[1.1] Navball docking alignment indicator (Community Edition)

Leeman · April 21, 2016

Navball docking alignment indicator (Community Edition)

To begin with, it is just fair to say that @mic_e is the original Author of this mod. His thread can be found here. As stated in this thread as I personally like this mod alot and he wasn't online for 3 Months I decided to pick it up and continue it's development in his absence. License and all will be kept exactly the same, the only difference will be the name (added Community Edition for clarity) and the sourcecode obviously.

Now a little bit about this mod, what it does and what you use it for.

Ever had the issue that when you were planning a rendevouz in space and wanted to dock to your target however it was a pain in the a** due to rotation of camera, lightning or some other reason? Well then this mod might be just the mod you are looking for. This will add a new Marker to the Navball to show if you are aligned with the targeted Dockingport. (You can also tell the targets rotation by it if you need it) and this will save you lot of fiddeling and switching back and forth to double and triple check. It really is just a minimalistic mod and yet so usefull

Features

Add a new marker to the navball to indicate Dockingport alignment
You can change the color of the marker via a config (r, g, b values)

Planned Features:

Scaling of the marker
custom Markertexture

Pictures:

Where to download:

Github: https://github.com/L33m4n123/NavBallDockingAlignmentIndicatorCE/releases

Spacedock: http://spacedock.info/mod/532/Community%20NavBall%20Docking%20Alignment%20Indicator - I have to see if I can rename it as I dun goofed with the title of it on Spacedock^^

it also is available via CKAN

License: GNU GPL v3

Source Github

Issues and Suggestions:

Here or on Github

Changelogs (newest Version ontop):

Version: 1.01

change color of the marker via config; By default red;

Version 1.0b

Fixed issue where marker did not disappear on vessel / target change

Version 1.0a

Disabled Debugging Infomation as in toggable via Hotkey

Version 1.0

Rewrote most of the code ("legacy" code is marked in the SourceCode)
Compatible with KSP 1.1

Edited May 2, 2016 by Leeman
Added imgut album

MK3424 · April 21, 2016

Even this small mod should be stock!

I cannot dock perfectly without this great little mod.

Superfluous J · April 21, 2016

Cheers! Much appreciated. This is one of those mods that should not die.

Vorg · April 22, 2016

Need to remove "/edit" from the spacedock link.

Leeman · April 22, 2016

7 hours ago, Vorg said:

Need to remove "/edit" from the spacedock link.

Oh thanks. Didn't realized, that when I copy in a link and then change the text, that it doesn't change the link

Kowgan · April 22, 2016

Thank you for continuing this mod, @Leeman! That's a must have mod, so your effort is much appreciated!

mcirish3 · April 22, 2016

Useful mod. You really should have some pics if you want clicks though. Not everyone is familiar with this mod.

Leeman · April 23, 2016

54 minutes ago, mcirish3 said:

Useful mod. You really should have some pics if you want clicks though. Not everyone is familiar with this mod.

Thanks for the suggestion. As I am not really good with that stuff I hope the pictures I provided give an Idea on what it does. If you have suggestions on how I could improve this, let me know

mcirish3 · April 23, 2016

That work other than perhaps your primary pic being crop to just being the nav ball with red indicator marker.

MrZurkon · April 23, 2016

Does this work in IVA too?

Leeman · April 23, 2016

1 hour ago, MrZurkon said:

Does this work in IVA too?

Yes it does

8 hours ago, mcirish3 said:

That work other than perhaps your primary pic being crop to just being the nav ball with red indicator marker.

Will look at how I could do that later, thanks

Leeman · April 23, 2016

5 hours ago, MrZurkon said:

Does this work in IVA too?

Actually sorry. Thought you meant EVA. IVA it doesn't work but I will work to implement it as it is even more useful in IVA

Edited April 23, 2016 by Leeman

BigFatStupidHead · April 25, 2016

Big thanks for keeping this mod alive!

Corovaneer · April 25, 2016

Thanks Leeman, I'm glad this mod is maintained! It really should be stock by now

Haven't tested the main capacity yet, but I've noticed a spam in ksp.log:

Quote

[EXC 15:58:48.524] NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object
NavBallDockingAlignmentIndicator.LateUpdate ()

Leeman · April 25, 2016

What Version of KSP are you using? Mind seinding me the safe file you use when that happens? You have any Mod that interferes with the navball? because for me it works fine thus I need more Informations on how to reproduce it

Corovaneer · April 25, 2016

6 hours ago, Leeman said:

What Version of KSP are you using? Mind seinding me the safe file you use when that happens? You have any Mod that interferes with the navball? because for me it works fine thus I need more Informations on how to reproduce it

Win8, 1.1 build 1230, with a bunch of recent mods. One that changes interface near navball is BetterBurnTime. The rest are toolbar-based, usual stuff.

