Tracking Station TV Cam

[Captain_Party]

I thought it'd be cool if for example, you went into the tracking station, picked a ship/craft/space station, and a little TV screen popped up showing the ship/craft/space station in real time.

It'd be a nice little addition and would give it a feel of a proper tracking station, keeping tabs on its missions throughout the galaxy.

Thanks, CP

[SaturnV]

Real-time craft = real-time simulation = full texture & model loaded = more RAM required = more crush = Squad hates

[Captain_Party]

Well they could just loop a recording of it that has already been taken.

[Sirrobert]

This would add a load time each time you click on a new craft. No thanks

[PlonioFludrasco]

What about to show a preview of the craft KVV-style if player requests, for example pushing a "craft preview" button in the tracking station. It would be more simple because it doesn't need simulation at all.

[PlonioFludrasco]

2) Save selected craft as craft file

Very good for "simulations": you load current spaceship in VAB and you can check easily things like CoM or center of thrust. Useful expecially with space stations.

[Alshain]

Real-time craft = real-time simulation = full texture & model loaded = more RAM required = more crush = Squad hates

Yeah, but that is only if you keep it loaded all the time. When you bring another craft within 2.2km of a station, it loads. Why can't it do the same in the tracking station, and just unload when you are done with it.

[AbacusWizard]

Possible compromise solution: each time the player clicks "return to space center," the game automatically takes a screenshot before doing so, and saves it as a file associated with that specific craft. In tracking center, selecting a craft causes the screen to display a thumbnail of that image file. The next time the player activates that craft and returns to the space center, the game overwrites the old screenshot with a new one.

[Capt Snuggler]

what about just saving and showing an isometric still image or "schematic" of the craft to pop up when you select a craft in the tracking station.

less ram usage right..?