Kaum guckt man weg, schon kommt die Informationsflut über einen... Danke, Alpha-1!
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We are one. No matter the blood, no matter the skin, no matter the world, no matter the star. .. We are one.
No matter the pain, no matter the darkness, no matter the loss, no matter the fear. .. We are one.
- Alliance Preamble to the Declaration of Principles, The Paragon of Animals
Webmaster [url="http://www.Sprungtor.de"]www.Sprungtor.de[/url]
Also entweder bin ich ziemlich vergesslich, habe mittlerweile den Überblick verloren, habe was verpasst oder das Spiel ist einfach neu.
Ich spreche von den News zu B5:FPS. Ich denke mal FPS wird ja wohl für First Person Shooter stehen und nicht für frames per second. Ich kann mich aber nicht erinnern von dem Projekt schon mal gehört zu haben. Das einzige was in die Richtung ginge wäre "Shadows in the Night", aber ich denke der MOD ist eingestellt worden. Also hilft mir bitte auf die Sprünge und sagt mir was es mit B5:FPS auf sich hat. Ne URL wäre auch nicht schlecht. Danke.
Wo ich gerade am Fragenstellen bin, was meinst Du mit B5MG, RubberEagle?
[url="http://www.clearnet.net/users/campbell/b5/b5main.html"]http://www.clearnet.net/users/campbell/b5/b5main.html[/url]
es ist ein anderes Projekt [img]http://216.15.145.59/mainforums/smile.gif[/img]
RubberEagleWhat's a rubber eagle used for, anyway?
[url="http://www.b5mg.com"]Babylon5 Modelling Group[/url] oder so [img]http://216.15.145.59/mainforums/wink.gif[/img]
Das hier hat ein Mitglied vom FS2-Mod-Team gepostet.
[quote]Originally posted by Mr. Fury:
[b]
I have worked with Freespace2 B5 total conversion team for some time now, and I am not very proud to annouce that things does not look good at this time.
Some of us have worked with this mod for about two years now, and what we have now? Not even a demo! [img]http://216.15.145.59/mainforums/mad.gif[/img]
Right now we have a little crisis on motivation and continuing this total conversion. Some of us still wants to continue but there is few who are really on the edge of leaving the team, even our leader, IceFire is tired. [img]http://216.15.145.59/mainforums/frown.gif[/img]
I think we will release a demo, but actually I don't know what happens after that. If we manage to handle this and preventing people from leaving we can perhaps even release a full version but unfortunately progress is damn slow. Right now we all are a bit frustrated but we will continue, at least it looks like so right now.
There is one major reason for developing being so slow, badly sucking tools, like truespace.
[/b][/quote]
CU Falcon
[This message has been edited by Falcon (edited 05-15-2001).]
B5:IFH News [img]http://216.15.145.59/mainforums/smile.gif[/img]
Diese Soundsysteme werden unterstützt:
DirectSound 3D with EAX 1.0 and 2.0
A3D 3.0
Software 3D stereo engine.
RubberEagleWhat's a rubber eagle used for, anyway?
wohoo [img]http://216.15.145.59/mainforums/smile.gif[/img]
hehe... zum glück hab ich miene SBLive! und mein 4.1 Sound system [img]http://216.15.145.59/mainforums/smile.gif[/img]
(und natürlich meinen 900er mit 320 MB RAM und GF2MX und Precision Pro Joystick [img]http://216.15.145.59/mainforums/wink.gif[/img])
[This message has been edited by RubberEagle (edited 05-15-2001).]
B5:IfH braucht Hilfe zum designen eines Logos [url="http://cgi.thegamingunion.co.uk/ubb/Forum32/HTML/000114.html"]http://cgi.thegamingunion.co.uk/ubb/Forum32/HTML/000114.html[/url]
May 14 .2001 - Whew! A long time no see, but hopefully that will change. We were working with me as the Project Leader and X-Omega as webmaster
and that caused some difficulties in updating the site as he wasn't very active. Now he says that he might not have enough time to handle
his job so after a while it will be me updating these pages. At the same time this page is getting a complete workout. I don't know when I'll be having the new layout finished and online (working on my last year in school etc.) but if everything goes smoothly it should be ready in 2-3 weeks.
