OHM Relativistic Warp MFD 1.5

[kevinvr]

A little trick: use a moon of the Outer Planets as a destination instead of the planet itself if you are not aiming for anything specific... For Jupiter, Europa... Saturn you can go to Tethys or Enceladus... You thus end up in a stable orbit, since you are synced with the already orbiting moon, without having to expand loads of fuel to get to orbital velocity on your own...

Thanks Cairan that is a good idea, I will try it. Appreciate the help:thumbup:

 

[dumbo2007]

Hey nicker43 ....how about sharing the vessel orienting code .......rocking addon man !!:thumbup:

 

[Foofoo14]

I love this thing!

 

[ezelite]

Do you have to point at a target to warp?

 

[Zapi]

My only problem with this MFD is the limit to how fast you can actually go. why can't i go like 0.9999999999999999c instead of only 0.99999c ?

could you make the limit an option in the next release?

 

[Bishop]

Not kidding this would be my favourite (near) FTL of all time :thumbup:

If... :idea:

You dropped out of Warp with the same 'real' space vectors(?) as you went in.

Now I'm not a programmer :lol: - would it be hard to copy the 'real space' vectors of the ship when the Warp is engaged and then paste them again when it's disengaged?

I can see the thought and time that went into the acceleration and slowing down phases of travel, major kudos to the programmer :hail: - could the copy-paste-state be a configurable option?

This way I may set up some speed and direction beforehand and not pop out of Warp in a dead fall to the planet

kind regards,

- bishop

 

[nicker43]

Hey nicker43 ....how about sharing the vessel orienting code .......rocking addon man !!:thumbup:

In 1.1, the vessel orienting code was borrowed from Attitude MFD. In 1.5 (WIP) I rewrote the code from scratch to make it compatible with multi-instances. Email me if you want it.

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Do you have to point at a target to warp?

Yes.

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My only problem with this MFD is the limit to how fast you can actually go. why can't i go like 0.9999999999999999c instead of only 0.99999c ?

could you make the limit an option in the next release?

I could, but I didn't see a reason for it. At the current speed limit, you travel across the solar system in seconds. At 0.9999999999999999c, the gamma is ...I don't know, my calculator disappeared in a puff of smoke when I tried to calculate it. Its a REALLY large number. On my computer, at each simulation time step, you would warp across the universe. How fast is your computer?

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Not kidding this would be my favourite (near) FTL of all time :thumbup:

If... :idea:

You dropped out of Warp with the same 'real' space vectors(?) as you went in.

Now I'm not a programmer :lol: - would it be hard to copy the 'real space' vectors of the ship when the Warp is engaged and then paste them again when it's disengaged?

I can see the thought and time that went into the acceleration and slowing down phases of travel, major kudos to the programmer :hail: - could the copy-paste-state be a configurable option?

This way I may set up some speed and direction beforehand and not pop out of Warp in a dead fall to the planet

kind regards,

- bishop

If you by space vectors you mean your global velocity before warp, then that is easy to do. I'll add an option in the configuration file. Just don't try to warp too close to your target.

 

[Bishop]

If you by space vectors you mean your global velocity before warp, then that is easy to do. I'll add an option in the configuration file. Just don't try to warp too close to your target.

That would be fantastic! :woohoo:

Yep, global velocity, that's what I meant :thumbup:

- bishop

 

[Chromium]

Do be careful when warping to a planet with preserved global velocity. From the Earth to Luna, that might be a good thing, but if you're warping from Earth to an outer planet or vice versa you may have some issues with the required delta-v to synchronize.

 

[dumbo2007]

I think you can detect nearby planets and plot a path around it ? I mean the nearest gravity reference function should be able to tell you of a nearby planet and you can either skid to a halt or translate to the left or right and continue on a different path to the destination - will require some playing with the code.

And if its a vessel - just clear it from your path using AddForce

 

[haze39]

Calculate distance for a safe base landing

Hi
Really love this addon,and have been on "trips" to almost every planet in our system by now,but the "trouble" occurs when trying to land safely on a planet/moon base,and how to calculate the right brake distance before crashing into the ground as f.ex.the DeltagliderIV,which almost every time loses it's wheels,or completely breaks up when it tries to land on a base.

Anybody who has an idea how to calculate the right altitude to do a safe landing with The Warp MFD?.:tiphat:

regards
haze39

 

[SlyCoopersButt]

Well, I have sent UMMU themselves for the scariest rides ever by turbo packing up into the sky a little and initiate the warp and make it stop 2/3 meters above any moon or planets surface resulting in a safe landing :lol:. There is no scarier ride!

 

[dumbo2007]

What are the limits in terms of AU beyond which Orbiter begins to severely degrade in precision(docking is impossible) in Orbiter 2009. I am wondering how far I can try to go with this MFD. I think the speed is adjustable even beyond c to multiples of c...saw some posts earlier about 250c

 

[EtherDragon]

Another, more complicated, solution to establishing an orbit would be user configurable target settings.

Use distance from body and Local xyz velocities. Then we could come up with a library of standard approaches for various major bodies.

The next step might be to include this table of standard approaches to the MFD, and then just let the user adjust the settings as they see fit.

 

[dumbo2007]

nicker43..I dropped a message through the orbiter forum message options ...for the source code.

 

[Zapi]

Well, i have a planet a lightyear out, and it takes a LONG time to get there even with every warp drive i have on

besides, watching the decades go by while i go would be awesome

 

[Katt7777]

Nice program I wish I could figure something out like that.:thumbup:

 

[iceman2000mv]

Please help.
I have a problem. I use orbiter beta 100503. The mfd is great except for one thing. When i press !S! the fov jums to 0 and stays there whatever i do. I disengaged the VisualAbberation but i can't get rid of the problem.
Any ideas.
Thanks so much.

 

[Izack]

Please help.
I have a problem. I use orbiter beta 100503. The mfd is great except for one thing. When i press !S! the fov jums to 0 and stays there whatever i do. I disengaged the VisualAbberation but i can't get rid of the problem.
Any ideas.
Thanks so much.

The only safe solution here is to not use the beta, as it's clearly stated that it is not guaranteed to be stable/usable with all addons.
I imagine this problem will happen in any of the newer betas, as the FOV is handled at least somewhat differently (although I'm no expert...I don't dissect my computer programs :lol

 

[Lucy]

The FOV should not change on key S regardless, it's not a control for FOV in either the stable or the beta versions.