Posted May 30, 2022 by robotinker
Orrery is live! This cute little solar system is ready for you to crank away at it! It includes save slots, moon phases, hackable planetary data, and a few different ways to view our solar system.
Here are my thoughts on what should be added to the project, but what do you think? Are there any features you'd like to see?
First, the camera projection I'm using for the Scientific view is running into performance issues with planetoids turned on, and I've done all the optimizations I can think of. This started as a quick Lua project, so the next step to get better performance is to migrate the project to C.
I've included the ability to adjust the orbital parameters that define the planets and planetoids in case I've gotten something wrong. I expect to receive some suggestions for edits after launch - this way you can make corrections while I incorporate changes to the default orbital parameters. This system will be expanded to:
More moons! With improved performance from the C rewrite, I should be able to simulate the various satellites of our solar system's planets and planetoids. This will of course come with the ability to add/edit/remove moons through the editor.