Advanced Question Spawning a landed vessel

[gattispilot]

So I am trying to spawn a landed EVA guy aka vessel. In the shuttle the vessel is made a docked. But I want a vessel made and placed on the ground upright like UMMU.

void LER2016::SeparateMMU(void)
{
    if (DOOR0_proc > .8){

        OBJHANDLE EVAGUY;
        VESSELSTATUS2 vs;
        vs.version = 2;
        vs.flag = 0;
        GetStatusEx(&vs);
        VECTOR3 ofs = _V(-1.5, -2, -1.5);
        VECTOR3 rofs, rvel = { vs.rvel.x, vs.rvel.y, vs.rvel.z };
        VECTOR3 vel = { 0, 0, 0 };
        Local2Rel(ofs, vs.rpos);
        GlobalRot(vel, rofs);
        vs.rvel.x = rvel.x + rofs.x;
        vs.rvel.y = rvel.y + rofs.y;
        vs.rvel.z = rvel.z + rofs.z;
        vs.vrot.x = 0.00;
        vs.status = 0;




        VESSEL *EVAGUY_vessel;
        EVAGUY = oapiCreateVesselEx("EVAGUY", "evaguy2016", &vs);
        EVAGUY = oapiGetVesselInterface(EVAGUY);
    }
}

So if the door is open make a vessel

VECTOR3 ofs = _V(-1.5, -2, -1.5);

this is where to put the vessel, right


But it makes the vessel but the vessel is not landed but orbiting. on the ground shaking about

 

[Urwumpe]

vs.status = 0;

is the value you might want to review.

 

[gattispilot]

Oh. maybe it needs to be 1?

17.61.2.2 int VESSELSTATUS::status
flight status indicator
Note
• 0=active (freeflight)
• 1=inactive (landed)

 

[Urwumpe]

Oh. maybe it needs to be 1?

17.61.2.2 int VESSELSTATUS::status
flight status indicator
Note
• 0=active (freeflight)
• 1=inactive (landed)

Review VESSELSTATUS2 there - since you are using version=2.

 

[gattispilot]

Thanks. But it puts the guy in the center rather than the offset?

void LER2016::SeparateMMU(void)
{
	if (DOOR0_proc > .8){

		OBJHANDLE EVAGUY;
		VESSELSTATUS2 vs;
		vs.version = 2;
		vs.flag = 0;
		GetStatusEx(&vs);
		VECTOR3 ofs = _V(10.5, -2, -1.5);
		VECTOR3 rofs, rvel = { vs.rvel.x, vs.rvel.y, vs.rvel.z };
		VECTOR3 vel = { 0, 0, 0 };
		Local2Rel(ofs, vs.rpos);
		GlobalRot(vel, rofs);
		vs.rvel.x = rvel.x + rofs.x;
		vs.rvel.y = rvel.y + rofs.y;
		vs.rvel.z = rvel.z + rofs.z;
		vs.vrot.x = 0.00;
		vs.status = 1;




		VESSEL *EVAGUY_vessel;
		EVAGUY = oapiCreateVesselEx("EVAGUY", "evaguy2016", &vs);
		EVAGUY = oapiGetVesselInterface(EVAGUY);
	}
}

 

[Urwumpe]

Yes, because you are not using the right variables for a landed vessel:

    double surf_lng;    // longitude of landing position  |
    double surf_lat;    // latitude of landing position   | only used when landed
    double surf_hdg;    // heading of landed vessel       |

 

[gattispilot]

Thanks. So I can't use offset?

So can I get the lat and long of the main vessel and use them. Add some to offset it?

 

[Urwumpe]

Thanks. So I can't use offset?

So can I get the lat and long of the main vessel and use them. Add some to offset it?

You might need to project the offset into polar coordinates (latitude and longitude are angles measured in radians, after all) and then apply them.

But don't ask me about the simplest way to do this. Getting the offset into north-south and east-west coordinates would already be enough, since the radius is likely much bigger than the offset.