One new model added (Omega, picture here [url="http://www.kolumbus.fi/virve.eerola/pics.html"]http://www.kolumbus.fi/virve.eerola/pics.html[/url] ) and 3 new models are coming (hopefully soon) : Starfury, Shadow Battlecrab and Warlock.
Our composer said that there are some music tracks just in the FINAL stage and hopefully are released soon.
Also there is an idea that we would do a preview video with the game engine to show how good it is. Still no word about the server...Hopefully soon. Haven't met our PR person in many weeks.
Project Leader
So, this might be the last update to this site by me. Firstly I want to apologise the Project Leader for the delays in updating the site and especially for the record-breaking delay in rendering the video (already four months late). I still intend to render it some time but I don't mind if someone else does it. [img]http://216.15.145.59/mainforums/wink.gif[/img] I'd like to thank the PL for giving me a change in participating in this project and I wish the whole team to succeed in making a good game.
-
I think it tells something about my work that I uploaded the wrong update yesterday. Sorry about that.
Webmaster
Unter [url="http://www.volitionwatch.com/ubb/Forum11/HTML/000227.html"]http://www.volitionwatch.com/ubb/Forum11/HTML/000227.html[/url] gibt es einen Vergleich zwischen dem alten und dem neuen Starfurymodel (Screenshot) vom FS2 Mod
Ein kleines B5:IFH Update [img]http://216.15.145.59/mainforums/smile.gif[/img]
[quote]Originally posted by henrik:
[b]The demo will PROBABLY (not 100 % decided yet) contain one or two single player missions where most of the gameplay and rendering features are completed. We still have the AI to work on. We will do our best to give you something cool, now when the next release has been hyped this much. Please be patient folks. The game is far from finished... One thing that could speed up things is a 2D artist. I have made the HUD details for the Starfury and T-bolt, but it takes up too much of the time I need to put into scripting, modelling and rendering...
A person who is familiar with B5 and is a pro in Photoshop would be of great help.
ST:Armada -- im [url="http://216.15.145.59/mainforums/Forum1/HTML/003985.html"]Hauptforum[/url] gefunden.
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We are one. No matter the blood, no matter the skin, no matter the world, no matter the star. .. We are one.
No matter the pain, no matter the darkness, no matter the loss, no matter the fear. .. We are one.
- Alliance Preamble to the Declaration of Principles, The Paragon of Animals
Webmaster [url="http://www.Sprungtor.de"]www.Sprungtor.de[/url]
[This message has been edited by Language of Hope (edited 05-28-2001).]
unter [url="http://www.clearnet.net/users/campbell/b5/b5main.html"]http://www.clearnet.net/users/campbell/b5/b5main.html[/url] (download sektion)gibts nen demo level für den b5 first person shooter [img]http://216.15.145.59/mainforums/smile.gif[/img]
Hab gerade ne B5 MOD für Armada gefunden.Die ist voll Geil kann ich nur emfehlen.
unter: [url="http://www.modfactory.net/"]http://www.modfactory.net/[/url] [url="http://www.modfactory.net/mirror/babylon5--armada.zip"]http://www.modfactory.net/mirror/babylon5--armada.zip[/url] [img]http://216.15.145.59/mainforums/biggrin.gif[/img] [img]http://216.15.145.59/mainforums/biggrin.gif[/img]
Buda 5 is pleased to announce the release of Buda5:Raiders - a campaign set in the Babylon 5 universe, for the game Independence War.
The campaign features:
-Strong character and story based plot.
-24 challenging, thought provoking missions.
