Ability to edit planet's gravity

[Byamarro]

It would be cool if we could have config option that allow us to regulate gravity radius and strenght of planets.
With PHYSICS_ROTATIONAL_DAMPING = 0.0 and PHYSICS_LINEAR_DAMPING = 0.0 we could also make orbiting satellites around our planet.

 

[ltmauve]

Or just changing the strength so that ship elevators are needed or other cool things .

 

[Byamarro]

Or just changing the strength so that ship elevators are needed or other cool things .

Radius is important for orbiting satellites. Currently radius is so small that satelitte imidiatelly leaves orbit.

 

[Ithirahad]

Radius is important for orbiting satellites. Currently radius is so small that satelitte imidiatelly leaves orbit.

Satellites wouldn't work even with the proper gravity radius. Remember, planets and their gravity fields aren't round, they're dodecahedrons, so any possible satellite will end up getting thrown in different directions a bit, until the thing ends up either being thrown out of orbit or crashing.

 

[Byamarro]

Satellites wouldn't work even with the proper gravity radius. Remember, planets and their gravity fields aren't round, they're dodecahedrons, so any possible satellite will end up getting thrown in different directions a bit, until the thing ends up either being thrown out of orbit or crashing.

There are two types of gravity on planets. One that attracts astronatus is dodecahedrons. And second which attract ships is spherical.

 

[Winterhome]

I'm going to post my support for the idea of being able to regulate a planet's gravity in the Config here, since I was about to make a thread on it myself.


It would be amazingly useful for in-atmosphere games and such.

 

[Lidren]

Sattelites, I wants them precious.