Oolite Bulletins

JJP wrote:

Okti wrote:

To make it more clear,

This OXP, when activated changes the ships orientation so that it always follows the target all the way. [...]

I have to admit I like the idea of this piece of equipment. But, to make it more realistic you should take the ship's manoeuvrability capabilities into account. The instant realignment of the ship's orientation is highly unrealistic.
Furthermore, it would be nice if the equipment worked more like an autopilot. At the moment the Target Tracker overrides your ship's steering completely. I'd like to see a version which lets you operate your ship as usual, but keeps realigning your ship on target when you're not steering yourself.

Zireael wrote:

JJP wrote:

Okti wrote:

To make it more clear,

This OXP, when activated changes the ships orientation so that it always follows the target all the way. [...]

I have to admit I like the idea of this piece of equipment. But, to make it more realistic you should take the ship's manoeuvrability capabilities into account. The instant realignment of the ship's orientation is highly unrealistic.
Furthermore, it would be nice if the equipment worked more like an autopilot. At the moment the Target Tracker overrides your ship's steering completely. I'd like to see a version which lets you operate your ship as usual, but keeps realigning your ship on target when you're not steering yourself.

Seconded.

Okti wrote:

Tried timers first but u can fire a timer only 4 times a sec. So it is like dynamite, invented to be used for construction not destruction

another_commander wrote:

Okti wrote:

Tried timers first but u can fire a timer only 4 times a sec. So it is like dynamite, invented to be used for construction not destruction

I believe what you are looking for here is frame callbacks, introduced in 1.75. It's probably not going to be exactly simple, but it should be possible to re-orient the ship smoothly.

this.activateTracking = function()
{
	this.trackId = addFrameCallback(this.trackTarget);
	player.commsMessage("Target tracking activated.",6);

}
this.deactivateTracking = function()
{
	if(isValidFrameCallback(this.trackId))
	{
		removeFrameCallback(this.trackId);
		player.commsMessage("Target tracking deactivated.",6);

	}
}
this.trackTarget = function()
{
	if (!player.ship.target)
	{
//		this.deactivateTracking();
	}
	else
	{
		if (player.ship.viewDirection == "VIEW_FORWARD")
		{
			var targetVector = player.ship.target.position.subtract(player.ship.position).direction();
			var angle = player.ship.heading.angleTo(targetVector);
			var cross = player.ship.heading.cross(targetVector).direction();
			player.ship.orientation = player.ship.orientation.rotate(cross,-angle);
		}
		else if(player.ship.viewDirection == "VIEW_AFT")
		{
			var targetVector = player.ship.target.position.subtract(player.ship.position).direction();
			var angle = player.ship.heading.multiply(-1).angleTo(targetVector);
			var cross = player.ship.heading.multiply(-1).cross(targetVector).direction();
			player.ship.orientation = player.ship.orientation.rotate(cross,-angle);
		}
		
	}
}

Rese249er wrote:

I agree with bazabaza. In fact, I'd go as far as to say that to make this functionality more balanced, the speed and orientation are kept on track, but the weapons are forced off-line. You could automatically stay on their tail, but you'd have to offline the tracker to fire. Perhaps an entirely new OXP, Escort Tracker.

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