[PLUGIN 0.17] AdamKSP - Show Phase and Ejection Angle, DRAW trajectory on map - v0.6

[adammada]

Hi,

this is my first plugin, i wrote it basing on wiki tutorial...

It adds part "AdamKSP". Plugin shows ejection angle and phase angles (those angles needed here: http://ksp.olex.biz/ ) of all planets / moons based on what your ship orbits. (if you orbit Kerbin, it will show planets. If you orbit Mun, it will show Minimus etc).

Also new 0.6 version shows lines on map which are connecting your orbit and selected Planet / Moon orbit in the same time. You can see how your approach will look like! Its fist iteration, and i hope that i will polish it and incorporate in some other Phase Angle mod.

Download: http://www.sendspace.com/file/dur6ie

Edit: Added information about closest approach to other body while you are on current orbit (you can check if you are getting closer or not while burning). This is experimental.

Edit: fixed ejection angle bad displaying sometimes.

Edit: modified Ejection Angle Display, changed part to Chip ( Thanks MrPwner! )

Edited September 27, 2012 by adammada
Version 0.6

[phoenix_ca]

This looks lovely. I imagine this will be a very useful tool indeed. Would be nice to see it integrated with MechJeb.

[CaptRobau]

MechJeb's latest beta version already has that functionality. Still a great mod though. Love that people are immediately coming up with ways to tame the new planets.

[Spaced_Out]

Exactly what I was needing! Is it possible to make it show your ejection angle too?

MechJeb's latest beta version already has that functionality.

Where does it show it? Or do you have to already be in stellar orbit?

Edited September 22, 2012 by Spaced_Out

[blspblackdeath]

That's just what I needed. I'm tiered of holding my protractor against my screen.

[billyzero]

GREAT tool! Not to be greedy but any way to have a button to hide (or miinmize it) and more importantly a tool that will show my Ejection angel to my current orbiting body?

Once again, well done!

[dvc]

Exactly what I was needing! Is it possible to make it show your ejection angle too?

Where does it show it? Or do you have to already be in stellar orbit?

I cant find it either.

[adammada]

MechJeb's latest beta version already has that functionality.

I've been waiting for that, and waiting. Where can i find it?

Ive added ejection angle.

[togfox]

No offense - but that is a god aweful website you've chosen to host the file. I've clicked four phoney download buttons so far and still don't have your file. Others use mediafire - consider that.

Thanks for the mod - I'll give it a bash now.

[erkha343]

Mech-Jeb doesn't have this function, you need to be in solar orbit.

It would be great if this could be implemented as a standard, that means no parts for it to work...

[MrPwner]

This is incredibly handy! +rep

And I also couldn't find this in Mechjeb

@togfox also no offense, but it clearly says "Click here to start download from sendspace", which gives the file, in the middle of the screen

EDIT:

Since I don't really like the standard RCS tank model for stuff like this, I've modified my EngineerChip for the [thread=18230]Kerbal Engineer Redux[/thread].

If anybody wants it, you can download it here.

adammada, if you also want to use it for this mod, you can.

It has a hi and lo-res texture, lo-res is standard. Just change the name of the texturefile of the image itself or in the part.cfg file.

Edited September 22, 2012 by MrPwner

[Spaced_Out]

Good job man, thanks for the quick update

[Ciechosz]

Great mod, however the window doesn't show properly if there are more than one AdamKSP parts attached.

[whatisthisidonteven]

This is incredibly handy! +rep

And I also couldn't find this in Mechjeb

@togfox also no offense, but it clearly says "Click here to start download from sendspace", which gives the file, in the middle of the screen

EDIT:

Since I don't really like the standard RCS tank model for stuff like this, I've modified my EngineerChip for the [thread=18230]Kerbal Engineer Redux[/thread].

If anybody wants it, you can download it here.

adammada, if you also want to use it for this mod, you can.

It has a hi and lo-res texture, lo-res is standard. Just change the name of the texturefile of the image itself or in the part.cfg file.

Thanks, I too don't really like the RCS tank for this sort of thing, that chip was just what I had in mind. OP should incorporate it into his mod

Great mod, however the window doesn't show properly if there are more than one AdamKSP parts attached.

Why would you attach more than one?

[MrPwner]

Well I just found out the chip doesn't play nice, it can make your rocket sway out of control. To fix this you have to make the drag parameters non-zero, i believe. Sorry for that.

I'll post the fixed one soon.

Edited September 22, 2012 by MrPwner

[Hyratel]

Why would you attach more than one?

because multipart ships that split into multiple valid vehicles

[whatisthisidonteven]

because multipart ships that split into multiple valid vehicles

Fair enough.

[adammada]

Changed part to Chip version. And i have no idea about adding multiple parts.

[MrPwner]

adammada, did you change the drag parameters?

In the version I put up they were 0, which causes problems.

You can change the corresponding parameters to:

maximum_drag = 0.01

minimum_drag = 0.01

angularDrag = 0.1

Just tested it, and it worked.

Your tool has helped increase accuracy with my transfers, thank you!

Also, spacecraft behave very strangely when they get below 0m on Jool

[Gunhed]

Hi,

I'm experiencing differences between what i see with mechjeb and AdamKSP.

I'd like to know, which one is correct.

Cheers,

Edited September 22, 2012 by Gunhed

[whatisthisidonteven]

Hi,

I'm experiencing differences between what i see with mechjeb and AdamKSP.

I'd like to know, which one is correct.

Cheers,

I measured it with a protractor, AdamKSP is the correct one.

Edited September 22, 2012 by whatisthisidonteven

[Jaysuhn368]

Thanks so much for this OP, I got Mechjeb just for this stuff but it lacks the ejection angle which i'm too stupid to figure out, much appreciated.

[crusaderuk]

Thanks so much for this OP, I got Mechjeb just for this stuff but it lacks the ejection angle which i'm too stupid to figure out, much appreciated.

Mechjeb shows the Ejection Angle in the Orbital Information Panel (window).

[whatisthisidonteven]

Something strange happened.. Earlier it was working fine, but now I can't move that AdamKSP window around my screen, it's stuck in that really annoying place right in the middle. It won't move no matter what I do. Any ideas?

[Jaysuhn368]

Really? I didn't see it there, either way, it's bugged and wont warp to 10,000x and tears my ship apart when it goes to injection to the other planets orbit.