Ingame physics engine, how good is it?

[Zartax]

As the topic states, I'm curious about how good the ingame physics engine is. Skidding and sliding is a very real part of driving a vehicle and add grealty to the realism and fun when in one. So does rolling, doing 180/360 and other fung stuff too. In many FPS games the vehicles are handled in a simpler way, since they are not the in focus as much as the single soldier. Even in games with much focus the vehicles are handled in a very simple way (the jeeps in Battlefield 1942).

I really hope that the vehicle physics are as good, or nearly as good as in Halo, where you can do anything with your vehicles, and it looks and feels real.

[Yuyi]

I hope for the same, but i wouldn't put any money on it.

[Stalefish]

Considering this is an MMOFPS, that might cause too much lag on the server. They'll try to do things that reduce lag, but still offer a fun and fast paced game.

[Zumthor]

Vehicle control in Halo is great. i did a triple front flip in a warthog yesterday

[powdahound]

I don't think complex vehicle physics would lag the server. It should should take a tad more cpu power... It's pretty hard to code physics like that though. It's even hard to have a turret aim at a moving target.

[Aryeh]

From what I've seen so far, the physics engine is actually pretty good. In all the movies they showed (the Gamespot ones), the vehicles seemed to drive and slide in a very realistic manner.

[Thrik]

It's more the actual feel of the weapons and running about that bothers me. I think games like Half-Life and Tribes 2 pulled it off nicely, but Battlefield 1942 and such failed - in my opinion.

I hope this game doesn't have weapons that feel like pop guns and running that makes you feel like a ballet dancer, heh.

[Camping Carl]

Just from watching the videos, it reminds me of C&C Renegade.

[Zartax]

Originally posted by Thrik
It's more the actual feel of the weapons and running about that bothers me. I think games like Half-Life and Tribes 2 pulled it off nicely, but Battlefield 1942 and such failed - in my opinion.

I hope this game doesn't have weapons that feel like pop guns and running that makes you feel like a ballet dancer, heh.

This is also mostly based on physics. If the player accelerates into his runningspeed it feels better than if he just start and reaches the runningspeed directly. This is the same foor strafing.

Jumping should be smooth and not take away any of the speed the player has, since it then feels unnatural. Also, they should allow jumping directly after the first jump to speed things up. This is what I've found to give the best feeling.

Edit: Where do you get the movies?

[Camping Carl]

If you're willing to pay, you can get them from gamespot.

[Saint]

What if I just spent all my money upgrading my comp, although it was already a beast I wanted to make this game look good. Is there a way to get some movies for free?

[Zatrais]

I think they mentioned that the physics engine will be something like the one that is in UT2003 whit it's "points on game model" thing.... If you've ever played bomb run mission in UT2003 and fallen down the lazer grid and down the shafts you'll know what i mean. Or just fallen down some stairs. It's a pretty cool and realisict system if tweaked right =)

[Camping Carl]

Dying in odd ways is the best part of that game.

[CDaws]

Dying in odd ways or landing dead on the ground in an odd position? The floaty cadavers option is awsome.

[Navaron]

Hang on a sec, are you guys talking about the ragdoll physics? I was pretty sure that was *not* the case. Hamma would know. He died a few times. What's it look like when you drown hamma?