Where did all the gravity go?

Wed Apr 23, 2003 8:37 am by MSensei

What's the dealy yo. Everything has mass but nothing has attraction.
Anyone have a clue about this? I think gravity was taken out because it sure looks like the variables are there for it.

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Wed Apr 23, 2003 5:32 pm by prplx

i think mass is only used for recoil from collisions.

There is no gravity anywhere in FL, afaik

i prplx

Wed Apr 23, 2003 5:44 pm by Ut

Mass determines acceleration of ships, as well.
Raise the mass without raising the engine force, and it takes longer to accelerate.
It will also decrease handling a little bit (though not much).

Wed Apr 23, 2003 8:29 pm by Havikar

yea it would be cool if there was gravity so you could sling shot around planets

Wed Apr 23, 2003 9:29 pm by Glitch

Yeah, cool, but if you're going to slow than SPLAT!!

Wed Apr 23, 2003 9:42 pm by MSensei

So we are all of the opinion that there is no hope right?

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Thu Apr 24, 2003 3:28 pm by bramcor

The Elite games fx. used a Newtonian (smartass word - I learnt it on an Elite fan-site

flightengine that allowed for sligshots and stuff like that, but fighting was really lousy because you had to do it while flying a zillion miles per hour - Freelancer and lots of other games just "forgets" about gravity because it makes it more funny to play ..

I dunno what I would have liked best - but a Newtonian engine isn't very user freindly.

Thu Apr 24, 2003 5:27 pm by MSensei

Thanks for all the great feedback, i'm not depressed but at least I got some cool feedback

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