My Experience with Star Citizen's 4.0 Evo Test 

"Some people died to invisible NPCs, I actually never saw any" :D really?

I know you said that you don't like making these types of videos, but I appreciate this timely update for something so monumental!

The test was really exciting. The first time into the jump point I messed up and ended up getting flung over to the terra jump point. I went through all the way the second attempt and then it felt like a real Star Trek experience. I picked a planet, explored some of the settlements and saw some new clothing options in the shops at Jackson's switch. This test felt super monumental and a real moment of history for the project

"I never saw the invisible NPCs" XD

If they actually get 4.0 to Live before the end of the year I will lose my damn mind.

I feel like Jumppoints being tedious is fine, you shouldn't be jumping back and forward so often unless you are cargo hauling or something. Breaks up a bit of the monotony imo

0:30 Video Starts 0:55 Contested Zones 3:32 Spoiler Warning 6:26 Jump Points 8:20 2nd Jump (jump failure test) 11:06 Contested Zones Design 12:10 Final Thoughts 13:18 Like And Subscribe

I bed-logged in Stanton at the pyro jump point and woke back up in Pyro in the middle of nowhere. 😂

To be completely fair, I think the fact that 4.0 is actually in EVO prior to Cit Con, is impressive. Be it that the bar is on the ground, I'm still fairly impressed they actually managed to make it happen. Along with consistent effort to test and improve server meshing as they have prior to Cit Con. It gives me a degree of hope that they will be announcing something relatively exciting next weekend.

I felt like a child listening to the jump point part😍and the older ones telling the story in front of a fire, I can't wait to experience this myself.

Thank you for making this for us, please know that we are not forcing you, and if you do not want to do it, you do not have to, do not feel pressured by comments on a screen. Anyway, have a good one, SalteMike!

I can see the excitement in your face as you are talking about this. Nice to see for a change! Cheers!

We appreciate your opinions and your experience. While not your favorite thing to do, as a person who doesn’t have a lot of time to catch live videos all the time, it is handy to get that quick 10-15 minute overview.

I think it's important to remember that Jump Points are not supposed to be used all the time. Same as the train rides for example going to space port.

My copium supplies are being refilled at an insane rate at this point. Very exciting to hear the first test went ok, they even extended the test by an hour!

My one completed jump had me emerge back into the same system I left (but there was a server crash mid jump). Crash recovery less than 1 minute on all counts and often sub 10 seconds was really amazing. All planets were completely black that I saw so I think turned off to avoid some spoilers. Ruin station also not jump able to. Audio and feel of jumps was amazing when it worked. Some power regulation bugs with Quantum drives not spooling until disabling weapons and thrusters. Genuinely one of the most playable 1st Evo builds I have played.

Jump points won't be tedious, they aren't somthing that we will use every day or even every week , it should be hard and exilerating to go through one , it should make you sweat and that will incurage you to stay in one system, as for cargo haulers , they need a challenge anyway, tedious or not it's a rough part of the journey

It really feels like things are moving so much faster lately with 3.24.2 being a huge update, 4.0 obviously being well, 4.0, AND lots of server meshing tests. It's cool that they are able to work on all 3 of these at the same time and feels like so much is right around the corner.

Cool to hear though. I wasn't even expecting all that to be enabled for the first Evo test, even though they've tested versions of some of that all before.

I'm a Tarkov junkie. These contested zones sound like my jam. "Marked rooms" is what I think Mike was trying to say. Locked high-tier rooms that need a rare key.

I like the more impromptu vids from time to time with a fresh reaction. It's more authentic than produced and scripted content. Both styles in measure are a good thing imo.

Thanks Mike for the video, glad to see it was pretty stable for a first EVO build; It's good that the jumps aren't too easy, we move too easily in this game, I also think that the QT trips should be longer, crossing a solar system in a few minutes is engaging enough

This may seem silly to you, but I enjoy this type of video way more than react videos or live streams. Please upload more in the future :)

Like others, it is really appreciated that you made this video. I imagine it is exhausting to test something that is buggier than most of us see, and then make a well edited video before going to bed, all on top of doing normal life stuff. Cheers man and hope your doing well.

I appreciate this update and getting your thoughts and experiences on Evo. Especially for a milestone patch like 4.0.

I can never keep the two big shows, fleet week and Invicutus I believe, either way, the one in Nov/Dec. I am wondering if that event is their target for 4.0 release. Curious what others might think.

