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Auto-pilot tweak and flight height possibilities.

Dave Zeeman
Master Procrastinator
Join date: 28 Jan 2003
Posts: 1,025
02-13-2003 15:36
I'm sure this has been mentioned before, but if not, I guess I'll post it here.

It's become rather obvious that you can only fly so high above the ground before gravity feels like taking its effect upon you. The higher you fly, relative to the ground, the higher you are, relative to the world. During auto-pilot people run into things a lot, because the auto-pilot does not keep you at any special height, relative to the ground, but at a height relative to the world.

I propose that if the land is inclining at a certain angle (because if we flew towards a cliff, instantaneous travel straight up wouldn't look too good) such as 45 degrees or lower, the auto-pilot engine keeps us at our height relative to the ground.

If this seems like a bit much (it does to me!), you could just make me a happy camper by lifting the restriction on how high you can fly (relative to the ground, not the world) before gravity takes effect. At the moment, you can fly higher than the clouds if you are propelled by a force, but stop at the clouds if you fly on your own. I'm fine with this, keep it! But how about gravity not take effect while in flight, unless you are above the clouds. This way us rocketeers can have our fun without cramming up the high-high skies that are oh-so lag free :D

Just a thought, any comments or solid replies by the Lindens would be nice :)
Andrew Linden
Linden staff
Join date: 18 Nov 2002
Posts: 692
02-20-2003 10:20
Yes, autopilot needs some work. It shouldn't be too hard to make the autopilot follow the terrain height. I'll file it as a bug.
Dave Zeeman
Master Procrastinator
Join date: 28 Jan 2003
Posts: 1,025
:D
02-20-2003 16:16
Thanks Andrew! :D I've got another feature but I'm gonna post it on it's own thread :)
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