-90 minutes of spoken dialogue by professional actors and talented amateurs
-Over 50 custom ship and station models (many previously unreleased by Buda5)
-In game music and sound effects.
-Custom rendered CGI cutscenes and briefings.
-multiple difficulty options
The campaign works with Independence War and Independence War-Defiance in both software and hardware 3Dfx graphics modes,, however Defiance with a 3Dfx Voodoo graphics card is the recommended platform.
The campaign is available in a two part download (50 meg each):
[url="http://mods.firstones.com/buda5/missions/raiders.zip"]Part one - raiders.zip[/url]
and
[url="http://mods.firstones.com/buda5/missions/raiders2.zip"]Part two - raiders2.zip[/url]
Both parts MUST be downloaded and installed before the campaign may be played.
Please read the important installation and gameplay instructions in the README1ST.TXT file included before installing.
Ok. Other than the current models having a few problems, I can't see a reason to delay the release any longer. If/when we get more models, we can always release an update (as missions are scripted in this release). In fact, I'm sure there's some of you out there who'll be making your own missions anyway .
So the tentative date is next Monday. I should only need a couple of hours to get everything in order but I probably wont get any free time until this weekend.
Thanks for hanging in there everyone! We're finally (almost) there .
Dave
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David MacCormack
B5:FSF project lead, programmer, and composer
and probably others that I'm forgetting [img]http://216.15.145.59/mainforums/smile.gif[/img].
BTW, there's issues w/ the b5fsf ftp acct. but drazi's taking care the things [img]http://216.15.145.59/mainforums/smile.gif[/img].
Dave
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David MacCormack
B5:FSF project lead, programmer, and composer
[quote]Originally posted by MageWolf:
[b]WOW... It's gonna so rock to see those ships. What will those ships be doing? Sitting there? Moving? Will you be able to fire at them? [/b][/quote]
No, still no firing support at this time, but I put a good deal of time in on the physics engine so I think you'll be pleased [img]http://216.15.145.59/mainforums/smile.gif[/img]. I've made a simple scene with the above listed ships (and there are a few more not listed there), but I don't want to describe it here -- I'd rather you see it fresh. I will say that everything is textured, B5 and the omega have their respective rotating sections, and when you first go into the game, accelerate to the right (just off the side of b5) and hang there for a minute.
Also, after you've explored the current scene, you can always edit it [img]http://216.15.145.59/mainforums/smile.gif[/img]! I've had a few ideas, but you all will have a 1,000,000 more I'm sure. Be creative and have fun.
Dave
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David MacCormack
B5:FSF project lead, programmer, and composer
[This message has been edited by Alpha-1 (edited 06-05-2001).]
RubberEagleWhat's a rubber eagle used for, anyway?
Die neue B5:FSF Version is online [img]http://216.15.145.59/mainforums/smile.gif[/img] [url="http://216.15.145.59/modsforums/Forum7/HTML/000174.html"]http://216.15.145.59/modsforums/Forum7/HTML/000174.html[/url]
Es gibt nen kl Patch für die raider Kampagne [img]http://216.15.145.59/mainforums/smile.gif[/img] [url="http://216.15.145.59/modsforums/Forum4/HTML/000383.html"]http://216.15.145.59/modsforums/Forum4/HTML/000383.html[/url]
RubberEagleWhat's a rubber eagle used for, anyway?
Oleg told me that I should update you, guys, on my work on the game engine. ÎÊ... But it's not so visually appealing such as work of him or Henrik's or Smasher's, so don't mind that it'll be just a plain text [img]http://216.15.145.59/mainforums/smile.gif[/img]
Last month I was redesigning and rewriting the game's flight model. Now I can announce that it's done and true newtonian/inertial/zero-g/you-name-it flight is implemented. Control methods and modes remain pretty much the same (cruise or guided mode for simple flight and inertial or free mode for advanced maneuring), but what's inside makes a difference.