Those of us who don't have access to Evocati greatly appreciate breaking news. Thank you for the update!

You know, this is surprisingly good news relatively speaking. I want to know more about server meshing at CitizenCon especially with an update on dynamic server meshing and the results of all the testing to date which I presume was static meshing. If they can make 4.0 stable with a few thousand players imagine the possibilities. So maybe the beginning of 2025 4.0 will go live? lol maybe?

Even having participated in the test I find these videos good to watch to get a different perspective. I can see it being a bit goofy talking about something we aren't allowed to show but I think you do a good enough job that people can get an idea of what its like.

Great video. I think these videos serve good for those of us that see the EVO patch notes that CIG makes public to everyone, but we don’t want to go into the full pipeline leaks. It is more so we just want to know, how was it? Promising or get ready for a meh update

I like the idea that you hit record and then walk into frame. The thought of you standing right next to the setup to then hop in is amusing. Thanks for the update!

I'd say they would have it open to wave one by end of November early december

I’m in Evo, but it started at midnight and closed before I woke up, so missed it totally. Thanks for sharing your experience. Look forward to a test in my time zone!

I really value your point of view when it comes to SC because I feel like you have a very grounded, realistic view of things. So, these reaction videos are actually pretty cool to see and helps us non-avocado plebs live vicariously through you lol

That bit about jump points is interesting being flung to a distant part of the system.

I wonder if we will get the contested zones as maps in AC

I appreciate this video Mike, thanks for taking the time to talk us through your experience

I have to say from start to finish CIG nailed the jump points. From the visuals and experience, it was perfect.

It is always good to hear what is going on in evo , and just because other report you and the others have different viewpoints and different play style to watching different people gives a good overall view , so Thank you

Keep posting this content for sure. I really enjoyed hearing about your experiences and hope to see more.

I actually like this kind of content as well - nice to have some insights into your experience with the gameplay, especially for areas I can’t play around in myself.

Very grateful for your Insite and giving your feedback to the rest of us that don't get to try these tests!

Finally they have started testing 4.0

Thanks man, good news for the most part. happy to see 4.0 finally getting closer.

Thank you for letting us know.

So... If I don't like Star Citizen pvp and FPS, is there going to be a reason for me to go to Pyro?

I love how you said “I didn’t see any invisible npc’s.”

So people go to pyro to play a looter shooter mini game where the decommissioned stations are filled with rail guns. Star citizen sure has gone a very different direction these last few years.

appreciate you going over these, especially since I missed out on today's test

hopefully we can do that scan ping like we saw in a sq42 video, that would help in rooms where you might think a player is and the ping would reveal his location so that way people cant camp if people remember to scan the rooms before entering! i think that would be a pretty cool way of doing it.

I really appreciate these updates, Mike! Thank you for doing one, even though you dislike it.

I LOVE hearing react Mike talk on the Mike channel! Please continue to do so, even if the news are not "ideal".

Keep making these videos please, I'm interested in your experience. I'm really looking forward to Pyro coming. They've really picked this up rolling out various patches and testing server meshing, now testing for 4.0. In expecting alot of problems but it's definitely progress. For some reason I'm seeing alot of negative videos on my feed about the game itself lately.

I think all people here likes how honest your reviews are, so in name of all of us thank you for taking the time.

It really feels like the game is moving in this last year! Since they announced the sq42 I held the line trailer. It’s feeling like a real company and a real game finally

i dont usually click on reaction vids more than twice, but ive clicked on yours over a few times just to see that amazing thumbnail pic of you peaking around the chair about to go through the wormhole lol!

FWIW, I really enjoy and value this kind of videos from you. First-hand narrative is always interesting, but also I can trust you to not sugarcoat your experience. So please continue to give us your Avocado adventures ;-)

Happy to hear you liked the jump points.

There was a 4.0 test? Thought only 3.23.2

we getting space rats before GTA6?!

Thanks for the update. I thought it was good info to hear, and I'm glad that some of it exceeded your expectations.

For a first Evo test it was fantastic as far as those go. We'll be busy in Evo for a while with this.

I know you have often been pretty negative about a lot of tests and other things in SC (rightfully so cause a lot is messed up and it deserves the negativity), but this was amazing to hear that you actually enjoyed the beginning when it was working "well". Seeing that you were having fun and having stuff you are really looking forward too just makes me even more excited about it all and when we get it in PTU and eventually live (whenever this is. I hope by the end of the year but could understand early next year if it is too buggy). Loved the video even though you dislike making this type of a video!

