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Gwailar
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Posted - 2014.10.09 17:28:00 -
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1) There's no atmosphere in space. 2) Spaceships don't rely on wings for lift and maneuvering. 3) Having ships bank into their turns during warp align is distinctly like atmospheric flight, not like spaceflight. 4) EVE has lots of really big ships with no wings at all. Currently when they align, they bank hard like full on fighter jets.
Having ships bank doesn't look terrible with some smaller ships (like the Condor) because they're fast and maybe look sort of fighterish.
But big ships roll around like stupid whales for no reason. It looks terrible.
Now that caps and supers are going to be using gates, I'm having terrible visions of the most powerful vessels in New Eden rolling around like walruses on a waterbed every time they align to their next jump.
It's high time warp alignment animation is adjusted to get rid of the ridiculous roll, basically for anything that isn't a frigate or cruiser, but especially for caps and above.
Posted with a nod to this suggestion. "Mmmmm. PoonWaffles."-á-á --Mittens the Cat |
Gwailar
School of Applied Knowledge Caldari State
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Posted - 2014.10.09 18:01:00 -
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Komi Toran wrote:So, you would rather the force vector send your meal into a wall, rather than pushing it firmly down on the table in front of you. Personally, I don't want to have spend more money on janitors to clean the last batch of janitors that get flung into a bulkhead every time I align out from Jita. Well, if New Eden spaceship technology doesn't include internal gravity and also inertia dampers, I would say the few paltry Gs pulled during an alignment turn are the least of your worries, seeing as you immediately accelerate to warp velocity. Hope your janitors have enough spatulas to scrape everybody off the rear bulkheads.
I mean, my assumption was that all the thousands of people on these ships actually get to walk around and stuff, sipping Romulan ale and playing three-dimensional chess in Ten Forward, rather than wearing G-suits and strapping in all the time. "Mmmmm. PoonWaffles."-á-á --Mittens the Cat |
Gwailar
School of Applied Knowledge Caldari State
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Posted - 2014.10.09 18:14:00 -
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Oi. I feel like I just got nerdgasm splooged.
The idea that all the occupants of these ships are subject to G forces from ship movements is 1) stupid, 2) irrelevant.
The bottom line is that the current one-size-fits-all warp align animation roll looks really bad and out of place on the big vessels. It can't be terribly difficult to fix from a technical point of view. Finding a better looking alternative is probably the challenge.
Still, it's worth doing.
Star Destroyers don't roll every time they turn. The Enterprise doesn't roll every time it turns. Ditto for Battlestars.
EVE's big vessels should operate the same way as those ships. "Mmmmm. PoonWaffles."-á-á --Mittens the Cat |
Gwailar
School of Applied Knowledge Caldari State
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Posted - 2014.10.09 18:34:00 -
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Agondray wrote:1. what does there being no atmosphere in space have to with it? Sigh. Airplanes bank when they turn because the lift provided by airflow across their wing surfaces facilitates the turn.
Agondray wrote:2. spaceships dont have wings? tell star trek that since you want to quote them with romulan ale and 10-forward Sigh. In English, the words "Spaceships don't rely on wings for lift and maneuvering" do not mean the same thing as the words "spaceships don't have wings."
Agondray wrote:3. perhaps the banking the ships have to do is to align maneuvering thrusters around so it can push the way you want to go, every seen the shuttle discovery fire thrusters other then its main engine? i have, even satellites use it too Sigh. Shuttlecraft and satellites are poor analogies for starships bigger than skyscrapers.
Obviously thrusters are involved. The question is, in the absence of wing surfaces using airflow to roll naturally, why would a starship have a special set of thrusters who's entire function was to cause the ship to roll needlessly back and forth?
"Mmmmm. PoonWaffles."-á-á --Mittens the Cat |
Gwailar
School of Applied Knowledge Caldari State
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Posted - 2014.10.10 13:30:00 -
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Trolls. Trolls I say! All of you.
The fact that people are not clamoring for this change has opened up my eyes to how terrible CCP is. If they don't fix this null will be ruined forever by the awfulness of walrus cap fleets. You hear me CCP? That's seven unsubs!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! "Mmmmm. PoonWaffles."-á-á --Mittens the Cat |
Gwailar
School of Applied Knowledge Caldari State
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Posted - 2014.10.10 14:28:00 -
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Petre en Thielles wrote:In EVE, warp drives are technically always online, even when you are not mid-warp. The lore states that the online, but inactive warp drive creates a slight drag on the ship, causing motion to act in a way simulating fluid dynamics as opposed to movement through a vacuum.
That is (lore-wise) why ships bank and roll.
Aha. Good to know! Although . . . definitely a narrative cop out.
Do you have a link? "Mmmmm. PoonWaffles."-á-á --Mittens the Cat |
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