With everything going to a math-based system like the damage modeling and thruster input can we expect the same when it comes to ore and fuel as far as volumetric handling?asked by GeraldEvans
TL;DRMass from cargo, fuel, ammo and more will affect center of mass and handling, with IFCS compensating partly and tools to counter it, so performance changes over a battle.
Yeah, that's the basic notion. We're going to have all of the... all of the mass that you bring into your ship is going to affect your center of mass. Even further than fuel and ore and all of the cargo stuff that you'll have, because your ballistics and your ballistic ammo... all of this stuff adds up to affect your flight performance, your missiles, and you will not be flying the same at the end of a battle as you are at the beginning. IFCS does a lot to try and make up for that, so it doesn't just become an instant slugfest. The basic notion is that there would be really poor handling, because even without IFCS compensating for it, fairly slight changes in center of mass have had pretty big effects on handling. It is very noticeable any time our center of mass is wrong... as you probably actually experienced. That happened to the Mustang and the 300 series and we definitely heard about that. So, yeah it will be taken into account and we will be providing tools to overcome it and as you take damage or make silly choices, because I'm always in favour of accommodating the silly choice, that will inhibit your ability to do things.