Re: Critique: weapons

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Re: Critique: weapons

Posted By: Captain Bob
Date: 2008.1.3.14.42

In Response To: Re: Critique: weapons (Wail of Suicide)

I'm glad you came back to this. Unfortunately I can't play your test map. I had to make a dummy webpage that linked to your url, in order to get a "download linked file" option instead of loading the file _in_ Safari. Then I changed the extension back to .unr and put it in my map folder. I opened MR and typed "open DM-MRAssaultRiflesBC.unr" in the console. It paused for a few seconds, then unexpectedly quit the program. The crash log doesn't help since MR runs under Rosetta.
So for the time being, I'll have to take your word for it that it's improved. One thing to keep in mind is that, to match Marathon's behavior from a physically correct standpoint, you can't scale the horizontal velocity and the gravitational acceleration equally. Velocity is distance/time, and acceleration is distance/time/time. I checked the math, and scaling up both [x velocity] and [z acceleration] linearly causes the 'hangtime' to decrease while the range increases. In other words, it changes both the path of the projectile and the rate at which it travels that path.
: For anyone who's interested in checking it out, I've made
: up a small test map with two altered versions of the
: M:R Assault Rifle in it.
: MA75 B - 800uu/s (15m/s) Grenades falling at 5uu/t
: MA75 C - 1200uu/s (22.5m/s) Grenades falling at 8.333uu/t
: I'm partial to the C variant myself, but give it a shot
: and tell me what you think. (Use the console command
: "allammo" to give yourself infinite ammo for
: testing!)
: Download:
: http://www.wailofsuicide.com/MR/DM-MRAssaultRiflesBC.unr

Messages In This Thread

Critique: weapons -- Captain Bob -- 2007.9.26.03.21
- Critique: weapons part 2 -- Captain Bob -- 2007.9.28.01.42
  - Re: Critique: weapons part 2 -- Tycho -- 2007.9.30.19.14
    - Re: Critique: weapons part 2 -- Lt. Et'he -- 2007.10.1.14.39
    - Re: Critique: weapons part 2 -- Lt. Et'he -- 2007.10.1.14.28
    - Re: Critique: weapons part 2 -- Captain Bob -- 2007.10.1.01.47
      - Re: Critique: weapons part 2 -- Maeric -- 2007.10.3.13.13
      - Re: Critique: weapons part 2 -- Wail of Suicide -- 2007.10.1.08.54
  - Re: Critique: weapons part 2 -- Wail of Suicide -- 2007.9.28.02.52
- Re: Critique: weapons -- Tycho -- 2007.9.26.09.57
  - Re: Critique: weapons -- Captain Bob -- 2007.9.26.20.25
    - Re: Critique: weapons -- Wail of Suicide -- 2007.12.21.20.32
      - Re: Critique: weapons -- Wail of Suicide -- 2007.12.21.21.51
        
        Re: Critique: weapons -- Wail of Suicide -- 2007.12.27.10.01
        
        Re: Critique: weapons -- Captain Bob -- 2008.1.3.14.42
        
        Re: Critique: weapons -- Wail of Suicide -- 2008.1.4.01.25
        
        Re: Critique: weapons -- Captain Bob -- 2008.1.9.03.22
        
        Re: Critique: weapons -- Wail of Suicide -- 2008.1.9.13.16
        
        Re: Critique: weapons -- Tycho -- 2008.2.19.19.59
        
        Re: Critique: weapons -- Wail of Suicide -- 2008.2.20.01.40
    - Re: Critique: weapons -- Lt. Et'he -- 2007.9.26.20.48
      - Re: Critique: weapons *PIC* -- Captain Bob -- 2007.9.27.01.58
        
        Re: Critique: weapons *PIC* -- Captain Bob -- 2007.9.27.02.01

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Message: : I'm glad you came back to this. Unfortunately I can't : play your test map. I had to make a dummy webpage that : linked to your url, in order to get a "download : linked file" option instead of loading the file : _in_ Safari. Then I changed the extension back to .unr : and put it in my map folder. I opened MR and typed : "open DM-MRAssaultRiflesBC.unr" in the : console. It paused for a few seconds, then : unexpectedly quit the program. The crash log doesn't : help since MR runs under Rosetta. : So for the time being, I'll have to take your word for it : that it's improved. One thing to keep in mind is that, : to match Marathon's behavior from a physically correct : standpoint, you can't scale the horizontal velocity : and the gravitational acceleration equally. Velocity : is distance/time, and acceleration is : distance/time/time. I checked the math, and scaling up : both [x velocity] and [z acceleration] linearly causes : the 'hangtime' to decrease while the range increases. : In other words, it changes both the path of the : projectile and the rate at which it travels that path.
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