RE: [OT] Babylon 5 combat simulation game

It does look pretty - apparently using a real physics model, as opposed
to 
the Wing Commander P-51-in-space model (grrrrrrr...).  Well, there is
some 
hope for capital ship fans (we lucky few) - Independence War (out in 
Europe/UK as IWar, IIRC).  You have a frigate/corvette, with a bunch of 
guns & missiles, and it apparently uses something approaching real
physics. 
 Now, if we could get an AI that handles 3d combat...

Noah

-----Original Message-----
From:	Los [SMTP:los@cris.com]
Sent:	Friday, September 18, 1998 03:13 PM
To:	FTGZG-L@bolton.ac.uk
Subject:	Re:[OT] Babylon 5 combat simulation game

I saw this. It looks nice. You fly a fighter in this game. I just wish
we 
had
some control over the capital ships! In Descent: Freespace, you could at

least
control them through the very powerful mission editor so you could watch

them
go at each other as you flew around in your fighter.

Los

P.S> Can't wait for the rest of Season Five.

Niall Gilsenan wrote:

> Just spotted this on one of the game sites.  Its a preview of what
seems 
to
> be a wing commander like game based in the B5 universe.  Apparently
the
> game will include a real physics model which will allow you to perform
> maneuvers similar to the ones we've seen in the series.  Like being
able 
to
> spin 180 degrees etc.
> Only Starfuries available to fly yet but who knows. Graphics are the
same
> as those used in the series itself.
>
> The preview was at :
>
> http://www.ogr.com/previews/babylon5_1.phtml
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> Dublin 1,
> Ireland.
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