rocket control

[darsie]

A precision landing in a little Moon crater was tedious. I think a gimballed engine would have made this easier.
Also a mark on the navball indicating the direction of motion.
Engine throttle.

 

[Kiwi Shark]

Engines gimbaling are currently in active development.

Engine throttle is already in the game, controlled with the up and down arrow keys.

 

[darsie]

Also allowing manual input during attitude control like 'up' would make precision landings much easier, e.g. activate 'up', steer sideways for a little while and when manual input stops the rocket turns 'up' again.
PS: Not sure if this is better as a new thread.

 

[Psycho_zs]

The thing I always wanted in KSP was to be able to offset an orientation. Something similar to a trim but for autopilot orientations. I.e. set to surface velocity, then add/subtract N degrees pitch/yaw (or elevation/heading). IMHO the perfect way to do corrections during powered flight, like on ascent or landing approach.

 

[gravhoek]

The RATE mode achieves the practical value of a target offset for most cases, I think. Not saying a custom target wouldn't be useful, but I don't think the current tools should hold you back much.

 

[Psycho_zs]

The RATE mode achieves the practical value of a target offset for most cases, I think. Not saying a custom target wouldn't be useful, but I don't think the current tools should hold you back much.

Currently, yes. But there will be aerodynamic forces or thrust asymmetries or other factors that will cause RATE modes to drift. I propose an offset control, something like this: