[Wobble73]

I remember that when i played the x-wing series the only thing you could do to increase your speed was to redirect power to your engines, a feat that can also be used in FS.

Actually, redirecting power to the engines doesn't make you go faster, it only makes the afterburners charge up quicker!

[Shade]

Wrong. It most definitely does make you faster.

[chief1983]

Yeah Wobble, seriously how'd you miss that one? 

The difference in max base speeds and max Oclk speeds will probably be much more noticeable than in FS, and energy management will likely be more necessary than in FS.

[Shade]

energy management will likely be more necessary than in FS

Just be careful not to overdo it Energy management in FS is actually extremely important on harder difficulties, it's only when difficulty is set low that it can take a back seat role. So if you increase it's importance too much by reducing the energy output of the ships, you may make it impossible to play on the hardest settings.

[Flipside]

That was one thing I loved about the original X-Wing game, a combat run against a Capship really did require you putting everything you could into the forward fields, and then praying you had enough energy to shunt up the rear shields on the retreat

[TopAce]

...Energy management in FS is actually extremely important on harder difficulties...

Well, in SWC, it will be extremely important even on Medium. Medium < "harder difficultues". As a natural consequence of the result of this equation, and applying to FotG, it is reasonable to conclude that energy management will be more important in SWC than in FS.

Hope that helps.

[aRaven]

I remember that when i played the x-wing series the only thing you could do to increase your speed was to redirect power to your engines, a feat that can also be used in FS. This came from the weapons, shields and tractor beam. It could be a significant increase of speed, especially if you had all 4 systems. also the AI didn't use that tactic to increase speed, so a slow ship could catch up with some faster ships.

Not true. AI in XvsTIE and definitely XWA used that on top/superace.

[Wobble73]

Wrong. It most definitely does make you faster.

You know I never noticed that before?   

[brandx0]

Maybe you spent too much time on afterburners to notice =P

[jr2]

Umm, isn't the correct SW term "overdrive"?  I don't know if it's canon though.  But you can definitally assign more power to your engines for a speed boost, IIRC.  I think in SW, if I'm getting a correct read on this, the shields aren't all that hot on fighters, but they recharge pretty fast, unless they get damaged.  (which makes the decision on where to route your energy a critical one) Right?  Or not?

[chief1983]

Lawl, now that could be funny, afterburners that cause a temporary full depletion of shields and/or weapons.  There could be some interesting things done with that.

[Turey]

Lawl, now that could be funny, afterburners that cause a temporary full depletion of shields and/or weapons.  There could be some interesting things done with that.

That could be pretty interesting.

[brandx0]

It could be interesting, but I dunno, it seems a bit too arcady for me, I mean there's no real reference of any sort that suggests such a thing.

[Backslash]

I have an  idea.  What if the afterburner fuel gauge became the beam weapon energy gauge?  I'd have to code a couple new table entries for weapons... something like $Fuel Consumed .  But that's not hard at all.

Then I guess I'd have to make a flag that made it so there is a fourth ETS bar for Engines, and replace the existing Engines one with Beam.  Slightly more complicated, but doable.

[chief1983]

Or the three could be reworked to function more like the games, if only to eliminate the need for a 4th bar.  I mean how there was no engine power gauge, it was just known that it was the remainder of the other visible gauges.

[Backslash]

Right, yeah good idea.  There was a fourth bar visible but not controllable.  So I guess the flag needs to turn the existing bar (the one controlled with Pageup/Pagedown) into what recharges the 'burners' (or beams) but NOT the engine overclock.  And then the new engine bar is just what is 'left over'.

This way we don't have to add new controls either.

[jr2]

Umm, in the books anyways, you basically decided whether to throw your energy at the shields or engines or balance.  If you're going full engines, you have better speed, but can only survive a shot or two.  (Read: Luke escaping from Thrawn's ISD tractor beam.)

[brandx0]

Well for the most part star wars ships are pretty vulnerable regardless.  If you watch the movies most of the fighters go down in only a few hits anyways.  The rebel advantage is a couple extra shots in, which could be pretty important in the gameplay we're planning to model.

Remember, our mod is trying to focus on the ability to avoid fire rather than absorb it.

[Snail]

So how are you handling capital shielding, then? Will capships be harder to take down?

[NGTM-1R]

I remember that when i played the x-wing series the only thing you could do to increase your speed was to redirect power to your engines, a feat that can also be used in FS.

Actually, redirecting power to the engines doesn't make you go faster, it only makes the afterburners charge up quicker!

This is dependant on the ships in FS, only the Bakha and Artemis/Artemis D.H. do it this way.