Fighter Controls (I would have edited the last one but could not find it)

Now, a fighter should have a lot different controlls than that of a dread so here we go. when you press Q the fighter starts moving. d makes you go right a makes you go left s makes you pull up and w makes you go down. there done. comments? oh and space could be fire. (clicking is loud and annoying on my mouse)

You forgot rolling.

Mouse should control steering, unless it is too hard to program: you move the mouse up/down/side to control rotation.

The W and S keys control speed, and the A and D keys roll left and right, respectively.

Did I forget any direction?

Forward/back, left/right, up/down, roll.

Strafe left/right/up/down

Keon wrote:

Strafe left/right/up/down

How are you supposed to do that in a fighter?

I thought there weren't going to be fighters..?

Legion wrote:

I thought there weren't going to be fighters..?

There have to be fighters.

That was Ectrimbles idea to get rid of fighters... but he is gone now.

Keon wrote:

Strafe left/right/up/down

I don't get that. To me, strafing is just doing a dive then pulling back up.

Lord Mackeroth wrote:

Keon wrote:

Strafe left/right/up/down

I don't get that. To me, strafing is just doing a dive then pulling back up.

You're thinking of the usual meaning of strafing in the context of fighters, which is to machine-gun enemies on the ground. He means the move sideways without turning, like Steve does when you press 'a' or 'd'.

I dont see any problems with the pysics of that. There is no friction in space......

But most fightercraft don't have jets mounted on the sides to make such movement possible

Then a fundamental change will need to occur.

Not in favor of that. I think there should be a tnt-esque addon that quickly hurtles your fighter to the side to escape from, say, incoming missiles or a laser volley, at the expense of some HP. This would give a good reason to have player controlled strikecraft because there'd be a higher survival rate and combat efficiency as opposed to drones.

I dont think blasting charges would work in space....... If I understand them correct, they require an atmosphere.

Pre-oxygenated charges could. Or fusion ones.

Legion wrote:

Not in favor of that. I think there should be a tnt-esque addon that quickly hurtles your fighter to the side to escape from, say, incoming missiles or a laser volley, at the expense of some HP. This would give a good reason to have player controlled strikecraft because there'd be a higher survival rate and combat efficiency as opposed to drones.

If you have a gravity manipulation drive, like the Banhammer, you will be able to move any which-what way, at incredible speeds.

I can manipulate fire. WITH MY BEAK!

ACH0225 wrote:

I can manipulate fire. WITH MY BEAK!

So can I, genius.

I think fighters should controlled JUST LIKE THEY ARE IN STAR WARS BATTLE FRONT 2. For those of you that have played the game, you know what I am talking about. If not, then look up a video.

The old topic is 18 down from this one, directly above the other one you made. The one that was locked. It's easier to spot.

Having SWBF2-style fighters would be great, except that I have no idea how they work on a keyboard. They're very intuitive on a PS2 controller, but the lack of joysticks could be a problem.

All I can say is we better have joystick support. My friend refuses to play futurecraft without joysticks.

Keon wrote:

All I can say is we better have joystick support. My friend refuses to play futurecraft without joysticks.

I have no idea how complicated that would be to code.

Fr0stbyte!

The lwjgl supports it, somewhat, so I guess it could be done...