Multiple Entity Gravity Wells

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I'm pretty sure I saw something about this somewhere else, but I can't find it now.
I was just wondering if anyone had found a way to put multiple entities in the same grav well. I'm pretty sure its not, but I was thinking that a new entity type with a new mesh and everything could be made to do this although that is quite a bit of extra work.
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Reply #1 from Sins Forums Top
cant do it.
Reply #2 from Sins Forums Top
Hardcoded aint gonna happen. You can add a "moon" to a planet, but it will be a dummy for appearance, and not be usable
Ashes of the Singularity II
Reply #3 from Sins Forums Top
you cant even do that, unless of course you want to build your moon and then set it into a circular move pattern.
Reply #4 from Sins Forums Top
Its already been done. and yes the moon will 'orbit' i the same motion as the planet rotates, because both the planet, and moon are technically 1 single mesh.
Reply #5 from Sins Forums Top
We may look at adding moons in the future...but it won't be because lordkosc has been begging for them for 15 months!  ;p 
Reply #6 from Sins Forums Top

We may look at adding moons in the future...but it won't be because lordkosc has been begging for them for 15 months!   


Yeah, its because of him we don't have them for the moment... right? :P
Reply #7 from Sins Forums Top
lol adding satalites would be cool as the planet develops! mons should have some sort of colony (that does absolultly nothing) that just glows after you hit the hightes stage of development.
Reply #8 from Sins Forums Top

We may look at adding moons in the future...but it won't be because lordkosc has been begging for them for 15 months!   


its exactly because I've been asking for them for the past 15 months...
Reply #9 from Sins Forums Top
Its already been done. and yes the moon will 'orbit' i the same motion as the planet rotates, because both the planet, and moon are technically 1 single mesh.

you sure about that? Kosc got it working by replacing a ship's mesh with a planetary one. afaik thats the only way its been accomplished yet.
Reply #10 from Sins Forums Top
I imported a planet with a moon in its mesh. like i said the moon is useless, and only for show, because the game reads it as a single world.
Reply #11 from Sins Forums Top
If we get moons then perhaps we will get lunar doomsday devices :)

And like everything else I can just picture the TEC version being financially based, holding a nearby planet hostage for... 1 million credits, muah-ha-ha

Seriously though, theirs probably would be money oriented. Use the moon's gravity to affect local planet spin, increasing daylight hours and forcing the population to work 30 hour days or something. Good for the taxes.
Reply #12 from Sins Forums Top
I imported a planet with a moon in its mesh. like i said the moon is useless, and only for show, because the game reads it as a single world.

and why didnt you publish your results? because now I've got to give all the credit to kosc.

damn you stress for not ursurping kosc!!!
Seriously though, theirs probably would be money oriented. Use the moon's gravity to affect local planet spin, increasing daylight hours and forcing the population to work 30 hour days or something. Good for the taxes

"hey, are they artificially extending the work day"
"I dunno..."
"yeah, I thought the sky was spinning a bit slow today"

:LOL:
Reply #13 from Sins Forums Top
Its all in your head, its all in your head...
Reply #14 from Sins Forums Top
yea, carefull not to split your head open, we could be in serious trouble if it leaks out....
Reply #15 from Sins Forums Top
I didnt publish it because it wasnt mine to publish it was Thrawns work. Dont worry shoddy there will be plenty of "usurping" in the trek mod :D