Add Attitude Indicator when flying for artificial horizon, altitude and compass heading

Jason Long shared this feedback 20 days ago
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Can you add an Attitude Indicator when flying in atmosphere that provides vital flight information like artificial horizon, altitude and compass heading?

When flying in the dark, or with limited visability, it is so easy to suffer spatial disorientation I get in situations where I find out I'm flying sideways or upside down because I lose track of the horizon in such conditions, and suffer crashes because I have no idea what my altitude is in the pitch black.

It is such a must-have instrument for flying, not sure why it isn't already implemented. Thanks!

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Also a atmosphere pressure (so you know when to kill atmo engines and fire up ions)

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An Artificial Horison is critical especially in a ship with an asymetrical thruster setup. Alternatively or additonally, an 'orientate to gravity well' for the dampers option might be nice as well, perhaps that could be a higher level of Gyroscope.

Atmo Pressure would be nice but I thought you get a warning once you reach the edge of Atmo

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just adding a quick comment here that I gave a similar feedback a long time ago, if guys want, add some votes there, and i'm voting here too, to see if we combine these as they're all similar. Hoping Keen pays us some attention and sees there is real interest in such an easy feature :)


UI FEEDBACK - Ship movement and Horizon line | Space Engineers 2 Support

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I voted for your submission. Hoping Keen understands that everyone would see the value in having this feature.

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I really need that direction/alignment indicator.

My hydro ships usually have concentrated upward thrusters to fight against gravity. With how the thrusters are burning fuel currently (either zero or max input), any excessive thrust is a waste of fuel. Taking off is easy. Just start from a gravity-aligned platform, turn off downward thrusters and fly up out of the gravity well. But entry is hell because it's hard to tell which way is down. It's easy to either lose against gravity by aligning on the wrong side, or crash into a mountain by blowing the powerful upward thrusters the wrong way.

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I've been suggesting the same thing since the Alpha came out. We had these in SE1, in our suit HUD no less. I don't understand why they didn't start with these in SE2. Not having it makes absolutely no sense. It doesn't make flying "Challenging", it just makes it annoying as hell. We are Engineers for gosh sakes. We are walking around in heavy power-armor, and we can't tell up from down, or which way we are drifting? Seriously?!?

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The first attitude indicator was invented in 1916, that's how important it is. It has been standard on every real plane since. Please. Since I have no way to feel the gravity in my gut, you have to give me something to level out at night. Just started playing the Alpha and other than watching my hydrogen engines fire for z level and adjust until none fire but the bottom is a pain in the... I am 58 and have no time for such shenanigans.

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