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At the Gates
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Posted: 17th Dec 2003 00:47
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Hello! Me and my friend has this project for school.
We're making a 3d game in DB. Eh... well, since we're
not that good at game-programming (we've used Delphi,
but not for game-making), we're going to visit this
place now and then (if that's fine with you hehe)...

Now to the question... we're making this game where you
control an airship and we thought that a "Ratchet
& Clank"- inspired level would be cool, but the problem
is; we don't have a clue how to manipulate gravitation.



Above is the idea of a small planet on where the player
may fly around. Is there anyway to keep the airship soaring
around the planet like in "real life"?

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At the Gates
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Posted: 17th Dec 2003 00:48
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Ugh... if you can't see the pic, just copy this URL to
your adress-box. "http://hem.passagen.se/emeraldia/01.JPG"

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Posted: 17th Dec 2003 02:59
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In such a case, it might be better to have an invisible limb at the center of the planet. You can rotate the limb to mimic ship motions and scale it to raise or lower the airship. Gravity is just a matter of scaling down the limb over time.
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zircher
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Posted: 17th Dec 2003 07:03 Edited at: 17th Dec 2003 20:23
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I was playing around with the idea and I have some code you can use as a starting place.

I'll upload the resources and post a link in a few minutes. I also included an image of the example.

http://www.geocities.com/tzircher/tiny_world.htm

Arrow keys to move and turn,use the 'A' key to gain altitude. Gravity is in place. Fun things like camera placement I'll leave to you. The air ship starts at the back of the tiny world. Use the up arrow to bring the air ship over the horizon.
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Posted: 17th Dec 2003 15:28
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I'll try it right away... thanks!

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Posted: 17th Dec 2003 20:25
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I hope it works out for you. When my son saw the demo, he right then and there wanted to learn DBP so he could turn it into a combat game.
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