Pioneer Simpit

[Cody]

'potsmoke66' wrote:
and cody, that looks like "Cobra MKI" to me...that picture was shot after a successful mission? looks like with the opened bottle of champagne...
As you are a curious guy, PS - that pic is from a long-running project/thread.

[whisper979]

0@whisper979,It looks like you could do with some custom modifications to your Pioneer. These shouldn't be prohibitively difficult. Basically, some way for a Pioneer Lua script to interface with the rest of your system (writing files, sending signals, whatever). You could hook up scriptable events in Pioneer (such as the warning light for attack) to your ship computer, so that it could start playing the red alert video, the proximity alert video... whatever content you've knocked up!We have all sorts of events, of course. We can tell it when you're in hyperspace, whether you're low on fuel, whether you're landed, docked or in flight or even when you've bumped into something.Right now, as the alpha stands, I believe it's still possible to write to files on the computer from Lua, because the Lua environment hasn't been pared right down yet. This means that right now no game modifications would be necessary, although they would become necessary in time.Something you'd consider? So, yes, I am still working on this simulator. In fact, all of the major work is done. Just details left. I do have a question for the devs. Do you think that if I took the time to familiarize myself with Lua I would really be able to do things like make external buttons and switches that control the ship? What about information displayed on screen. Is there any way to move information such as relative speed and other status reports to a separate monitor? I realize that Pioneer is not being developed with a simpit in mind. I'm just wondering if what I am asking is within abilities of the average person to learn, or would this require a major rewrite of code? The simpit (and Pioneer) is great as-is. But, one day, when my son is older I would like for it to be as realistic as possible. Thanks!