Orbital MADNESS!

[-=Fox=-]

Greetings Ladies and Gentlemen, today were having a special on orbital MADNESS merchandise!

Right now, we have a kit just for YOU!

What's Included you ask?

-A Map: GM_SB_Emptyspace
Now you have the map everyone is talking about!

-A Save!
Not only includes my 6DoF space ship, it also includes a Target Locater in the center of the platform already placed!

-Adv. Dupe of my 6DoF (6 degrees of freedom) Research platform
Now you can use this ship in any weightless environment!

Aaaand....Three, that's right THREE E-Gate Code Bits!

-Orbital "Calculator"
Now you can find out the Minimum and Maximum of your Altitude and Velocity so you can locate that pesky Apogee and Perigee! It also calculates a circular orbit from averages of those figures!

-2 E-Gates that control the 6DoF platform
Now you can customize the E-Gate code to suit whatever you like. Also included for completeness.

Total Size (Compressed-RAR/Uncompressed): 165KB / 1.55MB
Kit.rar


Pictures!

A Picture of the Research Ship and the Placed Locater Beacon!


This is the back of the Research Ship, Numpad does all! It'll take a little getting used to (might want to turn off gravity to play with it first) but you'll get it pretty quickly. Those white squares are E-Gates, the code is included with the kit!


Did I mention the map is just a simple platform? It's compatible with Spacebox 1.2 and the Spacebuild Gravity Module.

Well there you have it, a good starters kit for playing with Orbits!

*Instructions for Using the 6DoF Research Platform!*

Forward = 0
Back = 2
Roll Left = 4
Roll Right = 6
Pitch Up = 5
Pitch Down = 8
Horizontal Left Slide = 1
Horizontal Right Slide = 3
Z Up = 7
Z Down = 9
Pan Left = /
Pan Right = *
Increase Thruster Power = -
Decrease Thruster Power = +
Not Assigned: Enter & .

The only bug to work out is key combos, currently you can only press one key at a time, if you press two keys at the same time, only the last key pressed will work.

If you use the Debugger on the main E-Gate (Head Node), you'll see an absolute crap load of inputs and outputs, if you want to see what the thrust power is set at currently, you can check the "P" Output, or wire the "P" output to a screen, it must be set above 0 in order for the thrusters to work.

*Instructions on how to use the Orbital informational E-gate*

Simply connect a speedometer and beacon sensor to the gate, get into an orbit, hit reset (You can use the . or enter key that isn't used on the 6DoF platform to reset it). After completing one full orbit, it will output MinA/MaxA (Altitude Min/Max) and MinV and MaxV (Velocity Min/Max) and AvgA and AvgV (Averages for both Alt, and Vel.).

The value that is MaxA and MinV together are the values for your Apogee (farthest point in elliptical orbit), the MinA and MaxV together are values that give you your Perigee (closest point in an elliptical orbit)

Enjoy, Good Luck and Have fun! ^_^


**Orbital Notes**
(Discovered bits of information go here, if you have something to add, just say it and I'll add it here!)

After extensive testing it appears that the Averages of the orbits DO equal the equivalent circular orbit. You can use that information any way you like ^_^

To get into a wider orbit apply thrust at the point of Apogee in the direction your going.

To get into a narrower orbit apply thrust in the OPPOSITE direction while in your Perigee. Otherwise you'll have a more elliptical orbit.

The window for making changes in orbit during the Apogee and Perigee appears to be quite small, thrusting for too long will change your orbits completely and can make the orbit even more elliptical.

Needs:

E-gate Code for a gimbal. A way to know where "center" is on the planet so we know our current orientation.

Vector calculator to help guide the pointing of the ship in the direction of orbit so burns can be done accurately. Would be useful or orbital insertion and orbit changes.

Reaction control system to stop a ship that's spinning out of control.

[Ramishen]

Download link might be helpful.....

[CCFreak2K]

Read the first line...

[-=Fox=-]

I "yelled" at the admins and they've adjusted the upload limits, I'll be sure to get the kit uploaded as soon as I can.

Don't worry you won't have to wait too long :lol:

[Wdth2]

Did you ever play Orbiter? If you like space/space travel I highly recommend it.
Orbiter - A free space flight simulator

[-=Fox=-]

Yup, seen it, loved it. I wanted to try it in Gmod, I'm also uploading the Kit right...

DONE!

[-=Fox=-]

I wonder if anyone tried this at all :lol:

[Lovefist233]

it looks sweet and is right up my alley, but im too lazy

[Teaqu]

GM_SB_Emptyspace scares me... so empty in the void...
I LOVE IT!!! LET the Madness roam the empty void of space and the silence

[Infinity]

Madness?
Madness!

Sorry, I had to.


Looks pretty cool. I might give it a try sometime.