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Offline Kie99

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on: September 24, 2004, 01:11:25 pm
In FreeSpace everyone (well, nearly everyone) must have noticed the weird inertia i.e. you need to keep your burners on to continue going at top speed.

Well I reckon the only credible theory is that there is air in "space" outside the Sol system, because you never fly in the Sol system in either FS Game and the only Hard REAL facts we have is that there is no air in ""Our"" space.
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Offline aldo_14

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Reply #1 on: September 24, 2004, 01:20:43 pm
Or..... it's a game.
 

Offline Lightspeed

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Reply #2 on: September 24, 2004, 02:09:10 pm
It's there to be any fun.
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Offline NGTM-1R

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Reply #3 on: September 24, 2004, 02:11:56 pm
It's actually a copy of Microsoft Space Simulator stuck in slew mode.
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Offline Mongoose

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Reply #4 on: September 24, 2004, 02:15:23 pm
Basically, it's because Newtonian physics in space sim games suck :p.  They're not about precise, accurate simulations of real life; they're about blowing huge **** up :D.
 

Offline Kosh

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Reply #5 on: September 24, 2004, 04:15:05 pm
In this case blowing up Shivans/NTF/HOL stuff.
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Offline Nuke

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Reply #6 on: September 24, 2004, 10:40:23 pm
because shooting down the chepest fighter in frontier:elite 2/first encounters is a million times more difficult than blowing up a sathanas juggernaught in freespace.
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Offline Night Hammer

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Reply #7 on: September 25, 2004, 04:27:44 pm
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Originally posted by Mongoose
Basically, it's because Newtonian physics in space sim games suck :p.  They're not about precise, accurate simulations of real life; they're about blowing huge **** up :D.

I agree:nod:
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Offline Kie99

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Reply #8 on: September 25, 2004, 04:49:57 pm
I know the designers didn't really think
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maybe there is air outside the solar system let's base the entire physics engine on this idea
I'm just coming up with a credible theory for the physics of the game
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Offline aldo_14

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Reply #9 on: September 25, 2004, 04:56:52 pm
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Originally posted by kietotheworld
I know the designers didn't really think  I'm just coming up with a credible theory for the physics of the game


credible? :doubt:

If you really want an explanation, how about simply that GTVA fighters (and bombers) have a series of narrow thruster/outgas apetures used to damp inertia and ease pilot control.
 

Offline Kie99

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Reply #10 on: September 25, 2004, 05:55:57 pm
I know its unlikely and your theory is better, but that was really the point of this thread, to find out people's theories on it. I wasn't saying Air in "Space" is the be-all and end-all. I've been slaughtered for airing my opinion.
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Offline Nuke

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Reply #11 on: September 25, 2004, 06:31:30 pm
do freespace ships run inertial dampners?
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Offline Cabbie

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Reply #12 on: September 26, 2004, 07:12:36 am
we can always imagine :)
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