Now every ship in it's motion only depends on it's engines (which are working against the mass and inertia momentum of that particular ship). Your ship's computer analyses your pitch, yaw, throttle and other control settings and decides how it could be achieved with current set of working engines (initially, all of them
are considered working, but with the progress of the mission - who knows).
So, for example, if your starfury suddenly loses engines on the upper right wing, you'll notice that left turns are harder to make that right ones... Futhermore, if you lose another one on the right *or* on the top, you'll not be able to move stright forward... And so on... So, try to keep your engines in the working order [img]http://216.15.145.59/mainforums/smile.gif[/img]
Any questions are welcome [img]http://216.15.145.59/mainforums/smile.gif[/img][/b][/quote]
Hat sich schon jemand die Railder kampagne runtergeladen?
ich finde sie ja sehr gelungen, besser wie die letzte.
Läuft die neue version von B5:FSF bei euch?
bei mir (K6-2/400, 160MB Ram, Voodoo4) ruckelt es furchtbar [img]http://216.15.145.59/mainforums/frown.gif[/img]
[quote]Originally posted by Andy La Rubin:
[b][i]Imagine the situation - You fury has been hit by somebody and... so far, so bad [img]http://216.15.145.59/mainforums/frown.gif[/img] ... fury's top left engine blowed up! (and you just flyed towards). Will the fury change it's course cause of destoyed engine (cause we have a boom impulse) or not? ;-)[/i]
There will be definitely impulses due collisions and other damage and even recoils from your own cannons [img]http://216.15.145.59/mainforums/wink.gif[/img]
Futhermore - I'm planning to relay all these impulses into force feedback device (if only I could get MS Sidewinder or something similar for testing)...
[i]Is the engine generic or ship-specific? E.g. is it only fury-specific?[/i]
The main effort was to make it as generic as possible (and that required a lot of math)
[i]Or can the same engine can be used for all fighters, i.e. with a different configuration (matrix of engines, where each element in the matrix has the max thrust of the engine, its orientation, distance from center of mass, fighter's mass[/i]
Add ship's inertia momentum along X, Y and Z axes and you'll get our matrix for engine setup [img]http://216.15.145.59/mainforums/smile.gif[/img]
NOW it will be pain in the butt for our modellers (and me, I suppose) to actually DESIGN all there B5 ships in terms of actual ability to flight. Because only starfury and thunderbolt have obvious engine set which *will* work. Aside gravimetric ships, all the other ships have definite problems here - there are no (visible) forward engines, no rotatinal thrusters etc... We have to figure something out (and any help on that matter would be appreciated).
[i]fuel consumption if applicable, etc.?)[/i]
Fuel consumtion is in consideration. We think that it'll add another degree of realism *and* playability in the game. But be afraid - you'll be able to run out of fuel...
Comments
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We are one. No matter the blood, no matter the skin, no matter the world, no matter the star. .. We are one.
No matter the pain, no matter the darkness, no matter the loss, no matter the fear. .. We are one.
- Alliance Preamble to the Declaration of Principles, The Paragon of Animals
Webmaster [url="http://www.Sprungtor.de"]www.Sprungtor.de[/url]
Ich spreche von den News zu B5:FPS. Ich denke mal FPS wird ja wohl für First Person Shooter stehen und nicht für frames per second. Ich kann mich aber nicht erinnern von dem Projekt schon mal gehört zu haben. Das einzige was in die Richtung ginge wäre "Shadows in the Night", aber ich denke der MOD ist eingestellt worden. Also hilft mir bitte auf die Sprünge und sagt mir was es mit B5:FPS auf sich hat. Ne URL wäre auch nicht schlecht. Danke.
Wo ich gerade am Fragenstellen bin, was meinst Du mit B5MG, RubberEagle?
CU Falcon
es ist ein anderes Projekt [img]http://216.15.145.59/mainforums/smile.gif[/img]
Just as info, the Raider campaign has gone to beta test.
