Guest Azrael Posted December 1, 2005 Report Share Posted December 1, 2005 Lasers on X-Com were pulse lasers, IMO, at least that's what it looked like from the animation (could be wrong). I saw how lasers work (anims) in UFO2000 and they are continuous beams, what I picture lasers like (though I kinda like the pulse ones better).So, what are we going to use in Xenocide? I suppose it's as easy to code a beam as it is a pulse blast, so I suppose we could vote (please someone tell me if this has been decided or if it's easier to do it in a particular way). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vaaish Posted December 1, 2005 Report Share Posted December 1, 2005 IIRC it doesn't really matter because each will appear as an almost instantaneous beam directed at the target... a pulse one might appear to flicker but thats about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Azrael Posted December 1, 2005 Report Share Posted December 1, 2005 IIRC it doesn't really matter because each will appear as an almost instantaneous beam directed at the target... a pulse one might appear to flicker but thats about it.<{POST_SNAPBACK}>Not if we do it the way it was done in X-Com check out a laser animation from there, an one from UFO2000 and you'll see the difference, it's pretty clear Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fux0r666 Posted December 2, 2005 Report Share Posted December 2, 2005 I believe that since we are going for realism that we will be making it a beam weapon, by your definitions of pulse and beam. At least, that is the direction we were heading prior to this poll. I voted for beam. Let the bolts be for plasma weapons or something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Azrael Posted December 2, 2005 Report Share Posted December 2, 2005 Even though I like pulse, I agree with you I am not even sure if it's physically possible to make laser bolts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATeX Posted December 2, 2005 Report Share Posted December 2, 2005 Seems like everyone agrees. Beam is the way to go. cheers, Thomas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[Mad] Posted December 2, 2005 Report Share Posted December 2, 2005 (edited) Even though I like pulse, I agree with you I am not even sure if it's physically possible to make laser bolts.well.. depends on how fast you can look.. If you fire short pulses and are able to view that fast, that you can see the light travel, then it should be no problem to see "bolts" (you'll just have to have a little fight with Einstein... ) Oh, now that I think of it... you could fire the Laser in a very dense crystaline structure. Inside the structure the speed of light is far below the vacuum speed of light, there are crystals in which light travels at "only" 20 m/sec. There one could see the light travel.. The only remaining problem would be to get the alien inside that crystal... Edited December 2, 2005 by Mad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red knight Posted December 2, 2005 Report Share Posted December 2, 2005 For visual appearance we are going for Beam type of laser as Vaaish said. GreetingsRed Knight Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Azrael Posted December 2, 2005 Report Share Posted December 2, 2005 For visual appearance we are going for Beam type of laser as Vaaish said. GreetingsRed Knight<{POST_SNAPBACK}>Cool, that definitely looks better than the pseudo-pulse blasts from x-com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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