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Planet dock should be a sphere and not a hollow one. #568

Open royfalk opened 3 years ago

royfalk commented 3 years ago

When you come near a planet, docking only occurs at a specific, thin layer. If you pass that layer, you can't dock. This should not be the case. For playability, the dock should be spherical and extend from the center of the planet and due the edge of SPEC or near it. When we introduce cities, we can have their dock extend up in a box to this point.

BenjamenMeyer commented 3 years ago

yes. I'd also like to have the dock space farther out than it currently is. WC & Privateer also had it at 10,000 KM out versus our 1,000 KM.

evertvorster commented 3 years ago

I don't particularly mind the docks being so close to the planets, but it does seem weird that the docks can be busy. It seems that the docks being so close to the planet is a method to try and slow down gameplay...

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yes. I'd also like to have the dock space farther out than it currently is. WC & Privateer also had it at 10,000 KM out versus our 1,000 KM.

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Loki1950 commented 2 years ago

Re: WC & Privateer they do not use manual docking they invoke a config file option called auto-docking.

BenjamenMeyer commented 2 years ago

Re: WC & Privateer they do not use manual docking they invoke a config file option called auto-docking.

They should allow it.

In the original games:

evertvorster commented 2 years ago

Yeah, I did mention the busy docks in this bug report as well, but this bug report is about the shape of the dock.

LifWirser commented 2 years ago

As one who has flown through planets before I empathize. concerning dock issues planets busy etc which ones is ther some "docking permission denied" behind the scenes that looks the seme as "dock busy" as in you previously pissed a faction off and now want to dock on one of thier planets? ie having kill many say luddites and want to land on ludtopia. this is proper behavior.

Again What planet? also what is you relationship to faction? remember you ask to dock- that does not mean you will be allowed

BenjamenMeyer commented 2 years ago

remember you ask to dock- that does not mean you will be allowed

I've had issues with docking; perhaps I was denied and didn't get the message. We should make sure that if permission is denied the user visually/audibly gets a message so they know they won't be allowed to dock.

OTOH, with the old Privateer game it force docked if you got close enough which was often a tactic to evade enemies and help move along the story line. Sometimes it'd be annoying if you didn't intend to do so; but it was a great way to save yourself since you could always land.

Loki1950 commented 2 years ago

That behaviour in Privateer is toggled on/off by the Auto Dock option in the settings app which sets it in the config file.