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18 Aug, 2018 @ 7:41pm
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Planet2Space

Description
Use this script to automatically make your ship reach space more efficiently than using autopilot.

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Planet2Space by Juggernaut93 (with code from Gravity Aligner by p3st|cIdE)

SETUP
  1. Create a group with a cockpit (or remote control or some other ship controller) to use as orientation reference, gyros and landing gears to unlock (optional, see "HOW IT WORKS"). The controller and the gyros will be used by Gravity Aligner to align the ship in the correct direction (more info here: https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=567481214). The group can also contain a Timer block to run after the ship reaches space.
  2. Run this script with argument: [GroupName];[true|false]
    • put true (default) if you want hydrogen thrusters to have priority over ion thrusters, false otherwise
    • default group name is "Aligner"
    • example: AlignerGroupName;true -> "AlignerGroupName" is the group name and you prefer using hydrogen thruster over ion ones
  3. Wait until the ship reaches space.
    • You can interrupt the script at any moment running it with argument "stop" (without quotes).
    • To change settings while ascending you MUST first stop the script and then rerun it with the different parameters.
    • MAKE SURE the ship can sustain its own weight!
    • Also, if you want your ship to stop after reaching space, be sure you have place thrusters of your preferred thruster type in each of the 6 orthogonal directions of the ship (especially the downward direction to stop the upward velocity).

WARNING
IF YOU HAVE A SHIP WITH A COCKPIT/CONTROL STATION/ETC. WITH THE FRONT ORIENTED TOWARDS SPACE (I.E. ROCKET-LIKE) MAKE SURE TO ADD A SECONDARY SHIP CONTROLLER (E.G. REMOTE CONTROL) ORIENTED IN THE "NORMAL WAY" (THE DOWNSIDE OF THE REMOTE CONTROLLER IS ORIENTED TOWARDS THE PLANET = THE DIRECTION TOWARDS WHICH THE THRUSTER THAT SHOULD LIFT YOUR SHIP TO SPACE WILL PUSH).

HOW IT WORKS
  1. All landing gears in GroupName are unlocked:
    • if there are no landing gears in GroupName and the script variable "searchLandingGearsOnlyInGroup" is set to false, the script will then unlock all landing gears on same grid (i.e. not on docked ships, and so on)
  2. Gravity Aligner is started to keep the ship oriented so that the selected cockpit has the "down" direction towards the planet (i.e. the natural orientation of the ship = NOT upside down :)). You can still manually rotate the ship around the gravity vector.
  3. When the ship is aligned (>99% of thrust will be applied downwards) and it has no significant lateral velocity (< 0.1m/s) the acceleration phase starts:
    • all thrusters not pointing up are shut down (to prevent the player from accelerating in the wrong direction)
    • all atmo thrusters are set at full power
    • dampeners are disabled
    • if atmo thrusters can't provide at least 15 m/s^2 of acceleration upwards (~0.15g upwards, added to the acceleration required to overcome gravity), hydrogen and/or ion thrusters are added to the mix according to your specified priority (e.g. if you prefer hydrogen thrusters, ion will only be used if hydrogen thrusters aren't enough)
    • if for whatever reason the ship is falling at more than 2 m/s, all thrusters in the Up direction will be turned on at max when the downward velocity is higher than 2 m/s, the normal behavior is restored
  4. When the ship reaches 99.5 m/s against the gravity direction, thruster power is reduced to keep such velocity (speed could oscillate a bit before stabilizing)
    • unnecessary fuel consumption is eliminated!
    • priorities are still respected: first use atmos, then hydro/ions as specified
    • when atmos don't work anymore (thrust = 0N), they are shut down to avoid wasting electricity (full override with atmo is costly regardless of effective thrust)
  5. When 0 gravity is detected, the script will shut down (including the Gravity Aligner part), the dampeners are reactivated and all hydro/ion thrusters (according to preference) are enabled, allowing the ship to come to a full stop
  6. If a Timer is included in the [GroupName] group, it will start the countdown
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Juggernaut93  [author] 29 Oct, 2024 @ 10:05am 
Sorry about that, I haven't touched the game in a long time and this script was mostly made for my own specific needs. I can't even remember how or why it overwrote LCDs to be honest, or if it's a bug introduced with changes to the game that happened after I published the script.
Cal_Matar 24 Oct, 2024 @ 7:33am 
Love the script with the exception of the LCD portion. It overwrites all of your LCD's and when you redock it even overwrote my bases as well. This should have an escape/return clause that resets the LCD's back when the program stops (when the timer block kicks in or is manually stopped) so you don't have to reset everything manually. Not sure if it is possible or not. For now I am going to have to remove this though as this behavior is not acceptable.
Calmaria 9 May, 2023 @ 11:39am 
I know its old, but I am going to have to try this... Moving from plantetside, to space, is boring, Id rather have some cola, and watch the show.