Endless Sky Delta v0.10.7 parallel release

[Zitchas]

Greetings to everyone following Delta, all 5 of you.

For those who aren't aware, the purpose of the Delta fork is to be a rapid development environment to experiment with Endless Sky, with the current focus being primarily combat. For the first while this was mostly focused on code enhancements, and in particular mechanisms for allowing the player to access quite a bit more information about what is going on and how things are performing. As of right now, the scanner side of it is available, but not implemented. Players will need to either edit those attributes onto outfits or ships, or use a plug-in to do so. But they are there, and they work. The player's HUD side, though, is fully available via preferences.

While the information might be the things that you see first, the big changes are twofold: The implementation of lateral thrust; and the significant reduction of drag. And by drag, in this case, I'm not talking about the thing that caps max speed, but rather drag, the mysterious force that fills space and causes spaceships in Endless Sky to act like ships on water. That has been mostly removed from the game. It's still present in a few corners to help with coming to a complete stop and the like, but it is largely gone. This means it is much easier to circle, strafe, and slide around the system. This goes hand in hand with lateral thrust, which is what ships now use to control that lateral motion.

It's been fun to work on, and I look forward to doing more. This is just getting started, and there is a lot to do. After all, rebuilding key systems of the game from the ground up takes some time...

What's Changed

• Code(feat): Additional Scan Information and modular access by @Zitchas in Code(feat): Additional Scan Information and modular access #2
• Feat(code): Lateral Thrust and Drag Reduction by @Zitchas in Feat(code): Lateral Thrust and Drag Reduction #10
• Code(feat): Adding Player in-flight information by @Zitchas in Code(feat): Adding Player in-flight information #11
• feat(code/data): Implementing varied Lateral Thrusts by @Zitchas in feat(code/data): Implementing varied Lateral Thrusts #14
• Limited turret arc by @1010todd in Limited turret arc #18
• Feat(code): Giving players a preference to allow them to disable automatic stability while under player control by @Zitchas in Feat(code): Giving players a preference to allow them to disable automatic stability while under player control #19
• Fix turret arc limit being flipped when reloading save. by @1010todd in Fix turret arc limit being flipped when reloading save. #20
• feat(balance): Adjusting mass, thrust, and turning across all ships by @Zitchas in feat(balance): Adjusting mass, thrust, and turning across all ships #34
• feat(data) Completing the Station Keeping capabilities by adding reverse thrust to all thrusters by @Zitchas in feat(data) Completing the Station Keeping capabilities by adding reverse thrust to all thrusters #48
• feat(code): Ability to limit turret firing arc (feat: Ability to limit turret firing arc endless-sky#7094) by @Zitchas in feat(code): Ability to limit turret firing arc (#7094) #51
• Feat(data): Implement Engine Slot system in Delta by @Zitchas in Feat(data): Implement Engine Slot system in Delta #46
• feat(Data): Hai Reveal Intro Bridge by @Zitchas in feat(Data): Hai Reveal Intro Bridge #53
• feat(data): Scaling Sol (and potentially other interesting things) by @Zitchas in feat(data): Scaling Sol (and potentially other interesting things) #52
• Feat(Data): Navigational Enhancements by @Zitchas in Feat(Data): Navigational Enhancements #54
• feat(data): Cloaking Differentiation by @Zitchas in feat(data): Cloaking Differentiation #61

New Contributors

• @1010todd made their first contribution in Limited turret arc #18
• @UnorderedSigh made their first contribution in Merge endless-sky master to experimental, resolving Ship.cpp differences from refactor of Ship::Move #28
• @warp-core made their first contribution in Remove duplicated settings entries #37

Full Changelog: https://github.com/endless-sky/Endless-Sky-Delta/commits/Experimental-Development

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