25.04.2016  17:06    <DIR>          000_Toolbar
25.04.2016  18:30    <DIR>          000_USITools
25.04.2016  22:11    <DIR>          AtmosphereAutopilot
25.04.2016  17:13    <DIR>          BetterBurnTime
25.04.2016  17:52    <DIR>          Chatterer
25.04.2016  18:50    <DIR>          CommunityResourcePack
25.04.2016  17:25    <DIR>          ContractConfigurator
25.04.2016  18:49    <DIR>          ContractPacks
25.04.2016  18:48    <DIR>          Diazo
25.04.2016  23:55    <DIR>          DistantObject
25.04.2016  18:57    <DIR>          Firespitter
25.04.2016  21:55    <DIR>          KAS
25.04.2016  21:57    <DIR>          KerbalEngineer
25.04.2016  18:44    <DIR>          KerbalHacks
25.04.2016  17:01    <DIR>          KerbalJointReinforcement
25.04.2016  17:28    <DIR>          KerbalSports
25.04.2016  17:29    <DIR>          Kerbaltek
25.04.2016  21:55    <DIR>          KIS
25.04.2016  21:54            15 360 MagiCore.dll
16.04.2016  19:49    <DIR>          MagicSmokeIndustries
25.04.2016  18:48    <DIR>          MechJeb2
25.04.2016  18:48    <DIR>          Mk1CargoBay
25.04.2016  16:55            62 464 ModuleManager.2.6.23.dll
25.04.2016  17:20    <DIR>          NavBallDockingAlignmentIndicator
25.04.2016  21:54    <DIR>          Nereid
25.04.2016  18:44    <DIR>          PlanetShine
25.04.2016  17:07    <DIR>          ProceduralFairings
25.04.2016  17:18    <DIR>          RcsSounds
25.04.2016  17:15    <DIR>          RealPlume
25.04.2016  17:15    <DIR>          RealPlume-Stock
25.04.2016  17:18    <DIR>          SCANsat
25.04.2016  17:09    <DIR>          scatterer
25.04.2016  17:23    <DIR>          SDHI
25.04.2016  21:57    <DIR>          SensibleScreenshot
25.04.2016  17:15    <DIR>          SmokeScreen
25.04.2016  16:51    <DIR>          Squad
25.04.2016  18:40    <DIR>          SurfaceLights
25.04.2016  18:43    <DIR>          SXT
25.04.2016  16:55    <DIR>          TakeCommand
25.04.2016  17:14    <DIR>          ThrottleControlledAvionics
25.04.2016  18:30    <DIR>          UmbraSpaceIndustries
25.04.2016  17:20    <DIR>          WaypointManager
25.04.2016  17:18    <DIR>          WheelSounds

Nightshift83 · April 26, 2016

Thanks for maintaining, this mod is great, I downright refuse to dock without it anymore!

Leeman · April 26, 2016

10 hours ago, Corovaneer said:

Win8, 1.1 build 1230, with a bunch of recent mods. One that changes interface near navball is BetterBurnTime. The rest are toolbar-based, usual stuff.



25.04.2016  17:06    <DIR>          000_Toolbar
25.04.2016  18:30    <DIR>          000_USITools
25.04.2016  22:11    <DIR>          AtmosphereAutopilot
25.04.2016  17:13    <DIR>          BetterBurnTime
25.04.2016  17:52    <DIR>          Chatterer
25.04.2016  18:50    <DIR>          CommunityResourcePack
25.04.2016  17:25    <DIR>          ContractConfigurator
25.04.2016  18:49    <DIR>          ContractPacks
25.04.2016  18:48    <DIR>          Diazo
25.04.2016  23:55    <DIR>          DistantObject
25.04.2016  18:57    <DIR>          Firespitter
25.04.2016  21:55    <DIR>          KAS
25.04.2016  21:57    <DIR>          KerbalEngineer
25.04.2016  18:44    <DIR>          KerbalHacks
25.04.2016  17:01    <DIR>          KerbalJointReinforcement
25.04.2016  17:28    <DIR>          KerbalSports
25.04.2016  17:29    <DIR>          Kerbaltek
25.04.2016  21:55    <DIR>          KIS
25.04.2016  21:54            15 360 MagiCore.dll
16.04.2016  19:49    <DIR>          MagicSmokeIndustries
25.04.2016  18:48    <DIR>          MechJeb2
25.04.2016  18:48    <DIR>          Mk1CargoBay
25.04.2016  16:55            62 464 ModuleManager.2.6.23.dll
25.04.2016  17:20    <DIR>          NavBallDockingAlignmentIndicator
25.04.2016  21:54    <DIR>          Nereid
25.04.2016  18:44    <DIR>          PlanetShine
25.04.2016  17:07    <DIR>          ProceduralFairings
25.04.2016  17:18    <DIR>          RcsSounds
25.04.2016  17:15    <DIR>          RealPlume
25.04.2016  17:15    <DIR>          RealPlume-Stock
25.04.2016  17:18    <DIR>          SCANsat
25.04.2016  17:09    <DIR>          scatterer
25.04.2016  17:23    <DIR>          SDHI
25.04.2016  21:57    <DIR>          SensibleScreenshot
25.04.2016  17:15    <DIR>          SmokeScreen
25.04.2016  16:51    <DIR>          Squad
25.04.2016  18:40    <DIR>          SurfaceLights
25.04.2016  18:43    <DIR>          SXT
25.04.2016  16:55    <DIR>          TakeCommand
25.04.2016  17:14    <DIR>          ThrottleControlledAvionics
25.04.2016  18:30    <DIR>          UmbraSpaceIndustries
25.04.2016  17:20    <DIR>          WaypointManager
25.04.2016  17:18    <DIR>          WheelSounds

