Close Range terrain slope checks.

[AdmiralTigerclaw]

Hey guys, has anyone seen a mod/plugin around that can allow the player to visualize terrain slopes at only a few km distance? (Or on the screen itself, not a map.) I'd like to land my Beluga XL cargo plane in some remote ore and Kethane fields, but SCAN's resolution is only good for approximation, not finding a good flat stretch for a 70 ton vehicle transport plane to land on. And it's the little bumps and small hills that sneak up on you that could make landing with a (up to) fifty tons of cargo a mess.

Alternately, an instant runway would be nice. But Hooligan labs had the only 'runway part' I've ever seen, and it's not exactly drop-deployable.

[Camacha]

It sounds like you need a scout vehicle that can check potential runways out

[AdmiralTigerclaw]

I'd prefer a component that's like a radar. Something that would highlight the terrain mesh web itself or indicate slops with glows.

[meyerweb]

On 7/8/2014 at 1:06 PM, AdmiralTigerclaw said:

I'd prefer a component that's like a radar. Something that would highlight the terrain mesh web itself or indicate slops with glows.

Ditto (he said a year and a half later).  I was just envisioning this the other night, as I tried to land on the Mun’s north pole and really wished I could see where to aim for a final landing spot in the shadows.