Project UMMUFB - UMMU for bases

[Tommy]

If you have the module activated in the launch pad, it should be there. Depending on how may MFD's you have installed, it may be on the second "page" of the menu. Try hitting the Sel button again, it should cycle through the pages.

 

[gattispilot]

Could you modify this to do direct transfer of vessel to vessel on the ground not docked?

 

[Face]

Could you modify this to do direct transfer of vessel to vessel on the ground not docked?

In principle, it is so already. It just uses one fixed endpoint, the "base"-vessel.

How do you think it should work?
Detect nearby vessels (docking port within given range) and link them together? Calculating eucledean metrics for all vessels is O(n²) for simple algorithms. You can bring it down to O(1), but that would need a rather complex mapping algorithm. I'm not willed to implement that.
The better option would be to explicitly create "virtual docking-tunnels", i.e. specifying the vessel to be linked to in the MFD.

ATM, I'm more into OMP again, so any development from my side on this will have to wait until after the next Orbiter release (at which point I'd have to recompile all my addons, anyway).

OTOH, the source-code is available via http://bitbucket.org/face/ummufb , so everyone who wants to contribute is welcome!

regards,
Face

 

[gattispilot]

I looked at the code. My invisobase is a virtual airlock. How did you get around the dock/undock effect on ground? I think if I added that to the base you could make it a virtual docking tunnel. All you would have to do is create a dock /dock to the ship and transfer. That can be done now. It is when you undock you get CTD or bounce effects.

 

[Face]

I looked at the code. My invisobase is a virtual airlock. How did you get around the dock/undock effect on ground?

Well, I get around the dock bug by... not docking. I simply hacked the GetDockStatus() function to return the appropriate vessel handle when called. This is the function UMMU is using to get docking state.

regards,
Face

 

[gattispilot]

Thanks. I'll search for that. I think a virtual docking tunnel is what needed. You could transfer from the LER to a moon capsule,....

Would it be hard to add that to another vessel?