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how long does flying take inRP - Captain - 07-25-2010
as I started working on a new story, I sudenly wandered, how long does it take inRP to cross a system
lets use as example
Leeds Jumpgate > Planet leeds > edinburg Jumpgate, with the use of the lanes.
myself I was thinking that it would take a day inRP to use just 1 lane
cause if you read trents story in SP it took several weeks to get from new london to Freeport 7 (sigma 17 according to the remainings there)
so 2 days minimum to get from leeds JG to Edi JG
at least that is what i think is true, what do you think of this theory?
how long does flying take inRP - Akura - 07-25-2010
I don't think it was honestly ever considered.
I just play in real time.
how long does flying take inRP - stardust47 - 07-25-2010
' Wrote:I don't think it was honestly ever considered.Same here.
I just play in real time.
how long does flying take inRP - Akura - 07-25-2010
Two days sounds a bit extreme for a journey like that, I'd say a few hours sounds a little better.
:/
how long does flying take inRP - Naturalist Fouche - 07-25-2010
Just keep it like realtime ingame:P
how long does flying take inRP - Captain - 07-25-2010
even with the superfast engines and lanespeeds, wich may go faster then light, it still takes time to move millions of Km's (yes I know the fl mechanics, makes planets just a few km's from their lanes.)
heck, if you consider impulse speed with the speed of the RL spaceship,
it still takes several days just to get to the moon, (400k away from earth.)
how long does flying take inRP - Akura - 07-25-2010
Problem is, you're implicating a sense of realism into Freelancer.
Sometimes it's easier just to ignore certain logic.
how long does flying take inRP - Captain - 07-25-2010
even tough ignoring certain logic, I want to make my story feel real,
as it was real.
how about if space K's are instead 1 Km they be more like 10.000km, inRP talking that is.
it would make a lot of things make more sense.
how long does flying take inRP - Grumblesaur - 07-25-2010
' Wrote:even tough ignoring certain logic, I want to make my story feel real,Then you get planets that are 100,000km wide.
as it was real.
how about if space K's are instead 1 Km they be more like 10.000km, inRP talking that is.
it would make a lot of things make more sense.
how long does flying take inRP - TheJarl - 07-25-2010
Ever considered the fact that planets in FL are larger than stars? That somehow the planets don't rotate around their sun, which is a very fortunate coincidence because this way the tradelanes always end up at the right place? That the ships explode with fire while there isn't any air so it actually should be impossible for anything to burn?
Please don't try to detect logic in Freelancer