Rain

[alan]

Having seen the alpha visuals, I am now really looking forward to planetary features such as weather, specifically rain streaming along the cockpit till you break through the clouds.

 

[izzy]

It is probably too soon to talk about planetary features. FD is focus only in alpha phase
I think the weather is already planned and not only with rain but all thing that could occur in planets
I want to see big storm, hurricane etc.

 

[Norbert]

To have an idea about weather in future expansions, you can have a look here (start 4:00).

 

[-o-]

It would be interesting if they could actually simulate events such as Jupitor's great red spot.

What a great place for combat that would be.

 

[DYSEQTA]

It would be interesting if they could actually simulate events such as Jupitor's great red spot.

What a great place for combat that would be.

...or not. Do you really want to discharge energy or high explosive weaponry in a gas cloud??

 

[popuptoaster]

...or not. Do you really want to discharge energy or high explosive weaponry in a gas cloud??

Depends whats in it, not all gas is flammable and even the gas that is need the right mixture to ignite.

 

[Perseus]

I thought there was plenty of lightning in the atmosphere of gas giants?

 

[Susimetsa]

Rain, clouds, storms, beautiful sunsets and sunrises... Grand vistas... A lot to look forward to!

 

[Splendour]

Dogfighting in thick gas atmospheres could prove particularly interesting, having to rely on sensors most of the time if the gas isn't very transparent.

Then there's all the fun of extra bright lasers with all that gas to agitate, electrical discharge, done well it could be truly spectacular

 

[Cosmo Bozo]

Scraping the ice off your cockpit glass before you can take off....

 

[Susimetsa]

Scraping the ice off your cockpit glass before you can take off....

Reminds me of a great Christmassy picture:

 

[tooterfish]

...or not. Do you really want to discharge energy or high explosive weaponry in a gas cloud??

Yes, of course I do!

Why is this even a question?

 

[Hamerstein]

...or not. Do you really want to discharge energy or high explosive weaponry in a gas cloud??

Well son, I'll tell you how it happened...

See I was running contraband down to Io, and the local Fed patrol picked me up. We circled the moon a few times then I shook 'im a spell n skeddaddled down t' ol' Jups atmosphere...hopin' t' lose 'im in the clouds like.

Only I dint figure on the Fed being a rookie and totin' one o' those new fangled plasma arrays...

Anyways t' cut th' long one short....that's why Sol's a binary system.

 

[michaelfife]

Having seen the alpha visuals, I am now really looking forward to planetary features such as weather, specifically rain streaming along the cockpit till you break through the clouds.

Ah, but your shields would prevent that from happening, see?

 

[Memnoch]

Damn you realism! <shakes fist>

 

[Blethigg]

Scraping the ice off your cockpit glass before you can take off....

...or just close the heat sinks for a minute! :smilie:

 

[Alpha Protocol]

...or just close the heat sinks for a minute! :smilie:

Psshh... remote start

 

[trekman]

Well son, I'll tell you how it happened...

See I was running contraband down to Io, and the local Fed patrol picked me up. We circled the moon a few times then I shook 'im a spell n skeddaddled down t' ol' Jups atmosphere...hopin' t' lose 'im in the clouds like.

Only I dint figure on the Fed being a rookie and totin' one o' those new fangled plasma arrays...

Anyways t' cut th' long one short....that's why Sol's a binary system.

While flying and fighting in and around Jupiter's moons might be a lot of fun you'd definitely not want to get too close to Jupiter itself. If you did then it certainly would be game over because you'd never be able to escape its well known gravity. The same would apply to Saturn or any of the other gas giants.

 

[Perseus]

While flying and fighting in and around Jupiter's moons might be a lot of fun you'd definitely not want to get too close to Jupiter itself. If you did then it certainly would be game over because you'd never be able to escape its well known gravity. The same would apply to Saturn or any of the other gas giants.

How close is too close?

 

[michaelfife]

While flying and fighting in and around Jupiter's moons might be a lot of fun you'd definitely not want to get too close to Jupiter itself. If you did then it certainly would be game over because you'd never be able to escape its well known gravity. The same would apply to Saturn or any of the other gas giants.

With the frame-shift drive and the exotic energy densities we'll be playing with that wouldn't be a problem. The problem of "getting too close" would be more to do with being crushed to scrap by the atmospheric pressure of a gas giant (a planet almost all atmosphere, after all), should you venture too deep into the clouds.