Alarm Icons at AN and DN

[Daveroski]

Why?

They get in the way ALL the time.

No one ever needs alarms at An and Dn often enough to warrant their being constantly in the way.

Please get rid of them.

D.

 

[modus]

Yes, that is very annoying. 

[Daveroski]

On 9/15/2021 at 8:10 AM, modus said:

Yes, that is very annoying. 

Indeed.

I have played for thousands of hours and I still cannot remember a single time when I thought I needed such an alarm.

If I am setting up a precise trajectory from one body to another, either to get the required orbit or for setting up a gravity turn, I usually have focus set to the target while I edit the node.

This has now become quite awkward.

So I invite the devs to enlighten me as to when such an alarm would be needed. I can't think of a singe one.

D.

 

[jimmymcgoochie]

Just because you don’t see a need for something doesn’t mean there isn’t one.

AN/DN alarms could be useful for aligning planes e.g. to an inclined orbit or when launching from a launch site at a latitude other than zero, or for timing the deployment of multiple evenly-spaced relays from a resonant orbit, or for timing a transfer burn to a target that’s out of plane such as Minmus.

I haven’t had any issues with alarm icons getting in the way. Try using the precise node editor tools in the bottom left of map view instead of dragging the node/handles.

[modus]

If I want an alarm, I create one in the alarm clock  

It should be an option there, not on the orbit. Just my humble opinion ofcourse.