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19 years 8 months ago #10751 by Roi Danton
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Yes, I support MajTom in his opinion regarding the HUD Lines. I think SC, the lack of the lines is just a matter of usage.

Regarding the inertia I'm still on the point that it had to be noticeable ... thats one of the differences of I-War to other SpaceSims.

The current test settings regarding the speeds/acceleration (in x,y,z direction) of the TF are fine and the maximum speed will be acceptable when the maps are smaller.
After our testing with the speeds and ship size I have resigned to the fact (the second time after the tests with the Buda5 team) that you don't see the fighters in combat themselves. That is the disadvantage of the I-War 2 engine but to leave the mod playable we have to live with it (or make an own stand alone game :D).

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19 years 8 months ago #10781 by Second Chance
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Narrowing the internal camera FOV does wonders for making the small ships more visible. The only downside (which doesn't bother me) is that the cockpit becomes a little less visible. PS set the FOV to about 63 degrees (1.1 radians), but I find that between 40 to 50 degrees (0.7 to 0.87 radians) gives a better, more realistic view.

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19 years 8 months ago #10810 by MajorTom
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I tried changing the focal length, in flux and via pog but it didn't work in the MP game [V]

I dunno why[?]

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19 years 8 months ago #10827 by Second Chance
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Not this:
focal_length = 100

This:
field_of_view = 0.71

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19 years 8 months ago #10849 by Roi Danton
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Btw, we @Buda5 also played the game a while with these settings (for fighter combats):
[icInternalCamera]
neck_stiffness = 1.5
acceleration_stiffness = 0.5
acceleration_scale = 0.001
yaw_ratio = 0.05
pitch_ratio = 0.05
roll_ratio = 0.05
lateral_ratio = (-0.01,-0.01,-0.01)
focal_length = 50
field_of_view = 0.6

But we changed them after a while back to default 'cause it's more difficult to hit on close distances. Well, if you want to see the other fighters more detailed feel free to try these settings. :)

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19 years 8 months ago #10858 by Second Chance
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I know you're tired of hearing from me about this by now, but, I've never had any problems of any kind using an FOV of 0.71 or lower. How could it be harder to hit up close when the weapons are mostly aimed by flux anyway? I use a much narrower firing arc for weapons than the standard game and I've never had any unusual trouble hitting things at any distance. Everything looks much better and even the smallest ships show up wonderfully (and the big ships are impressively massive). I'm not saying that you should use it, but I've been using narrower FOVs since I started EoC and I've only ever seen benefits.

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