1 Topic by JeRK (edited by JeRK 2007-01-29 11:39:29)

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Topic: Fighter Controls

How will the fighters/bombers (TIEs and co) handle in FS? Will they be similar to GC, or like in Rogue Squadron or some game that I never played?
Please tell me if it's based off any game and tell me what that means exactly. (Example: I don't know anything about the controls in the X-Wing games)

And also, a big part of the fighter stuff in Star Wars is the targeting computer. Do you plan putting one in? How will it work?

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Re: Fighter Controls

I hope they do a kind of no grav. type of flying for the space maps. Of course the land maps would have to be reverted back to normal.

As for targeting computers, I don't care what lore says, I want to shoot down those TIEs myself.

3 Reply by FSDev| RedMonkey999 (edited by FSDev| RedMonkey999 2007-01-29 14:59:06)

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Re: Fighter Controls

As for no gravity, I can immediately assure you that gravity will be turned off for vehicles on space maps, while player gravity will still be on so you can walk around in ships and such.

As for flight controls, probably the most likenesses will be seen between ours and GC as GC had controls based off the BF engine's physics...as do we.  Targeting computer functionality remains to be seen at the moment.

Edit: @ Bandu - When are you gonna put GC into the filter? wink  I can see it now, you could replace it with "that other star wars mod that we don't talk about", or maybe "lesbian make-out party".

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Re: Fighter Controls

FSDev| RedMonkey999 wrote:

As for no gravity, I can immediately assure you that gravity will be turned off for vehicles on space maps, while player gravity will still be on so you can walk around in ships and such.

As for flight controls, probably the most likenesses will be seen between ours and GC as GC had controls based off the BF engine's physics...as do we.  Targeting computer functionality remains to be seen at the moment.

Edit: @ Bandu - When are you gonna put GC into the filter? wink  I can see it now, you could replace it with "that other star wars mod that we don't talk about", or maybe "lesbian make-out party".

"Lesbian make-out party" sounds great! tongue

Anyways, I'd like to see a targeting computer on the HUD that estimates where you'd have to shoot to hit your target (any hostile) and displays that point as a crosshair like thing on your HUD. That means if you fire while your crosshair is on that, you land a hit. (This is easy to script I've seen it in many games and mods)
Also, on a side note I'd like to see more than one crosshair on the ships with "complicated" gun positions (X-Wing, B-Wing etc.) so we can focus one single gun on our target and also stop the annoying crossing beams.

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Re: Fighter Controls

I'd lilke a full targeting computer animation ala ANH, so that you have to decide to either wait for the computer or DIY big_smile

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Re: Fighter Controls

I believe a bomb sight was mentioned here a little while ago, but didn't one of the devs say that P in P functionality wasn't possible with the engine? Anyway, even if we could zoom in maybe, that would be alright too I think. Or for the bombers, perhaps an alternate view when we right click which would show a sight through the bomb bay doors (assuming that the different weapons such as the blasters/bombs/missiles are selected with the number keys like infantry).

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Re: Fighter Controls

I'd like to see the good old X-Wing style cockpits, with the ANH green targeting computer that lights up yellow when the target's in your sights and red when you fire. X-Wing was a great game, I don't care what you say.

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And I'm all for replacing GC with lesbian make-out party.

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