This Needs attention - Charging beam while already moving

soooo Kynetik posted this in another thread and i thought it was a good idea for discussion.

KYnetiK said:

Could you please clarify the mechanics in terms of gliding?

It makes sense to me that whilst charging a finisher move, movement via user input is locked. Will take some getting used to, but it's a solid concept.
But what about the influence of physics? If a player is gliding/falling through the air and starts charging their finisher move, does the player lose momentum, or are they suddenly jerked to zero velocity?
If the latter is true, then it seems a waste deploying an actual physics engine.

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I for one like the idea of momentum loss once u start to channel something. Having it go straight to zero in an instance is a bit odd i think, but having ur character slow down to barely moving at all definitely makes more sense to me than a sudden stop. And the deceleration rate should b high enough to make it non exploitable. Any one else's thoughts?

Another idea could be, once u start to try and channel a spell, ur momentum begins to slow down but it doesn't actually start the charging once you stop


The stop time should be less than a second IMO

We dont have instant stops anymore. Its all momentum based. This includes movement to. So you cant really make 90° angle turns anymore since the momentum needs to shift properly. So you slide a bit as you turn with swoop speeds.

Grega said:

We dont have instant stops anymore. Its all momentum based. This includes movement to. So you cant really make 90° angle turns anymore since the momentum needs to shift properly. So you slide a bit as you turn with swoop speeds.

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He was asking about the momentum while charging beams i think ? Like if you fly really fast, and start charging a beam(ki or more advanced one like kamehameha) would you instantly stop or you can start charging once you're @ 0 speed ?

Grega said:

We dont have instant stops anymore. Its all momentum based. This includes movement to. So you cant really make 90° angle turns anymore since the momentum needs to shift properly. So you slide a bit as you turn with swoop speeds.

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That sounds incredibly versatile. I wonder how well it flows in-game in a match!?

RobiZ said:

He was asking about the momentum while charging beams i think ? Like if you fly really fast, and start charging a beam(ki or more advanced one like kamehameha) would you instantly stop or you can start charging once you're @ 0 speed ?

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Grega said:

We dont have instant stops anymore. Its all momentum based.

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And i answered and gave an example. ^^;

Grega said:

And i answered and gave an example. ^^;

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So basically, you're flying really fast and you start charging, you will start charging and slowly stop, and be unable to move after stopping.

RobiZ said:

So basically, you're flying really fast and you start charging, you will start charging and slowly stop, and be unable to move after stopping.

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Correct. Though you wont really travel a far distance, but you will still travel a little further.

does the charging start once u stop or as soon as u start to slow down?

It starts just after you let go of the swoop button.

Thankyou Grega