Entries from 2014-10-01 to 1 month

Basic Dogfight Mode (4): Conclusion

Well, my imitation DFM didn't turn out the way I thought it would, but I was still able to figure out why my original idea didn't work and why. And once I did, all it took was a bit of a spin on the concept and I was mostly able to use it …

Basic Dogfight Mode (3): Yaw/Pitch/Throttle Spring Theory

My final stab at this all was taking the spring forces I used earlier, but using them differently. Before, I used them to tweak the position of the ship, then fudged its heading to make things look right... but this made my plane behave so…

Basic Dogfight Mode (2): Pure Positional Spring Theory

The next thing I tried to do to make one plane follow another was to base its movement off the same sort of movement a chase camera does. It didn't turn out as expected, though.Previous Post:Basic Dogfight Mode (1): Basic Yaw/Pitch Adjustm…