Can an OXP claim an additional key ?
Posted: Fri Aug 15, 2025 10:40 am
While trying to draft a usage guide for my ShieldCycler i realised its design is way to complicated. Over time it also deviated a lot from my original intent to port xwing shield energy control to oolite.
To make manual control of shield energy possible I'd need 2 keys/buttons :
- key1 mode switch (divide evenly, prioritise fore, prioritise aft)
- key2 transfer shield strength
Both should be easily accessible in-flight and respond fast, but key2 would be used more often then key1.
A possibly is to make 2 primable devices and tell users to set one of them (key2 probably) to one of the fast activation keys.
Maybe there are better alternatives ?
To make manual control of shield energy possible I'd need 2 keys/buttons :
- key1 mode switch (divide evenly, prioritise fore, prioritise aft)
- key2 transfer shield strength
Both should be easily accessible in-flight and respond fast, but key2 would be used more often then key1.
A possibly is to make 2 primable devices and tell users to set one of them (key2 probably) to one of the fast activation keys.
Maybe there are better alternatives ?