Inputs? Which will be the most useful?

[the-johns]

Can you give a little more guidance on what buttons and switches will be most necessary for the final game? I’m currently designing my control panels, but I don’t want to have anything CNC routed until I have a better sense of what controls I should have. Could you update the protocol documentation with reccomended inputs?

Thanks!

[elissa]

If you were doing a minimalist sort of control system (which I plan to at some point - I love our controls but they’re not very practical to lug out every time you want to play!) I think I’d use cut down versions of the two small panels shown in the middle of the schematics here: http://objectsgame.com/the-controllers/blueprints-schematics/

Either on two smaller panels or one larger one, I’d have two sections - helm and weapons.

Helm

• RCS CW/CCW & RCS stop
• main engine burn/stop (we use toggle switches with lights)
• EMCON
• reactor on/off

Weapons

• tube selection (1-6)
• spin up
• fire

Plus LED indicators for most of those states.

Buttons like ‘cancel/spin-down’ on weapons and ‘full stop’ on the helm control might also be useful.

Depends how minimalist you wanted to go, I guess. We found those sets of buttons were the most commonly used, though.