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Old 07-24-2012, 10:48 AM
6S.Manu 6S.Manu is offline
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G Force

Human body is an accelerometer: it captures the strenght and the direction of the imposed G forces.

Of course it can't really measure those forces in a detailed way (because of this we find mechanical accelerometers in many planes).

Here's is a way to display it to the player:

Neutral G:


Right turn climb (Light G):


Right turn climb (Medium G):


Right turn climb (Heavy G):


For a full 3D accellerometer:



A better version, more recognizable, is this one:

Where the red area is blinking.

Of course it should be resizable.

But why should this be important? Fatigue simulation.
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Last edited by 6S.Manu; 07-24-2012 at 12:56 PM.
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