Just a thought....would it be possible to randomly add multiple the 'particle spray' type things (the little efffect of sparks spraying from the hull) to ship debris?
also, what about (if not already done) increasing the amount of allowed SHIP debris chunks (I think it's 10 by default), and slowing down the motion for them more rapidly (so debris from destroyed largeships stays closer together, to make neater little fields)? (obv cutting out all motion would look wierd, and you need momentum from the explosion...methinks)
Oh, and allowing more types of debris models for the 'field' (so we can have plently of newly made, proper, varied debris that looks like it's from proper FS2 ships, and not the fairly odd stuff we have justnow)
(aaaggghh - Derbis!

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