Map view direction of spacecraft arrow

[Cytauri]

I strongly suggest that in the map view your spacecraft should have a 3D arrow showing what direction your ship is pointing. THIS WOULD BE EXTREMELY HELPFUL to me. The navball is a little like this, but it would be better if you could see in 3D where you are pointing.

Edited March 10, 2023 by sumghai
Changed title from all-caps to sentence case for readability

[Vl3d]

In KSP the before part of the orbit was a brighter color and the after part was less bright. I prefer it that way. Now it got flipped..

[Cytauri]

11 hours ago, Vl3d said:

In KSP the before part of the orbit was a brighter color and the after part was less bright. I prefer it that way. Now it got flipped..

I’m talking an arrow showing where the spacecraft is pointing in the map view. Like a 3d navball, but an arrow.

[darthgently]

How about a hotkey that puts the mapview graphics in 3D mode so you have to  wear  red/cyan 3D glasses to see it in old school 3D?  Only half joking here

[Vl3d]

4 hours ago, Cytauri said:

I’m talking an arrow showing where the spacecraft is pointing in the map view. Like a 3d navball, but an arrow.

Do you have an image?

[Tazooka]

It would be handy to know if my orbit it going clockwise or counterclockwise

[Cytauri]

On 3/7/2023 at 11:57 PM, Vl3d said:

Do you have an image?

Something like this but in the map view:

Edited March 10, 2023 by Cytauri

[didkodidko]

This is really not needed. We don't need big arrow obstructing already cluttered UI.

You have a small spacecraft that rotates and is visible which gives you direction. Orbit direction is  shown by difference of brightness of the orbital path in map

[darthgently]

I always thought small brighter points on the orbit line that traveled in the direction of the orbit.  Not too many, just enough, depending on zoom level, so that 3 or 4 are in view.  For all orbits in view, not just active vessel, though maybe less bright the further away the orbit segment from the camera, but still discernibly bright enough to know the orbit direction

Edited March 10, 2023 by darthgently

[Cytauri]

1 hour ago, didkodidko said:

This is really not needed. We don't need big arrow obstructing already cluttered UI.

You have a small spacecraft that rotates and is visible which gives you direction. Orbit direction is  shown by difference of brightness of the orbital path in map

Not the orbit direction, the direction of where the spacecraft is pointing. You know the little spacecraft icon? Replace that with a small arrow or replica of the spacecraft to show where it is pointing at that time. Like a 3d Navball, as I have said previously. It would make burns more easier at least for me. And I know about the 3d spacecraft. I think this idea is needed to see where the spacecraft is in relation to a celestial body or just space.

Edited March 10, 2023 by Cytauri

[MarcAbaddon]

A very small arrow would be ok, but clearer orbit colors would be sufficient. If I recall correctly with other bodies like the Mun you do not even get the different colors for 'behind' and 'before'.

[pandaman]

I think this is a neat idea.  A 'satnav' type icon or thin arrow would work for this.

 

[MarcAbaddon]

A subtle animation would also work, like a ripple that moves in the same direction as the orbit. Similar to the SOI entry and exit markers pulsing in and out respectively.

[pandaman]

1 hour ago, MarcAbaddon said:

A subtle animation would also work, like a ripple that moves in the same direction as the orbit. Similar to the SOI entry and exit markers pulsing in and out respectively.

Something like this would certainly be nice.

However the OP is suggesting an indication of the actual orientation of the vessel, not the prograde direction.

[LameLefty]

I’d be happy with prograde direction marker on the Map, and/or a greater variation in brightness between “current orbit” / “subsequent orbit” lines. Right now the difference isn’t terribly great and I often have to look at the lower-left UI to see how much time remains until Ap/Pe, then look at the Map again to determine which direction I’m orbiting around a body. This information (is my orbit prograde or retrograde relative to the body’s direction of rotation?) should be more intuitively obvious. 

Edited March 11, 2023 by LameLefty