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Crotalus Mk.I Vertical Launch Missile System
Jhett 15 Nov, 2015 @ 7:47am
Planetary misiles
i installed your code on a satallite misslie launcher, featuring missiles with both normal and atmospheric thrusters. unfortunately, the missiles do not track well in atmsosphere. can you help me out with this issue by any chance?
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Suddenlywill 15 Nov, 2015 @ 9:32am 
Haven't played a lot on planets yet so I wouldn't know, but it would seem that the guidance system doesn't know what air is :D. The friction and gravity differance between a planet and space would be throwing the script used to guide the missile. Maybe wait until a guidance script that works in atmos comes out, or keen patch it on thursday. Sorry if i wasn't any help.
MK84  [developer] 17 Nov, 2015 @ 4:33pm 
It's not designed for atmospheric flight. :P Working on a version that does.
Jhett 18 Nov, 2015 @ 5:19pm 
great! would you like help??? come a long way so far!
Whiplash141  [developer] 22 Nov, 2015 @ 1:44pm 
Originally posted by escape pod tester117:
Haven't played a lot on planets yet so I wouldn't know, but it would seem that the guidance system doesn't know what air is :D. The friction and gravity differance between a planet and space would be throwing the script used to guide the missile. Maybe wait until a guidance script that works in atmos comes out, or keen patch it on thursday. Sorry if i wasn't any help.
The script works fine in any environment. There is no friction and gravity does not affect the tracking method. 5URG3 and Dark Lord have had no issues using this code for atmospheric missiles. It is the ion thrusters that are likely causing the failure. If you use atmospheric thrusters it will work fine.
Last edited by Whiplash141; 22 Nov, 2015 @ 1:46pm
Whiplash141  [developer] 22 Nov, 2015 @ 1:47pm 
Originally posted by jhett6:
the missiles do not track well in atmsosphere. by any chance?
Use more @mos thrust on the side surfaces
Jhett 22 Nov, 2015 @ 1:49pm 
Originally posted by Whiplash141:
Originally posted by jhett6:
the missiles do not track well in atmsosphere. by any chance?
Use more @mos thrust on the side surfaces
so hydrogen thrusters?
i tried the atmospheric ones, which did not work at all
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