Mass instead of weight

Vichus

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13 years ago

May 4, 2012, 12:19:07 PM

It would probably be more correct and "atmospheric" to use mass instead of weight in the ship design screens.

Ashbery76

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Ashbery76

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36 100g2g pts

13 years ago

May 4, 2012, 12:26:51 PM

Indeed as the tonnage for a ES Battleship is less than a dumptruck.

Sarissofoi

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Sarissofoi

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13 years ago

May 4, 2012, 12:43:33 PM

Sounds reasonable.

Ebrim

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Ebrim

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13 years ago

May 4, 2012, 1:47:05 PM

Perhaps, though I think it's clearly an abstraction. I don't think "mass" would be all that much more correct, when I think of "weight" in this context I'm imagining not how much it would move a scale but how much impact it would have on the craft.

sumbius

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sumbius

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13 years ago

May 4, 2012, 2:04:17 PM

Never the less, weight is affected by gravity, thus your ships would have different weight in different places while the mass remains constant.

Vichus

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Vichus

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13 years ago

May 4, 2012, 2:08:21 PM

Your weight would also increase under thrust! A module on a rapidly accelerating scout would weigh more than a much more massive module on a cruising battleship.

Sebmono

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Sebmono

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13 years ago

May 4, 2012, 2:13:21 PM

As far as context of how much impact it would have on the craft, mass is still effective terminology. More mass = more thrust/force to move or change directions, more "stuff" in the way in the case of armor, etc. I think it also expands better into comparative terms, i.e. "A more massive ship" instead of "A heavier ship".

madgiraf

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madgiraf

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13 years ago

May 4, 2012, 2:23:09 PM

I was a bit "shocked" as well when I saw "weight". Definitely "mass" would be more proper wording, let's not miss the science part of "science-fiction" too much.

Remscar

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Remscar

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13 years ago

May 4, 2012, 2:25:30 PM

There is no such thing as "Weight" in space. Weight is derived from Gravity and Mass.

Having a limit on the Mass on a ship makes more sense than weight.

halflotus

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halflotus

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13 years ago

May 4, 2012, 2:49:06 PM

Mass makes more sense for sure.

Azrael

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Azrael

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13 years ago

May 4, 2012, 2:57:21 PM

I concur, mass is correct and works better.

Tobinius

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Tobinius

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13 years ago

May 4, 2012, 3:03:56 PM

I hadn't noticed this, but I do agree that it seems really strange to have weight being referred to and not mass - especially when this is a science fiction space game. Hopefully this will be fixed.

Firathmagi

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Firathmagi

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13 years ago

May 4, 2012, 5:18:38 PM

i agree that mas works better

though this really just seems one of those minor nit-picky kinds of things

SirFlipsALot

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SirFlipsALot

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21 500g2g pts

13 years ago

May 4, 2012, 5:26:12 PM

Yep, I also agree, mass is way more fitting, at least in the space atmosphere : )

Jhurko

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Jhurko

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13 years ago

May 4, 2012, 5:33:10 PM

Me too, mass would fit better than weight on this kind of game. I don't know nothing about programming but, it's not only matter of change words, "mass" for "weight"?

MT4K

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MT4K

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13 years ago

May 4, 2012, 6:06:45 PM

Jhurko wrote:
Me too, mass would fit better than weight on this kind of game. I don't know nothing about programming but, it's not only matter of change words, "mass" for "weight"?

They might have to change a few strings or something somewhere as well. or anything that references "weight" on descriptions and such. but hopefully it won't be too much work. (I ain't a programmer though so i'm just guessing).

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