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Mox

Post Mon Feb 17, 2003 10:11 pm

Gravity Wells

Just wondering if you can slingshot around gravity wells to get your velocity to increase? I read somewhere that your velocity in Freelancer was constant, which would imply that you couldnt but I can hope can't I?

Post Mon Feb 17, 2003 10:41 pm

Haven't heard anything about this, sorry. I have the PR beta and I haven't seen anything like a gravity well.

Mav

Post Mon Feb 17, 2003 10:44 pm

I don't think there is Mox....I haven't experienced anything like that....

Post Mon Feb 17, 2003 11:02 pm

No-one's stopping you from hoping...but it will just cause unecessary disappointment. I can assume beyond a reasonable doubt that there will be nothing like that in FL...maybe the next one, but not this one.

Yeah, like those people believing that 3D cockpits would be reintegrated between the beta and the final release version. I heard a few of you saying you were 'confident' of it being put back in. It's obvious that DA have deliberately removed it, and I can assume that they have their reasons...whether you agree with them or not is irrelevant, it doesn't change anything.

Okay, all I'm saying is that you should keep your expectations low...or at least prevent them from getting ludicrusly high. If they're high, even though you enjoy the game, it may not be quite as you hoped. But if they're low, you could be in for a pleasant surprise. At least that's what I think.

Post Mon Feb 17, 2003 11:13 pm

Cockpits ARE back in

Post Mon Feb 17, 2003 11:17 pm

and my hopes were ludicrously high, and they were fufilled :-D

I am Krang the all-powerful! I have never been defeated!

Post Mon Feb 17, 2003 11:29 pm

i have read all the previews i could find and i have never heard anything about being able to use gravity wells to slingshot yourself, but i have heard that black holes will most likely be in the game so you never know.

I rule the world incognito!

Post Mon Feb 17, 2003 11:36 pm

Well, good for you Krang. I hope that also applies to the rest of you when you get your hands on it.

Omega, you sounded certain...where did you get that from? I mean did you read it somewhere, or was it in the PR demo...or something like that? Actually I hope you're right, that's something I would kinda like to see in the game...but I don't want to put my hopes up until I know for certain.

Post Mon Feb 17, 2003 11:52 pm

Gravity is constant everywhere. No gravity wells.

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Post Tue Feb 18, 2003 12:04 am

Cockpits are back in.

Post Tue Feb 18, 2003 12:17 am

you see that its in italic must mean its true!

oh yeah and Tach said it so...

Post Tue Feb 18, 2003 7:35 am

if you go to the manchester system in britonia, or whatever that system is called, and search around the upper-middle part of the grid you will find a gravity whole that allows you to jump to another system in britonia. you can confirm this by hitting F8 in the game and checking under your stats to see if you have found any of the gravity wholes (or whatever they are called). next time i play, which will probably be tommorrow evening, ill double check the grid location and post it here.

Post Tue Feb 18, 2003 4:10 pm

They're called jump holes, aside from taking you to another system they don't actually affect your ship though.

Post Tue Feb 18, 2003 4:38 pm

There are recent videos of FL with the cockpit struts back in.

Post Tue Feb 18, 2003 4:40 pm

Where? I wanna see them!

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