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Title: Squadrons and Physics
Post by: Haliwali on November 22, 2007, 03:44:29 pm: Two questions here. I just played the Beyond the Red Line demo loved it. One of my favourite things in the game was the Physic, and I was wondering if there was any way to do get that from BTRL to Saga. Simple is better, FRED is best.

Part two, Multiplayer Squadrons. Can you create your own Squadron and logo? Really want to create a WC squadron of my own.

Anyway, great work so far keep it.
Title: Re: Squadrons and Physics
Post by: colecampbell666 on November 22, 2007, 07:53:46 pm: BtRL uses modified tale files, I believe. You would have to modift the WCS .TBL files adding $glide and such. Consult a tabler like thesizzler or karajorma.
Title: Re: Squadrons and Physics
Post by: Tolwyn on November 23, 2007, 01:55:43 am: Quote from: colecampbell666 on November 22, 2007, 07:53:46 pm
You would have to modift the WCS .TBL files adding $glide and such. Consult a tabler like thesizzler or karajorma.

That wouldn't be Wing Commander anymore. Glide function is available for the Arrow, but that's it.
Title: Re: Squadrons and Physics
Post by: gevatter Lars on November 23, 2007, 02:50:15 am: It wouldn't be WC3. In WC1 dogfightes where a bit different and are again in WCP. In between its like we have it now.
Title: Re: Squadrons and Physics
Post by: Vidmaster on November 23, 2007, 10:20:04 am: I like the WC3 / WC4 dogfights most. And SWC had similar ones.
Title: Re: Squadrons and Physics
Post by: karajorma on November 23, 2007, 10:34:37 am: Quote from: colecampbell666 on November 22, 2007, 07:53:46 pm
Consult a tabler like thesizzler or karajorma.

I'm sooooooo not a tabler. :D
Title: Re: Squadrons and Physics
Post by: Wanderer on November 23, 2007, 01:53:51 pm: Quote from: colecampbell666 on November 22, 2007, 07:53:46 pm
BtRL uses modified tale files, I believe. You would have to modift the WCS .TBL files adding $glide and such. Consult a tabler like thesizzler or karajorma.

Modified? From what... Well i guess that is one way of saying it...

Also if you are just slapping on more 'newtonish' physics to the WCS you would be better off by just just stick with TBM files (http://www.hard-light.net/wiki/index.php/Modular_Tables)
Title: Re: Squadrons and Physics
Post by: karajorma on December 02, 2007, 02:45:46 am: Quote from: Haliwali on November 22, 2007, 03:44:29 pm
Part two, Multiplayer Squadrons. Can you create your own Squadron and logo? Really want to create a WC squadron of my own.

Yes. The process is pretty easy in fact. All you have to do is make the correctly sized pcx files remembering that true green will appear as transparent.
Title: Re: Squadrons and Physics
Post by: Cobra on December 06, 2007, 09:11:29 pm: You coders should make a system that writes our callsigns on the ships. :P
Title: Re: Squadrons and Physics
Post by: karajorma on December 07, 2007, 02:46:34 am: No, you should just not be lazy bastards and add it to the squadron insignias. :p
Title: Re: Squadrons and Physics
Post by: Ace on December 08, 2007, 03:04:57 pm: It would be interesting actually to have something like this:
Text written on the hull, using a font image.

In FRED you select what font image, and what to use for the ship name. (name, or for multiplayer the player's callsign)

It would then be code that can handle that and nameplates.