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Fuel - Virus - 03-12-2007
Now, I'm not in favor of fuel, but... If we do put fuel in Discovery, the best fuel has to be named "Liquid Schwartz" XD
Fuel - fwolf - 03-12-2007
For scientific purposes, fuel is not used in spaceships that can travel between planets like they did in Freelancer...
But for scientific purposes, propulsion engines cannot be used for spacetravel, not in the manner described in Freelancer, you have to use a rotational engine capable of disrupt the gravity between the planets, then creating a vortex capable of throwing the ship into the hyperspace, where the curvature of the three-dimensional space is changed and blablabla, and these ships dont need fuel at all, just free energy that is present in the ether itself. But if I follow these theories to the letter, I will not play any game. :crazy: So lets keep the way it is.
Fuel - Dab - 03-12-2007
F_Wolf.. That was a dumb comment. Freelancer ships don't go into hyperspace.
They use impulse engines with generate the energy needed to move the mass of the ship. This is fed to by the fuel the ship would carry. Why do you think all SP campaign capships carry H-fuel?
Fuel - McNeo - 03-12-2007
A little humour is acceptable isnt it?
I mean...it may have been dumb, but it made me smile:).
see, i did smile.
But yeah, i don't like the idea of fuel.
Fuel - onca - 03-12-2007
Fuel Shmuel.... we've had this debate on Disco so many times it's not funny. The issues always boil down to the following:
1. People hate the idea of running out, especially during a fight;
2. Nobody can agree how it will all work;
3. Ridiculous amount of work involved in coding (if possible at all).
4. Just one more thing to worry about, detracting from having fun.
Result, the fuel idea gets the tossing-out it deserves.
The only workable "fuel" solution I've seen was used by [AEGIS], which basically worked on the honour system. (Their charter stated they would carry and consume MOX).
Fuel - AlexPaladinStorm - 03-13-2007
' Wrote:For scientific purposes, fuel is not used in spaceships that can travel between planets like they did in Freelancer...You are also forgetting that, in the *Lancer universe, Humans have previously developed Warp Drive and Warp Gate technology, and that Jump Drives (StarLancer) technically are the same as Cruise Drives (FreeLancer), and Humanity has managed to lose the ability to travel across a solar system in a split-second using Warp Technology. Instead, it takes a couple minutes.
But for scientific purposes, propulsion engines cannot be used for spacetravel, not in the manner described in Freelancer, you have to use a rotational engine capable of disrupt the gravity between the planets, then creating a vortex capable of throwing the ship into the hyperspace, where the curvature of the three-dimensional space is changed and blablabla, and these ships dont need fuel at all, just free energy that is present in the ether itself. But if I follow these theories to the letter, I will not play any game. :crazy: So lets keep the way it is.
' Wrote:Fuel Shmuel.... we've had this debate on Disco so many times it's not funny. The issues always boil down to the following:Eeexactly.
1. People hate the idea of running out, especially during a fight;
2. Nobody can agree how it will all work;
3. Ridiculous amount of work involved in coding (if possible at all).
4. Just one more thing to worry about, detracting from having fun.
Result, the fuel idea gets the tossing-out it deserves.
The only workable "fuel" solution I've seen was used by [AEGIS], which basically worked on the honour system. (Their charter stated they would carry and consume MOX).
Fuel - endlessvoid - 03-13-2007
Kinda offtopic, i've scaned some NPC battleships / cruisers / gunboats, and they DO have H-Fuel cargo on them, probably implicating that they DO use it to fuel the ship (but the cargo never drops down). :wacko:
Fuel - Igiss - 03-14-2007
I hate to conclude this interesting discussion, but implementing fuel usage is impossible.
SP ships and NPCs might have H-fuel, but they don't use it. Anyone of you might take H-fuel onboard for RP purposes, just like them. But I wonder if anyone ever does this.
Btw, why H before Fuel? Is it short of Hydrogen? This gives me an idea of a new commodity...
Fuel - BULLDOGNK - 03-14-2007
' Wrote:Btw, why H before Fuel? Is it short of Hydrogen? This gives me an idea of a new commodity...
Now see what you have done guys,,,, You got Igiss thinking again, Does this mean a delay on final Version lol
Cheers
Fuel - Nightfall - 03-14-2007
no problem with a little delay, I'm just a few finishing touches from finalizing two Omicrons:P