Re: GZG List? FT Asteroids, anyone?

On Sun, 13 Sep 1998, PCARON wrote:

> This is the GZG list, isn't it?  I wanted to read about some cool FT
stuff
> the past few days... so far I've been gett'n lots of mail but not much
of
> it seems to be GZG related.
> 
> Rather than just be a whiner however, I do have a question concerning
how
> other players handle moving asteroids in their games.  I'd like to
host a
> FT "Asteroids" game (you know, like the video game), only using the
full
> thrust rules and allowing starships to fire at and destroy asteroids
for
> points.  They can also fire at each other... but that isn't worth
> anything.  I'd like to have the big asteroids blow up into little ones
> moving at a higher rate but I want to keep the asteroids from flying
off
> the table.  I was thinking of having ships and asteroids "bounce" off
of
> the edge of the table but I'm not sure of how to handle the vectors
> without slowing game play down.

Well, you'd definatly want to use the vector movement system, it'd be
necessary to capture the right feel.  If you want, you could handle off
the board asteroids like the game did (fly off one side, come back on
the
other side with the same velocity vector) Or bouncing off the wall is
really easy enough too. The vector after collision has the same angle
out
from the wall as before. just flip the vector arrow across a plain
perpendicular to the wall through the center of the ship. 

> 
> It's a silly idea, but in a strange way, a FT "asteroids" scenario
sounds
> like it would be fun to try sometime.  Anyone have any suggestions on
> implementing the above?  Any comments welcome...
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Pete
> 
> 
>
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> Peter Caron
> pcaron@cris.com
> 
>		      "War is the trade of kings."
> 
>				      John Dryden
>				       1631-1700
> 

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