Will players automatically orient when traversing a ship in zero-g? Do characters automatically orient to a y-axis in the ship zone regardless of gravity effects?asked by SP3CTREnyc
So, I'm guessing you are working in a 3D engine or modelling package that has Y up. In CryEngine and 3DSMax, Z is up. Z is up for us, Y is going forward, X is side to side.But, we're not going to have the players automatically orient to "up" if it's in zero-g. You know, that's the whole thing with zero-g – there is no specific "up". So, what would happen if gravity does come on – obviously they will orient to wherever the gravity pulls them down. But, once there's no gravity they can turn around, roll, move around and there is no up. So, you can be interacting, moving around, fighting someone and you can all have your own particular frame of reference which would be based around you.
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