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Title: ship shudder[idea]
Post by: Kobrar44 on April 20, 2009, 09:35:29 am
Well... I've got no idea if anyone thought about it earlier and if it was already turned down, please don't hit me:D[hope you understand this sentence better than I do:D]
My idea is not realistic, but... maybe it is worth something.
Ship #1 launches BIG torpedo. It flies near ship #2. It is DAMN big torpedo in fact. When it passes ship #2 it makes it shudder. I think it's damn non reaistic, but think- you attack a corvette. You fly a bomber. You launch your torpedoes and run away, because corvettes machine guns are really effective against slow units. You are running away, bullets are flying everywhere around and they make your ship shudder. I'd like it:D


Do you understand my idea? I want bullets shudder every ship, not only the one that launched them.
Title: Re: ship shudder[idea]
Post by: Dilmah G on April 20, 2009, 09:42:54 am
Errr... Bullets? Oh you mean lasers?



Well, we already have the shockwave thing in place, but if you can find someone to give us a proof of concept I'd like to see this to try out.
Title: Re: ship shudder[idea]
Post by: The E on April 20, 2009, 09:45:13 am
Well... I've got no idea if anyone thought about it earlier and if it was already turned down, please don't hit me:D[hope you understand this sentence better than I do:D]
My idea is not realistic, but... maybe it is worth something.
Ship #1 launches BIG torpedo. It flies near ship #2. It is DAMN big torpedo in fact. When it passes ship #2 it makes it shudder. I think it's damn non reaistic, but think- you attack a corvette. You fly a bomber. You launch your torpedoes and run away, because corvettes machine guns are really effective against slow units. You are running away, bullets are flying everywhere around and they make your ship shudder. I'd like it:D


Do you understand my idea? I want bullets shudder every ship, not only the one that launched them.

Tell you what. Attack an Aeolus. See if you shudder. We do have these things called Flak guns, those do the job nicely.
Title: Re: ship shudder[idea]
Post by: Snail on April 20, 2009, 10:11:17 am
Hey. Actually, this might be a good idea.

In addition to the weapon flyby sound, there could be a slight shudder of the player ship. It could be like a flag "shudder flyby" or something.
Title: Re: ship shudder[idea]
Post by: Kobrar44 on April 20, 2009, 11:56:24 am
It's strange when large missle like... well, I can't remember any retail one, but, meson torpedo. It flies nearby and that's all. Missle with power to destroy Orion with few shots flies nearby and I won't notice it if I'm not looking directly at it. Ship shudder would do the job. When the Power flies nearby, I feel it, even if I cannot see it.

By "bullet" I meant big missle[helios, trebutchet etc.], not little plasma-like something:D Maybe kinetic weapon.

Flag "shudder flyby" should require shudder range and[optional] shudder intensity, but we... GAME ENGINE may calculate it as "shudder" does:D
Title: Re: ship shudder[idea]
Post by: Droid803 on April 20, 2009, 06:27:33 pm
Well, most missiles do have an engine glow point.
Perhaps it can be rigged to produce engine wash for quasi-shudder?
Title: Re: ship shudder[idea]
Post by: Kobrar44 on April 20, 2009, 06:33:52 pm
If you can follow missle long enought to feel the shudder, you've got damn fast ship:D
Title: Re: ship shudder[idea]
Post by: colecampbell666 on April 20, 2009, 06:53:40 pm
Doesn't vibration require matter to be transmitted?

It'd be cool game-wise, FS =/= RL.
Title: Re: ship shudder[idea]
Post by: Enigmatic Entity on April 20, 2009, 09:50:10 pm
What about bomb and missile "engine" sounds that are not just fly-by sounds? (Thinking of FS2 trailer when manticore fires Shivan Rock-eye eq.)
Title: Re: ship shudder[idea]
Post by: Aardwolf on April 26, 2009, 08:57:46 pm
What about some sort of modification of the Engine Wash system?
Title: Re: ship shudder[idea]
Post by: aRaven on April 26, 2009, 09:08:41 pm
how about shudder when ships fly past yours with high velocity...i.e. head on passes.
Title: Re: ship shudder[idea]
Post by: Dilmah G on April 26, 2009, 10:07:04 pm
Yeah that sounds more realistic :P
Title: Re: ship shudder[idea]
Post by: Kobrar44 on April 27, 2009, 11:18:55 am
Ship shudder should be EVERYWHERE:D In other words. Not realistic, but great:D
Title: Re: ship shudder[idea]
Post by: Mobius on April 27, 2009, 03:53:28 pm
Shudder should also become cutscene-compatible ASAP. It's known to work only if the point of view is the HUD.
Title: Re: ship shudder[idea]
Post by: Angelus on April 27, 2009, 05:20:40 pm
Shudder should also become cutscene-compatible ASAP. It's known to work only if the point of view is the HUD.

 :yes:

I second that!
Title: Re: ship shudder[idea]
Post by: Dilmah G on April 28, 2009, 01:39:22 am
So THAT'S why it wasn't working

EDIT: To clear up any misconceptions, I tried using shudder in a cutscene I FRED-ed about 1-2 weeks ago and found it wasn't working. Didn't bother me too much though.
Title: Re: ship shudder[idea]
Post by: Mobius on April 28, 2009, 12:23:03 pm
Read the SEXP's description on FRED... :nervous:
Title: Re: ship shudder[idea]
Post by: Goober5000 on April 30, 2009, 04:20:57 pm
Look in the cutscenes category for the set-camera-shudder sexp.  It was added like 2 years ago.
Title: Re: ship shudder[idea]
Post by: Mobius on April 30, 2009, 04:25:07 pm
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set-camera-shudder
   Causes the camera to shudder.  Currently this will only work if the camera is showing the player's viewpoint (i.e. the HUD).

Takes 2 arguments...
   1: Time (in milliseconds)
   2: Intensity.  For comparison, the Maxim has an intensity of 1440.
Title: Re: ship shudder[idea]
Post by: Zacam on May 01, 2009, 09:48:18 am
Did Mobius just pull an "Aw, SNAP!"?

Indeed, I think he did.
Title: Re: ship shudder[idea]
Post by: Dilmah G on May 01, 2009, 10:05:16 am
Er... Fair 'nuf?