it's easier to tell from the videos I made that the leaves move with the breeze, but you can also see hints of it when comparing the above image to the one below
Thanks, I saw where you said that autopilot functions make the ships not rotatable. Other than Hold altitude what are the other Autopilot functions? Can I turn all off en masse instead of going through them one by one.....maybe there is an Autopilot toggle button somewhere? I sometimes use the <end> key to level my horizon but I see this has unexpected effects vs how it works in Planetarium mode and disables my left-right movements. Good news is, it seems to be a toggle button as I can press it again to re-enable my left-right movements.Here.
And as far as I know, there are no ships with rotating parts while other parts remain stationary. I do not believe that is possible in S.E. yet.
This all makes a lot of sense. I was just thinking that 95 m/sec would be too slow to escape the gravity of a planet lol. It should be lower than the escape velocity of the planet (which I dont see listed anywhere in the display?)You are not doing your homework. I can't explain them any more clearly than this:
Familiarizing yourself with the controls. Scroll down a little...
For your current problems, ship engines may be too powerful, so you have no fine control. Planet's atmosphere too dense, harder to control a ship.
Also, the altitude hold auto pilot is not perfect. You will descend, but very slowly. (Unless you are going too fast!)
If you have retro engines, coming to a complete stop (or very nearly so) and then spinning around may be the best way to turn around. And of course, use your compass tape. If you try to do a bank turn it may be difficult with any speed, and the faster you are going, the larger your turning radius will be.
Yes! and thanks for the Orbit info, I actually had not checked out that tab yet. So I can switch back and forth between Orb and Hor without altering my current path? I'm always a little leery of going into other tabs when I have a flight path I like, lest doing that change it and I end up crashing or flying off into space lol.With the HUD in Orbital mode, there are three numbers underneath the right side of the heading tape: V, V[sub]1[/sub], and, V[sub]2[/sub]. V is your current velocity relative to the reference body. V[sub]1[/sub] is the velocity required for a circular orbit (at your current altitude — note that this velocity will also be perpendicular to the reference body's center of gravity, simply travelling at this speed does not guarantee a circular orbit). V[sub]2[/sub] is the escape velocity at your current distance from the reference body.
And one must also remember that achieving escape velocity is not the only means of leaving a gravity well, proving one has a constant source of (enough) thrust. (Did they not do that in "The Mouse that Roared"?)
This question is pointless; this varies planet to planet and depends if they have an atmosphere or not. I'm just going to tell you now that most of these questions would best be answered by Google Because you're becoming overdependent on your questions being answered here, and most of them are basic enough for googling anyway.
I should've just specified I meant the planet I'm exploring right now. It has a gravity 0.913 that of earth and its atmosphere is 6.61x that of ours. Rather than using Google I want to learn the calculations necessary so that I can figure it out for myself. I try to use Google as little as possible (big tech and all that- when I do use a search engine I use Duck Duck Go.)This question is pointless; this varies planet to planet and depends if they have an atmosphere or not. I'm just going to tell you now that most of these questions would best be answered by Google Because you're becoming overdependent on your questions being answered here, and most of them are basic enough for googling anyway.
You don't need to, just burn horizontal outside the atmosphere until your orbit does not cross the atmosphere. Come on!I should've just specified I meant the planet I'm exploring right now. It has a gravity 0.913 that of earth and its atmosphere is 6.61x that of ours. Rather than using Google I want to learn the calculations necessary so that I can figure it out for myself. I try to use Google as little as possible (big tech and all that- when I do use a search engine I use Duck Duck Go.)This question is pointless; this varies planet to planet and depends if they have an atmosphere or not. I'm just going to tell you now that most of these questions would best be answered by Google Because you're becoming overdependent on your questions being answered here, and most of them are basic enough for googling anyway.
Clouds. Normals for 2D clouds get a bit funky when going vertical and viewed from below (cloud funnel appears to be lit from the wrong side).Hey other Alex, what is this thing I've found on Alexworld? It looks ominous and it's right next to Alexworld's moon!
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Weird, I thought it was a funnel cloud too so I tried to go close to it to see if it would suck me up lol. It didn't...no Wizard of Oz experience I'm afraid.Clouds. Normals for 2D clouds get a bit funky when going vertical and viewed from below (cloud funnel appears to be lit from the wrong side).Hey other Alex, what is this thing I've found on Alexworld? It looks ominous and it's right next to Alexworld's moon!
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Home key is the camera zoom. Use with Page up and Page down keys.
Burn horizontal? I don't even know what that is lol. I looked it up as you suggested and all I came up with is various articles and a pdf about burning fires. I have to keep saying this, I've never used a flight simulator of any type before so this is all new to me. I have to assume it means flying at a horizontal level altitude just outside of the atmosphere (black skies), slowly lowering my velocity until I get to the lowest number that doesn't cross me back into the atmosphere?You don't need to, just burn horizontal outside the atmosphere until your orbit does not cross the atmosphere. Come on!I should've just specified I meant the planet I'm exploring right now. It has a gravity 0.913 that of earth and its atmosphere is 6.61x that of ours. Rather than using Google I want to learn the calculations necessary so that I can figure it out for myself. I try to use Google as little as possible (big tech and all that- when I do use a search engine I use Duck Duck Go.)This question is pointless; this varies planet to planet and depends if they have an atmosphere or not. I'm just going to tell you now that most of these questions would best be answered by Google Because you're becoming overdependent on your questions being answered here, and most of them are basic enough for googling anyway.
Do what every elementary school teaches you and deconstruct the sentence. Burn = fire rockets and horizontal = sideways. The only problem I'm having is that you need other people to do this for you; half your sentences can be culled by thinking. If you do that, you'll be able to solve problems yourself and that's pretty important in spaceflight.
Do airless worlds have atmospheres?
Well, I gave a description of what I thought you meant in the same paragraph, so I just wanted to know if I was correct in my thinking, because that sounded logical.Do what every elementary school teaches you and deconstruct the sentence. Burn = fire rockets and horizontal = sideways. The only problem I'm having is that you need other people to do this for you; half your sentences can be culled by thinking. If you do that, you'll be able to solve problems yourself and that's pretty important in spaceflight.Do airless worlds have atmospheres?
I'm going to leave this convo by leaving a link to Scott Manley's KSP tutorials. You'll learn a lot more watching these tutorials than asking questions here.