"Realistic weapon physics" mutator?

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Robert Mischke wrote:
> If you have played UT as well as Tribes, one big difference to notice
> is the behaviour of projectiles in the game.
>
> In UT, rockets are rather simple. Even when you are falling down at
> high speed, they fly in a straight line from where you launch them
> exactly to the point where you aimed.
>
> In Tribes, for example, things are more difficult. When you have a lot
> of speed yourself, and fire a spinfusor disc, your own momentum is
> added to the projectile in a realistic way. Of course, this makes
> aiming more difficult, but also more interesting.
>
> (Another idea would be adding "air drag" for the secondary shock fire,
> giving it a more plasma-like feel.)
>
> Has anybody made a mutator like that? From the UTScript weapons code
> I have seen, it seems possible.
>
> Robert

To add to Roberts idea: I once posted an idea to make the rockets in UT
accelarate after they are launched, also to make it more realistic/
difficult.
The rocket should start a bit slower than the current default speed, and
then quickly accelerate to a much higher speed. I always thought the rockets
are way to slow. This is probably good for the balance, but not realistic.
Accelerating rockets where feasible in Q3A, I don't know if it's possible to
code for UT.
Does anyone know?

Matthijs