Re: Vector movement

On Thu, 20 Mar 1997, Oerjan Ohlson wrote:

> It is far more difficult to figure out where you're going to end up
with 
> the "old" FT rules, and (at least for me :/ ) neigh on impossible to
get 
> to where I want to be <g>

Not really. Your turning radius is roughly r = 2v/p, where v is your 
velocity and p is the points you put into turning.

Correcting mistakes under FT system is easier: You can always "slam 
brakes and hard turn" whereas a ship under Newtonian movement must
first spin to correct facing before they really do anything about 
anything. Depending on the amount of spinning allowed, this might take 
over a turn, essentially giving you a "moving target" to shoot for.

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