Wingtip Vortex in space?

Tue Mar 04, 2003 7:52 pm by Fox2

Why? no air, the faster you go the more prononnced?
Contrail from the engine ok, but this is at the wingtips.

Food for thought.

Tue Mar 04, 2003 8:03 pm by 2KoRn

Thats just like the no-sound issue, its just so you have more sense of how fast you'r flying -and coolness...

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Tue Mar 04, 2003 8:25 pm by Rheinland Destroyer

Actually,there is a technical reason as I understand it is there because when using engine-kill manuevers in the game it is much easier to discern in which direction your going since you don't have the thruster trail anymore & you'd know if engine kill is off or on.

Tue Mar 04, 2003 11:28 pm by Fox2

I thought about the engine kill too, but with all the stuff flying by I never have a problem with were I am going.

Wed Mar 05, 2003 12:02 am by yemeth

Maybe it's the 1 Hydrogen atom, that exists per square meter space, lighting up at the tip of the wings

Wed Mar 05, 2003 12:32 am by Rogueone

maybe it's a smoke canister, like the ones on the Blue Angels and Thunderbirds planes they use to look all cool during shows

it's a "pretty" thing

But really, I believe it's simply so you know when you are turning normal versus strafing versus turning around with engine kill on. But at the same time, it just LOOKS cool, so why not

And someone somewhere here was mentioning there may be a reason for sound in space

And if you really think about it, space isn't empty. There are gases, atoms, molecules etc. in space. The difference is there is much much much more distance between each particle of whatever, so you can't tell their there without instrumentation

Figure, all that crap the Sun spews out with a solar flare has to "travel" thru space to arrive in our atmosphere, so there is "stuff" in space just like there is "stuff" in the air we breath, even if we can't "see" it

So, maybe there is some sound in space. But a lot of what you really hear is sound transferred thru the ship's hull. Vibration that is transferred to audible sound inside the cabin. But either way, would you rather have a game with NO sound? How boring would that be? ugh!

regards,

RogueOne

Wed Mar 05, 2003 12:59 am by AstralKnight

No sound in space either........and ships wouldn't turn on a dime either because in space you have little to no friction to slow down and inertia takes over.....the list goes on and on.

but hey, it's just a game.

I think the wingtip vortices look nice.

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