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Modding, Mission Design, and Coding => FS2 Open Coding - The Source Code Project (SCP) => Topic started by: Nico on May 10, 2003, 03:24:58 pm

Title: unmovable tag
Post by: Nico on May 10, 2003, 03:24:58 pm

another request that's gonna be ignored, but still:
that's a thing that would make some people's life easier:
with that tag, the object can't move at all, space coordinates would be fixed. that way you can do any pof, and it won't move a single pixel left even if a sathanas were to ram it.
voila, that would be useful.

Title: unmovable tag
Post by: Petrarch of the VBB on May 10, 2003, 03:51:32 pm

That would indeed be useful.

BUT. If a sath did ram it, what would happen to the sath? would it just bounce off, or pass through it as though nothing happened?

Title: unmovable tag
Post by: Galemp on May 10, 2003, 03:56:16 pm

I think this feature would simulate an infinite (or really, really high) mass. So, the Sath would probably come to a dead stop. If it was moving fast enough it might bounce off slightly.

Title: unmovable tag
Post by: Nico on May 10, 2003, 03:56:31 pm

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Originally posted by Petrarch of the VBB
That would indeed be useful.

BUT. If a sath did ram it, what would happen to the sath? would it just bounce off, or pass through it as though nothing happened?

her, bounce off, obviously. I believe there's already a tag if you want something to let other ships go through a pof?

Title: unmovable tag
Post by: Petrarch of the VBB on May 10, 2003, 04:20:54 pm

so if you put this flag on a Uly, and a sath hit it, the sath would bounce off.

What is this Uly made of?

Title: unmovable tag
Post by: Stryke 9 on May 10, 2003, 05:03:52 pm

Meh, that's if you give Jeep the design contract.:D



Well, pre-Chrysler Jeep...

Title: unmovable tag
Post by: NecroBob on May 10, 2003, 06:04:49 pm

just out of curiosity, what would this tag be used for?
besides the tough-as-nails Super Uly :)
(any ideas in particular?)

Bob
lazy

Title: unmovable tag
Post by: diamondgeezer on May 10, 2003, 06:07:42 pm

If your Sathanas was entering/exiting sub-space  when it hit an immovable object, it'd bounce hella far.

Title: unmovable tag
Post by: Stryke 9 on May 10, 2003, 06:08:34 pm

Bob: Slapstick routines?

Title: unmovable tag
Post by: Starks on May 10, 2003, 06:11:32 pm

Try warping a Gany ring into an unmoveable object.

Title: unmovable tag
Post by: NecroBob on May 10, 2003, 07:00:50 pm

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Slapstick routines

I suppose :lol:

Bob

Title: unmovable tag
Post by: Nico on May 10, 2003, 07:12:03 pm

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Originally posted by NecroBob
just out of curiosity, what would this tag be used for?
besides the tough-as-nails Super Uly :)
(any ideas in particular?)

Bob
lazy

space stations, large asteroids, landscapes, mostly.

Title: unmovable tag
Post by: Bobboau on May 10, 2003, 10:45:59 pm

this has been on my list

Title: unmovable tag
Post by: CP5670 on May 10, 2003, 11:03:47 pm

couldn't you could just make the pof mass really large?

Title: unmovable tag
Post by: Petrarch of the VBB on May 11, 2003, 03:58:35 am

Probably, but it still might move slightly.

Title: unmovable tag
Post by: Grey Wolf on May 11, 2003, 12:22:09 pm

Wasn't there a problem with flying too close to really high mass objects?

Title: unmovable tag
Post by: Petrarch of the VBB on May 11, 2003, 12:31:27 pm

Not that I know of, but if you called something "Planet whatever" you would burn up if you flew too close.