And no, we don't need any testers.
[quote]Originally posted by Mr. Fury:
[b]
I have worked with Freespace2 B5 total conversion team for some time now, and I am not very proud to annouce that things does not look good at this time.
Some of us have worked with this mod for about two years now, and what we have now? Not even a demo! [img]http://216.15.145.59/mainforums/mad.gif[/img]
Right now we have a little crisis on motivation and continuing this total conversion. Some of us still wants to continue but there is few who are really on the edge of leaving the team, even our leader, IceFire is tired. [img]http://216.15.145.59/mainforums/frown.gif[/img]
I think we will release a demo, but actually I don't know what happens after that. If we manage to handle this and preventing people from leaving we can perhaps even release a full version but unfortunately progress is damn slow. Right now we all are a bit frustrated but we will continue, at least it looks like so right now.
There is one major reason for developing being so slow, badly sucking tools, like truespace.
[/b][/quote]
CU Falcon
[This message has been edited by Falcon (edited 05-15-2001).]
Diese Soundsysteme werden unterstützt:
DirectSound 3D with EAX 1.0 and 2.0
A3D 3.0
Software 3D stereo engine.
hehe... zum glück hab ich miene SBLive! und mein 4.1 Sound system [img]http://216.15.145.59/mainforums/smile.gif[/img]
(und natürlich meinen 900er mit 320 MB RAM und GF2MX und Precision Pro Joystick [img]http://216.15.145.59/mainforums/wink.gif[/img])
[This message has been edited by RubberEagle (edited 05-15-2001).]
May 14 .2001 - Whew! A long time no see, but hopefully that will change. We were working with me as the Project Leader and X-Omega as webmaster
and that caused some difficulties in updating the site as he wasn't very active. Now he says that he might not have enough time to handle
his job so after a while it will be me updating these pages. At the same time this page is getting a complete workout. I don't know when I'll be having the new layout finished and online (working on my last year in school etc.) but if everything goes smoothly it should be ready in 2-3 weeks.
One new model added (Omega, picture here [url="http://www.kolumbus.fi/virve.eerola/pics.html"]http://www.kolumbus.fi/virve.eerola/pics.html[/url] ) and 3 new models are coming (hopefully soon) : Starfury, Shadow Battlecrab and Warlock.
Our composer said that there are some music tracks just in the FINAL stage and hopefully are released soon.
Also there is an idea that we would do a preview video with the game engine to show how good it is. Still no word about the server...Hopefully soon. Haven't met our PR person in many weeks.
Project Leader
So, this might be the last update to this site by me. Firstly I want to apologise the Project Leader for the delays in updating the site and especially for the record-breaking delay in rendering the video (already four months late). I still intend to render it some time but I don't mind if someone else does it. [img]http://216.15.145.59/mainforums/wink.gif[/img] I'd like to thank the PL for giving me a change in participating in this project and I wish the whole team to succeed in making a good game.
-
I think it tells something about my work that I uploaded the wrong update yesterday. Sorry about that.
Webmaster
[quote]Originally posted by henrik:
[b]The demo will PROBABLY (not 100 % decided yet) contain one or two single player missions where most of the gameplay and rendering features are completed. We still have the AI to work on. We will do our best to give you something cool, now when the next release has been hyped this much. Please be patient folks. The game is far from finished... One thing that could speed up things is a 2D artist. I have made the HUD details for the Starfury and T-bolt, but it takes up too much of the time I need to put into scripting, modelling and rendering...
A person who is familiar with B5 and is a pro in Photoshop would be of great help.
cheers!
Henrik[/b][/quote]
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We are one. No matter the blood, no matter the skin, no matter the world, no matter the star. .. We are one.
No matter the pain, no matter the darkness, no matter the loss, no matter the fear. .. We are one.
- Alliance Preamble to the Declaration of Principles, The Paragon of Animals
Webmaster [url="http://www.Sprungtor.de"]www.Sprungtor.de[/url]
[This message has been edited by Language of Hope (edited 05-28-2001).]
unter: [url="http://www.modfactory.net/"]http://www.modfactory.net/[/url] [url="http://www.modfactory.net/mirror/babylon5--armada.zip"]http://www.modfactory.net/mirror/babylon5--armada.zip[/url] [img]http://216.15.145.59/mainforums/biggrin.gif[/img] [img]http://216.15.145.59/mainforums/biggrin.gif[/img]
Buda 5 is pleased to announce the release of Buda5:Raiders - a campaign set in the Babylon 5 universe, for the game Independence War.
The campaign features:
-Strong character and story based plot.
-24 challenging, thought provoking missions.
-90 minutes of spoken dialogue by professional actors and talented amateurs
-Over 50 custom ship and station models (many previously unreleased by Buda5)
-In game music and sound effects.
-Custom rendered CGI cutscenes and briefings.
-multiple difficulty options
The campaign works with Independence War and Independence War-Defiance in both software and hardware 3Dfx graphics modes,, however Defiance with a 3Dfx Voodoo graphics card is the recommended platform.
The campaign is available in a two part download (50 meg each):
[url="http://mods.firstones.com/buda5/missions/raiders.zip"]Part one - raiders.zip[/url]
and
[url="http://mods.firstones.com/buda5/missions/raiders2.zip"]Part two - raiders2.zip[/url]
Both parts MUST be downloaded and installed before the campaign may be played.
Please read the important installation and gameplay instructions in the README1ST.TXT file included before installing.
Thank you for supporting Buda5.
Enjoy!
-JohnCS 5/30/2001
[url="http://mods.firstones.com/buda5"]Buda 5[/url]
So the tentative date is next Monday. I should only need a couple of hours to get everything in order but I probably wont get any free time until this weekend.
Thanks for hanging in there everyone! We're finally (almost) there .
Dave
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David MacCormack
B5:FSF project lead, programmer, and composer
So langsam scheinen sich ja dann mal ein paar Projekte dem Ende zu zubewegen und man bekommt endlich mal was fertiges zu sehen.
CU Falcon
[b]Es tut sich mal wieder was im MOD-Land. [img]http://216.15.145.59/mainforums/smile.gif[/img]
So langsam scheinen sich ja dann mal ein paar Projekte dem Ende zu zubewegen und man bekommt endlich mal was fertiges zu sehen.
CU Falcon[/b][/quote]
Ja,In der Tat!
[b]Would it be possible for u guys to post a ship list for me for the next release??[/b][/quote]
brakcruiser
nial
b5
starfury
hyperion
sharlin
narn fighter
omega
vorchan
and probably others that I'm forgetting [img]http://216.15.145.59/mainforums/smile.gif[/img].
BTW, there's issues w/ the b5fsf ftp acct. but drazi's taking care the things [img]http://216.15.145.59/mainforums/smile.gif[/img].
Dave
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David MacCormack
B5:FSF project lead, programmer, and composer
[quote]Originally posted by MageWolf:
[b]WOW... It's gonna so rock to see those ships. What will those ships be doing? Sitting there? Moving? Will you be able to fire at them? [/b][/quote]
No, still no firing support at this time, but I put a good deal of time in on the physics engine so I think you'll be pleased [img]http://216.15.145.59/mainforums/smile.gif[/img]. I've made a simple scene with the above listed ships (and there are a few more not listed there), but I don't want to describe it here -- I'd rather you see it fresh. I will say that everything is textured, B5 and the omega have their respective rotating sections, and when you first go into the game, accelerate to the right (just off the side of b5) and hang there for a minute.
Also, after you've explored the current scene, you can always edit it [img]http://216.15.145.59/mainforums/smile.gif[/img]! I've had a few ideas, but you all will have a 1,000,000 more I'm sure. Be creative and have fun.
