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Thread: Survey regarding current flight model
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ComCypher
Mon Nov 01, 2004 9:12 pm
#1
So I'm on my third day of flying inmycustomized Z-95 and am still having difficulty getting used to the flight dynamics of the spacecraft. I realize that I am still just on my first (newbie) spacecraft and more advanced ones may behave differently, but I'm skeptical. To me the flying feels very stiff, not very organic at all.
It's hard to explain with words but when I'm steering the spacecraft it feels like I'm operating a robotic turret, not a spaceship; when I stop moving the joystick the spacecraft just freezes suddenly, rather then subtly drifting to a stop. And when I move the joystick slightly in any direction the spacecraft starts turning at full speed instantly, it doesn't feel graduated. I guess a more technical way of saying it is that the flight modelis too linear, rather than quadratic.
What does everyone else think? Personally I think the flight model could use some smoothing out.
Com Cypher
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BigRay
Tue Nov 02, 2004 6:48 am
#3
I don't have the same problem with my joystick (MS Sidewinder FF 2). If I move it a little, the ship moves a little. If I move it a lot, the ship moves a lot.
ComCypher
Tue Nov 02, 2004 11:33 am
#4
Hmm, okay lol. I guess I've just gotten too used to the feel of the XWA controls.
Com Cypher
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