Combat
release Dec. 2001
last page update oct 07

 This program is now removed from the web site to make room for my new driving Top Gear simulator.   Copies of it should still be available on some 'free' software sites .   A search for 'muddleglum' usually finds one.

It was made to enjoy a feeling of flying over an extensive landscape, while the 'combat' consisted of pursuing and shooting down a similar aircraft.
The movements of the enemy were  random changes of direction, adjusted so as to be more challenging to follow.   It had no intelligence ,  and  I was going to  try to add it so as to make things more interesting, rather than purely realistic.

( With realism you can  end up in endless  pursuit  or  avoidance of a nearly out of sight opponent.   In real life, with an all round view, that might be all right, but not on a limited computer screen.   I  tried the usual  turning of the 'pilot view' but found it  unsatisfactory, and so   added a  trial   'view towards target'  as a possibility.   You really need a full set of monitors around the 'pilot'  with several linked computers giving a minimum 200 degree range of view.    Or  ... new idea, a  specially designed and made simulator   projection type screen, - onto a curved surrounding surface -  that  could be used with an expanded Field of View setting in the program.  There would be speed loss but excellent view)

There is still a chance that the program will be updated to a fully intelligent combat  game.  Some work has been done on that.

 

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