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Modding, Mission Design, and Coding => The Modding Workshop => Topic started by: Quest_techie on January 30, 2009, 04:18:21 am

Title: Gliding
Post by: Quest_techie on January 30, 2009, 04:18:21 am

1. which ships in basic freespace 2 have this lovely feature?

2. how exactly do I enable it?

Title: Re: Gliding
Post by: ssmit132 on January 30, 2009, 06:09:39 am

I don't think any retail FS2 ships have glide. If you add the flag to the ships.tbl or a .tbm (see the Wiki):

Code: [Select]

$Glide: Yesand then press Alt-G in-game you can use glide. Of course, if you have FSO.

Title: Re: Gliding
Post by: Grizzly on January 30, 2009, 06:21:43 am

However, ships do have Sideway Thrusters, like the Mara. They are activated using Shift+1 and Shift+3.

There is also a mod out there (Realflight - Look it up on FSMods) that gives a few ships glide capability, as well as side thrusters.

Title: Re: Gliding
Post by: Nuke on January 30, 2009, 11:55:20 am

Quote from: ssmit132 on January 30, 2009, 06:09:39 am

I don't think any retail FS2 ships have glide. If you add the flag to the ships.tbl or a .tbm (see the Wiki):

Code: [Select]

$Glide: Yesand then press Alt-G in-game you can use glide. Of course, if you have FSO.

the mara does, just no reverse thrust

Title: Re: Gliding
Post by: JGZinv on January 30, 2009, 12:20:36 pm

Look at a BTRL ship table from the demo, you'll see how it's added mod wise.

Title: Re: Gliding
Post by: Quest_techie on January 30, 2009, 06:39:07 pm

thank you very much, I just enjoy the game so much more when I am in a gliding fighter. which, is probably mildly cheaty, but, the dynamic of gliding is just, fun.

Title: Re: Gliding
Post by: JGZinv on January 30, 2009, 07:49:48 pm

Play Tachyon then, glide+latting is pretty much required if you plan on surviving multiplayer.

Title: Re: Gliding
Post by: Quest_techie on February 03, 2009, 04:05:35 am

Quote from: ssmit132 on January 30, 2009, 06:09:39 am

I don't think any retail FS2 ships have glide. If you add the flag to the ships.tbl or a .tbm (see the Wiki):

Code: [Select]

$Glide: Yesand then press Alt-G in-game you can use glide. Of course, if you have FSO.

okay, I finally got everything working, tried this, and no success.

so, am I doin it wrong?

Title: Re: Gliding
Post by: Dilmah G on February 03, 2009, 04:45:08 am

Quote from: Quest_techie on February 03, 2009, 04:05:35 am

Quote from: ssmit132 on January 30, 2009, 06:09:39 am

I don't think any retail FS2 ships have glide. If you add the flag to the ships.tbl or a .tbm (see the Wiki):

Code: [Select]

$Glide: Yesand then press Alt-G in-game you can use glide. Of course, if you have FSO.

okay, I finally got everything working, tried this, and no success.

so, am I doin it wrong?

Code: [Select]

Use the code tag in the post box and give us a look at your ships.tbl entry.

Title: Re: Gliding
Post by: Solatar on February 05, 2009, 02:19:11 pm

IIRC, AI ships do not take advantage of gliding when it is enabled.

The player ship can use it, just make sure it's bound to a key in the options menu. I think it is Alt-G by default, but you might check just to be sure.

Title: Re: Gliding
Post by: Dilmah G on February 06, 2009, 01:37:19 am

Quote from: Solatar on February 05, 2009, 02:19:11 pm

IIRC, AI ships do not take advantage of gliding when it is enabled.

The player ship can use it, just make sure it's bound to a key in the options menu. I think it is Alt-G by default, but you might check just to be sure.

Don't the Shivans make use of it? Or is it only the directional thrust they use.

Title: Re: Gliding
Post by: ssmit132 on February 06, 2009, 02:06:14 am

I believe so. Try using a Morning Star on a Shivan fighter. They tend to accelerate angled away from 12 o'clock.