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Ramayana Winnfield
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02-27-2006 14:54
i cant get in world right now to check this.. but anyone know off hand what the maximun UNAIDED flight altitude is?
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Burke Prefect
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02-27-2006 15:03
Roughly 210m
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Ramayana Winnfield
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02-27-2006 15:57
thank you
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Noh Rinkitink
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02-27-2006 16:21
That's about how high an unaided av can get, but staying at that altitude is another issue entirely, at least if you're only climbing, without any forward motion.
One day I tried to see how high I could get without any aids, and while I got to a bit over 200m, I started sinking down as soon as I let go of the "gain altitude" key, settling in around 170-something, IIRC. I only tested at 0 horizontal velocity, though, which may affect things. |
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AJ DaSilva
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02-27-2006 16:51
There's a bug where you can get to any height you want unaided. But I'm keeping it as my secret.
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Candide LeMay
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02-27-2006 17:47
What do you mean? An African or European avie?
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Jonas Pierterson
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02-27-2006 18:30
~snickers~
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Jeffrey Gomez
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02-27-2006 20:01
There's a bug where you can get to any height you want unaided. But I'm keeping it as my secret. They fixed it, unless you aren't refering to the "spam the fly key" bug? Only reason I made myself a flight overrider. _____________________
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AJ DaSilva
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02-27-2006 20:05
They fixed it, unless you aren't refering to the "spam the fly key" bug? Only reason I made myself a flight overrider. Come to think of it, I'm not sure I've ever bug reported it... should do next time I'm on just to be sure. |
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Bertha Horton
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02-27-2006 21:00
You mean unaided by flight ability? In which case, ground level.
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Logan Bauer
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02-27-2006 21:06
Nope, different bug. Come to think of it, I'm not sure I've ever bug reported it... should do next time I'm on just to be sure. I've bug reported it already. Been bug reporting the vehicle engine since day one!  _____________________
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Argent Stonecutter
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02-28-2006 04:27
There's a bug where you can get to any height you want unaided. But I'm keeping it as my secret. |
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AJ DaSilva
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02-28-2006 05:17
I've bug reported it already. Been bug reporting the vehicle engine since day one! Since people seem to be interested, it involves turning on flight just before you hit the ground when falling then jumping and swinging your view atround lots. If you want a detailed explanation then ask me in person. |
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Burke Prefect
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02-28-2006 05:44
I know one way without scripts, but it isn't exactly what I'd call "unaided". Physics? |
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Selador Cellardoor
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02-28-2006 05:44
Commented before reading to the end of the thread. Why do I keep doing that?
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AJ DaSilva
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02-28-2006 05:47
Commented before reading to the end of the thread. Why do I keep doing that? |
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Ordinal Malaprop
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03-02-2006 07:42
Okay, what's the altitude where you start to fall back down, then, and more importantly, how fast do you start to fall back down? I have a copy of X-flight here which seems to think that it's 52m and that you fall at standard gravity, but I'm sure you fall slower than that.
European, incidentally. |
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Noh Rinkitink
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03-02-2006 11:55
Again going solely on one experience of mine that I mentioned, above (meaning make of it what you will
), as soon as you reach 210-ish meters you can't climb any higher, and once you release the "gain altitude" key (default of PgUp) you start sinking, at about 1/3 G or so (didn't time it, so I can't give a more exact value, sorry), and level out around 160-170m |
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AJ DaSilva
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03-02-2006 12:28
Went and ran some tests for you and found that both max hover heights (holding "fly up" and not holding "fly up"
are affected by how high the land is where you're flying. Afraid I was too lazy to throw together a land height detector widget to figure out what the distances you want are though, soz.One interesting thing I found is that flying in little circles lets you reach pretty much any height you want. At least, I got to 360m before I got bored. |
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Argent Stonecutter
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03-02-2006 13:43
Cyberflight turns on at 72m absolute, or 36m above ground, whichever is higher. How fast you fall above that seems to vary sim-to-sim and it's not a simple function of the height above the ground or absolute height. Cyberflight uses a feedback loop to dynamically adjust the boost to keep your motion smooth no matter what the conditions are.
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