Category: ASG development | Alliance Space Guard

Why no Early Access

Post author:David
Post published:6 April 2021
Post category:ASG development News
Post comments:8 Comments

The question has popped up a few times now and I understand that the slow development process might feel frustrating.

Orbital Traffic Control

Post author:David
Post published:4 April 2021
Post category:ASG development
Post comments:2 Comments

The current objective is still to add NPC traffic into the simulation. However it seemed more effective to define flying rules first, and thus that initial implementation of the Orbital Traffic Control system.

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External View and Radio Chatter

Post author:David
Post published:23 December 2020
Post category:ASG development
Post comments:8 Comments

Hi there, while the development goes on with the Orbital Traffic Control system (“OTC”) here’s a little video about the updated external view and the newly added radio chatter.

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Dev update: NPC ships

Post author:David
Post published:10 November 2020
Post category:ASG development
Post comments:2 Comments

Hi all, here is a short work-in-progress video about the ongoing addition of NPC traffic to the ASG world.

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The CSN-F9 Navigation Systems' panel

Navigation systems (ship positioning)

Post author:David
Post published:7 August 2020
Post category:ASG development
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The navigation signal represents the data from the positioning sensors and that is used as reference by the flight control systems.

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Galaxy map - political mode

Game world building and galactic routes

Post author:David
Post published:10 July 2020
Post category:ASG development
Post comments:1 Comment

Hi there! Here is a video presenting the latest additions on the way to the NPC traffic implementation: https://youtu.be/uUi6nJ4vDjU The idea was to try and make the game world "naturally"…

Electronic Checklists

Post author:David
Post published:26 March 2020
Post category:ASG development
Post comments:2 Comments

Detailed ship systems and the intrinsic complexity of orbital mechanics require a control interface that may be difficult to get into. And so to help new captains take command of their ship and seasoned ones not forget about important steps, the ship is now fitted with electronic checklists.

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Station to Station Flight Planning

Post author:David
Post published:28 January 2020
Post category:ASG development
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Before starting the work on the in-game check-lists I wanted to complete the missing features in the flight planner. So it is now possible to start a plan from any location at any time and also to store and recall solutions.

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Approach and Docking

Post author:David
Post published:14 December 2019
Post category:ASG development
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The stations are now fully operational and trips can be flown from port to port, with the support of new flight planning routines and avionics modes. And at last I could remove a quick and dirty trick dating back from 2016: it’s not possible to refuel in deep space anymore!

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Radio Communications

Post author:David
Post published:10 October 2019
Post category:ASG development
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The main development goal for this year (2019) is to have fully operational space stations to dock to. Yet after the work on the collision physics an issue quickly appeared about the docking ports: where should the related information be stored and how to pass it to the ship’s flight controller?

On a monday morning in July I decided not to duplicate the data and have the stations broadcast the necessary information through a radio link: should have been a 3 hour quick-and-dirty hack… But as it turned out it actually became a 3 month implementation of a full new game system! 😀

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