Hmm even with those mods I am not able to reproduce the error. What exactly are you doing when this message pops up? Can you provide me with a safe file that has the exact condition met thats causing that NullPointException?

Edited April 26, 2016 by Leeman

Corovaneer · April 26, 2016

I might have been using "Hotfix2" from github page. Just now I used the 1.0.1 the spam went away, and the docking reticle also actually appeared. So whatever was the error it was in the difference, I guess!

Thanks for maintenance again!

Leeman · April 26, 2016

Oh. Should maybe start with asking if you are using the most recent version ^_^

Glad its working and no problem

Snark · May 1, 2016

Hi @Leeman,

Thanks for being so community-minded! However, the original mod is licensed thus:

On 10/20/2013 at 3:23 PM, mic_e said:

License

The plugin is licensed under the GNU General Public License version 3, or, at your choice, any higher version.

That license requires that you have to keep the same license when you redistribute. From looking at your forum thread post (and at your SpaceDock page), there are a few additional steps you need to do to be in compliance.

Please do the following:

Read and familiarize yourself with the terms of the GPL-3.0 license.
Add a notice to your forum thread that says what the license is. (You have it on the SpaceDock page, but it needs to be in the forum thread, too.)
Add a notice to your forum thread with a link to the source code. (You have it on the SpaceDock page, but it needs to be in the forum thread, too.)
The license needs to be distributed with the downloadable mod itself. You can solve this easily by including a license notice as a text file that comes with the DLL in its zip file.

Thank you for your understanding.

Leeman · May 2, 2016

7 hours ago, Snark said:

Hi @Leeman,

Thanks for being so community-minded! However, the original mod is licensed thus:

That license requires that you have to keep the same license when you redistribute. From looking at your forum thread post (and at your SpaceDock page), there are a few additional steps you need to do to be in compliance.

Please do the following:

Read and familiarize yourself with the terms of the GPL-3.0 license.

Add a notice to your forum thread that says what the license is. (You have it on the SpaceDock page, but it needs to be in the forum thread, too.)

Add a notice to your forum thread with a link to the source code. (You have it on the SpaceDock page, but it needs to be in the forum thread, too.)

The license needs to be distributed with the downloadable mod itself. You can solve this easily by including a license notice as a text file that comes with the DLL in its zip file.

Thank you for your understanding.

Thanks for the Headsup. Will solve the points you mentioned within the next 24h

Edit: Thanks again. Made sure to comply to the mentioned posts. It might need a while before it gets affective on CKAN thou

Edited May 2, 2016 by Leeman

DuoDex · May 2, 2016

15 hours ago, Leeman said:

Thanks for the Headsup. Will solve the points you mentioned within the next 24h

Edit: Thanks again. Made sure to comply to the mentioned posts. It might need a while before it gets affective on CKAN thou

Thank you, everything looks good now!

mic_e · May 9, 2016

Hi guys,

thanks for keeping this mod going!

TBH I'm still slightly annoyed that this functionality hasn't become stock yet :/

I haven't been very active in KSP, KSP modding or the KSP forums as of late, so I hadn't even noticed that a new version of KSP had been released. I half expected the mod to keep working in newer versions as it always did, but today when I popped up ckan I noticed your "community continuation"

I think the mod is better off in the hands of somebody who plays and thus tests more frequently, so have fun! I'll link you in my original thread.

Since you changed my version number scheme, the new name (Community Edition suffix) is probably a good idea; you may use the original name if you want, though.

Edited May 9, 2016 by mic_e

Leeman · May 10, 2016

Hey there,

no problem at all^^

Yea I changed both version number scheme and name of it. to make it clear, that it's not the same one you provide so people don't come to you and say xyz is not working and vice versa :wink:

[1.1] Navball docking alignment indicator (Community Edition)

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