Space terain

[Megajames]

There are two types of space terain, asteriods and nebulars. Is this enough I think that they should add one or two more to add veriety. There are lot of ground terains why not space.

[Lakos]

Maybe because space consists of these two types?

 

I've never seen something in space which wasnt a asteroid or just nothing...

[Megajames]

But there needs to be more veriety, moons, gravity wells, comets, metores, radiation busts.

[Naja]

Space is still a "map." A modder could easily create those environments.

[Samheyn]

But there needs to be more veriety, moons, gravity wells, comets, metores, radiation busts.

 

moons:

I think there will be moons... but you will have them just as a background near the planet you are attacking... as it is no real 3D enviroment a 3D moon wouldn't give you any tactical advantages at all.

 

gravit wells:

Only thing natural gravity wells in star wars do is preventing ships from reaching light speed.. and wouldn't be able to fight a battle near a black hole or something similar

 

comets and meteores:

As far as I know meteors are actualy comets that hit a planet

But the chance that one of your vessels will ever be hit by a comet is very very low... perhaps it's more likely that you win all the jackpots in las vegas in one night than beeing hit by a big comet while in space. (ok.. one thing to mention : I only talk about comets with a size greater than a fighter )

 

radiation busts:

would affect all ships taking part in the battle... would only shorten the battles because of failing shields or radiated crew

[Dorkthehunter]

How do you know that there is only one or two types of space?

There is only one kind of space. A moon would be another land battle! Asteroids, meteor, and other satalites are just objects in space.

[Megajames]

Moons, they would be very interesting they were made into a 3D object, hide behind them, capture them and build turbolaser banks to bomb the planet, repair your ships on them, we need more INFO

[JanGaarni]

gravit wells:

Only thing natural gravity wells in star wars do is preventing ships from reaching light speed.. and wouldn't be able to fight a battle near a black hole or something similar

Gravity wells don't prevent ships from jumping into Hyperspace per say. It's a safety feature that is incorprated into every hyperdrive to prevent ships to collide with mass shadows in Hyperspace which is created by the gravity well of planets (or interdictors).

 

Turn it off and you can jump whenever you want.

But noone's foolish enough to risk that.

[Samheyn]

Yeah I knew about these facts.. but as you said, it doesn't matter.. wait... uhm.. but if I think about it.. isn't it much better to die without any knowledge of the fact that something very bad has happened than in an imperial interrogation cell ? ... an interesting question I think...

[JanGaarni]

I never said turning the safety feature off was an easy task.

 

For all I know it's an impossibility.

[Infinite_Xero]

Hasn't it been stated that Asteroids essentialy cause a blind spot? and that fighters can sneak through dense fields for hit and run operations were capital ships clearly cannot follow?

 

Moons should be in, i mean, Endor is in right? Isn't it a moon that orbits a gas giant? like Yavin?

 

and using a planet or moon to gain tactical superiority is a feature that should not be left out, lest we forgot what happened to a certain fleet, lead by a certain squid like humanoid. because it was a TRAP!

 

Knowing is half the battle, if the enemy don't know you are there, then you're halfway to victory!

 

radiation would be cool, it would not damage the ships or the crew, any culture that is space faring would know that ships have to be radiation sheilded and the materials they are made of can withstand the rigors of space travel then they can certainly withstand radiation, there are far worse things in the void for ships to meet up with...

 

And its a good safety feature, it would stop you from hitting large bodies in space, and can be exploited, like most things, to serve a purpose, IE Interdictors

Now, if you can disable it, you could just disable it, go to lightspeed, and once you are clear of the Interdictors gravity well, re-activate the safety feature. But that would mean Interdictors are useless, and would unbalance the game and screw with Star Wars canon.

 

Comets would be cool, especially if the physics engine can calculate trajectories, could turn into a pinball machine of destruction

 

while we're throwing ideas of natural events, why not solar flares?

they are powerful enough to get through the Earths magnetic field and cause power outages

Why not a giant EMP, knocks out shields, systems etc.?

 

all these things could add lots of depth, or become really, really annoying...

[Megajames]

solar flares, great one

[Zer_Teron]

Actually the Gravity Field will cause a ship to drop out of hyperspace, with or without the warning, But you have to get very close to the Planet-Black Hole-ect. Meaning if you did turn off your alarm you would probably emerge to close to an object and be pulled in by its gravity.

 

Since when where Nebuli located near planets? Its very unlikely that one could form of move that close to a planet.

[JanGaarni]

Actually, a ship that doesn't have the safety feature on and travels thru the path of where a planet would normally be if they were in Real Space, will collide into something called a Mass Shadow, which is projected into the Hyperspace dimension by a planets gravityfield, resulting in the ship being destroyed.

 

There's even accounts of ship to ship collision in Hyperspace, though they are a very rare incident.

So the Mass Shadows is a very real representation in Hyperspace. If you can collide with it in Real Space, chances are you can collide with it in Hyperspace.