Hi,
Once again a very inspiring update followed by an even more inspiring discussion !
Well... enought with good word, you may have noticed I'm very picky (even though, I find all of this Limit Theory development awesome).
About ship speed : I'm not sure about top speed for bigger ship... In fact, I'm not even sure about top speed. I'm not very at ease with physics, but I was quite sure the only theoretical top speed was light speed. I thought only friction can limit top speed of an object. In space, there is no friction (at least, much less than in atmosphere), so, regarding this force, size does not matter.
In fact, I don't like this idea at all, because it's killing all hope humans have to ever reach another system (current ideas are to use the neverending acceleration to reach great speed). It's also killing the solar sail design (I know Josh has never spoken of it, but I sooooooooo much love solar sail... Hell, what's a pirate without a sail?)
About ice field : From far they look marvelous ! It feels so right, the ambiance is so true ! From closer, it feels a little weird to me... to much diffraction or reflection I don't know... But in fact, I've never seen a space ice chunk, so I don't really know what I was expecting. Maybe giant snowflakes like in the Star Tour attraction?
About mining : Ug?! Well, I think this is really a matter of taste of everyone... But, even though the drone thing is really appealing the tractor beam feels so... dummy minigame? (maybe I am too harsh :s). Ok, it's visually beautiful, but I've always thought that mining was about setting an extraction plant, doing some felony elesewhere and come back later to retrieve all this source of money. I feel quite disappointed about it. Yet again, much of you like it, so this must be the way to do it !
About scanner : : Great . Love it this way ! Maybe a little more sampling ? all of that is tweaking !
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Mon Mar 03, 2014 2:22 am
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Re: Development Update #14: February 2014
Are you trying to scan my signature ?