Space Engineers

Space Engineers

Hover Aligner
Into 21 Sep, 2023 @ 3:38pm
Need help
// if edited manually, reload with command 'load'
go
updatefrequency=30
gyrolimitrpm=5
thrustaccellimit=50
thrustvellimit=100
pitchoffsetdegrees=-0.5
tiltmaxdegrees=15
pitchangleclipdegrees=5
rollangleclipdegrees=30
pitchangleslopdegrees=15
rollangleslopdegrees=0
steeringsensitivity=10
pitchsensitivity=0.005
gyrostoppability=0.0001
alignangularresponsep2=0.2
alignangularresponsep=0.20
alignangularresponsei=0.02
alignangularresponsed=0
alignangularresponsed2=0.02
tiltpower=1
maxdownwardvelocity=100
alignlinearresponsep2=0.4
alignlinearresponsep=0.8
alignlinearresponsei=0
alignlinearresponsed2=0.2
alignlinearresponsed=0.40
thrustvelslop=1
thrustposslop=1
lockh
targetaltitude=10


hovering works well, but I can't get the steering right
and I struggle to understand which value does what

Trying to make a hover cargo carrier and using mods like the aerodynamic mod, realistic offset thruster force, no auto dampening and so on. So it might have multiple reasons why it behaves like it does. But without understanding the variables, I can't tell. So I am just going up and down with the numbers and observe what is happening.

Sometimes it gets stuck, and I can't correct roll (main steering method) and mouse or keybord inputs to the left and right, seem to lift the tip of my craft, it oversteers or is just irresponsive.
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p3st|cIdE  [developer] 27 Sep, 2023 @ 5:15am 
Just noticed this thread.
no auto dampening will disable the altitude aligning cutoff and make it a little bumpier.
high rollangleclipdegrees will allow your craft to roll quite a lot, usually folks want some pitch wiggle room but not much for roll.
your gyrolimitrpm is really slow, it'll make the correction work really slowly, limits how fast I allow the craft to turn.
DLC fixed my cockpit problem but I still don't have near enough power to run all the thrusters, that seems to be the main problem; may need more gyros, hard to tell, but also without the PB installed I'd have to set up the script myself, I guess I could slap these parameters in and see how it goes. But without sufficient power, it won't work very well. Barely lifts off the ground unloaded.
Into 27 Sep, 2023 @ 5:34am 
// if edited manually, reload with command 'load'
go
updatefrequency=30
gyrolimitrpm=12
thrustaccellimit=100
thrustvellimit=100
pitchoffsetdegrees=0
tiltmaxdegrees=60
pitchangleclipdegrees=7
rollangleclipdegrees=60
pitchangleslopdegrees=15
rollangleslopdegrees=0.5
steeringsensitivity=0.6
pitchsensitivity=0.01
gyrostoppability=2E-06
alignangularresponsep2=0.5
alignangularresponsep=1
alignangularresponsei=0.5
alignangularresponsed=0.5
alignangularresponsed2=1
tiltpower=1
maxdownwardvelocity=10
alignlinearresponsep2=0.15
alignlinearresponsep=2.5
alignlinearresponsei=0
alignlinearresponsed2=0.15
alignlinearresponsed=2.5
thrustvelslop=1
thrustposslop=0.5
lockh
targetaltitude=10

It would be this by now
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