Re: [tuxracer-devel] Course precisions
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From: Jasmin P. <jf...@mu...> - 2000-04-15 15:22:09
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On Thu, 13 Apr 2000, Jules Bean wrote: > On Wed, Apr 12, 2000 at 11:09:30PM -0500, Steve Baker wrote: > > Jules Bean wrote: > > > > > > Points for *long* periods of being airborn - perhaps for each period > > > of being airborn for longer than 0.5 seconds. > > > > Well don't we have to have 'damage' scored on Tux for hard landings, > > hitting trees and stuff - and perhaps for scooting over rocks at high > > speed? (That's hard on your feathers you know!) That makes for somewhat > > contradictory requirements...I think a better way to reward long 'air > > time' is using tricks (see my comments below). A "big air" bonus for tricks is common and would make sense. > Contradictory requirements aren't a bad thing, necessarily. They force > you to try to make the right trade-off, which makes for an interesting > game. > > As a (relevant) aside I don't think we should damage tux *too* much > for hard landings --- I've landed (on skis) whilst moving pretty > fast. Rocks and trees, definitely. Well, currently landing damage isn't based on how fast you're moving when you land, but (roughly) on the component of your velocity perpendicular to the ground (i.e, how fast you hit the ground). > However, I agree with you about the tricks, definitely. That'd be cool. Yeah. Tux Racer was actually inspired by 1080 snowboarding, way back when, and I've always intended to add a trick mode (and it's also on the list). > > > 100? points for never using the paddle key > > > > I don't think you need to do that - if you have to resort to paddling, > > you've already lost so much time that you'll get a bad time score. > > No need for a double penalty. > > But, in the current version at least, you can shave seconds of your > time by holding down the paddle key all time. Actually, paddling slows you down if you're moving quickly enough. > The idea was to give an incentive to doing the race 'pure'. Maybe the > incentive should be even bigger, given that on some tracks it might be > *very* hard to beat par without paddling. I see your point. I think that it could be a useful bonus if the bonus amount is appropriate. Jasmin -- Jasmin Patry Master's Student, Dept. of Computer Science jf...@cg... http://www.cgl.uwaterloo.ca/~jfpatry/ |