Dave
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David MacCormack
B5:FSF project lead, programmer, and composer
[This message has been edited by Alpha-1 (edited 06-05-2001).]
*zieh*
Es gibt nen kl Patch für die raider Kampagne [img]http://216.15.145.59/mainforums/smile.gif[/img] [url="http://216.15.145.59/modsforums/Forum4/HTML/000383.html"]http://216.15.145.59/modsforums/Forum4/HTML/000383.html[/url]
[quote]Originally posted by Andy La Rubin:
[b]Hi
Oleg told me that I should update you, guys, on my work on the game engine. ÎÊ... But it's not so visually appealing such as work of him or Henrik's or Smasher's, so don't mind that it'll be just a plain text [img]http://216.15.145.59/mainforums/smile.gif[/img]
Last month I was redesigning and rewriting the game's flight model. Now I can announce that it's done and true newtonian/inertial/zero-g/you-name-it flight is implemented. Control methods and modes remain pretty much the same (cruise or guided mode for simple flight and inertial or free mode for advanced maneuring), but what's inside makes a difference.
Now every ship in it's motion only depends on it's engines (which are working against the mass and inertia momentum of that particular ship). Your ship's computer analyses your pitch, yaw, throttle and other control settings and decides how it could be achieved with current set of working engines (initially, all of them
are considered working, but with the progress of the mission - who knows).
So, for example, if your starfury suddenly loses engines on the upper right wing, you'll notice that left turns are harder to make that right ones... Futhermore, if you lose another one on the right *or* on the top, you'll not be able to move stright forward... And so on... So, try to keep your engines in the working order [img]http://216.15.145.59/mainforums/smile.gif[/img]
Any questions are welcome [img]http://216.15.145.59/mainforums/smile.gif[/img][/b][/quote]
ich finde sie ja sehr gelungen, besser wie die letzte.
Läuft die neue version von B5:FSF bei euch?
bei mir (K6-2/400, 160MB Ram, Voodoo4) ruckelt es furchtbar [img]http://216.15.145.59/mainforums/frown.gif[/img]
[quote]Originally posted by Andy La Rubin:
[b][i]Imagine the situation - You fury has been hit by somebody and... so far, so bad [img]http://216.15.145.59/mainforums/frown.gif[/img] ... fury's top left engine blowed up! (and you just flyed towards). Will the fury change it's course cause of destoyed engine (cause we have a boom impulse) or not? ;-)[/i]
There will be definitely impulses due collisions and other damage and even recoils from your own cannons [img]http://216.15.145.59/mainforums/wink.gif[/img]
Futhermore - I'm planning to relay all these impulses into force feedback device (if only I could get MS Sidewinder or something similar for testing)...
[i]Is the engine generic or ship-specific? E.g. is it only fury-specific?[/i]
The main effort was to make it as generic as possible (and that required a lot of math)
[i]Or can the same engine can be used for all fighters, i.e. with a different configuration (matrix of engines, where each element in the matrix has the max thrust of the engine, its orientation, distance from center of mass, fighter's mass[/i]
Add ship's inertia momentum along X, Y and Z axes and you'll get our matrix for engine setup [img]http://216.15.145.59/mainforums/smile.gif[/img]
NOW it will be pain in the butt for our modellers (and me, I suppose) to actually DESIGN all there B5 ships in terms of actual ability to flight. Because only starfury and thunderbolt have obvious engine set which *will* work. Aside gravimetric ships, all the other ships have definite problems here - there are no (visible) forward engines, no rotatinal thrusters etc... We have to figure something out (and any help on that matter would be appreciated).
[i]fuel consumption if applicable, etc.?)[/i]
Fuel consumtion is in consideration. We think that it'll add another degree of realism *and* playability in the game. But be afraid - you'll be able to run out of fuel...
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