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- From: thantos@runic.via.mind.org (Paul Williams [SysOp])
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- Subject: Re: Mekton MTS Roadstrikers
- Message-ID: <F5s9VB1w165w@runic.via.mind.org>
- Date: 23 Dec 92 16:03:26 GMT
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- kstclair@atlantis.CS.ORST.EDU (Kelly St.Clair) writes:
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- > Something which worked well for me, and came out pretty close to Roadstriker
- > and real vehicle weights, was to scale everything except weight by 5 as
- > normal. Weight is scaled by 20.
- > Result - cycles have an unscaled weight in the 2-5 ton range (you'll probably
- > want to use wt. efficiency), cars are 20 to 40 tons, and so on up to vans
- > and small trucks at 60+ tons.
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- Question: How did you handle wheels? Buy a movement platform?
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- PS: I might give your scaling a try... :)
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