Space Engineers

Space Engineers

DAS - Driver Assisting System
Marxon 10 Mar, 2022 @ 12:01pm
Safety Feature Suggestions
After doing some slight stunt driving I've found a few things to be a bit, problematic. The main issue was from the camera based auto level acting a bit oddly at high speeds, overcorrecting for the terrain normals instead of gravity and causing spaztic movement. On landing I've also had issues with the vehicle not landing straight relative to its velocity and of course, having roll over events.

What I would like to suggest is the following possible solutions
-Option to use gyros to orient front of craft relative to its velocity near the ground
-PB Argument to temporarily lower wheel friction to allow harmless drifting as opposed to fliping
-Option to make auto leveling prioritize gravity/ pitch upward slightly near the ground regardless of terrain incline.
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Wanderer_308  [developer] 21 Apr, 2022 @ 5:14pm 
You probably can lower the _LeanToSurfaceDistance value for waht you want to achieve. Dealing with the friction is a bit more complicated, for now just test it with different _LeanToSurfaceDistance value.
Marxon 21 Apr, 2022 @ 8:26pm 
Originally posted by Wanderer_308:
You probably can lower the _LeanToSurfaceDistance value for waht you want to achieve. Dealing with the friction is a bit more complicated, for now just test it with different _LeanToSurfaceDistance value.
I tried that with more gyros but the angular momentum starts causing front flips.
Wanderer_308  [developer] 22 Apr, 2022 @ 4:39pm 
Yes, that's basicaly why the script aligne the rover to the surface before it touches it.
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