Ballistic NG - Wipeout fan project

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Thanks to MAD I've now seen this project and it's truly amazing! I never met someone both being able to deal with Unity and bringing up such a realistic W'O'' clone. Congratulations! Due to the 300+ videos on YouTube and their dates I see this is going on for over one year already - yet I think this is an astounding short time with a huge progress for a spare time/open source game. I instantly felt home when steering thru the tracks (although I'm not that used to the keyboard for W'O'').

The tracks look great, the scenary has fantastic textures and also is more detailled than I would have ever dared to imagine, the craft's behaviour and look are perfectly fitting, the music is well done, and the menu so far is also quite intuitive (I only didn't expect ENTER to do nothing).

If you want suggestions for improvements/ideas I'd be happy to list them, but those are rather cosmetic, not fundamental. So I don't want you to loose focus on the main work and rather come up with this after you're done and feel kinda bored for the first time.

Thanks! Glad you're enjoying it so far I wouldn't be nearly as far as I am right now without Dreadofmondays and Xpand, they've both been a huge help with assets and Dreadofmondays has done a fantastic job with the backstory. I'm always open to suggestions and ideas so let me know what you've got in mind!

BALLISTIC NG STAT BALANCE NOW
(speed / thrust / handling / energy / total)(specialty)
Omnicom ( ? / ? / ? / ? / ? ) (no comment)
G-Tek ( 4 / 6 / 8 / 6 / 22 ) (Balanced plus handling, frail poor craft overall)
Diavolt ( 8 / 9 / 3 / 8 / 28 ) (high thrust low handling, good bulk)
Nexus ( 8 / 7 / 3 / 5 / 23 ) (a weaker diavolt)
Wyvern ( 7 / 5 / 7 / 6 / 25 ) (okay at everything, frail)
Scorpio ( 6 / 9 / 6 / 7 / 28 ) (High thrust, average bulk)
Tenrai ( 7 / 7 / 10 / 4 / 28 ) (Exceptionally better than G-tek)
Hyperion ( 6 / 8 / 6 / 5 / 25 ) (a weaker scorpio)

Caliburn ( 8 / 3 / 9 / 5 / 25 ) (The only craft with poor thrust)
Barracuda ( 10 / 10 / 10 / 10 / 40 ) (The overpowered monster because fun)
There is an obsession with poor shields and high thrust in this game. Here is a revised stat distribution:

BALLISTIC NG STAT BALANCE TRUE
(speed / thrust / handling / energy / total)(specialty)(wipeout counterpart)
Omnicom ( 7 / 7 / 7 / 7 / 28 ) (The beginner’s balance)(auricom)
G-Tek ( 4 / 9 / 9 / 6 / 28 ) (thrust, handling)(AGS)
Diavolt ( 8 / 7 / 4 / 9 / 28 ) (speed, bulk)(Qirex)
Nexus ( 9 / 6 / 5 / 7 / 27 ) (speed)(Piranha)
Wyvern ( 8 / 8 / 7 / 5 / 28 ) (speed & thrust, but frail)(EGX)
Scorpio ( 5 / 9 / 6 / 8 / 28 ) (High thrust and bulk)(Goteki)
Tenrai ( 7 / 7 / 9 / 4 / 27 ) (Good speed and high agility, low shields)(Icaras)
Hyperion ( 6 / 5 / 8 / 8 / 27 ) (handling, shield)(Feisar)

Caliburn (8 / 4 / 8 / 7 / 27) (No wipeout counterpart)
Barracuda (10 / 10 / 10 / 10 / 40) (The overpowered monster because fun)

Stats range from 4-9. the total ranges from 27-28. there is a craft with every level of quality for each stat. ie. it is possible to experience speed from 4-10. ie. it’s not like there is no craft with 6 speed. I put a lot of thought into this, I hope it looks good to you

I'll have to try that out, the ships do have more of a base for their final stats right now though, it's mostly thrust and top speeds that need to be tweaked the most, I'll probably create a drag strip track to balance those. I've laid out what I have in the table below, let me know any changes you think could be made

	Speed	Thrust	Handling	Energy	Firepower	Wipeout	Focus
MAIN:
Omnicom	5	6	5	7	6	Auricom	Balanced
G-Tek	4	5	9	7	5	FEISAR	Handling
Diavolt	8	5	3	5	8	Qirex	Firepower
Nexus	9	6	5	3	5	Icarus	Speed
Wyvern	6	7	4	6	5	AG. Sys	Speed/Thrust
Scorpio	5	9	6	8	4	Goteki. 45	Thrust/Shielding
Tenrai	7	5	8	4	2	Assegai	Speed/Handling
Hyperion	7	4	5	5	6	Piranha	Speed
UNLOCKABLES:
Caliburn	6	2	10	7	4	No Equivalent	Handling
Barracuda	10	10	10	10	0	2097/XL Piranha	Everything except firepower
NX2000	10	10	10	2	7	No Equivalent	Speed/Handling/Thrust/Energy
MTechP1	4	5	10	7	5	No Equivalent	Handling
ProtonicAG4	7	7	1	8	3	WO1 Qirex	Being a heavy ****er

These are all the meaningful values that are given to a ship for anyone who is interested:
Max Speed - Maximum amount of force that is applied to the ship
Acceleration - How fast changes to the ship speed happen

These two values stay the same, having both of them is pretty much redundant at this point:
Power Gain - How fast the engine reaches maximum power
Power Falloff - How fast the engine losses power

Turn Speed - How fast the ship can turn
Turn Gain - How fast the ship starts turning
Turn Falloff - How fast the ship stops turning
Grip - How much drag is applied on the ships lateral axis
Slip Amount - How much the airbrakes reduce the grip
Slip Gain - How fast the airbrakes reduce the grip
Slip Falloff - How fast the ship recovers from airbrake slip

These are global across all ships:
Airbrake Speed - How fast the airbrakes rotate the ship
Airbrake Gain - How fast the airbrakes start rotating the ship
Airbrake Falloff - How fast the airbrakes stop rotating the ship
Airbrake Drag Multiplier - The percentage of the max speed using the airbrakes can slow the ship down
Airbrake Drag Gain - How fast the airbrakes slow the ship down
Airbrake Drag Falloff - How fast the ship recovers from airbrake drag

There are a lot more, but those are the settings that effect the ship the most.