Daevonar
Minmatar
Starfish Operating Syndicate
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Posted - 2008.10.25 12:52:00 -
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Edited by: Daevonar on 25/10/2008 12:53:23
 Originally by: IonKnight
Originally by: Daevonar
What I REALLY want to see is ships that dont behave as if they are manouvering in atmosphere ... ships that turn more like they are in zero g... with the use of manouvering thrusters... I mean, banking... in space! and why exactly does my ship slow down just because the thrusters stop firing... shouldn't the ship have to apply thrust to slow down as well as accelerate?
No matter how pretty the graphics, this element will always make the game feel a little clumsy and un-sophisticated... good kjob it has enough plus points to make up for it :)
Yea sadly these are all down to trying to make the game playable. If they wanted to make it realistic it wouldn't be fun u'd run out of fuel in ever system. Also banking is possible in space infact its easier in space. However all these things weren't put in for the simple reason of whats the point.
I think I may not have been very clear in wha I said... I wasn't asking for any game mechanics to change ... just the visuals (in fact I wasn't even askign for these to change, just asking why they were done wrong in the first place, when attention to detail is so evident elsewhere).
Graphics should really have shown things like, when a ship slows down a thruster has to fire in the opposite direction, when a ship turns it needs to use directional thrusters.
Banking is not easier in space, in atmosphere banking only occurs becuase it is the natural movement of the aircraft as the wing flaps catch the air and turn it (and I think gravity has a part to play as well.. not much of that in the middle of space ;)... in space the only way to turn is by using thrusters, if a spaceship wanted to bank it would have to use more thrusters to induce rotation around its length, then yet more thrust to stop this spin, it's possible of course, its just very very pointless... and frankly just looks like the graphics department didn't bother doing any research.
The point would have been to make the game look better, it didn't need to affect the gameplay at all. I'm not one to push realism over gameplay, I'd rather have the gameplay, but such simple obvious oversights tend to annoy me a bit (not much, but enough to bother posting about).
D.
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