Gentle autodock please
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The current autodock for connectors is a little harsh.
Could the docking happen as a more controlled, low acceleration, refined adjustment to align the connector ports.
An auto-pilot would be a good move, rotating the vessel first, then linear adjustments, and then finally the mag lock.
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Definitely need to dial back the docking energy, I had to repair thrusters after a particularly harsh dock that nearly destroyed the ship when the hydrogen tank also was damaged. I think you can tune the connector energy which probably makes it better, so there is probably a solution there, but the defaults are pretty strong for a small ship like the sledge. Opposite is true, since when i tried to dock with a larger ship (not a huge one), and the connector wouldn't actually lock, the ship would wiggle a little, fail to lock and then I'd have to adjust the ship a little and hit P again a few times until I got it lined up on my own.
However, I don't like how random the docking is as the ship bounces around and turns randomly before locking on the connector. A little autopilot control would be nice with the ideal being that the ship tries to rotate to square off with the nearest 90 degree of the connector. i.e. if you're docking and you're 4 degrees rotated from square on the grid, the docking tries its best to square you up with the grid you're docking with. This would also help with future merge block functionality (if that's going to be a thing).
Definitely need to dial back the docking energy, I had to repair thrusters after a particularly harsh dock that nearly destroyed the ship when the hydrogen tank also was damaged. I think you can tune the connector energy which probably makes it better, so there is probably a solution there, but the defaults are pretty strong for a small ship like the sledge. Opposite is true, since when i tried to dock with a larger ship (not a huge one), and the connector wouldn't actually lock, the ship would wiggle a little, fail to lock and then I'd have to adjust the ship a little and hit P again a few times until I got it lined up on my own.
However, I don't like how random the docking is as the ship bounces around and turns randomly before locking on the connector. A little autopilot control would be nice with the ideal being that the ship tries to rotate to square off with the nearest 90 degree of the connector. i.e. if you're docking and you're 4 degrees rotated from square on the grid, the docking tries its best to square you up with the grid you're docking with. This would also help with future merge block functionality (if that's going to be a thing).
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