Gave it a try and like what I see so far...
18 years 4 months ago #15379
by mdvalley
Replied by mdvalley on topic Gave it a try and like what I see so far...
Well, I know that the autopilot is bad at the planet slalom. Flying from Samarkand (the moon, not the L-Point) to Lucretia’s Base makes you plow into the star. Works fine going the other way. Go figure.
What I meant was that, when you autopilot to something on the other side of a star, the ship flies around the star to get to its destination as it should. But if the star is resized, the autopilot still thinks it’s the original size and hits it.
I see no reason why Sim.SetRadius wouldn’t work on a planet (or any other sim for that matter), but the planets size fine from the geog files.
On Earth, the sun takes up half a degree in the sky. That means that if you fly from the Earth to a random point in the solar system (on the ecliptic), you only have about a 1/720 chance of hitting the sun. If the systems in the Middle States are similar, then incidences of ship vs star should be low, even with larger stars. Epitaph, being a big star, might cause some problems (what the heck is the player doing in Epitaph?), but Akra’ll be the problem child. Near as I can tell, it’s a dying star that’s swollen to gargantuan proportians as its fuel runs low. Because it used to be a (lot!) smaller, it’ll surely have planets real close to it (if not lethally close). It’ll claim more than a few pilots if they're not careful.
One fix I can think of would be to place a planet in the center of the system, just smaller than the star. We can hide it from the map, and the autopilot would avoid it (and therefore the star). But if the code forgets to resize the star, it’ll look darn silly.
What I meant was that, when you autopilot to something on the other side of a star, the ship flies around the star to get to its destination as it should. But if the star is resized, the autopilot still thinks it’s the original size and hits it.
I see no reason why Sim.SetRadius wouldn’t work on a planet (or any other sim for that matter), but the planets size fine from the geog files.
On Earth, the sun takes up half a degree in the sky. That means that if you fly from the Earth to a random point in the solar system (on the ecliptic), you only have about a 1/720 chance of hitting the sun. If the systems in the Middle States are similar, then incidences of ship vs star should be low, even with larger stars. Epitaph, being a big star, might cause some problems (what the heck is the player doing in Epitaph?), but Akra’ll be the problem child. Near as I can tell, it’s a dying star that’s swollen to gargantuan proportians as its fuel runs low. Because it used to be a (lot!) smaller, it’ll surely have planets real close to it (if not lethally close). It’ll claim more than a few pilots if they're not careful.
One fix I can think of would be to place a planet in the center of the system, just smaller than the star. We can hide it from the map, and the autopilot would avoid it (and therefore the star). But if the code forgets to resize the star, it’ll look darn silly.
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18 years 3 months ago #15416
by cambragol
Replied by cambragol on topic Gave it a try and like what I see so far...
I wouldn't trust the piloting of your wingmen too much. Consider them severly mentally retarded and you will get the picture. They are particularly bad at avoiding large celestial bodies.
Although, I should amend that. They do a pretty decent job most of the time. It is just the stock Autopilot for EoC that is a bit flawed sometimes.
Although, I should amend that. They do a pretty decent job most of the time. It is just the stock Autopilot for EoC that is a bit flawed sometimes.
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