Reverse up-down control when looking astern?

[cag]

I don't think you can remap what controls do on the fly.

No but it would open up some possibilities. But for this, all I need is to dectect them. I suppose I could monitor the delta V in each axis frame to frame to infer it ...

Now, if ship.pitch and ship.roll were writable, then you could flip the motion on view change (i.e. ps.roll = -ps.roll; for aft view, ps.roll = ps.pitch; for left, ps.roll = -ps.pitch; for right, etc.. ) so that the combined effect would be that the ship keeps rotating in the same direction, but they aren't, according to the wiki.

They're not writable, I just tried - it would simplify things immensely. But as you saw, he's inverting the angular motion each frame, so it's doable, except for the previous point. I'll let this roll around my attic for a while and see if I get hit w/ an 'ahaa!' moment.

[hoqllnq]

You can always submit a request that they be made writable..

This is in todays nightly.

[cag]

There is something about the reverse control thing that doesn't feel right..
(I play on keyboard. I guess this is not really an issue when using a joystick?)

When you dive/climb or rotate (diving/climbing is really also rotating) and then let go of the keys, you don't stop rotating immediately.
This is actually a good thing. It would be horrible if it would. It is really 'control damping' but it _feels_ like momentum.

If you switch view while the controls are still on their way back to neutral, you immediately and abruptly start rotating in the opposite direction.
Now I guess this is technically correct, since it is control damping and not momentum, but it feels unnatural. It feels like it is reverse physics instead of reverse control.

If you want 'horrible', try holding down a key and press its opposite one. Same thing if you immediately switch to the opposite direction: no momentum.

The game treats joysticks differently than keyboard controls; the time it takes you to physically move the stick from one limit to the other gives it time to slow down and move in the opposite direction. For keyboards, it just sets your rate to zero!

Also, the damping times differ. If you let go of the stick when it's at max, it takes about 0.5 sec to stop - this time is equal for all axes. But on a keyboard, the damping time is about 1 sec for pitch & yaw and 2 sec for roll (actually, it's whatever your ship.max<Axis> value is). So the 'reverse physics' is more apparent.

I've added a new component, inertia, which I think is what you're looking for. Give it a try and let me know what you think.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/4609bj3d2btwz ... l.oxz?dl=0

You can toggle both reverse control & inertia using 'Config for AddOns' on the F4 screen. They operate independently, so there are 4 possible configurations.

The inertia feature is meant for keyboard controls and (probably ...) won't affect joysticks, so those players should probably turn if off (for a tiny performance gain).

I don't think you can remap what controls do on the fly. When I look left or right, my roll controls make the ship pitch, but they still move the roll indicator in the same direction. That is what you would really want: Have the same key/control move the pitch/roll indicators in the opposite direction, or have the same control move the other indicator.

I've never done any work on a HUD. Does anyone know if the pitch/roll indicators are HUD specific? It would be nice if they reflected the change in controls but it's not something I'd want to invest a lot of time in.

[Norby]

Inertia is working well so I uploaded it as ReverseControl v1.7. Thank you cag!

[Algernon]

I just updated from V1.6 to V1.7 and it no longer works: pitch is not reversed and left and right roll controls both cause roll in the same direction in aft view (Oolite V1.86)

[Norby]

Welcome Algernon!

I tested in trunk (aka Oolite 1.87) where it is working well, but now I checked in 1.86 where I got the same problems as you.

So now I uploaded ReverseControl_1.6.oxz also and renamed v1.7 to "Reverse control with inertia".

If you want the new inertia feature then you must use trunk version of Oolite, otherwise please remove the v1.7 then install back the v1.6 in the manager.

[phkb]

Welcome to the boards, Algernon.

(Irrelevant side note) Whenever I see the name "Algernon" I'm always reminded of "Biggles", who had a side-kick with that name.

[Cody]

Whenever I see the name "Algernon" I'm always reminded of "Biggles", who had a side-kick with that name.

With me, it's Algernon Blackwood, author of many a ghostly tale.

[Disembodied]

For me, it's the mouse with enhanced intelligence from Daniel Keyes' "Flowers for Algernon". It's a name with a fine literary pedigree!

[cag]

I've updated it to be version aware (d'Oh)

IF it checks out, you won't have to continue with 2 versions ...

https://www.dropbox.com/s/4609bj3d2btwz ... l.oxz?dl=0

[Norby]

Thank you cag, now the fixed Reverse control with inertia v1.8 is available.

[Algernon]

Thanks for the responses. How about Algernon Moncrieff?

[Cody]

<grins> As Big D said, it's a name with a fine literary pedigree.

