Space cities

Mon Nov 03, 2003 12:36 am by Zenda

Hello,

I haven't been around for long, so please forgive me if this idea has already been discussed.

Seeing how new bases and other solar objects can 'easily' be created, it ocurred to me that one could build a space city. Basically, it would just be a lot of large objects close together, but you would need a huge amount of them for any realism. You could use dockable bases, storage depots, communication satelites, anything. With proper placing you can create 'streets' and 'squares'.

Such a space city would provide a new environment to trade and do combat. Manouvering would be restricted like in dense asteroid fields, but in a more 'dependable' and thus usable way (once you know your way around). It would, I hope, introduce more tactics.

This would be a lot of work, and I'm not sure how much the game would be able to hande, performance-wise. And I won't be making a mod for FL myself, so if anyone wants to try this out, please do.

- Zenda

Mon Nov 03, 2003 1:16 am by DJscratchman

sounds cool, havent heard it before

Mon Nov 03, 2003 4:59 am by Imagine

I like! I wonder how hard it will hit game performance though. I hear it is hard to position bases and gates exactly, though.

Edited by - Imagine on 03-11-2003 05:00:35

Mon Nov 03, 2003 8:25 am by Plague

I'd imagine it could be done as one solid model with a few seperate pieces representing the parts you can dock with, and shouldn't be too much of a performence hit, since a bunch of rectangles has less polies then a bunch of asteroids.

Mon Nov 03, 2003 9:40 am by Sir Spectre

It sounds like a throwaway thought I had a long time ago in response to someone elses thread. I posed the thought that maybe an entire system could be the inside of a station like the DeathStar, so we could fly into it and destroy the center powerplant.

This is not to detract from yours, for I really like your idea! Separately, you should check out a thread called Ring World Development Thread by Giskard. Anyway, it's not an internal station, I don't think, but it does link a lot of stuff together in a giant circle around the system. So if you want ideas or to ask advice how to pull this great idea of yours off go to that thread.

Sir Spectre

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Mon Nov 03, 2003 2:41 pm by 323K13L

there are currently several tiny 'space cities' in the game composing of 2 or 3 bases, such as out side manhatten and canterbury station in N. London, but with more than that things would start to get fun!

<the guy formerly known as Deth Bird>

Mon Nov 03, 2003 7:45 pm by blaXXer

rally good one!!! can'T wait to see some specs/ screenies...

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