Star Citizen Dogfighting Alpha - IT'S FINALLY HERE

Geers · June 6, 2014

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It's not really full Newtonian. Decoupled mode allows you to orient your ship in a direction other than your flight path, but at the moment, only orientation is affected. (No x/y strafing.) You also have some inertia in your movement, so you continue on your flight path slightly when turning. This can be accentuated by disabling another control. That's about as far as it goes. There is a speed limit (it's already too easy to fly to the borders of the map in a short amount of time) and counter thrusting is nonexistent right now.

The speed limit is unlikely to change, which is fine, since Elite Dangerous proves that it makes combat more fun and tactical when done right. (Comparing it to something like Evochron, which has no speed limit.)

I would like to see them flesh out inertial flight, though. There's a lot that can be done to make combat more compelling, while keeping i it balanced. ED does a fantastic job of balancing the advantages and disadvantages of Newtonian movement. (For example, Newtonian maneuvers can potentially double your turn rate, but since you have to manually counter steer, it's a lot harder to aim.)

Either way, neither game will do full-Newtonian, and that's probably a good thing. As Chris Roberts said, it would make the game more work than fun.
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What on Earth in space are you talking about? X and Y strafing is there. I've done it.

sylvesterink · June 6, 2014

Geers said: ↑

sylvesterink said: ↑

It's not really full Newtonian. Decoupled mode allows you to orient your ship in a direction other than your flight path, but at the moment, only orientation is affected. (No x/y strafing.) You also have some inertia in your movement, so you continue on your flight path slightly when turning. This can be accentuated by disabling another control. That's about as far as it goes. There is a speed limit (it's already too easy to fly to the borders of the map in a short amount of time) and counter thrusting is nonexistent right now.

The speed limit is unlikely to change, which is fine, since Elite Dangerous proves that it makes combat more fun and tactical when done right. (Comparing it to something like Evochron, which has no speed limit.)

I would like to see them flesh out inertial flight, though. There's a lot that can be done to make combat more compelling, while keeping i it balanced. ED does a fantastic job of balancing the advantages and disadvantages of Newtonian movement. (For example, Newtonian maneuvers can potentially double your turn rate, but since you have to manually counter steer, it's a lot harder to aim.)

Either way, neither game will do full-Newtonian, and that's probably a good thing. As Chris Roberts said, it would make the game more work than fun.
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What on Earth in space are you talking about? X and Y strafing is there. I've done it.
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Yeah, my bad. I had first heard that strafing didn't work in decoupled mode, but it seems to be other stuff, like rolling. I'm sure that will come as they refine the control, but the point is that it won't have full-Newtonian movement.

Geers · June 8, 2014

Commercial for the cargo-carrying Freelancer just came out:

First time the jump-drive has been seen doing its job. Looks pretty damn awesome.

sylvesterink · June 8, 2014

I like how the design is a nod to the Firefly. and Serenity's ship design. (Except with big guns, cuz every ship needs big guns.)

Geers · June 8, 2014

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I like how the design is a nod to the Firefly. and Serenity's ship design. (Except with big guns, cuz every ship needs big guns.)
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Except the Aurora apparently . I'm tempted to upgrade to a 300i but I'm a sucker for limited edition/exclusive stuff. I have an Aurora LX but I'll probably end up getting a 300i, no point in having an inferior ship.

<3 Jump animation.

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