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Moonstruck

Casual_Player

By Casual_Player,
Posted on: 2012-03-08 23:28 in CoH and CoV General Discussions

 

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Originally Posted by Pengy View Post
I'd say it's more that the lifetime of a typical satellite mission is too short to see any significant perturbation. Sure, Primal Earth's fake moon may start visibly deviating from its 24-hour polar orbit sometime in the mid 40th century, causing the heroes and villains of the day to engage in a tug-of-war event, but it probably won't happen anytime soon.

Also, satellites and Primal Earth's moon have thrusters to make course corrections.
For the moon, apparently if you work out the math it's actually relatively quick - about as long as it's been since the game launched, hence my 'we have a month left' comment. For satellites, though, it probably does take longer.

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Originally Posted by Muon_Neutrino View Post
For the moon, apparently if you work out the math it's actually relatively quick - about as long as it's been since the game launched, hence my 'we have a month left' comment. For satellites, though, it probably does take longer.
Sort of like how Niven's ringworld required stationkeeping thrusters to keep the star in the center. Without stabilizers a ringworld's orbit would fairly quickly shift until it brushed the star. Something Banks' Orbitals and Halo's Halos avoid by being smaller rings that orbit the star instead of being a ring around the star.

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Originally Posted by Doc_Reverend View Post
Just me, or is the moon getting bigger and/or closer with each new update or zone? O.o
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Originally Posted by Charcoal_EU View Post
The 'Moon' is in fact a large paper disc with the moon-like image painted on, in low earth orbit. It has been there since the real thing was destroyed in an alien invasion in 1973. Its purpose is to allow all the heroes who have moon-related powers to keep fighting crime.
It is not really a secret and the transparency is fairly obvious, but no one mentions it out of consideration for the previously mentioned supers.
Ah. See, now that makes sense.

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I'd love a more accurate sky and longer day-night cycle in CityOf, but that is never going to get priority and I accept that.
My sentiments, exactly!

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Originally Posted by Doc_Reverend View Post
Just me, or is the moon getting bigger and/or closer with each new update or zone? O.o
It's because the SKY IS FALLING!

The Iron Sky, that is!

/wheeee, less than a month to go!

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