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Topic: Will there be escape pods in ships?

GC had escape pods in there ships i though it was very innovative for a bf mod. It was also fun trying to save my life after a ship was going down. However it was impossible when the ship was destroyed and they were really hard to fly.

Will escape pods be in the game and how will they function when the ship goes down.

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Re: Will there be escape pods in ships?

hmm never though of them TBH.. i did plan the tantive interior around them.. hmm big_smile will have to see about this big_smile

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  • zanth91
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Re: Will there be escape pods in ships?

I have something that may go with this...

When big ships get destroyed, will it be more realistic? Can there be smoke when it's heavily damaged? Can there be more of an explosion (a least on med GFX) han the G-C one for the ships?

thanks

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  • Registered: 2006-02-15
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Re: Will there be escape pods in ships?

I have  a pretty nifty idea. Please listen.


Ok, how about instead of it launching as soon as you ender we do this...


You enter the pod, and there is a crosshair on your screen. You point the cross hair at the direction you want to launch the pod, click, and the pod switches angles. Then you right click to launch the pod.

That way you can set your angle to, or away form large enemy ships and it will make it somewhat easier to pilot. This would make sense eince alote the the personal that would be using escape pods in real life wouldnt know how to fly, and would need a simple solution to escape.

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Re: Will there be escape pods in ships?

but once you are flying, where do you land????? hmm

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  • Registered: 2006-02-15
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Re: Will there be escape pods in ships?

I dunno, on an enemy deck? On another of your own ships? It would still be somewhat pilotable.

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  • Registered: 2006-02-20
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Re: Will there be escape pods in ships?

that would be hard to program i think