09:35am <ShotJon> Also I think I fell in love with the Compressed Packet rifle, DocTomoe.
09:36am <DocTomoe> That's a little thing Osaka and I worked on together.
Directional Input:
Rather than using directional analogue sticks which are in common use, even now, the choice was made to go with stationary resistance sticks, like those used in fighter-jets. While they don’t actually move, they measure pressure applied in any given direction and apply directional action accordingly. While a typical stick only offers two to five levels of directional sensitivity, stationary resistance sticks offer up to 512 levels. Even better, there isn’t any travel so changing direction is almost instantaneous. The result is no over-panning and no correction needed to compensate. Just snap to aim sharp and precisely.
The left stick is for motion and the right stick is for sighting or rotational control.
Central Joint:
Both joints: Some level of resistance attempts to return the controller to its original relative position. Spring-loaded? Uses the same sensors as the basic rotation or not? (Probably not — spring loaded?)
Action buttons:
Opens up potential to ‘smarter’ games without ‘gimping’ things down from the PC.
Unobtrusive and entirely optional to players.
“We think you deserve more control over what you’re doing and a better feel for what you’re doing.” “
“You deserve better.”
Similar to D-pad but also packing a capacitive pickup (think ipod clickwheel) capable of discerning direction but not position.
When tapped normally, behaves normally.
When tapped hard, the clickwheel behavior arises. By scrubbing in a certain direction, a choice is made (pie menu?) — Releasing confirms choice.
Tl;dr: Extremely rapid seamless control turning 4 buttons into a maximum of 32 possible selections total, plus the original 4 available.
Visual feedback and interfacing is necessary when making these choices, as passive as they might be.
Example: diamond of buttons? When user brings up a pie-menu, a button is pulled down into focus and the options displayed around it.
User glides into direction, picking specific option by direction. Options are visual, not textural. Rely on muscle memory.
Releasing the button confirms the selection.
Clicking the left stick cancels the selection.
The idea is if the user presses harder/deeper, the menu comes up.
The menu does not need to render before the action can be performed.
The result is that the players can learn via muscle memory the positions of options in particular games.
After which, they don’t need to see the options to actually use them. They can be performed without the menu (blind gliding).
Some typical examples:
Views:
Tapping scrolls through available views.
Gliding (term?) selects a specific view from a list.
Attacks:
Tapping is a punch. Tapping multiple times combos the punch.
Gliding selects specific punch types (up vs down: high vs low — left vs right: speed vs power)
Result allows for ‘analogue like’ control of attacks rather than specifics alone.
What could this mean for kicks, throws, other moves?
Driving games:
Tapping switches between reverse and active gear.
Gliding selects an upshift or a downshift.
Weapons Setup:
Tapping switches blindly between different attachments or weapons or firing mode.
Gliding selects a specific attachment or weapons or firing mode.
As a form of allocation:
This could be used to assign specific commands or attacks to buttons. For example, there could be a list of available attacks in the menu.
By using gliding, the tap function could then be defined (for example: as last glide) or back to default.
Theoretically, multiple slides could be tied into a single glide like driving stick.
Example:
Glide starts. Slide one direction, slide another direction.
This is visually shown in the UI. Result is a real gear-shift with proper vibration feedback in the controller.
Originally designed for military use, the Veritas S1 focuses on jamming, shielding, manoeuvrability, and sheer speed to see it through the day as a law-enforcement unit ideal for escort missions, interception, reconnaissance and particularly by harassing larger ships by working in groups that share tactical information to act as a single unit. Of particular importance are its engines which are based on those of the Maras’ Gunship’s accumulative engine systems - though the Veritas S1 makes use of gravitic centrifuges rather than classic ion rings and plasma propulsion. Importantly, the vessel can act unmanned, relying on repair drones and service units onboard to maintain it while the onboard integrated ARIA acts as combined tactical officer, pilot, engineer and commander — based on data of ARIA/Maras interaction.
Additionally, interior systems including the interior room layout can easily be changed or fitted with new equipment due to the modular interior hull - for example, securely detaining prisoners, transporting key-personnel, complex sensors for surveys and reconnaissance and so on. Most importantly, the Veritas has a very low entry-level price and is easy enough to repair provided the proper tools are on hand making it an ideal first-starship for traders and salvage masters, should the optional cargo-pod be fitted. In addition, with very little software tweaking, the Veritas can very quickly become a more than capable ship in the right hands.
Since the Veritas was deemed unsuitable for military operation by MOTHER1-Terminal (the primary ARIA cluster/render farm for simulation at Lazarus HQ), the the interior systems and design were overhauled, replacing over 35% of its internal systems - though the two remain cross-compatible.
The result was the Veriticus gunship. With much thicker armor, better centrifuges and superior computer control the unit could better capitalise on its own advantages and captains were more able to take risks with the new layout which placed systems of importance deep within the hull - the interior walls of which now lined with yarvex foam (is this available to Laz, anyway? Can I buy it?) to prevent penetration when the hull is sealed, seriously increasing its survivability. In addition, a second ‘hull’ was placed around the critical systems (life support, command-deck, main generator, computer, cooling).
Alongside the improved durability is a clamping system for a removable cargo-pod (which includes its own airlock and very basic propulsion systems) which diversifies the Vereticus — to either carry specialised munitions (such as a large anti-starship cannon currently under development), carry units with it or supplies with it into battle - all of which may be dropped from the pod which features a loading bay door on the rear side.
Of note are a modular munitions hull module and special mounting brackets which offer additional protection and the ability to mount larger and more robust munitions without special effort, inspired by the Maras.
To carry all this extra bulk, military centrifuges and new corrective engines have been added which allow the vessel to continue performing as it did, upping the capabilities of the prongs by as much as 35% and allowing the Veriticus to remain VTOL and achieve escape velocity — even when over its stated load-limit simply by shunting energy from the generator into engines and cooling systems.
Abwehran Commander said:They look similar to Wanzers from Front Mission Games.
Cute, but I also feel like I need to protect my liver.
If that's Aiesu, it wasn't what I was expecting, but it suits the character more than my idea did.
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