[jr2]

Well, you wouldn't notice... the shuttle windows have this shielding, as do astronauts' face masks... but it's not a visible coating.

[akenbosch]

then why does the sun fill the screen with light? in reality, the pilots eyes would fry!

[jr2]

Urg... It's not the amount of light, it's the type.  There is no o-zone to shield out the UV, gamma radiation, etc.  So you have to shield those out, like UV sunglasses.  And no, they don't have to be tinted to be UV proof.

[TrashMan]

Depends if you're on the other side of a planet or not.  But IIRC, if you look at the sun without specially shielded lenses / facemasks, you will have your eyes damaged.

Only idiots stare at the Sun anyway.. But in-space you can see everything clearly..there's enough light...indeed, sometimes even too much light.

[Bob-san]

I was stating the fact for when you're away from orbit--we can see what appears to be nebulae. If that happened to be actual space and we didn't have aides for colour, we'd take hours to be able to see any colour. However, I think we'd have the proper visual shielding to look at suns without killing eyes.

[Grizzly]

to the main qeustion:

because only one will survive...

[TrashMan]

I'm not quite sure thats correct.....

[Woolie Wool]

So incredibly unlikely that it's ridiculous to even consider.

Actually it's impossible to calculate. It *could* be that the humanoid shape is an optimal shape and that practicly ALL alien races would be humanoid... There's no way to tell

More likely, it's not the humanoid shape that's optimal, but bilateral symmetry. After all, 90% of all multi-celled life on earth has bilateral symmetry.

Yes, but cockroaches, flatworms, and Shivans are also symmetrical.

Well, you wouldn't notice... the shuttle windows have this shielding, as do astronauts' face masks... but it's not a visible coating.

IIRC the Shuttle windows appear black from the outside, so it is visible.

[akenbosch]

so why did we go and make all the cockpits clear?

[Kie99]

so why did we go and make all the cockpits clear?

Because it looks cool, and the cockpit in the opening cutscene to FS1 was clear.  The real question is why every pilot has a look of panic in his eyes.

[Mobius]

Maybe because the pilot is too small and you can barely see him ingame...the pilot model itself is low poly. But all cockpit effects are excellent.

Him...

!!!

What about females?!?

[TrashMan]

Yea..we need sexy felmale pilot models...after all ,we dont' want to be accused of beinh shovinist pigs..all men pilots in HTL models..

Heard of the chainmail bikini concpet? Well I'm for a flightsuit bikini!

[akenbosch]

im for too-scale pilots where the HUD panel is located where it is in the cutscene (1-2 feet below eye level), and you have a co-pilot. THERES CANON FOR YA!

ps: what about shivan and vasudan pilots?
pss: what happens if said bibkini cockpit has a male head ani?

[AlphaOne]

well the only thing i can imagine is a lot of guis never looking at fs fighter/bommber cockpits the same again! I know I wont!

Btw on this idea has anyone done any sort of graphics to be added on the side of capships in fs you know the ones they usde to have in ww2 on bommbers and fighters etc??

[jr2]

Put some teeth on the front of the Apollo, Herc, and the Erinyes.

[Gamma_Draconis]

I believe the Loki has standard teeth painting. I wonder why they painted Lokis like that...

[Mobius]

Because the Loki does recon and some teeth would have made it more aggressive

The Zeus has two white Pegasus(maybe they're just horses, I don't remember).

[Snail]

Put some teeth on the front of the Apollo, Herc, and the Erinyes.

I wouldn't use them if you did that. The teeth texture was good for some things, but not for others IMO.

[Woolie Wool]

Where would the teeth go on an Apollo? Its nose is the wrong shape.

And the Loki already has a gaping shark mouth painted on it.

[Polpolion]

im for too-scale pilots where the HUD panel is located where it is in the cutscene (1-2 feet below eye level), and you have a co-pilot. THERES CANON FOR YA!

ps: what about shivan and vasudan pilots?
pss: what happens if said bibkini cockpit has a male head ani?

I'd be willing to bet that the cockpit varies from ship to ship, so it would only be for the Apollo that the opening cutscene would be good for.

IIRC someone was doing a Vasudan cockpit a while back. I remember seeing it in a Herc I for some reason, but I don't know what really happened to it. Shivan fighters don't really have cockpits. Or at least ones with the canopy.

A bikini flight suit is stupid. I mean, it's just stupid. Sexy, yes; but smart, no.