Oolite Bulletins

Anonymissimus wrote:

cargo canisters etc still don't decelerate.

{ "oolite_template_barrel" = { thrust = 1; }; }

Norby wrote:

Anonymissimus wrote:

cargo canisters etc still don't decelerate.

Put this into AddOns/Your.oxp/Config/shipdata-overrides.plist and cargo ejected from a stationary ship will stop at 1km:

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{ "oolite_template_barrel" = { thrust = 1; }; }

Anonymissimus wrote:

But cargo canisters etc still don't decelerate.

Anyway, my point was that the thing to do is what makes most sense gameplay/balancing wise. Even at cruising speed a fast ship can outrun a missile so-so (it comes nearer but the fuel is consumed in time). Adding the firing ship's speed destroys that.

Diziet Sma wrote:

cargo canisters with engines?

Norby wrote:

Diziet Sma wrote:

cargo canisters with engines?

No, it is only the friction of Oospace. The canisters still has not any pilots (AI) who can increase the throttle from zero so can break only.

avder wrote:

The way a missile ought to be fired is when it's created it inherits the creating objects speed and direction at the point of launch, but is also given another boost perpendicular to the direction of travel to get it away from the ship. Then when the engine kicks in it can accelerate/decelerate whatever.

Have the ooniverse treat it like a cargo container with an extra bit of thrust away from the firing ship for that first half second, then when its engines kick in it can be effected by the same applied phlebotinum effect that allows ships to stop dead in space over a planet and get the missile to its own max speed.

For fun, have a missile alert happen when a missiles engine kicks in instead of when it's launched.

Diziet Sma wrote:

avder wrote:
The way a missile ought to be fired is when it's created it inherits the creating objects speed and direction at the point of launch, but is also given another boost perpendicular to the direction of travel to get it away from the ship. Then when the engine kicks in it can accelerate/decelerate whatever.

Have the ooniverse treat it like a cargo container with an extra bit of thrust away from the firing ship for that first half second, then when its engines kick in it can be effected by the same applied phlebotinum effect that allows ships to stop dead in space over a planet and get the missile to its own max speed.

For fun, have a missile alert happen when a missiles engine kicks in instead of when it's launched.

I like these suggestions..

Disembodied wrote:

Although as Anonymissimus says, this is for gameplay reasons, to avoid creating superfast missiles - I doubt the AI has sufficient smarts to be able to cope with this tactic, offensively or defensively.

Disembodied wrote:

It makes firing missiles while injecting a dangerous proposition - but using ordnance at high velocities has always carried a risk:

Stormrider wrote:

simply adjust the shipdata.plists