I'm not sure where to put this, but I'll put it here.

 

Eville Jedi and I did talk about this a while back, and since I'm trying my hand at editing, I've discovered that simulating Newtonian Physics is possible in the game engine. Note I did say simulating, Newtonian physics, not Newtonian Physics themselves.

 

Thus far, using the Home World PDF mod as a benchmark I've started working on an ultra realism mod for the original game. I've already applied newtonian-like-physics to missiles, and have started playing around trying to add such physics to fighters and keep the game playable. (This is really difficult)

 

What I did to create physics similar to newtonian physics was shockingly simple. I created a maximum speed of approxamently 10,000m/sec for all the missiles. Then I figured out that the acceleration time isn't an acceleration rate but a clock from 0-10,000 so I set it high enough you'll absolutely never see it in the game. the result is really cool looking missile and combat effects.

 

Eville, I do have a question, how do you add weapons systems to ships. I'd like to make it so the Hiigaran Interceptors carry a variety of missiles as well as the standard armament, do I need Maya to do that?

 

Also I'll keep playing around and see if I can add that Newtonian touch to fighters, maybe we could use it in the Warlords mod some time.

Sounds fun. Perhaps something to add to Eville's experimental test package. Don't suppose you have some screenshots...

Yeah well, screenshots don't really show the changes all that well, I will say this though.

 

With Newtonian Physics all the fighters fly like Babylon 5 craft (Which is realistic), meaning they can be moving one direction and pointed the opposite direction.