First Strike Forums — Lasers too fast?

Re: Lasers too fast?

null@example.com (PErF3Ct) — Fri, 17 Aug 2007 16:06:27 +0000

Huh, I never knew that about blasters. Gas based, what do you know.

And, ya Chris Rock is hilarious, "I'm gonna cap your pie. I'm gonna get me another job, get me a savings account, shop at wal-mart, then I'm comin for you!"

Re: Lasers too fast?

null@example.com (Safe-Keeper) — Fri, 17 Aug 2007 15:39:52 +0000

1000 credits per shot

Don't miss .

Reminds me of that stand-up comedian in Columbine (yes, I did watch it, sue me) who talked about how shootings would go down if they implemented 'bullet control' instead of gun control and had every little bullet cost a fortune.

Re: Lasers too fast?

null@example.com (FSDev| Dutch_Razor) — Fri, 17 Aug 2007 15:22:08 +0000

According to (I think) Vector Prime (or SotE) the "laser" you can see is just a residual side effect from the ionised tibanna gas escaping from the barrel of the weapon.

Hence the super duper expensive stealth assasin rifles that filter out that gas (1000 credits per shot, 10 shots n you can buy Lukes speeder, new )

Re: Lasers too fast?

null@example.com (MKS) — Fri, 17 Aug 2007 14:26:05 +0000

yeah was gonna say aint the weapons gas baed or somthing.. well at least thats what i can remember from the old pen and paper game i used to play...

Re: Lasers too fast?

null@example.com (Knoote) — Fri, 17 Aug 2007 09:27:40 +0000

The "laser" you see is just like the in real life tracers. The weapons in starwars shoot a exploding gas and the light is just a tracer.

Re: Lasers too fast?

null@example.com (Geral Corasjo) — Fri, 17 Aug 2007 03:58:32 +0000

I didn't think the lasers looked bad either. It's tough trying to find a good speed. As someone pointed out, if it was a pure-true laser weapon it would travel at near the speed of light.. which isn't fun if you're trying to take cover since you can arc your weapon across the screen and hit everything.

Too slow and it's like the matrix. But don't forget, the weapons aren't really lasers.. they're more like blaster bolts with cool light effects so they'll be a little slower than a real laser.

Re: Lasers too fast?

null@example.com (Lionheart) — Thu, 16 Aug 2007 13:42:36 +0000

Laser speed looks fine to me, just like Star Wars lasers from the OT.

Re: Lasers too fast?

null@example.com (Safe-Keeper) — Wed, 15 Aug 2007 21:11:56 +0000

Having just watched the trailer again, yes, the lasers move a bit slowly. But I don't really mind. In fact, I like it a bit, even though it's inaccurate. Nice variation from the near-instant hit bullet weapons of most FPS titles.

Re: Lasers too fast?

null@example.com (Mr. Wookiee) — Wed, 15 Aug 2007 20:54:29 +0000

imo they are too fast. They aren't truly lasers at all (you wouldn't be able to see individual bolts if they were true speed-of-light weapons), and in the movies they appear to travel a little slower than they currently do in-game.

That depends upon which movies you are watching. The lasers in FS go much slower than they did in the original trilogy (I don't know about special edition but I think its the same.) The lasers in the new trilogy (The junky one) are much slower. The lasers in games made by LA seem to just float along with the wind speed.

Re: Lasers too fast?

null@example.com (Rouzor) — Wed, 15 Aug 2007 16:38:27 +0000

They are fine and they are the wa they are ment to be

Re: Lasers too fast?

null@example.com (BlasterFreak) — Wed, 15 Aug 2007 12:55:46 +0000

If i compare these with the movie lasers, the speed is just right.

Re: Lasers too fast?

null@example.com (Summers) — Wed, 15 Aug 2007 11:22:40 +0000

I think in the demo they looked fine. Not too fast or too slow.

Re: Lasers too fast?

null@example.com (FSDev| JayBiggS) — Wed, 15 Aug 2007 06:15:35 +0000

Yeah there is, but the slower they go, the farther you have to lead long range targets, and the harder short range combat becomes.
Conversely the faster they go, the farther they appear from the muzzle, which can look pretty odd. Obviously we try to have the best of both worlds, but its not perfect I'm afraid.

Re: Lasers too fast?

null@example.com (Gravec) — Wed, 15 Aug 2007 05:54:46 +0000

FSDev| RedMonkey999 wrote:

imo they are too fast. They aren't truly lasers at all (you wouldn't be able to see individual bolts if they were true speed-of-light weapons), and in the movies they appear to travel a little slower than they currently do in-game.

I'm guessing there's no way to fix it?

Re: Lasers too fast?

null@example.com (FSDev| RedMonkey999) — Wed, 15 Aug 2007 04:46:05 +0000

imo they are too fast. They aren't truly lasers at all (you wouldn't be able to see individual bolts if they were true speed-of-light weapons), and in the movies they appear to travel a little slower than they currently do in-game.