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Re: [FT] [OT?] Has anyone considered...

From: "Chris DeBoe" <LASERLIGHT@Q...>
Date: Wed, 6 Sep 2000 12:47:15 -0400
Subject: Re: [FT] [OT?] Has anyone considered...

> ....doing full 3D FT on a computer? The weapon ranges and stuff all
give
> themselves to easy 3D. Firing arcs might be a pain. You'd have to
"encase"
> your ship in a polygon (12 sider?) and decide which weapons can fire
through
> which arcs. Maybe a 12 sider would be good because you could just
multiply
> the arcs x2 (6-->12).

Keep it at 6 arcs: fore, aft, dorsal, ventral, port, starboard.

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