[Request] Manual Docking
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DaMuncha
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[Request] Manual Docking
I would like to actually fly my ship down to the docking bay and land it my self. I know that cant be done exactly as you'd imagine but I'd actually like to be able to fly close enough to the hanger to have it automatically dock. And perhaps a FMV video of my ship flying toward the dock when I choose to dock from the menu.
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zoopang
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I'd approve such a mod VERY MUCH THANK YOU 
I am eagerly waiting for a game to allow us to complete docking and undocking procedures.
A simple way to implement it would be to only allow you to dock if
1. you have made a request via comms
2. you are at a minimal distance (like 0,1meter) from the center of the dock
3. you are at speed 0 (no tolerance)
4. You are aligned with the dock (a few degrees tolerance)
5. You either press a key (a docking hook / landing gear key) or use the radial menu to activate docking (this step would only be allowed if all other conditions have been met).
Please bear in mind that I have no clues about modding, but still:
- N°1 might be harder to implement. The current docking button in the radial menu should trigger a conversation with the station (allowing you to dock) but shouldn't trigger the auto-docking. If necessary, this step could be overlooked without breaking the feature.
- N°2 should probably not rely on the ingame metric distances, since "0m" is actually a very large zone. This mod would only work if it requires you to be really on the center spot of a station docking zone, or inside the hangar bay of the cap ship you want to dock at.
- N°3 : actually, for a cap ship docking, you would need to have the same exact speed as the docking platform... Probably impossible, so let's stick to speed 0 (which will require you to have some reflexes as the dock will tend to move away from you and you can only dock if you are very close to it...)
- N°4 might be easy to do for stations docks (the game has clearly a stored variable since you can use the auto rotate option from the game menu) but not so easy to implement for cap ships docks ?
- N°5 : A keypress would be probably better for immersion but harder to implement.
The undocking procedure would be :
1. Ask permission to undock
2. Release docking hook / landing gear (only active if permission has been asked).
Currently, what would be easier to implement imho would be :
The existing docking button in the radial menu only activates docking if
1. you are at a minimal distance from the dock
2. you are at speed 0 (no tolerance)
3. You are aligned with the dock (a few degrees tolerance).
4. No specifics to undock.
There is already a condition set for the docking button (currently you cannot use it if you are too far), so it would just need some adjustments (reduce distance condition, include speed condition and alignment condition).
I am eagerly waiting for a game to allow us to complete docking and undocking procedures.
A simple way to implement it would be to only allow you to dock if
1. you have made a request via comms
2. you are at a minimal distance (like 0,1meter) from the center of the dock
3. you are at speed 0 (no tolerance)
4. You are aligned with the dock (a few degrees tolerance)
5. You either press a key (a docking hook / landing gear key) or use the radial menu to activate docking (this step would only be allowed if all other conditions have been met).
Please bear in mind that I have no clues about modding, but still:
- N°1 might be harder to implement. The current docking button in the radial menu should trigger a conversation with the station (allowing you to dock) but shouldn't trigger the auto-docking. If necessary, this step could be overlooked without breaking the feature.
- N°2 should probably not rely on the ingame metric distances, since "0m" is actually a very large zone. This mod would only work if it requires you to be really on the center spot of a station docking zone, or inside the hangar bay of the cap ship you want to dock at.
- N°3 : actually, for a cap ship docking, you would need to have the same exact speed as the docking platform... Probably impossible, so let's stick to speed 0 (which will require you to have some reflexes as the dock will tend to move away from you and you can only dock if you are very close to it...)
- N°4 might be easy to do for stations docks (the game has clearly a stored variable since you can use the auto rotate option from the game menu) but not so easy to implement for cap ships docks ?
- N°5 : A keypress would be probably better for immersion but harder to implement.
The undocking procedure would be :
1. Ask permission to undock
2. Release docking hook / landing gear (only active if permission has been asked).
Currently, what would be easier to implement imho would be :
The existing docking button in the radial menu only activates docking if
1. you are at a minimal distance from the dock
2. you are at speed 0 (no tolerance)
3. You are aligned with the dock (a few degrees tolerance).
4. No specifics to undock.
There is already a condition set for the docking button (currently you cannot use it if you are too far), so it would just need some adjustments (reduce distance condition, include speed condition and alignment condition).