Author Topic: Collision Damage Modelling (Read 473 times)

Softail · « **Reply #15 on:** July 17, 2007, 08:34:34 PM »

it is the most concise and simplest explanation I have ever seen.

Given the constant reposting and rehashing perhaps everyone should just read this one and be done with it.

Busher · « **Reply #16 on:** July 18, 2007, 09:02:20 PM »

The debate is a pain. If you want to call this a Sim and not just another video game, then both airplanes should be destroyed - as they would have been in the real world.

Major Biggles · « **Reply #17 on:** July 18, 2007, 09:08:32 PM »

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Originally posted by Busher
The debate is a pain. If you want to call this a Sim and not just another video game, then both airplanes should be destroyed - as they would have been in the real world.

it would be incredibly gamey if on your PC, your planes where nowhere near colliding, yet you died anyway, because on the other guy's PC, due to internet lag, it appeared as though you both collided.

it would be a dumb arcade game feature if you both died in a collision, seeing as most of the time, one of the guys didn't even 'see' the collision on his PC

the collision model as it is atm, is as perfect and fair as is humanly possible

Bronk · « **Reply #18 on:** July 18, 2007, 09:14:20 PM »

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Originally posted by Busher
The debate is a pain. If you want to call this a Sim and not just another video game, then both airplanes should be destroyed - as they would have been in the real world.

1. It's a game , get over it.
2. It's the best compromise for a just under light speed internet.

Bronk

sgt203 · « **Reply #19 on:** July 20, 2007, 08:55:52 PM »

I normally dont mind the collision modelling...

However the other day I was in fight and con on my six..

He comes in a barrel roll over the top, he hits me from behind and I go down... As it runed out we both went down.. Didnt understand that one..

I even got the...

"you have collided"

"#### Has collided with you"

But it is what it is...

Karnak · « **Reply #20 on:** July 20, 2007, 09:04:15 PM »

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Originally posted by Bronk
2. It's the best compromise for a just under light speed internet.

I understand data transmission on the Internet is between 40% and 60% of light speed, depending on how fast the routers on a given path are.

FBplmmr · « **Reply #21 on:** July 20, 2007, 09:35:35 PM »

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Originally posted by sgt203
I normally dont mind the collision modelling...

However the other day I was in fight and con on my six..

He comes in a barrel roll over the top, he hits me from behind and I go down... As it runed out we both went down.. Didnt understand that one..

I even got the...

"you have collided"

"#### Has collided with you"

But it is what it is...

umm he came up on your 6, so right off the bat you probably have weapon damge

2 "you have collided" --hello you took damage from that because "YOU HAVE COLLIDED" what exactly do you think "you have collided" SHOULD mean?

RedDg · « **Reply #22 on:** July 20, 2007, 10:04:42 PM »

Say NO to teh necromancy!

CAP1 · « **Reply #23 on:** July 20, 2007, 11:05:55 PM »

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Originally posted by Fatty
Right. If you run into a plane then your plane is damaged. If you do not your plane is not. The other flyer has no control over whether you do or not (except intentional ramming, which this actually cuts down on).

I've heard this called unfair many times, but I have yet to comprehend why (except under the pretense of "Why should I die just because I screwed up?").

unfortunatly, this even goes if he warps into ya.....i was in a spit defending tonight, and was out of cnnon....so i closed to 200 on this tbm, and was annoying him with my spitballs, when he warped from 200 to...whelp.......0......and yes i do have film this time:D
not complaining just for the record.....i did actually get the kill on him from this...but took a pilot wound in the process.........

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john

sgt203 · « **Reply #24 on:** July 21, 2007, 02:35:25 AM »

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Originally posted by FBplmmr
umm he came up on your 6, so right off the bat you probably have weapon damge

2 "you have collided" --hello you took damage from that because "YOU HAVE COLLIDED" what exactly do you think "you have collided" SHOULD mean?

No weapon damage done...

I just didnt understand how I could have collided with the other guy when I was in a roll and he rammed into my tail...

I dont think I collided I beleive he collided with me..

I have seen messages #### Has collided with you....

Just dont understand how I collide with someone travelling in the same direction as me??

You know wasnt like I backed into him at 300MPH

But im no computer savvy guy Im lucky I can log on and type here let alone really understand how it all works..

No real worries the new plane was free!!!

Karnak · « **Reply #25 on:** July 21, 2007, 02:44:43 AM »

sgt203,

You are thinking in a real world traffic, at fault, manner.

You need to put that aside and look at it like a computer.

The computer doesn't care at all who was going which way or what parts collided. All the computer cares about is if there was a collision. On your system there was a collision. On his system there was not. Hence, you collided with him. No fault, just a statement of which person's front end detected a collision.

PanzerIV · « **Reply #26 on:** July 21, 2007, 03:52:03 AM »

who resurrected this rotting corpse of a thread after watching Kamikazes on dogfights?

Skuzzy · « **Reply #27 on:** July 21, 2007, 06:25:22 AM »

See Rule #13