3d??

Sat Mar 08, 2003 2:19 am by Dawn

You know what i realized now?? The Game is a 3d game (i knew it before now i really know) cause all of the systems and the whole universe is build in 2d. all the stations are on one height. they could have build 3 dimensional e.g. tradelanes going in 3 dimensions and not only in 2. i hope you know what i mean.
how long was that game in development?? i heard 7 years. what did they do all the time. cause if you can build in 3d (which would make the game more like a Space simulation) you get problems with the nav map. i think i shouldn´t be a problem for digital anvil to create a 3d nav map.

or did they made it in 2d because of the difficulty to navigate in 3 dimensions? someone knows?

Wouldn´t it be cool to fly in 3 dimensions? through tradelanes etc?

Dawn

Sat Mar 08, 2003 2:54 am by DataDroid

For reference, take a look at our own solar system, even at the galaxy. They're both roughly in a single plane, so it would only make sense for the gameplay to take place on one general plane as well.

BTW, why is this in the Editing forum?

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Sat Mar 08, 2003 3:28 am by Apocalypse

Actually there are some objekts that are up to +/- 8k off the the plane.while the maps are about +/- 100k at the x and y axis.

The reason for not using much hight in the game is, that it gets easier for the player to navigate. Imagine you would have to make a 3d search pattern on a map to look for hidden stuff, it would be a real mess, and you would have to search about the actual space ² to find anything, this would make a huge difference. and you would needed I guess just to search one whole system for all 5 hours. To find everything I guess over 10000 hours (assuming now 100 hours to find really everything) would be needed ... still want to have 3d space

imo this would be simply to boring, you would get rewared not often enough for searching a system for secrets. Though it would make the game definatly A LOT longer

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