i am drooling over the possibilities
Distro Centers do have interiors that was just a bug with an object container, the interiors are incredibly massive as well.
LCG you can already SAVE creation. bottom of menu. export it and every patch u can import it. used it 3 times so far
I think it's already ready for Wave 2 testing next week. It's definitely a little too laggy but setting DLSS to "Quality" lets me get better FPS than I'm currently getting in Live (at 4K, my 3080 gets about 40fps in Live and I was hitting 60fps with DLSS in 3.23). The lag is more in elevator response time, etc. which I think could be solved by keeping the replication server running all the time.
I'm so excited for the 3.23.x patches! This is a great ".0" patch and the EVA and Maps app are especially just jaw droppingly good.
really dlss fsr and tsr all make absolutly no diffrence in performance for me atm, thought it wasnt even activating...
There are interior areas in distribution centers. Just that door is broken. You can walk in and open some boxes and sometimes got killed by them. lol
There's a point where games stop feeling "gamey", and I believe Star Citizen has reached that point. I think this is why I prefer Starfield over this, but it all comes down to personal preference though of course.
50 more years, 5 billion more, and we’ll finally have a core game loop to test.
Interesting. They need to add more because competition is popping up in all sorts which is hard to deny.
I think the ship repair g and modules is great. There was a great game but closed called Hellion. It was fantastic as little parts changing for power and repair etc but it was short lived.
I’m excited to get into this at some point!
Happy I backed this project way back in 2015, this is amazing!!
Distribution Centers do have interiors, you just have to use ground entrance
Do we have multicrew spawning in AC yet? I haven't played any AC in ages :D
This is great, we got quakers in space now
Thanks Levelcap! Great update for us casuals 👍😊
Have they done anything for optimization?
I tried it, i got annihiliated on the tracker permit mission, something is broken in ship combat
Wait, we can mark things on the map now? Is it multiple points, or is it just one marker that we can put down to find a route to? Because I'd love to be able to mark locations of hidden mines and then sell that info to people in the verse - and yes, they could go there themselves, but it takes time, so selling that information is a viable business in the verse.
If they just cleaned up little things I’d play this, looks cool as
Is it already known when the patch will go online in the verse?
Seeing the video, many things are clunky, glad we have the video to undestand what is clunky and why, because some things i don't get at first how can be clunky or what you was telling that is not good
It would be nice to have some presets for doors like on real ships, a more open preset for peaceful times and all closed setting for battle.
I bought this game years ago, and I couldn't play it well because my PC wasn't powerful enough, still isn't but I'm impressed with how far its come!
I would love to get back into SC but im either waiting till I can afford a way better system to run the game higher than 30-40 fps tops or till they drop actual optimization patches
I'm not gonna lie some of the bugs make me laugh. The fact your ship sat str8 up when landed had me rolling 😂
Nice, like this arleady
"a very early prototype of everything" after 12 years 😂
Tech demo
Is the DLSS in yet? No one really mentions it but I look forward to it for GPU performance reasons.
Yes it is
It's in. It has absolutely no effect on performance
@@bhaalgorn It should, when the GPU is bottlenecked and not other instances. If it doesn't then theyve implemented it incorrectly.
@@OneTwoMark its all about the server FPS
@@aronhayse9895 That’s for AI response. Which is still god shit even when server fps at 30fps (the max).
only getting 10- 20fps anywhere in the patch, in live i get normally 40-70fps in most areas. something is wrong with the shaders i think, heard they have changed the way to do the shaders...could be a bug with it.
You didn't mention personal persistent hangars and the Cargo elevator. I'm assuming they aren't in the current build yet? I can't test the PTU since they redid the PTU access. Apparently pledging $6000 is only good for Wave 3 now. :/ By the time they get to wave 3 they go Full open PTU and I've lost interest in helping to test by then so I just wait for the PU patch to drop.
I bought a $45 dollar starter ship pack a year and a half ago - i dont subscribe monthly and i was in wave 1 and am now Evocati. Buying ships doesnt automatically get you access or restrict access to the EVO or PTU waves.
@@lights4bre890 so you've done nothing but report bugs and play for the last year?
they made that change awhile ago.
@@ccgod Every now and then i joined the open PTU to get a early look at upcoming patch and fired off a couple bug reports and got into earlier and earlier waves until Evocati. Little of my playtime is bug testing or reporting but it doesnt take much to get into early waves/ evo
Isn't there supposed to be a ui space ship update?
