MK4210 wrote:Question: Do they fly only straight or do they have some vertical movement? If this isn't possible for the AI, would it be better to have some of the spaceships start on different levels to make it less horizontal?
No MK, they fly straight due to limitations with the control method we've had to employ. We could force the ships to fly at different levels, thats not a problem at all. The issue is that the bots themselves flying the fighters tend to stay within a certain height range. This means that we are forced to keep the battle within this small margin, or else the bots wouldn't attack the cap ships and it would become a less interesting game.
Bear in mind as well though, this isn't a new map, this is just a method we are employing to be able to add Taloraan to our list of SP/Co-Op maps. As with our other SP and Co-Op maps, sometimes compromises have to be made in order to keep some of the feel of the MP games while still being able to provide some Star Wars style battle scenes.
It is still very much early days, and we are constantly looking at ways to improve this particular map, as success here would provide us with new methods to add extra functionality to future maps, or add new effects to existing ones.
Bite my shiny metal Tie Fighter!