[Milo]

I saw the following error in my log (didn't notice anything in-game though):

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00:09:50.100 [script.javaScript.timeLimit] OperationCallback: ***** ERROR: Script "(nil)" ran for 0.18923 seconds and has been terminated.
00:09:50.100 [script.javaScript.stackTrace] OOJSDumpStack:  0 (reversecontrol.js:468) ReverseControl_FCB()
00:09:50.100 [script.javaScript.stackTrace] DumpVariable:     this: [Script "reversecontrol" version 1.8]
00:09:50.100 [script.javaScript.stackTrace] DumpVariable:     delta: 0.014999985694885254
00:09:50.100 [script.javaScript.stackTrace] DumpVariable:     view: "VIEW_FORWARD"
00:09:50.100 [script.javaScript.stackTrace] DumpVariable:     abs_yaw: 0
00:09:50.100 [script.javaScript.stackTrace] DumpVariable:     yaw: 0
00:09:50.100 [script.javaScript.stackTrace] DumpVariable:     abs_roll: 0
00:09:50.100 [script.javaScript.stackTrace] DumpVariable:     roll: 0
00:09:50.100 [script.javaScript.stackTrace] DumpVariable:     origRoll: 0
00:09:50.100 [script.javaScript.stackTrace] DumpVariable:     abs_pitch: 0
00:09:50.100 [script.javaScript.stackTrace] DumpVariable:     pitch: 0
00:09:50.101 [script.javaScript.stackTrace] DumpVariable:     origPitch: 0
00:09:50.101 [script.javaScript.stackTrace] DumpVariable:     ps: [PlayerShip "Cobra Mark IV" position: (287649, 1.18653e+006, -414659) scanClass: CLASS_PLAYER status: STATUS_IN_FLIGHT]
00:09:50.101 [script.javaScript.stackTrace] DumpVariable:     angle: undefined
00:09:50.101 [script.javaScript.stackTrace] DumpVariable:     YAW: 4
00:09:50.101 [script.javaScript.stackTrace] DumpVariable:     ROLL: 2
00:09:50.101 [script.javaScript.stackTrace] DumpVariable:     PITCH: 1
00:09:50.101 [script.javaScript.stackTrace] DumpVariable:     checkReversal: function checkReversal
00:09:50.101 [script.javaScript.stackTrace] DumpVariable:     copy_quaternion: function copy_quaternion
00:09:50.101 [script.javaScript.stackTrace] DumpVariable:     copy_vector: function copy_vector
00:09:50.101 [script.javaScript.stackTrace] DumpVariable:     rpRatio: 2.0081967437136314
00:09:50.101 [script.javaScript.stackTrace] DumpVariable:     axesWritable: true
00:09:50.101 [script.javaScript.stackTrace] DumpVariable:     lastView: "VIEW_FORWARD"
00:09:50.101 [script.javaScript.stackTrace] DumpVariable:     sumDelta: 1.0149999856948853
00:09:50.101 [script.javaScript.stackTrace] DumpVariable:     isInertial: 0
00:09:50.101 [script.javaScript.stackTrace] DumpVariable:     prevYaw: 0
00:09:50.101 [script.javaScript.stackTrace] DumpVariable:     prevRoll: 0
00:09:50.101 [script.javaScript.stackTrace] DumpVariable:     prevPitch: 0
00:09:50.101 [script.javaScript.stackTrace] DumpVariable:     prevVU: [0.46794453263282776, 0.36714208126068115, 0.8038873672485352]
00:09:50.101 [script.javaScript.stackTrace] DumpVariable:     prevVF: [-0.1874556690454483, -0.8476912975311279, 0.49626609683036804]
00:09:50.101 [script.javaScript.stackTrace] DumpVariable:     prevVR: [0.8636482357978821, -0.38291826844215393, -0.3278495669364929]
00:09:50.101 [script.javaScript.stackTrace] DumpVariable:     step2: [0.8193418435501651, -0.5091986825819536, -0.040944871499295335, 0.2602294001105862]
00:09:50.101 [script.javaScript.stackTrace] DumpVariable:     step1: [0.4371389256409305, -0.1947440559293936, -0.15338736071493347, -0.8645557598104007]
00:09:50.101 [script.javaScript.stackTrace] DumpVariable:     orient: [0.8256902098655701, -0.5000600218772888, -0.04250803589820862, 0.2576216757297516]
00:09:50.101 [script.javaScript.stackTrace] DumpVariable:     inertiaOn: true
00:09:50.101 [script.javaScript.stackTrace] DumpVariable:     revCtrlOn: true
00:09:50.101 [script.javaScript.stackTrace] DumpVariable:     nearZero: 0.000001
00:09:50.101 [script.javaScript.stackTrace] DumpVariable:     _inInertialMotion: function _inInertialMotion
00:09:50.101 [script.javaScript.stackTrace] DumpVariable:     _rotate_about_axis: function _rotate_about_axis
00:09:50.101 [script.javaScript.stackTrace] DumpVariable:     wr: [Script "reversecontrol" version 1.8]
00:09:50.101 [script.javaScript.stackTrace] DumpVariable:     that: function ReverseControl_FCB

[cag]

I saw the following error in my log (didn't notice anything in-game though):

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00:09:50.100 [script.javaScript.timeLimit] OperationCallback: ***** ERROR: Script "(nil)" ran for 0.18923 seconds and has been terminated.
00:09:50.100 [script.javaScript.stackTrace] OOJSDumpStack:  0 (reversecontrol.js:468) ReverseControl_FCB()
00:09:50.100 [script.javaScript.stackTrace] DumpVariable:     this: [Script "reversecontrol" version 1.8]
...

Are you able to reproduce this?
If so, would you consider setting

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script.javaScript.timeLimit.debug = yes;

in \Oolite\oolite.app\Resources\Config\logcontrol.plist (line 302) and send me a link to download your Latest.log?
If not, well, any bug you cannot reproduce doesn't really exist!