Auto Dampeners ?

[Jel]

Due to the fact, that the game constantly loses the player position on Ded.Servers you always have to respawn somewhere when reconnecting.
IF you are flying a Ship and are being disconnectet without being able to switch ob your dampeners - you just lose your ship, never to be found again :)

What about a function "auto dampeners" in cockpits that allows me to switch on or off if the dampeners are automatically turned on when i leave the cockpit (on purpose or not :) )
This way, nobody would have to lose a ship because of a silly lag or disconnecting ded.servers.

[lotw_1]

There are scripts that the server could run and enable that allow auto dampeners to run if player exits the ship while dampeners are off, so there is a fix but the mod community did it.

[Jel]

Scripts are and will remain disabled on my server due to several reasons :)
Im rather interested in a solution without having to use those.

[Namdoolb]

:(
We're probably not going to get auto-dampeners as a feature since scripts can do that for you pretty easily.

On a server without scripts?
The best I can think of is to have a timer block repeating on a shor(ish) interval that turns the dampeners on. Drawback is that you'd probably get pretty tired of switching the dampeners off every 30 seconds or so.

A sensor just outside the cockpit would work just fine for accidental cockpit exit, but wouldn't help with a disconnect since your character would never exist outside the cockpit to trigger the sensor.

[MysticMalevolence]

Originally posted by Jel:

Scripts are and will remain disabled on my server due to several reasons :)
Im rather interested in a solution without having to use those.

I think he meant script mods, not in-game scripts.
Not sure, though.

[Jel]

Well to use script Mods i have to switch on ingame scripts. Disregarding this, im not planning to use any scripts :)
Yes i also thought about the sensor thing but as you also mentioned, this wont protect me on a disconnect... So i keep my original idea of a checkbox that says autodampeners :)

[Okim]

Use a trigger. Set it up for 1-2 minutes tick. Place cockpit`s 'turn inertia dampeners on/of' for it as one of the actions.

Put it on your cockpit`s hotkey menu as a 'start' action and keep clicking on it from time to time. This will reset the timer.

Once you are disconnected (and thus are no longer resetting the clicker) it will hit dampeners on/off. If it hits them off - your ship would be stationary already, so that`s not a problem.

[Jel]

Doesnt seem a civilized solution :)