Have a similar cockpit and sound effect when hitting/passing a speed of 1c
Effect when breaking the Light-Barrier
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Have a similar cockpit and sound effect when hitting/passing a speed of 1c
The notion that we shouldn't be seeing a static system while in supercruise has been discussed already, and without a doubt, something could be done to make it more "immersive".
In my opinion, there are two different ways to do this :
1) Assume that sight is possible at non-relativistic speeds (regardless of how utterly bonkers that would be, a FTL starship essentially moving faster than causality itself, after all...) and give stellar objects distance-relative displacement. I.E : a planet that is 3 light-minutes away appears at the position it was 3 minutes ago, and moving over lightspeed towards it creates a "fast forward" effect.
2) Accept that the very notion of "sight" just smashes itself out of a window above lightspeed, and pretend that the "outside" view we get during supercruise is a holographic overlay. It would be extremely cool if, upon entering SC, we would first get the standard "hyperspace tunnel" vision, but then a hologram-triangle-boot-screen (what we get when opening a UI window anyway...) pops up all over our windows and "builds" the system view.
As for a specific effect for going above lightspeed... In a sense, the trails our ships leave during Supercruise are pretty much that, in fact - sice we spend the vast majority of supercruise travel above that threshold anyway. What additional effect(s) were you precisely thinking of?
In my opinion, there are two different ways to do this :
1) Assume that sight is possible at non-relativistic speeds (regardless of how utterly bonkers that would be, a FTL starship essentially moving faster than causality itself, after all...) and give stellar objects distance-relative displacement. I.E : a planet that is 3 light-minutes away appears at the position it was 3 minutes ago, and moving over lightspeed towards it creates a "fast forward" effect.
2) Accept that the very notion of "sight" just smashes itself out of a window above lightspeed, and pretend that the "outside" view we get during supercruise is a holographic overlay. It would be extremely cool if, upon entering SC, we would first get the standard "hyperspace tunnel" vision, but then a hologram-triangle-boot-screen (what we get when opening a UI window anyway...) pops up all over our windows and "builds" the system view.
As for a specific effect for going above lightspeed... In a sense, the trails our ships leave during Supercruise are pretty much that, in fact - sice we spend the vast majority of supercruise travel above that threshold anyway. What additional effect(s) were you precisely thinking of?