ILS - Revision history

Cholmondely: Added Links

2021-11-03T15:45:17Z

Added Links

Cholmondely: More tweaking.

2021-05-04T12:51:21Z

More tweaking.

Cholmondely: /* Warning */ Adumbrated on the previous effort

2021-05-04T12:33:54Z

‎Warning: Adumbrated on the previous effort

Cholmondely: /* Quick Facts */ Changed OXP level to 2 due to sucidal tendency of OXP

2021-04-23T10:48:10Z

‎Quick Facts: Changed OXP level to 2 due to sucidal tendency of OXP

Cholmondely: Added in a warning!

2020-10-07T19:22:03Z

Added in a warning!

Dybal: /* Changelog */

2020-08-12T14:39:40Z

‎Changelog

Dybal: /* Changelog */

2020-08-12T14:26:40Z

‎Changelog

Dybal: /* Download */

2020-08-12T14:10:20Z

‎Download

Dybal: /* Changelog */

2020-08-12T14:08:55Z

‎Changelog

Dybal: /* Changelog */

2020-08-12T14:06:11Z

‎Changelog

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	\|feedback = [http://bb.aegidian.org/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=16916 BB-Link]		\|feedback = [http://bb.aegidian.org/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=16916 BB-Link]
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		+
		+	=== Links ===
		+	*[http://bb.aegidian.org/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=16916 BB-Link] (2014 - date)
		+	*[http://aegidian.org/bb/viewtopic.php?p=41519#p41519 Is it possible to "steer" the player ship?] (2015)

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 [[Image:ils.jpg]]
-You can stop if needed by lowering your thrust to zero, for example to avoid a collision.
+Note that there is '''no''' on/off switch for ILS. You can stop if needed by lowering your thrust to zero, for example to avoid a collision.
 ILS steering suspended until your ship is stopped, so if you want to do another than landing then you can stop and lock the station.
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 ILS will rotate your ship in the last 2km if your ship is wider than the height of the dock.
- Cost: 50.0 Cr
+ Cost: 50.0₢
  Techlevel: 5
-=== No more traffic jam ===
+=== No more traffic jams! ===
-NPC ships can dock much faster with ILS, using a shorter path and injectors, narrow ones without roll.
+NPC ships can dock much faster with ILS, using a shorter path and injectors, narrow ones without roll. This helps cure traffic jams near stations when you are waiting for landing clearance. You don't need to buy the ILS equipment yourself, just keep the .oxp installed and all the NPCs will use it! Injector-equipped ships will arrive in seconds, slowing down in the last 2km only.
 [[Image:Ils_npc.png]]
 You must wait until the current ILS-user ship is docked before you can use ILS.
-If you target the station while another ship using ILS then you lock on the landing ship - a help to find where it is. If you keep the station in your crosshairs when the current ship arrive into the dock then you get the right to use ILS regardless of there are others in the queue.
+If you target the station while another ship is using ILS then you lock on the landing ship - a help to find where it is. If you keep the station in your crosshairs when the current ship arrives into the dock then you get the right to use ILS regardless of whether there are others in the queue.
-Alternatively you can wait until all ships arrive into the dock - you can not break an already started ILS approach.
+Alternatively you can wait until all ships arrive into the dock - you cannot break off an already started ILS approach.

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	=== Warning ===		=== Warning ===
		+	If you do not know what you are doing, this can be a very effective way of visiting [[Church of Giles the Creator#Eschatology\|St Giles in The Pool of Pellucid Placidity]]! Or losing cargo or damaging your craft! Note that as your shields improve ([[Shield Boosters]] & [[Military Shield Enhancement]]), the speed at which you can survive increases too! The two most common issues are
		+	:(i) the ILS targeting something else which comes into its sight during the docking procedure - and either ILS looses its lock on the dock, or it fixates on another dockable and goes after that - in either case the change of direction can incur fatal consequences (this can actually happen ''inside'' the docking tunnel of hermits, for example);
		+	:(ii) docking with a moveable large ship - ''eg'' a ''Behemoth'' or a ''Deep Space Dredger'' - where the dock is at the front end: too slow an approach will result in the large ship attempting to avoid your ship and can lead to the loss of one's third dimension as one's ship is spread out thinly over the surface of the large ship.
		+	*''Combining ILS with Telescope increases the opportunities for the loss of one's third dimension.''

