Horizontal Tradelanes
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(Note: I was unsure if it belonged here since it’s half a hack request)
I remember seeing an old picture of beta Freelancer that had trade lanes side-by-side rather than how it was released as on top of another. I experimented in a test system to rotate the trade lanes which looks a lot more of space highways. The problem, however, was that when I entered the trade lane, my ship auto-rotated as if the trade lane were on top of each other.
Is there some way to change the rotation of trade lanes so that you don’t enter them sideways?
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Hey I know you.
The issue is, I believe, with the way the hardpoints are oriented on the tradelane model. Simply rotate the HpLeftLane and HpRightLane hardpoints so they are oriented correctly and the issue should be fixed. I haven’t actually tested this however, so your mileage may vary.
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fox is right. its just like with any station, how your ship turns does only depend on its docking hardpoints. you can even move them a kilometer outside and your ship will be “docking to pure space”. ofc you can re-export the whole model and move the hardpoints (prevents the need to rotate in system ini and the rotation of hp’s themselves), but that’s much more complicated.
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Wow, thanks Fox and Gisteron. I forgot not everything is solved with hacks.
