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With the new wind bug in 3.9, we saw some ships being blown away by the wind, as if the ships had no mass at all. Can you tell us why that was?

David ColsonGameplay Programmer, Product Owner of the Vehicle Feature Team

So ships actually do have mass, but the bug in 3.9 that you were seeing the result of was actually that the wind was crazy strong. The wind at points in Lorville was gusting up to like 150, 200 kilometers an hour, which, I'm pretty sure if you put a 747 in winds like that, it would start moving. It's crazy, crazy fast. So that's been fixed. They've been moved down. But there is also the bonus that the wind aerodynamic simulation wasn't as advanced in 3.9. Obviously, in 3.10, it'll be much more advanced, and the way ships interact with wind will be more realistic. And so I guess from those two angles, the result should be a more believable behavior.

John CreweVehicle Director

And actors currently aren't affected by winds. And if they were, you would have been blown kilometers away.

Star Citizen Live›Invictus Launch Week Vehicle Q&A·
Published on this date.22 May 2020