As Grif pointed out, I've said my piece on this issue a long time ago. Something else has come to mind regarding the penetration of bullets, though, which Morbo reminds me of.

I wish there was more consideration for the kinetic energy of projectiles. Like, it'd be nice if a hit would knock a target backward. Even if a bullet passes all the way through the target, some energy is going to get left behind and send them back.

Of course... if we want to speak really realistically, we'd talk about terminal ballistics. A depleted uranium or tungsten armor-piercing round is going to go through its target without much deformation, and would carry kinetic energy with it. Only if it somehow got stopped within the target would the energy transfer completely to the target. On the other hand, less dense rounds would tumble and even fracture upon entering the target, greatly increasing the chance of doing more internal damage and imparting all kinetic energy upon the target.

I guess what would be nice in CC is if rounds that didn't pass all the way through the target, or had a hard time passing through the target, would actually do more damage than one that went through cleanly. This would be much more reflective of real terminal ballistics. It'd add an element of trying to figure out how "piercing" of a weapon you want. Too piercing or not piercing enough, and you won't do maximal damage. So then you'd really want an anti-tank rifle just for shooting tanks, and assault rifles just for shooting infantry, rather than the anti-tank rifle being awesome against everything.

The problem with all this speculation is that it requires major changes to the engine.

And all Data's working on right now is antigravity chocolate.

Uhh... What?

Apparently Data is messing around with Mass, and chocolate is his test subject.

Believe me, I'm as confused as that clone.

Yeah, I know, I was just saying...

So now thing with negative mass float upward? That'd be cool.

He didn't say anything.

He just posted a link to that image.

I figured I'd fuel some rumor mill.

wooo rumours.

@darlos: i wish CC took ballistics into account too, as it is a game based on physics. the current way things work though, as you said, is the anti-tank weapon beats everything. especially organic anythings. they act like they had their guts hooked up to a trebuchet. or like they got shot with a pile of grapeshot. either way. pff. id love me some realistic pierce physics too.

I googled antigravity chocolate.
http://www.antigravitychocolate.com/

why not a dead space mod.




jesus christ, a conker's bad fur day reference...

Well, I meant the flesh chunk attachments on the torso/head would be what you'd have to break, not the limbs, but that would also be cool.
And I've kinda already done Isaac Clarke, but I'm using the actor for SE, so I don't think I'll do any necromorphs. But maybe I'll take him out of SE and use him for that.

a full dead space pack would be awesome.

cept the plasma cutter would be impossible to make... and a few other guns. oh, i guess you got the plasma cutter down then...


also, for that issac actor, i'd work on the sprite alot more, it's way to dark and seems to lack any of the armor plates. hopefully the helmet is a detachable too, and you put issac's noggin underneath it.

also, rip sounds from the game if you own it.

Oh, all the ribbing that makes his suit unique is there; it's just not really readily apparent unless you look closely. Also that screencap got jpeg'd. I guess it needs a lot more contrast to be obvious. It would help if I would recolor him the golden color his suit should be; I made him red because he was drenched in blood in the screen caps I'd seen when I sprited the mod.

The face isn't really distinguishable as his currently, but the helmet is detachable. If I make a whole dead space mod instead of just making what I've got part of Shadow Echelon; I'll give him a face more like Isaac's.

Only played through the 360 version at a friend's house. I'll try taking some audio from youtube videos or something though.

let's just find someone with a copy of the game.

i don't think you could get good clean sounds from youtube, they all have music or background noise, or low quality.