Maneuver Node Visible Through Planets

[Nicrose]

I think it would be a lot more user friendly if the maneuver node was visible through planets. It is very frustrating to be looking at the opposite side of a planetary orbit that you're adjusting. When burning at the apoapsis to adjust the periapsis or vise versa, you can't see what you're doing while you adjust it causing this game of "adjust in small increments and then rotate the entire camera to see what you did" over and over again. This would be easily mitigated by letting us see and use the maneuver node through the planet. I understand this could be problematic as seeing the orbit through the planet would become confusing but I don't think it needs to be visible through the planet and as long as the maneuver manipulator is visible while editing, that's plenty. We could move the maneuver node using the center still but it would be blindly. This wouldn't be a problem to me personally as I am only doing very small correctional directional burns rather than moving the whole maneuver at that point. It's a very small tweak but I think the uses far outweigh any confusion it could cause (which personally I don't really see any other than not seeing the orbit). And to that end, MAYBE a dotted line orbit through the planet only while editing a maneuver node would be a possible solution to that problem, though I think no visualization of the orbit through the planet and having less noise on screen would be preferred by most experienced players. 

Edited March 23, 2023 by Nicrose

[The Aziz]

Yes.

[Youpiyatta]

+1

[Donkey32]

Yeah.
Also would be best if the maneuver node sets on top of the  AP and PE markers. I had an annoying moment recently with the PE markers (set to persistent) occluding the maneuver node while trying to adjust it.

[Nicrose]

23 hours ago, Donkey32 said:

Yeah.
Also would be best if the maneuver node sets on top of the  AP and PE markers. I had an annoying moment recently with the PE markers (set to persistent) occluding the maneuver node while trying to adjust it.

Yes! I think either letting us move the docked/persistent markers in the map or add some code to make them move out of the way from the maneuver or other docked/persistent windows would help!! 

[cocoscacao]

I'm not totally onboard with this. We need a separate MN window (like in KSP 1) where you can make fine adjustments without even knowing where MN is.

[Starhawk]

19 minutes ago, cocoscacao said:

We need a separate MN window (like in KSP 1) where you can make fine adjustments without even knowing where MN is.

This.  Absolutely so much this.

Happy landings!

[cocoscacao]

Boy, did I spoke too soon... Trying to rendezvous with another vessel is a nightmare without seeing MN through the planet/moon...

Also, this interface is very hard to read. I don't want my mouse cursor blocking (not visible in the image), and that B tag to be above vital information about vehicle separation length etc...