Quote:
Originally Posted by Freeshadow
that space ship nav thingy is IMO to blame why there are next to none space flightsim games with proper 0G behaviour.
|
I've actually run into a few like that. One of them was an ages old game called "Subspace" (now known as Continuum) that was a top down 2d space shooter with real space flight dynamics. Well, except for the fact that all of the ships can bounce off the walls without getting hurt, and ships can fly through each other. Other than that it had realistic space flight and physics.
Quote:
Originally Posted by dadioflex
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inertia_damper
"The phrase inertial damper is commonly misused in science fiction to describe a device that negates inertia and removes it from surrounding mass. It is more properly described as inertia negation."
Um, THAT's how spaceships turn on a dime - by misunderstanding the term "inertial damper".
|
My understanding of an inertial dampener is that it's merely an accessory device to the ship's existing artificial gravity system, and merely provides reactive gravitational forces in the opposite direction of the forces being applied against a ship. So if you were to make a 90G turn, the dampeners wouldn't actually "dampen" or negate the initial forces, but would instead provide an equal amount of anti-gravity (or possibly counter-gravity) in the opposing direction in order to maintain a stable 1G of downward force, and 0G of lateral force. This too would be scientifically accurate, since gravity is considered an electromagnetic wave (No joke, it really is. So is light!), and there is no known method by which electromagnetic waves can be neutralized, except through absorption, and given gravity's unique nature, absorption isn't possible. Therefore to dampen it you would have to provide an equally powerful counter force to cancel it out.
Quote:
Originally Posted by teh603
I freaking *hate* this trope. I've had to work with plucky, brilliant kids. Every last one of the little stinkers has been more concerned with causing trouble and breaking things for lulz than actually doing anything worthwhile.
|
Hey! I was one of those plucky, brilliant kids and I never destroyed anything! Well, not intentionally anyways. Usually if I destroyed anything, it was because I wasn't paying attention to my work. ^_^;;