Evelyn the Dragon
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- Oct 17, 2025
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While the game looks awesome, it is lacking in a very important area. Situational awareness.
I can see my Periapsis and Apoapsis and that's it. While these are important, they are bare minimum. And while we have a gauge displaying the info, I want it displayed on the orbit track. next to their positional markers.
There needs to be more, a lot more. Ascending and Descending nodes are essential, Orbital Inclination is also essential. They should be right on the map view orbit trace.
There should also be an info window that can be toggled on and off that would give all of that plus things like the eccentricity, orbital period, Longitude of the Ascending Node, etc. A full set of orbital ephemera. Think about what KSP using Kerbal Engineer and/or MechJeb can display. But I think this should be base game functionality, not a mod.
And that's just for my current orbit. If I drop a maneuver node, I want to see that information displayed for my target orbit too.
I can see my Periapsis and Apoapsis and that's it. While these are important, they are bare minimum. And while we have a gauge displaying the info, I want it displayed on the orbit track. next to their positional markers.
There needs to be more, a lot more. Ascending and Descending nodes are essential, Orbital Inclination is also essential. They should be right on the map view orbit trace.
There should also be an info window that can be toggled on and off that would give all of that plus things like the eccentricity, orbital period, Longitude of the Ascending Node, etc. A full set of orbital ephemera. Think about what KSP using Kerbal Engineer and/or MechJeb can display. But I think this should be base game functionality, not a mod.
And that's just for my current orbit. If I drop a maneuver node, I want to see that information displayed for my target orbit too.
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