Stormworks: Build and Rescue

Stormworks: Build and Rescue

Whack AL's Optical Landing Guide (OLS / FLOLS / Meatball) simplified
13 Comments
Whack_AL  [author] 24 Oct, 2024 @ 10:17am 
@renzo it would be much easier to broadcast information from the carrier you would be trying to land on. The landing guide has a margin off error that would make this very difficult, it is more of a suggestion then a guide. The carrier I am working on broadcast a physics sensor to any channel you like, this data would be much easier to program an "auto land" feature with since you can pinpoint coordinates and a heading with 1 radio signal. I probably will not modify this guide further as it is designed to be as simple as possible, and I personally feel like there would be a much better easier approach using a physics sensor on the ship you would like to land on.
Renzo 24 Oct, 2024 @ 9:39am 
could you perhaps have the green side indcators turn on and off to tell you if you lined up with the runway as well

(perhaps if you send this info out on a radio frequency someone else could make a microcontroller that can autoland a plane on a aircraft carrier)
Whack_AL  [author] 22 Sep, 2024 @ 7:22am 
It predicts if the airplane is above or below the glide slope it should approach at, it does not need distance since it is on an angle, it is only comparing if the plane is higher or lower than the desired angle.
Secret176 22 Sep, 2024 @ 5:35am 
So how exactly does it use radar, can it calculate target altitude or smth?
Whack_AL  [author] 21 Jul, 2024 @ 3:59am 
That would be my other thought yeah you could use an RGB spot light that changes color, my only concern is since the spotlights bloom so they might not be that precise when needing to reference them far away….
zero 19 Jul, 2024 @ 2:45pm 
use spotlights
zero 19 Jul, 2024 @ 2:45pm 
track the plane on radar, change the color based on the position of the plane?
Whack_AL  [author] 19 Jul, 2024 @ 6:26am 
Best way to do it would likely be with an infared laser that is being found by the plane not the other way around….
Whack_AL  [author] 19 Jul, 2024 @ 6:25am 
Glide not glue lol*
Whack_AL  [author] 19 Jul, 2024 @ 6:24am 
Hmmm I suppose it could be done, wish there were more laser colors in stormwork, that would be the major problem I see, honestly if you slap a laser to the meatball it will project the correct glued slope, it just won’t be on center. I can look into it, but I won’t make it if vehicles need modification for its use!
zero 19 Jul, 2024 @ 1:12am 
can you make the LRLS next?
D_Bones 16 Jul, 2024 @ 11:41pm 
Very well-done meatball ;)
TheXeus 15 Jul, 2024 @ 12:36pm 
hi men wow your meatball looking sick!