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Right. All trebuchets are catapults, but not all catapults are trebuchets.
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No actually they are not. Catapults compress springs or ropes or various substances that can absorb and release energy. Depressing the throwing arm puts torsional energy into the "spring" when the arm is released the spring moves the arm though its arc throwing the projectile. Traditionally catapults are smaller and far more mobile, even being mounted on wheeled bases that can be relatively quickly moved around the battlefield.
Trebuchets use a relatively very heavy counter weight that is lifted as the throwing arm is depressed. The pivot point of the arm has the weight on a very short arm compared to the length of the arm that will move through the throwing arc. So the weight drops swiftly and the speed of the throw is very very fast. Also usually the trebuchet has a sling that adds to the length of the throw accelerating the velocity of the projectile even more. Exactly as if a human used a sling to throw something.
Other than the fact that they both throw projectiles at the enemy, these are vastly different weapons.
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I like how we all come together and discuss the ways of how to throw or launch bears far distances. Brings the whole family together and warms my heart.
On the other hand i start to feel bad about the people who have no idea what we are discussing here and how they seriously will start thinking that we discuss animal cruelty here. But bears are bears and bear are bears. Those are two very different things.
PS: If you are not in on this joke.....there is a 10% chance you are new in this thread. But a 90% chance you are a bear.
On the other hand i start to feel bad about the people who have no idea what we are discussing here and how they seriously will start thinking that we discuss animal cruelty here. But bears are bears and bear are bears. Those are two very different things.
PS: If you are not in on this joke.....there is a 10% chance you are new in this thread. But a 90% chance you are a bear.
Well tossing an innocent bear a few hundred yards probably constitutes animal cruelty, unless you toss it into a lake full of fish. But you'd have to ask the bear...
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Well I agree with you that is the POPULAR description for catapults, but not the actual historical or official one. There is a whole paragraph on the question in the wikipedia page on Trebuchet ( at least in the french wikipedia page (reason why I am not providing a link))
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getting closer
from this point each day seems longer n longer..
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This game has some of the best character work of any game I've ever played.
- Jun 7, 2018
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I know I'm not the sharpest perv in this forum, but for my life I can't even start to decipher that thing. I really wish NR provided a simplest bar-like graphic for us the dumbs.
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An this thread is gold. Bears, trebuchets, I can't hardly wait to know what the next discussion topic will be.
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Me trying to interpret the progress chart:
Wish I could. Writing and developing a VN is a messy process, at least it is for me.
This is how that graph started out, nice and clean and manageable, with the promise that all icons filled meant game finished.
But along the way, there's all this stuff that just comes up as part of the creative process: stuff gets rewritten, usually expanded in scope, extra scenes are plugged in, disaster strikes, etc. So this is what we end up with.
I could just have a number based on the fraction of filled in vs open faces on the bar, but that would hide all that chaos going on during development. This graph is meant to be messy and convey the unpredictability of the process.
Just try to intuit it, and it'll start to make more sense.
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Don't worry, I'll just wait patiently reading posts about bears and trebuchets and whistling quietly "Que sera, sera".
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What this thread needs is some focus on what is truly important. For your consideration sirs, I present to you..
Denise's ass
Denise's ass
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A peach just begging to be tasted.What this thread needs is some focus on what is truly important. For your consideration sirs, I present to you..
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Catapult :
Trebuchet :
(Musée de l'Armement Médiéval - Château de Castelnaud France)
The principle of operation and the size of the machine are very different
Trebuchet :
(Musée de l'Armement Médiéval - Château de Castelnaud France)
The principle of operation and the size of the machine are very different
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uhm naughtyroad? We need catapults and Trebuchets. Don't ask why or how. Just get them ingame in a future update.
Even if its just for shits and giggles and only one render. But we need them.
Even if its just for shits and giggles and only one render. But we need them.