What the hell are you talking about and why you take it personal? I do not care about your mod and do not tell you anything to do. I even have no idea what mod do you make.
I only noticed that community has some potential to do crazy stuff that can put FL alive, but prefer to do something strange. That was only an impersonal discourse.

Not sure thats a quite easy hack as far as these values shall now be constantly sent to other clients what is unlikely to be performed currently in a game. Thats not the same as hp/shield values which already were existing there.

edit: As far as i remember, using bots/bats considered unethical in fl multiplayer, and imo that has the reason as far as that mechanics actually has no sense bcuz it doesn't really bring any variative tactical momentum into battle system but just make battles longer.

Consider having CRC calculator, it should be somewhere in downloads here. CRCs are an encoded nicknames of stuff so they should match new names if you've changed any.

But what about FL2? Do you think it is not possible to collaborate and make vanilla remaster and some further expansion?

Instant PMs and usable gallery section would be cool too.
Okay nvm, let me know if i can be helpful with my stuff one day.

Yeah i also do this and to differ it (for scratches or worn effects f.e.) i use material blending by some dirt masks, where almost same materials have different reflection values.
Got ya, just my inverted reflection glossiness.



So its a kind of linear dodge multiplier of typical reflection map? Dont get it.

I've found a pic how Fresnel reflections work with an IOR value. So it basically applies that mechanics to reflection map and power of reflection is defined by IOR value.
I am not aware if rasterisation engines is capable of this or it is RT only, but would like to hear your opinion:


As i know that mechanics is considered most realistic in term of reflections.

Nice ones. May you say a set of maps your engine is accepting/requiring for input?
I've learned some easy unwrap techniques for light models like stations and i have some time to try something.

Okay if that one looks like a bullshit, i have another, technical one.
I'm in a mess with engies of ships and how theoretically ideal they shall work. One friend told me that this is possible to make an engines system in a spacesim based on a real-world physics. I tried to understand him but got almost nothing.
The point is to invent an engine system that will remain FL dynamics and features (0-100% max speed achieving times, movement physics, etc), but:
- allow speed variations between ships, f.e. Defender shall have less speed than the Patriot;
- engines supposed to be changeable between ships, f.e. some Liberty faction manufactures an engine that is suitable to the whole lineup of ships of one size class (i dont think that vanilla system with a unique engine for every ship is a good decision cuz it is not correct as realistic manufacturing process and also neglects any sense to throw them into market);
- have realistic or close to realistic parameters to be variable and their logics.

I've managed to create an interesting one, but it is unrealistically uses a ship mass in its logics.
Ship's mass determines the required output power of an engine to achieve 100% max speed that is fixed per ship.
Engines have an ouptut power and sum (assuming some ship can carry more than one engine) of them suggested to match ship's required output power in order to achieve 100% max speed, but when they does not match, resulting max speed can be above or beyond 100% max speed, what variates a gameplay and basically is a second point of implementation of marketable engines.
So, (max speed with 100% output power match = MS; mass = M; engine output power=OP; all values are imaginary just to show logics, %s are just relative and supposed to be numerical megawatts or kinda)
If ship has M=100 and MS=100, with OP=120% max speed = 120;
If ship has M=120 and MS=100, with OP=120% max speed = 110;
If ship has M=80 and MS=100, with OP=120% max speed = 140;
If ship has M=100 and MS=100, with OP=80% max speed = 80;
If ship has M=120 and MS=100, with OP=80% max speed = 60;
If ship has M=80 and MS=100, with OP=80% max speed = 90.
Steerings, acceleration etc supposed to fit same logics but actially i have no idea how they work IRL, im a dumb non-technical designer and need help.

That seems fine as casual gameplay mecanics but looks like a total bullshit again in term of realistic physics and i dont think it can be acceptable by public.

Question is: whats your opinion and how do you see an engines system in an ideal game in a case that they shall fit terms at stat of msg.