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redshift9
Joined: 28 May 2005
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Location: Carrboro, NC, USA
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 Posted: Sun May 29, 2005 8:53 pm Post subject: Navigation aid - jumping out of a system |
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| We need some kind of indicator to tell us where the "external mass" is, or a key command that will automatically turn the ship away from it. Sometimes I leave a planet and I can jump out of the system almost instantly. Other times, it feels like I'm flying forever before I'm far enough away. |
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Game Mogul
Joined: 30 Jan 2005
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Location: Neenerneener Land
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| Posted: Mon May 30, 2005 1:19 am Post subject: |
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Good point, one idea is to give the player the ability to switch view modes - sorta like when Luke uses the guidance system in the Ti-Fighter. When the player switches to that mode, he could see what size ships´ shields were and how damaged they were; also in this view the player would see a large glowing sphere representing the minimum jump distance.
There are so many ways I could run with this, keep up with ideas. Every so often I´ll come across an idea and expand it by 1 million - sorta like how I developed my 3D IFF.
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appleide
Joined: 04 Oct 2005
Posts: 117
Location: Sydney, Canada. (oops I spelt australia wrong...)
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| Posted: Thu Oct 06, 2005 12:44 am Post subject: |
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why not just go:
EXTERNAL MASS TOO CLOSE. ERROR ERROR
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Thats the arrow pointing to nearest external mass...
that'd be much simpler. |
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HedgehogTree
Joined: 09 Jul 2005
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Location: Wellington, New Zealand
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| Posted: Thu Oct 06, 2005 2:09 am Post subject: |
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Yeah, but it wouldn't be as Cool 
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appleide
Joined: 04 Oct 2005
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Location: Sydney, Canada. (oops I spelt australia wrong...)
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| Posted: Thu Oct 06, 2005 2:14 am Post subject: |
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A lot of things are cool.... even a 1000000 polygons capital ship..... but it'd make the game not as good when its implemented.... Unless you could simplify the idea a little more/explain clearer, so that people would actually use it...
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