Semi OT: Spaceship Cockpits?

[Yef]

I don't think the ships in SE4 should have windows. The reason for that is that it will give you a sense of the scale of the ships, and since there are so many shipsets, we end up playing with ships on diferent scales.
For example: The Phong. I have a big trouble believing that Phong scout its 100 meters long (one meter per kt)because the windows makes it look like a 20 meters shuttle.

The lack of windows give you the freedom to imagine the ships to be of any size you want, whether you are playing with kilometers long star-destroyers with an Star Wars mod or barely 100s of meters long starships like the stock game appears to be.

And then, there are the tactical issues. An starships with windows could be potentially giving away its location for free. Hyperoptics could theoretically go a long way into detecting light in space. Then we have design issues like hull structure, armor plating, and so on.

I think I'm with Primitive on this one. TV cameras are probably the most effective solution.


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[ June 03, 2004, 11:46: Message edited by: Yef ]