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Old 03-08-09, 03:04 PM   #8
Webster
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Originally Posted by JREX53
Webster,

That is what I am getting at. You have changed the drag coefficients unnecessarily.
The advice I was given by Sam (swdw), who started the initial physics work for SH4, gave me was to adjust the engine HP until you get into the ballpark, then adjust the engine rpm to get what you want, otherwise if you just change the drag coefficients you are asking for the ship to do weird things ingame.
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the drag coeficients were used from PT's advice and i threw those values i used away and settled on new values.

i worry lowering rpm too much will cause ships that slow for evasive zig zag manuvers to get stuck doing 5 kts trying to regain speed. do you have a suggested number to start at?
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