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[Proposal] Very simple change to manual flight mechanics

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Izkhanilov
Aliastra
Gallente Federation
#1 - 2015-01-18 01:09:18 UTC  |  Edited by: Izkhanilov
Hello, all.

With the recent addition of manual flight, the EVE universe expanded greatly. What was before difficult to pull off maneuver-wise is now accomplished with (relative) ease.

While I think that the current setup of flight controls is ... okay... I think it can be vastly improved with a few minor changes:

Here they are:

  1. Remove limitation on pitch control.

    2. Currently, when you reach full-vertical up or full-vertical down, you hit a barrier and can no longer change pitch angle. Remove this limitation so that you have full 360ยบ movement in the pitch axis, regardless of orientation.

  2. Change DIRECTION LEFT and DIRECTION RIGHT keys.

    3. Currently, these keys change the YAW of your ship. In my opinion, it would make more senses for these keys to adjust ROLL, and have YAW be controlled by PITCH. Eample: To turn left, you would roll left and pitch up.

  3. (Edit) Adjust response time for each ship

    4. This one may be difficult to pull off, but it has potential. Currently, larger ships respond to key input at the same rate that smaller, faster ships do. In my opinion, ships like Frigates should respond almost immediately, whereas ships like mining barges or battleships will be more sluggish.


This control sheme makes more sense from a space-flight standpoint, and some users may find it more intuitive to pilot a quick-moving craft in this manner (say, an interceptor)

Thoughts?
Steve Ronuken
Fuzzwork Enterprises
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#2 - 2015-01-18 02:27:23 UTC
Far from simple.

I have a vague idea of how Eve actually deals with motion of ships, and what you're asking for would require fairly substantial changes to that. (Roll isn't actually stored. it's generated from the change vector, for example.)

Woo! CSM XI!

Fuzzwork Enterprises

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Izkhanilov
Aliastra
Gallente Federation
#3 - 2015-01-18 05:40:18 UTC
I see.

Oh well, I guess it was a pipe dream after all.

Thanks for the info, CSM. Fly safe o/