musicianmadness 10 Report post Posted May 31, 2018 Having gone through pilot training in real life, and having toured and been involved in multiple airports, I have a decent background in avionics. Recently an idea for Dual Universe came to mind as I was considering flight in real life. The idea I thought of was implementing an Air Traffic Control (ATC) concept into the game. However, I do not know if this is possible with just LUA or if it would need extra help and features from the game developers. My idea was that a player could have a computer screen and it would show a similar layout to real life ATC windows (the stereotypical screen of multiple circles on the display with dots and callsigns symbolizing the various aircraft in that airspace [e.g. : pictured below]). One major issue with the concept is that, in space, one would have to consider 3 dimensions of movement/approach of air/space vessels. This led me to the dea that maybe instead of a computer screen, a hologram would be more efficient. The hologram would project a center marked at the projector's position and other constructs would be marked relative to the center mark depending on where they are in space. However the latter implementation of the idea would require LUA editable holograms (which would be really cool). Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Felonu 208 Report post Posted May 31, 2018 1 minute ago, musicianmadness said: Having gone through pilot training in real life, and having toured and been involved in multiple airports, I have a decent background in avionics. Recently an idea for Dual Universe came to mind as I was considering flight in real life. The idea I thought of was implementing an Air Traffic Control (ATC) concept into the game. However, I do not know if this is possible with just LUA or if it would need extra help and features from the game developers. My idea was that a player could have a computer screen and it would show a similar layout to real life ATC windows (the stereotypical screen of multiple circles on the display with dots and callsigns symbolizing the various aircraft in that airspace [e.g. : pictured below]). One major issue with the concept is that, in space, one would have to consider 3 dimensions of movement/approach of air/space vessels. This led me to the dea that maybe instead of a computer screen, a hologram would be more efficient. The hologram would project a center marked at the projector's position and other constructs would be marked relative to the center mark depending on where they are in space. However the latter implementation of the idea would require LUA editable holograms (which would be really cool). I beleive Lethys has mentioned some people already working on a 3d positioning system. They wouldn't be able to share how it works, or access the the system itself because of the NDA. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
musicianmadness 10 Report post Posted May 31, 2018 7 minutes ago, Felonu said: I beleive Lethys has mentioned some people already working on a 3d positioning system. They wouldn't be able to share how it works, or access the the system itself because of the NDA. That sounds great! I was thinking that someone ought to be thinking/planning/working on an idea like this by now. Do you by chance know how it would work though? Has NovaQuark stated whether or not they are planning/working on a radar or similar system? Just curious if you knew, I haven't heard of anything like that. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lethys 2902 Report post Posted May 31, 2018 It's already way more advanced than that but we just don't have time atm for videos xD Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CoreVamore 375 Report post Posted May 31, 2018 Great idea. However, I wouldnt expect anyone would take instruction of when/where they could take off or land. So it would be mostly used as a tracking system. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NanoDot 538 Report post Posted May 31, 2018 2 hours ago, CoreVamore said: Great idea. However, I wouldnt expect anyone would take instruction of when/where they could take off or land. So it would be mostly used as a tracking system. You could probably persuade them to "take instruction" by mounting a few autocannons around the landing pad... 1 Stig92 reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites