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Re: P-38 contest entry
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lugnet.space
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Sun, 21 Mar 2004 22:10:13 GMT
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In lugnet.space, Larry Pieniazek wrote:
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1 - if you accept Crimson Skies as a reference point anyway... :-) (2)
2 - The demo of which Nik and I have been playing... he thumps me in
dogfights, not surprisingly.
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Although I find CS to be a great reference for anything space or
over-the-top-aviation, it does stray into that “huh” area when it comes to
physics and general rule-bending. When the first computer game came out a few
years ago, the main point in many reviews was that it deviated from the standard
flight sim mantra of “realism...flight model...stress on the airframe” in favor
of fun, arcade-like play. The same could be said of CS as a whole in the realm
of style over purpose. It’s the whole “Physics of Star Trek” debate all over
again. Sure, the scientific laws we have no suggest that we can’t travel faster
than light, but that doesn’t necessarily mean that we won’t figure it out
somehow.
That being said, I would suggest a different style of landing gear not because
of it’s plausibility, but because Dan has used it before. I like the deviation,
and I feel that it should be built upon, and used to discover new techniques.
Maybe we’ll come up with something that’s both different and structurally sound.
By the way, I routinely get stomped on that demo too.
-Brian
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| (...) Ya, but doesn't the Devastator (the first plane you fly with, at least in the demo) have mid or tip wing rudders (underneath) which also have landing gear in them? So it's not totally unreasonable(1). Besides maybe the wings are made of (...) (21 years ago, 21-Mar-04, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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