New Remote Control Module & Missile tread

Time to learn the pain of programming missiles!

I just use the default option because I'm satisfied with the result given by standard setting already.

I also really like that I can change the shape of the remote control so they could fit better in the smaller drones or missile.

EDIT:

I do, however, found a problem last night.

The recent hard range update for payload, while making payload ACTUALLY explode at proper range.

Also make it kinda hard for multi payload missile to works.

I have to manually trigger the multi-nuke missile to explode all the nuclear warheads, because the closest immediately detonate at the enemy ship and vapourise the rest.

Multi Flak Missile probably works perfectly though.

I had better result with proportional navigation on first phase. Midcourse I did not manage to get working. I also use Proportional for terminal phase. Oddly enough, some missile seem to follow default order regardless of what I do.

On another note. the new editable parameter saved me allot of cash, my small NTR missile are almost as cheap as my rocket one. it also seem to have broken some of my engine.

My EFPs are malfunctioning.
I may need to set a very small hard range like 5m with a 40m activation range.

Terminal phase guidance seems to be more wacky with gyrating missiles.
Id pay for a "keep nose glued to target setting".

Well, it makes sense. Chemical propulsion brings all the energy generation to the party preformed, just needing a pump to get it there and a place to light it off. Nuclear has to make its own, and that makes getting the kind of temp you need really scale dependent - burning LH and LOx at the right ratio always gets you the right temperature, big or small.

One key thing I discovered was that the homing success depends heavily on the missile cg and engine gimbal. I had many missiles tumble around at mid or terminal phases until fine tuning the missile itself. It seems like the remote control constantly overcompensates, regardless of settings. That's where I had to physically limit the missiles ability to respond.

I had a tough time figuring out the dampening... Wildly different ratios didn't seem to make obvious differences.

I did some reading on the homing techniques, which helped me figure out the different strategies. An in-game tooltip blurb would be good.

Mine had the same problem until I set hard range to 5m and activation range to 25m. Assuming your EFPs are nuclear, I'd imagine a major problem is the penetrator being vaporized by the nuke, which would seem to mean that it's ineffective except at extremely close ranges. I'm sure there's a way of calculating how to make a penetrator plate that won't vaporize but is still propelled at high velocities by the explosion, but I don't know it.


Isn't the 'direct pursuit' (or some similar name) option effectively this, in that the missile simply accelerates directly towards the current missile position? I'm not entirely sure.