"Cockpits ARE back in."

Tue Feb 18, 2003 1:17 pm by Braxton

Not my words, but it's EXACTLY what Omega and Tachyon said in the 'Gravity Wells' thread. (hence the quotation marks in the subject heading)

Tach, Omega, if you're so certain that you can just declare it like that, how about you say a little about it, as you must obviously know something. I can bet there are many others here interested in hearing about this.

Tue Feb 18, 2003 1:25 pm by ElectricBrain

....didnt we tell you guys this already weeks ago ever since the NDA was lifted?

Heck, we even HINTED at it before the NDA was lifted!

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Edited by - ElectricBrain on 18-02-2003 13:25:50

Tue Feb 18, 2003 1:37 pm by Braxton

I haven't read that many posts recently, so it was probably mentioned in one of the many I didn't read. All I remember is a bunch of sad people complaining about it not being there.

What, the people here already know? I feel like such a

Tue Feb 18, 2003 4:04 pm by Tachyon

Not to mention the hundreds of people getting the latest PR build from GameStop.

Tue Feb 18, 2003 5:03 pm by Wizard

Dude, old news

"God bless this acid house!"
"I was near the scene of another crime at the time, officer."

Tue Feb 18, 2003 5:50 pm by Peet-Air

You cant hear good news too many times

Tue Feb 18, 2003 5:51 pm by WhiteTiger

Ummm...

To me there is a big difference between "cockpit view " and " strut view". In Privateer and the earlier Wing Commander games ( up to WC3 I think ) you had a true "cockpit view". The " cockpit view" gave a nice feel to the game...but the "no cockpit view" made it easier for combat. The one nice thing about Privateer was getting your next upgrade of ship from the very limited view you had with the Tarius. This added some more realistic feel to the game.

Tue Feb 18, 2003 10:32 pm by Cypher Pack

The PR build has te struts view, it looks nice too. I actually like the 3d person view just as much as the struts. I usually don't like the 3d person view for space sims but in Freelancer it is just as good to me. The ship steers aamazingly well for a mouse controlled scheme.

Tue Feb 18, 2003 11:41 pm by Tachyon

WhiteTiger, it is cockpit view. They're not simply struts, most of the cockpit actually is modeled. Before freelook was taken out (rest in piece) you could look around to a degree and see a lot more of it. There aren't any controls or displays in it because they're all in your eye, the neuronet. Look how unreliable that guages and stuff are. In space sims where they have them, they're always getting cracked and blown up and stuff. With the neuronet, you don't have to worry about that, or a piece of glass flying up and hitting you in the eye

Wed Feb 19, 2003 3:22 am by Chad44

hahahah

Even though there gone i will carry on there ideas in freelancer LONG LIVE THE COALITION

Wed Feb 19, 2003 9:45 am by Eraser

Heh he, you always have a nice way of putting it Tach

And Braxton, where the hell have you been ?

Wed Feb 19, 2003 12:55 pm by mustang

Hey Tach, did they give you Beta guys a reason for removing the freelook feature?? I did see that displayed in one of the vids and I thought it would have been a real nice feature.

Ah, she's built like a steak house but she handles like a bistro. - Zapp Brannigan

Wed Feb 19, 2003 10:49 pm by Tachyon

Nope. Apparently it was replaced by turret view. Oh well, it used to work and it was cooler. :\

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