F.T Posted May 19, 2022 Share Posted May 19, 2022 This might improve the reliability of the simulation. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Ssnake Posted May 19, 2022 Members Share Posted May 19, 2022 No. Numerical simulations vield highly variable results depending on impact angle, material properties, impact velocity. In short, far too many variables to put into look-up tables. Our approach delivers reasonable results for the intended purpose: Plausibility, in crew training. Steel Beasts is not a crystal ball to predict the outcome of a future battle. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grenny Posted May 19, 2022 Share Posted May 19, 2022 3 hours ago, F.T said: This might improve the reliability of the simulation. If you're happy with a 2-3 Frames per second game... 😉 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jartsev Posted May 19, 2022 Share Posted May 19, 2022 ...and even a specialized CAD software cannot provide sufficiently accurate simulation results- they need to be confirmed by live fire tests, and to make things even more complicated- real-world (battlefield) performance could easily be 30-50% worse than demonstrated during live fire tests. There are just way too many variables, which cannot be properly accounted. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F.T Posted May 19, 2022 Author Share Posted May 19, 2022 19 minutes ago, Jartsev said: ...and even a specialized CAD software cannot provide sufficiently accurate simulation results- they need to be confirmed by live fire tests, and to make things even more complicated- real-world (battlefield) performance could easily be 30-50% worse than demonstrated during live fire tests. There are just way too many variables, which cannot be properly accounted. Numerical simulation does not represent reality. However, in most cases, the model is suitable and numerical simulation can still give phenomenological results. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F.T Posted May 19, 2022 Author Share Posted May 19, 2022 2 hours ago, Ssnake said: No. Numerical simulations vield highly variable results depending on impact angle, material properties, impact velocity. In short, far too many variables to put into look-up tables. Our approach delivers reasonable results for the intended purpose: Plausibility, in crew training. Steel Beasts is not a crystal ball to predict the outcome of a future battle. It may be possible to statistically analyze the results of numerical simulations, combined with probability, to give some reasonable random results. In this way, too many variables can be avoided. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grenny Posted May 19, 2022 Share Posted May 19, 2022 10 minutes ago, F.T said: It may be possible to statistically analyze the results of numerical simulations, combined with probability, to give some reasonable random results. In this way, too many variables can be avoided. Don't see whats the benefit of that. More economical to use an analytic solution and then add probabilities( as SB is doing currently) Using numerical solutions without any experimental verification, has which advantage exactly?? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F.T Posted May 19, 2022 Author Share Posted May 19, 2022 24 minutes ago, Grenny said: Don't see whats the benefit of that. More economical to use an analytic solution and then add probabilities( as SB is doing currently) Using numerical solutions without any experimental verification, has which advantage exactly?? It would be nice to have analytical solutions, but most practical problems only have numerical solutions. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grenny Posted May 19, 2022 Share Posted May 19, 2022 (edited) 5 hours ago, F.T said: It would be nice to have analytical solutions, but most practical problems only have numerical solutions. Do you actually read the posts you reply to? Using tables from the available analytical solutions and adding modifiers for angles etc etc, is what Sb actually does. Now again: What would be the benefit of a numerical solutions, which also can only be based on guesswork, for the game? Edited May 19, 2022 by Grenny 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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