−	If you do not know what you are doing, this can be a very effective way of committing suicide! The two most common issues are
		+	Advice: In such cases (and ''especially'' when approaching large moving objects such as Behemoths/Liners/Deep Space Dredgers) it is usually safest to detour around the object so that you can approach it from the side of the docking bay, thus limiting the gyrations required for the operation. If docking clearance protocols are not enabled (one of the F2 game options), then you can repeatedly press "L" which inhibits the objects own gyrations.
−
−	(i) the ILS targeting something else which comes into its sight during the docking procedure - and either ILS looses its lock on the dock, or it fixates on another dockable and goes after that - in either case the change of direction can incur fatal consequences (this can actually happen inside the docking tunnel of hermits, for example);
−
−	(ii) docking with a moveable large ship - eg a ''Behemoth'' or a ''Deep Space Dredger'' - where the dock is at the front end: too slow an approach will result in the large ship attempting to avoid your ship and can lead to the loss of one's third dimension as one's ship is spread out over the surface of the large ship.
−
−	''Combining ILS with Telescope increases the opportunities for the loss of one's third dimension.''
−

	=== Dependencies ===		=== Dependencies ===

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 ===Quick Facts===
-{{OXPLevel|0}}{{Infobox OXPb| title = ILS
+{{OXPLevel|2}}{{Infobox OXPb| title = ILS
 |version = 1.12
 |release = 2020-07-16

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	Alternatively you can wait until all ships arrive into the dock - you can not break an already started ILS approach.		Alternatively you can wait until all ships arrive into the dock - you can not break an already started ILS approach.

		+
		+	=== Warning ===
		+
		+	If you do not know what you are doing, this can be a very effective way of committing suicide! The two most common issues are
		+
		+	(i) the ILS targeting something else which comes into its sight during the docking procedure - and either ILS looses its lock on the dock, or it fixates on another dockable and goes after that - in either case the change of direction can incur fatal consequences (this can actually happen inside the docking tunnel of hermits, for example);
		+
		+	(ii) docking with a moveable large ship - eg a ''Behemoth'' or a ''Deep Space Dredger'' - where the dock is at the front end: too slow an approach will result in the large ship attempting to avoid your ship and can lead to the loss of one's third dimension as one's ship is spread out over the surface of the large ship.
		+
		+	''Combining ILS with Telescope increases the opportunities for the loss of one's third dimension.''

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                    Limit ship's rotation in rotation sync to the max roll that ship can do in the FCB
                    time interval.
-                   If the ship is approaching fast, start rotation sync farther away and rotates as
+                   If the ship is approaching fast, start rotation sync farther away and rotate as
                    much as possible in each FCB call, otherwise do it more leisurely (for the visual
                    beauty... might be still too fast for that and need some tuning).

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                    Use Dock's heading instead of Station's heading to get the position to aim on
                    approach.
                    Change rotation sync logic: if the ship's rotation is lagging, rotates in the same
                    direction as the station; if it's advanced, rotate against the station; this avoids

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 === Download ===
-[[Media:ILS.1.12.oxz‎|ILS.1.12.oxz‎]] (downloaded {{#downloads:ILS.1.12.oxz‎}} times).
+[[Media:ils-1.13.oxz‎|ILS-1.13.oxz‎]] (downloaded {{#downloads:ils-1.13.oxz‎}} times).
 Old versions:
 [[Media:ILS.1.11.oxz‎|ILS.1.11.oxz‎]] (downloaded {{#downloads:ILS.1.11.oxz‎}} times).
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 [[Media:ILS.1.4.oxz‎|ILS.1.4.oxz‎]] (downloaded {{#downloads:ILS.1.4.oxz‎}} times).
 ===Quick Facts===

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 === Changelog ===
-,08,12. v1.13 Calculate Dock world-coordinates orientation by concatenating its orientation in station
+,08,12. v1.13 Calculate Dock world-coordinates orientation by concatenating its orientation in
-                   model-coordinates with the Station orientation in world-coordinates.
+                   station model-coordinates with the Station orientation in world-coordinates.
-                   Get direction of Dock widest dimension (depth excluded)  based on Docks dimensions and
+                   Get direction of Dock widest dimension (depth excluded)  based on Docks dimensions
-                   world-coordinates orientation (general case, should work for all kinds of dock's placement
+                   and world-coordinates orientation (general case, should work for all kinds of
-                   on station models).
+                   dock's placement on station models).
-                   Use Dock's heading instead of Station's heading to get the position to aim on approach.
+                   Use Dock's heading instead of Station's heading to get the position to aim on
                    Steer more often on approach for smoother steering.
                    Change rotation sync logic: if the ship's rotation is lagging, rotates in the same
                    direction as the station; if it's advanced, rotate against the station; this avoids
-                   rotating too much inside the dock if a longer interval between FCB calls gets the ship
+                   rotating too much inside the dock if a longer interval between FCB calls gets the
-                   sufficiently out-of-sync to start correcting again (the "let's rotate once more now we
+                   ship sufficiently out-of-sync to start correcting again (the "let's rotate once
-                   are inside the dock" bug...).
+                   more now we are inside the dock" bug...).
                    Limit ship's rotation in rotation sync to the max roll that ship can do in the FCB
                    time interval.
-                   If the ship is approaching fast, start rotation sync farther away and rotates as much
+                   If the ship is approaching fast, start rotation sync farther away and rotates as
-                   as possible in each FCB call, otherwise do it more leisurely (for the visual beauty
+                   much as possible in each FCB call, otherwise do it more leisurely (for the visual
-                   ...might be still too fast for that and need some tuning).
+                   beauty... might be still too fast for that and need some tuning).
 .07.16. v1.12 Off-centre dock alignment fix for player and NPC's, performance enhancements,
                    improvements to auto-docking movements. Thanks to dybal.