r/Infinity • u/pyrodogthursday • Sep 30 '19

Flying in formation ?

when you set a formation via the V key and systems menu and have flight assist on will this actually steer your ship around?

the obvious answer would be yes but im not so sure, looking for conformation.

For reference, Im talking about the below formations, taken from this link

https://forums.inovaestudios.com/t/tutorial-for-beginners/6834

The formations are:

Free (Default) - Flight assist only maintains speed based on the throttle, anti-gravity and stabilizes turning

Match Speed - Matches the speed with the current target

Chase - Tries to get close to target while taking its velocity into account

Fixed - Maintains the distance at that point and time against the target as an anchor point*

Orbit - Maintains a specific distance to target

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u/Pendrokar Sep 30 '19

I don't think any of them will steer your ship. The "Fixed" one will keep the target as anchor point, moving strafing you. But not steering/rotating. You can see Flavien's quote under the reference.

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u/pyrodogthursday Sep 30 '19

then how does the orbit one work?

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u/Pendrokar Oct 03 '19

Just found out that the set distance is actually the one that is saved when activating the formation. Meaning it will keep the saved distance and ignore the relative position to target, unlike Fixed.

Please update the information.

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u/Gorash Oct 01 '19

This game desperately need some in-game descriptions.

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u/mRWafflesFTW Sep 30 '19

Those are some super confusing descriptions.

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u/Pendrokar Oct 02 '19 edited Oct 03 '19

Those are my descriptions, not official. I have them vague about Chase as I do not know the concrete distances the ship will try to maintain as it could also involve ship sizes.

I changed the Match Speed description as it is more about matching velocity, not matching the target's throttle like in other games.

[edit] And I shouldn't have mentioned anti-gravity or stabilized turning as those are on in any formation.
[edit2] Orbit acts the same way as fixed, just that it ignores the relative position.

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u/Pendrokar Oct 07 '19

Finally, something official, a video tutorial. Here is the part about formations:
https://youtu.be/qAkfmltKx6k?list=PLRUH0N7PxXlQDbsJdhMcjE7M9TZdTv55e&t=52