[WIP, plugin, part, 0.14] Extended SAS

[thorfinn]

Hallo everybody. I finally tried my hand at making a plugin, even if I feel really in deep water without a manual.

I decided to start by introducing a little feature that I always wanted in KSP; the ability to turn SAS on and off separately for all the axes.

The included plugin and part (an ASAS model tinted red... have mercy) do just that and nothing more; it replaces ASAS, allowing to toggle its action with the number keys (1=Pitch, 2=Roll, 3=Yaw)

I have many ideas for further features and improvements, but it\'s probably not even worth talking about those until I learn how to code better... The GUI handling part is the one I know NOTHING about, and for now it\'s a mindless cut and paste job. The rest is pretty basic, repetitive, but I hope somewhat better (and extensible in the future).

I don\'t need you telling me how bad the code is: I\'m aware of that I hope that somebody can give me pointers for improving. For example, I don\'t understand why the little status window is sometimes destroyed (correctly) when the part explodes, and sometimes not.

The GUI drawing code looks really inefficient to me, like it\'s creating useless copies of some GUI types at every frame... but I cribbed it straight from MechJeb or the code snippets page in the Wiki. Is there a better way, or it\'s just that?

Enough blabber; here it is, for whoever is interested, and after streamlining the GUI code I\'ll start thinking about improvements.

A1: split-axes ASAS, proof of concept, no GUI

A2: added a small talkback panel

A3: better GUI (tbd)

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https://www.wuala.com/georgij.petrovich/Web/plugin%20KSP/?key=S4mBcnlphx2A

[Evolution]

Sounds like a good idea for spaceplanes, or planes in general.

Seeing as you could disable roll SAS and manually roll while your craft is kept straight, then engage it and disable pitch SAS and do wide turns.

You would need to get used to disabling/enabling the separate functions of course.

[sgtblazing]

I wish mechjeb had something like that for orbiter landings, pain in the ass to get a hope shuttle from orbit to the runway safely.

[Duke-49th]

I like the idea I try it out tomorrow...now I go to bed

Thanks

[Goosey145]

Would it be possible to tie in the qwe asd keys to toggle? So it\'s toggled unless you\'re pressing a key that effects that axis?

[thorfinn]

I\'ll try as soon as I come back to a decent web connection ^^

I also foundsome documentation on Unity GUI functions, that should be useful.

[Guest butt head]

the thing i don\'t like about the a-sas is that it uses rcs units now some times i want to use them my self while the a-sas keeps me strait if you could add the ablitly to not let the a-sas use the rcs unless you tell it to

[thorfinn]

As you can see, I did not have much time to do anything with this idea, sorry -.-

What you asked is one fo the many things I wanted to add; I\'ll get to do this, but for now my dissertation sadly has precedence...

(Also, I\'m trying to understand the new architecture of 0.15: lots of things changed under the hood)