E-THON

A spacecraft simulation prototype that implements a fully interactable holographic cockpit, quadtree-based planetary terrain generation, atmospheric rendering, and much more. Set in an infinite procedurally generated galaxy, the prototype allows you to jump between systems and travel at a high speed within a solar system. Up to any number of planets may generate in one system, and different star classes will give off different lighting at different intensities.

The ship's systems include a Logarithmic Radar, which plots the location of every celestial body in the solar system, a system map with the ability to target a planet or star, a polarizing filter to allow for on-the-fly changes to how much light should make it through the cockpit window, a flight assist system that changes the flight model of the spacecraft from a simplified, point-and-fly system to a more complex but flexible one, and a hyperdrive and supercruise system combo that allows for jumps within the solar system and between solar systems.

Controls

T: Turn the ship ON/OFF. This cannot be done while in hyperspace or supercruise.

Right-Click: Toggle Control Mode. Switches between a cursor to click on interactable cockpit items to a joystick to control the spacecraft.

W/S: Change ship's throttle. With Flight Assist, this changes the target speed within the range of -1.5km/s and 1.5km/s. Without Flight Assist, this acts as pure acceleration.

A/D: Strafe. With Flight Assist, this accelerates the ship sideways until it reaches a safe limit and keeps its momentum relative to the direction the ship is facing even as you rotate it around. Without Flight Assist, this acts as pure acceleration.

R/F: Elevate. With Flight Assist, this accelerates the ship vertically until it reaches a safe limit and keeps its momentum relative to the direction the ship is facing even as you rotate it around. Without Flight Assist, this acts as pure acceleration.

Mouse: Rotate. With Flight Assist, the rotation gizmo indicates the speed of rotation. Centring the cursor will return the ship's angular momentum to zero. Without Flight Assist, beginning to turn adds a torque that needs to be counter-acted to stop the spin.

N: Enter System Map. Switches the radar from Logarithmic Map mode to System Map mode. In System Map mode, you can use the mouse to select a celestial body within the list and left-click to target it. This will give you information about its distance and show a direction line on the radar in Log Map mode. Right-clicking while in System Map mode returns you to Log Map mode.

Z: Toggle Flight Assist. This can also be done by clicking the FLIGHT ASSIST toggle in the cockpit.

Experimental

The experimental build contains a WIP first-person walking mode which allows you to step out of the spaceship's seat and start walking around the cockpit! This can currently only be done while the ship is completely stationary (but not necessarily landed), and there is no way as of yet to step out of the spaceship completely.