[Commander Zane]

It is, Majestics remain the MediaVPs Orion and the Halcyon is the Mk. II.

[IronForge]

Where are these screenshots from? Inferno? Looks good, though I never managed to get INF to work...

[General Battuta]

Where are these screenshots from? Inferno? Looks good, though I never managed to get INF to work...

No. Read the posts before your post (less than ten up.)

[Zacam]

Aren't they the same beams? Haven't actually compared the table entries, but they look pretty similar, I think.

Thin isn't necessarily bad - it conveys focus and precision. Hey, does anyone know how beam width in terms of fighter collision is determined? Is it based on the actual size of the beam effect?

There is also a new feature called "Beam Width" that can go in to the table before the Beam Sections that will define the beam targeting based on Radius, this allows Section radii to be completely different in terms of it's visual appearance without negatively affecting it's targeting. Next edition of the MediaVPs will be utilizing that in it's beams to restore more Retail like accuracy while still keeping the same visual appearance.

[Commander Zane]

So this means no more being shafted by beams despite being 150 meters away from them?

[Androgeos Exeunt]

...to restore more Retail like accuracy while still keeping the same visual appearance.

And what's wrong with the accuracy of the diameter of the current beams in FS2_Open?

[General Battuta]

It's not like retail.

[Vasudan Admiral]

Oh snap - I hadn't even considered that changing the individual section widths would affect the overall width of the beam in terms of hit calculations - and because I added haze to a lot of the beams they're actually much wider than they look in game. Good catch whoever spotted that one, and huge thanks and well done to whoever implemented the beam_width feature.

[General Battuta]

Man, VA, you have killed me so many times. 

[ChronoReverse]

Hrm, that explains a few deaths I didn't anticipate.  Still, I much prefer the look of the current beams.  They look really solid and powerful (particularly the Terran ones).

[Vasudan Admiral]

VA's Killcount ++

It was the plan all along.

[Androgeos Exeunt]

...they're actually much wider than they look in game.

Really? I always thought that they should be wider, because I've been able to get pretty close to some of them during my non-cheat playthroughs and not die.

[Commander Zane]

There have been several cases where I'd die at least a Cruiser's length away from a beam.

[Droid803]

...they're actually much wider than they look in game.

Really? I always thought that they should be wider, because I've been able to get pretty close to some of them during my non-cheat playthroughs and not die.

Try it. Fly near a BFRed (where there is no visible beam), and prepare to die!

EDIT: Quoted wrong person initially 

[Commander Zane]

I know, that's what I said.

[Narvi]

So that's why I kept dying whenever I divebomb Cains...

[Firartix]

I also though it was intentionnal.
I mean look, the visible part of the beam isn't the beam itself, just some consequence of it... Well at least, it's what some people aggreed upon, discuting on IRC :s
Plus, a such large beam must generate a lot of heat and everything. I know it shouldn't affect the ship since there's no air in space but eeeh.... there should be no sound too.


Mmh.. may the god of plasma core insertions have mercy on my spelling errors.
Edit: I guess you must except the grammar inquisition oO'

[Firartix]

Don't you think something's wrong with the cockpits and pilots sizes ? 

[Commander Zane]

There's something wrong with everything in terms of FreeSpace's sizes.

[Rodo]

it has been always like that, but have you tried making a cockpit? is really hard indeed.

another thing that keeps bugging me is the size of the fighters against the cap ships, but It's a game right?.. it can't be that difficult to ignore when flacked to death by enemies