[Phoenix-D]

Originally posted by KRNVR:
regarding the Last request (just below), perhaps it would be more immersive if a disabled vessel took a tumble vector based on what hit it Last, and where? So the crippled ship would still spin in place (and possibly be able to fire its weapons as targets bore), but not in the odd thrashing about behavior. (Of course, visible attitude thruster jets would explain much of that, but should still stop when bridge/engines destroyed. And currently no such thruster jets, anyway.)

A crippling beam hit might impart no vector, while any sort of bolt would... etc.

This can be modded by giving the engines the turning and acceleration effect- no engines, no turning, no weird thrashing. I've also noticed that dead ships will sometimes slide to a halt as well..seems to work mostly with crew-killing weapons. Another way to simulate that is to give all components propulsion, a QNP system where there is no maxiumum top speed. Under that, only total destruction of every component would bring the ship to a stop. (OTOH, if you loose your engines at speed, you'd continue on your current heading until they could be repaired..)