Physics Lab Update


Just one week after the first update, I'm excited to bring another, and this time a much larger one. Rarely do I feel like I'm in a position to be providing weekly updates to a program, but yet here we are, I might finally be able to do it. This update was focused largely on the educational physics simulation aspect of the game, providing many useful tools for running labs and experiments. The next update will hopefully be bringing some new types of payloads, each with their own unique mechanics.

New Features

  • Redesigned Launcher
    • Select which missions you want to play with instead of just always having to use all of them
  • Lab Mode (selectable from the new launcher)
    • Disables mission failure from life support mechanics
      • Designed to allow students to conduct experiments with the game aspects getting in the way
  • New Planet System
    • No longer are you confined to launch from earth, select from a range of planets and other celestial bodies to launch from
    • Planets can be modded in using the content modding system
  • Data exporting
    • Export flight data (forces, altitude, velocity, acceleration, etc.) to CSV
    • Export timestamped event log to CSV

New Content

  • 2 New Starting "Planets"
    • Earth's Moon
    • Mars

Bug Fixes

  • Investigating JNI Error (#1)

Screenshots

Newly redesigned launcher

Newly redesigned launcher

Data Export Menus
Exported data open in excel

Files

SpaceFlightSim.jar 539 kB
Jun 12, 2021

Get To The Moon!

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