Flight Physics

[krj12]

Not sure which release this happened, probably when they started changing the flight secondary powers, but...

 

I really don't care for the new physics.    Before,   when coming to a stop, there was just a bit of drift at the end, now it's an immediate complete stop.

Before, turning off flight resulted in an immediate drop, now there's a 1 to 2 second delay.

 

The old drift made it feel more natural... now it feels very stiff and mechanical.   I used to enjoy flying around the city just for the fun of flight - not anymore.  Please revert the physics.

 

[Greycat]

I just checked both Mystic Flight and plain old Fly. Both still have the drift.

 

The only time Fly does *not* drift at the end is if you have Hover running at the same time. In that case, it  will just stop instantly.

[Coyotedancer]

How well is your flight power enhanced?

 

I don't know for certain if it's still the case now, but back in the day the drift effect seemed to taper off a lot the higher your level and the better enhanced the Fly power was. I have vague memories of testing it on Palrah and Ty, my winged tank siblings, with a tiled floor in a base. ("So, just HOW MUCH driftier *is* lower-level and less-enhanced Ty's flight than her big brother's? One tile more drift? Two? Holy smoke... Three tiles." It was a non-trivial difference. 😆)

 

 

[krj12]

Just checked.... it appears to be "Evasive Manuevers" that is the culprit.   Toggling that off restores the old physics.   Would be nice if I could that could be toggled without losing the 

normal feel of Fly.

[Greycat]

Well, Evasive Maneuvers gives "+Flight Control," so eliminating drifting and such sounds like just what it's supposed to do.

[srmalloy]

11 hours ago, Greycat said:

The only time Fly does *not* drift at the end is if you have Hover running at the same time. In that case, it  will just stop instantly.

Or with effects from a Kinetics character -- Inertial Reduction will make you stop on a dime.

[Sunsette]

Flight Control is the primary benefit of evasive maneuvers -- you can just not take the power if you don't want that.

[General Idiot]

22 hours ago, srmalloy said:

Or with effects from a Kinetics character -- Inertial Reduction will make you stop on a dime.

As will Hover or Combat Jumping, or any other power that gives air control.

[srmalloy]

21 hours ago, General Idiot said:

When life gives you lemonade, make lemons. Life will be all like "What?"

"You know what they say -- when life gives you lemons, make lemonade."
"I'm allergic to lemons."
"You know what they say -- when life gives you lemons, swell up and die."

[Luminara]

1 hour ago, srmalloy said:

"You know what they say -- when life gives you lemons, make lemonade."
"I'm allergic to lemons."
"You know what they say -- when life gives you lemons, swell up and die."