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FR: Expose asteroid spawn limitation values #6228

Open Durandal-Thoth opened 4 months ago

Durandal-Thoth commented 4 months ago

Straightforward FR - expose view cone angle, range, and any other values used to cull asteroid spawns typically used to prevent asteroids from popping into existence. The FRED part of this is likely the more work-intensive half of this request if asteroid code isn't a spaghetti nightmare.

Goober5000 commented 4 months ago

I took a brief look at the code and there is no view angle at all, only a check to see whether the asteroid would be on-screen or not. After talking a bit with Durandal, we narrowed down the request to two items which would satisfy the mission requirements that prompted this PR:

See also the video from #6230 which demonstrates how this feature is intended to be used.