Re: Lunar combat (was: Re: [OT] Moon Dragon Review?)

On Tue, 5 May 1998, Ground Zero Games wrote:

> like an aerospace craft in atmosphere. Though I've forgotten an awful
lot
> of physics in the last 20 years, am I right in thinking that on an
airless
> world the higher you fall from the faster/harder you will impact,
given
> that there is a constant acceleration imparted by gravity and there is
no
> air drag to produce a terminal velocity effect?

Yup. Though it must be said that the orbital velocities on moon are 
rather low... I think 2.5km/s is enough for elliptical orbit.
 
> A proper-physics lunar combat game could be fun.... :)

Perhaps, but my experience suggests that finding players for 
proper-physics *anything* is nigh impossible. They either hate the 
calculus, or they hate not being in control (which comes out of not
doing 
the calculus). A fully computerized game with simply controls (like 
Asteroids) might be popular just for laughs...

Hmmm... maybe I should write proper-physics vector movement system for
FT
(starting with ditching instant acceleration and discrete time) just to
see 
if one of the vector system proponents would really try it. 

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