Rampage3051
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Yeah, I always liked the Krant too. The Jalthi looked cool too, with that huge wingspan and array of guns, still as flat as the Dralthi!
OK Here's a zinger... Which is longer and by how much?
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Personally, when I play flight sim games, I never bother putting anything on an actual scale, I just note if something is small, big, really big, or very big; and either than that, the only time I really use measurements is I always check which range I'll be able to shoot people at. I hate nitpicking something because it isn't realistic for the very reason that it actually isn't realistic! Its a game. It's fun, its addicting, its interesting, but it isn't real. I hope I haven't insulted anyone with these views, I enjoy the Wing Commander universe as much as the next man, but as I don't live in the Wing Commander universe, I feel no need to commit its measurements to memory(heck, I can hardly ever remember the real worlds measurements. I think it was 5 quarts in a meter)
Bandit LOAF
Long Live the Confederation!
WC3 had, IIRC, three different scales... fighter, capship and 'giant' capship... the two giant capships are scale to eachother, all the fighters are scale to eachother and all the other capships are scale to eachother.
Consider this: The dimentions listed throughout all WC manuals etc are WAY out of whack.
Consider:
The horizon line of what you can see on earth is what, about 12 miles... ~19km?
At this distance, something like a ship 400m long isnt much larger than a bull ant.
Ships in WC often traveled at speeds of ~420kps (eg, hornet) - and most fighters were only ~20m long.
If you did a flyby, the ship wouldnt even be a visible size until about .1 second until it passed you at this speed.
I've actually had to consider this a bit recently because of the Jacinta/EC Engine - the measurement 'klicks' is not going to realistically be able to be 'kilometers' in its proper form, instead is going to have to be something scaled down... I welcome ideas!
Consider:
The horizon line of what you can see on earth is what, about 12 miles... ~19km?
At this distance, something like a ship 400m long isnt much larger than a bull ant.
Ships in WC often traveled at speeds of ~420kps (eg, hornet) - and most fighters were only ~20m long.
If you did a flyby, the ship wouldnt even be a visible size until about .1 second until it passed you at this speed.
I've actually had to consider this a bit recently because of the Jacinta/EC Engine - the measurement 'klicks' is not going to realistically be able to be 'kilometers' in its proper form, instead is going to have to be something scaled down... I welcome ideas!