Thanks for sharing with us, Mike. These kinds of videos are not nothing to many of us ❤

i've been saying it since "4.0 q4" hit the road map. They want 4.0 to tie in with IAE and a jax mccleary return multimedia extravaganza

I really hope that after Pyro there will be some 'contested zone' areas like the microtech research facilities added to Stanton with primarily PvE content. I'm sick of online pvp, there are cheaters abundant and at this point it is basically unstoppable. In a game like Star citizen some prick is 100% going to camp you with ESP shoot you and take your stuff. It's gonna be punishing as fuck for people who play legit.

These videos are fine. It's like a little status report, which is helpful.

NPC's are still broken with server meshing? So... i suppose this means CIG is going to introduce their new AI / NPC - dedicated server blah blah blah tech at Citcon?

Had a moment to listen to something but not watch, this video was perfect for that. Appreciated hearing your opinions from your experience of it.

I love hearing people's experience, keep it coming salte!

Nice to hear some positive stuff finally. Usually I bury my head in the sand before Citizen Con because community morale seems to be at an all time low the month or two before citcon every year. All the negativity from the community wears on me. Great vid. Thanks for the update!

Really like this video. It is a real update about the progress of development and the direction as well

Buying property will be everything in this game, like Test Drive. You could live completely different lives on each planet. Different wives etc

Enjoyed it. I like getting the raw react before you have time to think about it too much! THX

What are you talking about? These videos are excellent! They're informative, thought provoking and responsibly made (not giving us too many spoilers). As one of the non-evo plebs, I say thank you.

Dude this is so fuckin exciting. Thanks for this mike. We'll see you boys in the verse

"I don't like making these types of videos".... This was surprisingly not just all constant complaining. Maybe you should make more of these types of videos. I actually watched this one.

This is a good video. Thanks for the update Mike

More please! At least I'll get a heads up on progress and how to guesstimate game development time to playable too.

Thank you for doing this

did you need to load 3-d printer with material?

Sounds cool. I hope they fix the fueling of the Starfarer. Both filling the tanks and fueling other ships.

I lived my 4.0 experience through your re-telling, it was enough for me to garner what i needed to know. Thx mate

Jump points should be cinematic for the first time then be skippable later (unless they are necessary loading times)

I hear what you are saying about the Jump itself getting tedious but many people complain that calling a ship or opening the hangar doors takes too long so you would have to drop the jump duration down to about 15 seconds to avoid that complaint 🙄 I cant help thinking that then people would complain that the jump is unrealisticly short and too boring for such a major undertaking 😏 CIG will never please everyone. Putting a mini-game into the transition was probably the right approach as we are less likely to mind the delay if we are busy but the duration and difficulty will need tweaking. Perhaps it would work better to have maybe 15-20 seconds of struggle to get 'centred' then if you do that right you can leave it hands-off for 60 seconds before getting a warning and the ship starts misaligning and you need to be ready to spend 15-20 seconds handling the emergence sequence?

Walking into frame as the started to the video is the new trend, isnt it? SpaceTomato and a few others just did it too :D Just a silly thing I noticed xD

Thanks for putting out this video so fast

The only imoportant question is, is the greeen space gone and we have black space again? I didnt take a single screenshot since the space turned green its ruining it completely. The bifggest strength the visuals are ruined.

One question?IF you respawn after died in for instance in Area18 , and than go to Pyro, and died, you respawn where?

.... sooo still a bag of shit!? Thanks for the update

This test was monumental for the project, truly a moment I am proud of (despite the expected evo nonsense)

How are you supposed to loot in those contested zones without the local inventory?

You guys spent years talking about 4.0 and the only thing everyone has to say is “oh contested zones are kind of interesting I guess”

Isn't the contested zone a part of the dungeon. There is still a big PvE part and the PVP part is a different area of it THAT you WILL know before entering.

They have to show SOME activity in the week before the big annual event.

SaktEMike, have you ever considered just recording your voice instead of video when doing these Evocatis ? That way you can just go back and edit and post and get your words out just once. Not sure if that is against Evocati rules or not but its a suggestion.

Anything else other than Pyro?😮

i really hope there more than one entrance to the constested zone otherwise it's not goona go well when players use it...

Hoping the CZ loot tables get adjusted and we actually get to find useful items

Seems like a decent start considering that 4.0 is still at least 2 years away