Cloud Imperium Games have released the latest episode of their video format "Inside Star Citizen". In the current episode of the series, in which the developers regularly talk about current and future plans around Star Citizen, the makers present a new system called Actor Status.
Actor status: hunger, thirst & temperature
The actor status system is supposed to be different Survival elements Introduce into Star Citizen. So the players should pay attention to the needs of their character's body.
As is usual for survival games, attention must be paid to hunger, thirst and body temperature, among other things – temperature should play a major role.
Players can both hypothermia as well overheating suffer, which can trigger various negative effects, such as tremors or increased sensitivity to light. In the worst case, these status effects even lead to premature death. However, they can of course also be avoided by choosing the right clothes and food.
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Particularly realistic survival elements
Even if Star Citizen is not a classic survival game, according to game designer Jonny Jacevicius, the survival elements should not look artificial:
"Survival games generally place things like eating, drinking and staying warm in front of the gameplay. The Star Citizen experience is so much more. It was very interesting to have worked on. Actor status includes everything that the player's status It was like a little science lesson every day, because actor status should take as much of reality as possible. "
