kill engine

Sat Aug 02, 2003 8:09 pm by kimk

i was thinking - well, quarter - thinking whether this would be a spoiler but decided against it.
you know the engine kill option? by default its 'z'. it kills your engine and lets you go in the same direction in disregard to whever you'r facing at the same speed-with very little deceleration. i was thinking, if you afterburn a short while, just to get you up to 200, then lock the kill engine, you'd keep going at 200 with little need to maintain that speed. then that would kill the need to get advanced afterburners that give you 125 time thingo.

Sat Aug 02, 2003 8:15 pm by Puke Barwalker

So does it work???

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Sat Aug 02, 2003 9:22 pm by render

this is a really fun trik

adrian M. *u*

Sat Aug 02, 2003 10:46 pm by 0bSiDe0

Yup.

Try using it when you don't feel like taking out that last wave of bounty hunters that keep disrupting your cruise.... Burn away from them then e-kill and turn around to face them while still traveling away.

"To the last, I grapple with thee..." -Melville

Sun Aug 03, 2003 5:35 pm by kimk

the thinking bit is only how i thought it'd be a spoiler, but maybe not. and i find this quite useful. e-kill and you can save up quite a bit on afterburner fuels.

Sun Aug 03, 2003 10:19 pm by volodja

it's very useful. and those dumb ai-ships doesn't
turn on their cruise engines to catch you.

it's the easiest way to get out of a fight.

Mon Aug 04, 2003 5:36 am by JJX12

Cool never thought of that

i ate a booger so you ate a turd.

Mon Aug 04, 2003 6:14 am by Maverick88

its useful when u trying to run and cant use cruise and have to recharge afterburners

Mon Aug 04, 2003 3:16 pm by DragonBreath

u can even go 300 and shoot around in the unmodded game.

go first to cruise speed and press th e-kill button and shoot around...

Mon Aug 04, 2003 6:05 pm by Lutz

Yep, works with cruises too. Fire them up, e-kill, and turn freely. All weapons armed at 300 (Although it ticks down slowly)
However if you use ANY thrusters (Strafing included) you lose the speed. But you can turn.
Spolier!!!!
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Handy trick on Tekagi's Arch. Use it to fly past the cruiser and launch about 6 torps on the way. The sheer speed will keep you safe for the first pass.

If it wasn't for the inky blackness of the night you wouldn't appreciate the brilliance of the stars...

Mon Aug 04, 2003 7:59 pm by NukeIt

Engine kill for combat is much more "realistic" in that you have to counter-thrust to slow and turn around. Much more fun.

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Mon Aug 04, 2003 9:27 pm by Lutz

Yeah but Elite frontier had "realtic" combat and that was the worst space sim since Space Invaders.

Tue Aug 05, 2003 6:24 am by Giyom_65

I tried this early in the game because I played Tachyon:The Fringe quite extensively, and there was an option to toogle this more realistic flight behaviour in Tachyon.
It is quite logical that CD don't work since your are moving on an acquired speed, you don't need thrust unless you want to alter course or speed. CD are suppose to prevent your engine from working. When using engine kill, your engine does not function anyway.

Wed Aug 06, 2003 1:45 am by Orillion.

Cool, thx for the tip

Wed Aug 06, 2003 4:52 pm by Frobozz

Ya, I loved Tachyon:The Fringe and it's Slide function. Worked a whole lot better with the Joystick than FL Kill Engine!

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