Howdy y’all! I’ve been working on an experience where you can build a space station around multiple different bodies in space, my only issue is that I have no idea how to performantly display orbits.
It appears I have one of two options (let me know if there’s anything else):
- Orbit the entire Space Station around the Planetary body
- Orbit the Planetary body around the Space Station
You’d probably be like “Why would you orbit the planet around the player?? That’s not how it works in real life!” and that’s very true! But I ran into an issue with this, due to the high part count of the space station it may not be a very smart idea to move the entire thing 24/7.
The second option may make more sense for this case, move the large body (less parts*100) around the player. But how can we make it convincing?
I’ve seen hundreds of posts about how to make planetary orbiting, but never one about how to trick the player into believing he or she is actually going around the planet!
Here’s an example of what that’d visually look like:
An example of what would actually be taking place:
So in the end, what’s the best way to convince the player he or she is moving when in a completely locked position?