To: blackrider@roughriders.fen
From: anika-daini@friggarock.fen
Subj: Re: Aces High.
Thanks for the models! I've sent something to Ruri already.
All the flight assists in the model are supposed to keep the spacecraft away from the limit. Both to keep the game playable - and to avoid having too much of a benefit from eerie instructor effects keeping the pacecraft under control for longer than a pilot would. It's supposed to be just a little conservative. That way, there's a benefit to taking more and more manual control - you can keep the engine's from overheating under higher power, or push the maneuverability a bit further. It makes the 'game' accessible, while still rewarding skilled play.
Been working on updating the pilot model to work better through a cyberdeck's puppet interface - since the model and physical environment is so much simpler than KoFen anyway. Cockpit. G-force. Seating. Eject.
I'll have a male pilot, and a female pilot model, with varying capabilities based on actual recorded data. So, picking one over the other will have an effect on how the pilot model handles the spacecraft (Control force inputs, G-tolerances, weight and balance in smaller aircraft)
It also acts as a levelling playing field between people with vastly different physical capabilities.
Nothing is more entertaining than watch a combat cyborg getting more and more frustrated because the pilot model she's trying to drive just won't keep up with what she's trying to force it to do. Just don't get on the wrong side of her and a P-51D.....
-Anika
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--m(^0^)m-- Wot, no sig?
From: anika-daini@friggarock.fen
Subj: Re: Aces High.
Thanks for the models! I've sent something to Ruri already.
All the flight assists in the model are supposed to keep the spacecraft away from the limit. Both to keep the game playable - and to avoid having too much of a benefit from eerie instructor effects keeping the pacecraft under control for longer than a pilot would. It's supposed to be just a little conservative. That way, there's a benefit to taking more and more manual control - you can keep the engine's from overheating under higher power, or push the maneuverability a bit further. It makes the 'game' accessible, while still rewarding skilled play.
Been working on updating the pilot model to work better through a cyberdeck's puppet interface - since the model and physical environment is so much simpler than KoFen anyway. Cockpit. G-force. Seating. Eject.
I'll have a male pilot, and a female pilot model, with varying capabilities based on actual recorded data. So, picking one over the other will have an effect on how the pilot model handles the spacecraft (Control force inputs, G-tolerances, weight and balance in smaller aircraft)
It also acts as a levelling playing field between people with vastly different physical capabilities.
Nothing is more entertaining than watch a combat cyborg getting more and more frustrated because the pilot model she's trying to drive just won't keep up with what she's trying to force it to do. Just don't get on the wrong side of her and a P-51D.....
-Anika
________________________________
--m(^0^)m-- Wot, no sig?