A lot more progress made. We are getting past the "pure eye-candy".
The crew persistency is finally tied to the ship's name, giving the ability to have multiple XR2s with different crews in the same scenario.
This also means that any scenario that has an XR2 with the same name will have the same crew loaded. (provided that the script is running).
EVAs: I have already added the ability for the loaded crew to exit the ship. If the ship is landed, the selected crew member is spawned in front of it.
If in space, we have two cases:
If the XR2 is docked, then the selected crew member's mesh is deleted.
If the XR2 is not docked, the crew member spawns at the airlock.
If the spawned crew member is within 3 meters of any free docking port and you press the "V" button, it gets deleted and the focus is shifted to the docking port's vessel.
The next thing to tackle is returning the crew member back to the ship and also handling crew transfers between ships/stations.
I also added a few more crew members, bringing the total number to 31, with a few more to come. This is the list so far:
Done:
Amy_Farrah_Fowler (TBBT)
Benjamin_Sisko (StarTrek DS9)
Bob_Behnken (RL)
Buzz_Aldrin (RL)
Chrisjen_Avasarala (The Expanse)
Deanna_Troi (StarTrek TNG)
Ellen_Ripley (Alien)
Han_Solo (StarWars)
Inara_Serra (Firefly)
Jadzia_Dax (StarTrek DS9)
James_Holden (The Expanse)
James_Kirk (StarTrek TOS)
Jean_Luc_Picard (StarTrek TNG)
Kara_Miller (Default XR2)
Kara_Thrace (BTG)
Kathryn_Janeway (StarTrek Voyager)
Lee_Nash (Default XR2)
Leia_Organa (StarWars)
Malcolm_Reynolds (Firefly)
Megan_McArthur (RL)
Melissa_Lewis (The Martian)
Mr_Data (StarTrek TNG)
Naomi_Nagata (The Expanse)
Neil_Armstrong (RL)
Nyota_Uhura (StarTrek TOS)
Sally_Ride (RL)
Seven_of_Nine (StarTrek Voyager)
Sheldon_Cooper (TBBT)
Spock_son_of_Sarek (StarTrek TOS)
William_Adama (BTG)
William_Riker (StarTrek TNG)
Crew members work in progress:
Geordi_la_Forge (StarTrek TNG)
Tasha_Yar (StarTrek TNG)
Zoe_Washburne (Firefly)
Bishop (Aliens)
Joseph_Cooper (Interstellar)
Dr_Amelia_Brand (Interstellar)
Mark Watney (The Martian)
Hoot Gibson (RL)
Rhea Seddon (RL)
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