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Which one of these affects a pilot's falling speed, when falling straight down and when moving in air. I would assume it is in "flying mode," but I really do not feel like fiddling through each individual value and testing it each time to see if its the one, so I would appreciate it if somebody knows this already.

[PersonClass]

// crawling mode
alphaDampCrawl = 5.0
alphaTrackCrawl = 10.0
pitchPitchCrawl = 0.0
pitchThrustCrawl = 0.0
rollStrafeCrawl = 0.0
velocForwardCrawl = 0.0
velocReverseCrawl = 0.0
velocStrafeCrawl = 0.0
accelThrustCrawl = 20.0
omegaSpinCrawl = 0.5
omegaTurnCrawl = 0.5
alphaSteerCrawl = 5.0
velocJumpCrawl = 0.0

// running mode
alphaDampRun = 8.0
alphaTrackRun = 15.0
pitchPitchRun = 0.0
pitchThrustRun = 0.0
rollStrafeRun = 0.0
velocForwardRun = 5.0
velocReverseRun = 3.0
velocStrafeRun = 2.0
accelThrustRun = 20.0
omegaSpinRun = 3.0
omegaTurnRun = 2.0
alphaSteerRun = 15.0
velocJumpRun = 5.0

// flying mode
alphaDampFly = 2.0
alphaTrackFly = 5.0
pitchPitchFly = 0.35
pitchThrustFly = 0.15
rollStrafeFly = 0.15
velocForwardFly = 15.0
velocReverseFly = 10.0
velocStrafeFly = 10.0
accelThrustFly = 5.0
omegaSpinFly = 2.0
omegaTurnFly = 1.5
alphaSteerFly = 2.0
velocJumpFly = 0.0

None of those.
A maps gravity setting affects all free moving objects fall speed and an objects Mass will also have some effect on how it falls.
I do not think you can alter a specific object to fall faster/slower.

Noted. That really blows, considering I was modifying the jumping mechanics and now I'll have to make sure that the map is correct gravity-wise or the mechanics wont work. Also, where would I go about to change the gravity for maps since I do not recall seeing an option to change it in the editor, or anywhere aside from the multiplayer menu for that matter.

Please do yourself the favour of finding the changelogs within your install directory and simply search those files.
It will tell you that the gravity setting of a map can be adjusted from the maps .inf file, as well as a bunch of other settings. Iirc it only works in DM, but as the sourcefiles are available you should be able to make it work in other gamemodes.

You can find all sorts of useful things if you search the changelogs for "added"

to my knowledge, the only thing you can change the rate of falling is powerups:

[PowerupClass]
SlowFall = true
FallSpeed = 10.0f // only if SlowFall = false. Set to <= 0 to use normal velocFwd/Reverse values

Iirc it only works in DM

I thought it worked in all modes, certainly does on strat maps. Its only really useable with very small adjustments though, as playability becomes a problem.

IIRC the map TRN can also specify Gravity. Which should work in all modes. The map inf ivar does only work in DM though.

MrTwosheds wrote:None of those.
A maps gravity setting affects all free moving objects fall speed and an objects Mass will also have some effect on how it falls.
I do not think you can alter a specific object to fall faster/slower.

Mass is only used to determine who wins at collisions and how hard they win. It can affect magnet/push type weapons like sonic wave but only if the weapon is set up to only push things under a certain mass which stock sonic wave is not.