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Direct control of Fighters (or other ships)

July 22, 2008 12:49:18 PM from Sins of a Solar Empire ForumsSins of a Solar Empire Forums
Is there a mod so you can directly control fighters? I mean like right in the cockpit and you can fly around inside the fighter, under your control. Rather than telling were to go, you fly it. This would be good in other ships too, but a fighter would be best. Its just an idea, and would probably take more modding than most people can be bothered doing, but it would let you be in the fight, rather than watching. Anyway, its just an idea. (A cool one )
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Reply #1 July 22, 2008 12:51:26 PM
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Not possible to turn an RTS into a flight sim
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Reply #2 July 22, 2008 12:57:33 PM
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Forget modding, that would be a completely new game!
It's simply not possible to mod the game that way.
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Reply #3 July 22, 2008 1:23:32 PM
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some games like freespace and freespace 2 are about that.
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Reply #4 July 22, 2008 4:20:52 PM
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That would mean changing the game genre and expectedly require more altering of and making new files than a total conversion.
I don't have a clue of how to do it. But you could send a request to a game maker company if they would bother to try such a thing.

But I don't think anyone could say it wasn't a cool thing to do.
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Reply #5 July 22, 2008 4:37:39 PM
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That would mean changing the game genre and expectedly require more altering of and making new files than a total conversion. I don't have a clue of how to do it. But you could send a request to a game maker company if they would bother to try such a thing.But I don't think anyone could say it wasn't a cool thing to do.


A) Thats TOTALY impossible in this engine, even if you stole the source code it would take a few years to make into a good dogfighter game.

No company is ever going to "take suggestions", lol.

C) Go play Freespace 2 - still the best space dogfighter ever made.
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Reply #6 July 22, 2008 5:04:31 PM
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Hmm, OK, forget control, how about simply being to see as though you are on the bridge/cockpit of a given ship. I remember that Homeworld had that feature where you could hit a key, I think it was 'O', or shift 'O' or ctrl 'O' or something and you would instantly shift from watching and controlling to viewing from the bridge/cockpit.. not a game winner (or even changer,) but definitely fun especially in some of the larger furballs. of course this game is inherently 2-d but I think i would fun.. and possible.
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Reply #7 July 22, 2008 5:29:22 PM
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I didn't know Homeworld had cockpits and bridges in... or are you talking about the "first-person" camera which just plonked your viewpoint where the ship is?

Anyway, to answer your question - no. Its not possible given current engine constraints.
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Reply #8 July 22, 2008 5:36:17 PM
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well you could adjust the minimum zoom level, but I don't know... Maybe if you can change what happens when you double click...it does change the viewpoint, so that might be a way to do it, but that is probably hardcoded...
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Reply #9 July 22, 2008 5:58:10 PM
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No company is ever going to "take suggestions", lol.


Technically, Ironclad already implemented quite a few suggestions during the Beta, and even a couple post-release

But yeah, something like this they wouldn't do.
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Reply #10 July 23, 2008 6:13:00 AM
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Ah well, it's just an idea. Nvrmind
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