12-27-2018, 05:39 PM
(This post was last modified: 12-27-2018, 05:44 PM by pizzasgood.)
It wouldn't feel weird. Dean's not talking about having the craft auto-level whenever you aren't pressing a button. He's asking for the craft to maintain its current pitch relative to the horizon. So if you leveled out your craft, it would stay level. If you aimed it at a five degree ascent, it would stay on that five degree ascent. Etc.
The only part that might be a little awkward is the transition into and out of the horizon-based coordinate system. It would need to be tight enough to the planet that it doesn't capture you when you're just doing a flyby. Restricting it to atmosphere or just beyond would work for most worlds, but it would be nice to have this feature on moons as well. Maybe put the threshold 1km up.
The only part that might be a little awkward is the transition into and out of the horizon-based coordinate system. It would need to be tight enough to the planet that it doesn't capture you when you're just doing a flyby. Restricting it to atmosphere or just beyond would work for most worlds, but it would be nice to have this feature on moons as well. Maybe put the threshold 1km up.