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You get the gold medal with 16 flying birds. By the time I reached it I had prevented 12k collisions. Spanning at random position would help to create differen
by Timshel 13y ago
You get the gold medal with 16 flying birds.
By the time I reached it I had prevented 12k collisions.
Spanning at random position would help to create different orbits.
- Crito 13y agoI've had some success with doing sub-orbital hops before taking off finally for orbit, to move myself to a new launch position. Doesn't really work well if you have birds in orbits with very low peris though.
- T-hawk 13y agoThis is unnecessary - it's functionally equivalent to just waiting a moment before launching for the orbiting birds to progress. There's nothing absolute about the positioning of the launching bird, it's all only relative to the orbiting birds.
- Crito 13y agoChanging the initial launch position makes it easier to choose what area of the planet the periapsis will be over. When I launch the birds, unless I take great care to do otherwise, my periapsis tends to slightly after my launch position. With periapsis's in different positions, you can get birds into rarely colliding 'resonances' of sorts. Making sure that the periapsis of birds is not over the default starting location is also good to ensure that you do not lose orbiting birds to a pre-launch bird.