Re: [VANILLA-LIST:2641] transwarp bug

[Tom Holub <doosh@best.com>]

On Wed, Sep 22, 1999 at 07:13:20AM +0000, James Cameron wrote:
> Tom Holub wrote:
> > I think it's stupid.  You should orbit where your ship is; the fact
> > that you can bounce around is a bug, just like the super-orbit thing
> > was a bug which is now fixed.
> 
> I'm not convinced that it is a bug.  It could be said to be a feature. 
> It has always been there, it is just that moving to 10u/s has stopped it
> from happening.

We started at 10 u/s; moving to 5 u/s introduced it.

> And it really isn't "bouncing around", it is rather that the reaction
> time of the automatic orbit as a result of being locked onto the planet
> can cause an orbit insertion to occur after the ship has passed the
> midpoint of the planet.
> 
> It only affects twinks who lock, so don't worry about it, Tom.  ;-) 

I lock, but in a controlled way.  If I'm next to the planet, at warp 2,
and I hit "l", I don't want to wait fucking 200ms for that to take
effect.  It's stupid and annoying and, if introduced, a bug.
 -Tom