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Collisions Physics

Post author:David
Post published:24 July 2019
Post category:ASG development Technical
Post comments:1 Comment

Collisions Detector – development test view

Hi there,

I was waiting for the space structures to work on a general collisions detection and response system (applying to both artificial and celestial objects). Actually this is not a primary feature since in theory the ship should never collide with anything but docking ports. In effect the flight planning routines, flight control system, space traffic controllers and defense platforms should make this impossible.
However being able to fly through planets and stations – however unlikely – is obviously not acceptable! And so implementing the feature was definitely mandatory.

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Orbital Rings

Post author:David
Post published:12 June 2019
Post category:ASG development
Post comments:2 Comments

Following the initial work on the refueling space stations around ringed giants I wanted to work on the planet-to-orbit transportation facilities around terrestrial bodies. That is in all probability these should always remain the main population and economical centers for a species that originated on the ground!

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.NET / SharpDX audio devices enumeration for XAudio2

Post author:David
Post published:18 April 2019
Post category:Technical
Post comments:2 Comments

Hello there, ASG is running on a custom game engine based on SharpDX to access DirectX in a managed .NET framework environment. I just made the move from SharpDX 2.6.3…

Dev log: introducing space stations

Post author:David
Post published:1 April 2019
Post category:ASG development
Post comments:2 Comments

A large space station on an ice giant’s inner ring

Space stations are the natural first step to populate the galaxy and so during the past months I’ve been working on a dedicated procedural generator.

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Discussion thread

Post author:David
Post published:11 March 2019
Post category:News
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Hi,If you have any question or remark there is now an ASG thread at SpaceSimCentral. See you there! David

Game engine, Celestial objects, Ship Systems and Avionics, Flight Planner

Post author:David
Post published:11 March 2019
Post category:ASG development
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… Well the post’s title gives a good summary of the work for close to five years. It may be too long a time before starting to document a very technical game but as they say “better late than never”! 🙂

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