I cant even imagine how HUGE the download size is for this update. This update is a whole new game its self
Soooo close to being a real daily playable game. Can't wait!
Are markers still enormous for Ultrawide?
Also, no, QT wasn't actually improved. The QT rework was never planned for 3.23, which is why it wasn't covered on any of the shows or in the patchnotes.
It's just that the new map doesn't EXACERBATE QT issues.
looks good beside ship combat
ship maintenance makes me think of sea of thieves, which can be a lot of fun, but also sometimes kind of just a chore
In some area, the minimap doesn't work indeed. You need to download the minimap data from a local terminal in the area.
Love the map. Love the new eva. Hate both the master modes implementation and the arcade-feel UI (single player ick is strong). I can't believe you're stuck at SCM speed while the QD spools up.
They should make speed ramp up over time, proportionate to % of QD spool amount. This gives escapees a chance without making escape guaranteed.
How many 4090's do you need to have installed to run this in 60fps in 4K?
when does this release to the public?
Where were you when the ship glitched into the pad?
3.23 is exciting. Although we will not see all features at once, it will be a milestone.
It ALL drops in one patch
@@gorganhorn6872 dude, you made me excited as I was last time at age 6 on Christmas Eve. I can't wait. What's your guess when it will go on PTU?
Been saying for years now that when RSI goes to the effort to fix all the bugs, they already have a damn good game on their hands. Biggest worry I have is they will never actually fix the bugs, just add features forever.
Have an Aurora I bought back in 2014 with SQ42 access included, which is what I actually want to play. The PU is meaningless to me until it stops being a buggy mess.
Anyone know if the ships and or money got reset?
There are kiosks to download the minimaps to certain locations. That way you either discover the area or download its map. The minimap works on a new FrontEnd system.
I dub the new map "The Omni-map"
i hope one day you can actually use the pool table an arcade machines, HEY CHRIS YOU HEAR ME BISH?!
You know it's slow going when a mini map is a big deal... when I can make it through a session without the game crashing I'll give it a try again.
I haven't played since December 2023, I'll have to hop back in. Been waiting for create a character new stuff.
SC's player customization is so good I though you made a face reveal
They did say it was supposed to come out the end of April
have they increased the player count in this update?
10/10 landing 😂
It would be verry cool if you could still cange your character later like in games such as elden ring for example.
Yeah there ramping up for a full console release now. Pu and squadron 42. 😂😂😂😂 all of you can deny it but it’s seems odd there starting to make things more streamlined (which is usually done to help with controller mappings)
Id like an option to turn off hud in first person and in cockpit
Bioticorp Calliope system. I haven't even left Adira falls yet. I hear there's some other stuff in the ptu too, lol.
When will yhe game finally be out hopefully before im dead
1:15 The ability to locally export and import has been in the character creator since the very first ETF implementation without incident. There's no reason to hedge your bets. It's definitely going to be in 3.23.0. 🤷🏿♂️
Edit: Reflecting on the fact that you didn't show b-roll of this, I wonder if you just didn't know it's already in. It's the floppy disk icon.
I feel traveling is clunkier now than before not easier, the map and big jumps are pretty easy but planets/moons needs work.
The distribution centers do have interiors, the only reason you didn't see the inside was because of render culling
I like the screen interaction a lot why would I need quick options for everything. It would take out all the world interaction
I think there is an argument here that the more SC tries to simplify and automate (like the suggestion to automate elevator options so you don't have to pick the hangar) the further SC will get from being a SIM and becoming more of a mainstream game. I like that I actually need to press the right button. I kind of feel this way about the ability to set waypoints in cities.. It becomes less of a sim if the need to read the signs in a city for directions goes away. For new players it is great. As a current player, I don't think I will ever use it. Most players remember the pain of being lost in Lorville. There is value in the pain. You learn your environment the same way you would in real life. The more that automation makes it where a player doesn't have to think that much, the less of a sim it becomes. There are probably holes in this idea but worth exploring.
Only thing I hate is that you no longer have shields while in navigation mode or quantum. Shields are only active in SCM fighting mode. Also, the game is using a massive amount of RAM, my game is using 31 GBs of ram for the PTU.