[BETA] ANAIS: Advanced NAvigation Innovative System

[Altaïr]

EDIT: That was the beta of ANAIS. Now the beta is over please check the official version if you wish to install it.

Hello everyone,

Let me present ANAIS, my new navigation tool

When you target another ship or a planet, ANAIS is designed to find the best trajectory that leads to a rendez-vous. It's very efficient, it can find a transfer in practically any situation:

The displayed transfer is colored depending on its efficiency. A transfer in light blue is practically optimal (Hohmann transfer). Green is not optimal but still a good opportunity, while yellow is significantly more expensive.

ANAIS manages to find transfers even in tricky situations:



How to plan a rendez-vous with ANAIS?

Select the ship as target, and time-warp until ANAIS finds a good transfer:


Then switch to the ship view and burn in the showed direction:


Then time-warp until you meet the target:

And the cherry on the cake, ANAIS doesn't lose track of its target

Last precision, for now ANAIS is still limited to local transfers (in the same SOI). The game code will be used for interplanetary transfers. ANAIS also includes the closest approach line, it will automatically be used in situations ANAIS can't deal with. That way you can use at your advantage the benefits from both mods.


How to install it?

Copy the dll into your Mods directory, then launch the game and activate it in the mods menu.

IMPORTANT: If you have the closest approach line mod make sure you desactivate it! ANAIS includes the code from the closest approach line, they must not be activated in the same time.


What's next?

As said in the title this mod is in a beta state, right now it's not finished. It's already playable however and that's why I make it available.

Don't hesitate to report bugs, opportunities of improvements, make suggestions, tell the author how you love ANAIS, whatever you want. I'll make a new thread for the official release, so you can use that thread to discuss as much as you want about it

Edit: latest version here

 

[Sportgus]

Very useful mod! If I was to try to do VEEGA would this help with the part where you enter and SOI and burn 90* for another encounter?

 

[nim]

Is there a github?

 

[Altaïr]

Very useful mod! If I was to try to do VEEGA would this help with the part where you enter and SOI and burn 90* for another encounter?

Thanks
For now that wouldn't help because that mod still doesn't calculate interplanetary transfers, but in the future it will certainly help yes. Unlike Stef's navigation system ANAIS also considers transfer burns that are not colinear with velocity, so it's perfectly able to consider side burns.

Is there a github?

Not for now but I'll make one in the future.

 

[Idkgeek]

Wow... this is really, really powerful is it allowed when doing rank making missions, it so powerful I doubt it?

 

[Pink]

Wow... this is really, really powerful is it allowed when doing rank making missions, it so powerful I doubt it?

That is an interesting question indeed, but in any case the only navigation-heavy missions that could realistically benefit are the Mercury and Jupiter missions.

Hello everyone,

Let me present ANAIS, my new navigation tool

When you target another ship or a planet, ANAIS is designed to find the best trajectory that leads to a rendez-vous. It's very efficient, it can find a transfer in practically any situation:
View attachment 97935

The displayed transfer is colored depending on its efficiency. A transfer in light blue is practically optimal (Hohmann transfer). Green is not optimal but still a good opportunity, while yellow is significantly more expensive.

ANAIS manages to find transfers even in tricky situations:
View attachment 97936 View attachment 97937


How to plan a rendez-vous with ANAIS?

Select the ship as target, and time-warp until ANAIS finds a good transfer:
View attachment 97938

Then switch to the ship view and burn in the showed direction:
View attachment 97939 View attachment 97940

Then time-warp until you meet the target:
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And the cherry on the cake, ANAIS doesn't lose track of its target

Last precision, for now ANAIS is still limited to local transfers (in the same SOI). The game code will be used for interplanetary transfers. ANAIS also includes the closest approach line, it will automatically be used in situations ANAIS can't deal with. That way you can use at your advantage the benefits from both mods.


How to install it?

Copy the dll into your Mods directory, then launch the game and activate it in the mods menu.

IMPORTANT: If you have the closest approach line mod make sure you desactivate it! ANAIS includes the code from the closest approach line, they must not be activated in the same time.


What's next?

As said in the title this mod is in a beta state, right now it's not finished. It's already playable however and that's why I make it available.

Don't hesitate to report bugs, opportunities of improvements, make suggestions, tell the author how you love ANAIS, whatever you want. I'll make a new thread for the official release, so you can use that thread to discuss as much as you want about it

I personally can't imagine the programming to make this possible.

 

[Altaïr]

Wow... this is really, really powerful is it allowed when doing rank making missions, it so powerful I doubt it?

We shall debate about it. I made the mod but I can't decide about this alone.

I personally can't imagine the programming to make this possible.

Not only the programmation but the maths involved behind this are very advanced. I always make sure to wear my anti math radiations suit when I open the project

 

[DJ Silin Veredno]

then why do we need the Closest approach line now?

 

[Altaïr]

then why do we need the Closest approach line now?

Because in some situations ANAIS can't calculate a transfer. Because it can't handle the situation, like in the case of interplanetary transfers or because no viable transfer can be found. The closest approach helps as a backup function there.

It's also that both approaches have their benefits (the green lines allow to plan an encounter on several turns for example), so I prefer to leave it so that players don't have to choose.

 

[Altaïr]

Wow... this is really, really powerful is it allowed when doing rank making missions, it so powerful I doubt it?

We've decided, ANAIS is allowed for ranked missions. It's powerful but fair. Enjoy

 

[blastkerbal official]

hi can great mod but can you make it like the manuver nodes in ksp

 

[blastkerbal official]

hi can great mod but can you make it like the manuver nodes in ksp

lol i put can
lol

 

[Altaïr]

hi can great mod but can you make it like the manuver nodes in ksp

This is not the spirit of this mod. Maneuver nodes allow to plan your burns and your trajectory, Anais calculates everything automatically. Adding maneuver nodes wouldn't make sense.

 

[blastkerbal official]

This is not the spirit of this mod. Maneuver nodes allow to plan your burns and your trajectory, Anais calculates everything automatically. Adding maneuver nodes wouldn't make sense.

makes sense but i prefer to manualy do it

 

[blastkerbal official]

and can you add interplanitery stuff to this mod or make it use the default vanilla systeam for interplanetatry

 

[Catalyst_Kh]

+1 to last request.

This mod is very great!

But if i was novice to the game i would have so much troubles not seen interplanetary transfer windows and trajectory suggestions. Thus adding interplanetary transfer suggestions would make this mod even better.

 

[Catalyst_Kh]

It would be also super nice if closest approach line mod could calculate future approaches over some several laps without orbit intersections.

Simply instead of showing how far the celestial body will be from orbits intersection points now mod can show how far celestial body will be from the point of our ship's orbit, which is closest one to the orbit of celestial body.

That would be super handy, since it will help to connect to bodies using less fuel and also gives much more flexibility to help to avoid random unexpected encounters with other bodies.

Like for example to avoid other body encounter i need to temporarily make my orbit not intersecting with my target's orbit and then i totally lose all green line information about future encounters with my target. Insted it could still show everything, just using closest point in my orbit instead of using intersects points.

 

[Altaïr]

makes sense but i prefer to manualy do it

I respect that, but that would be a different mod actually, none of the stuff I have coded would be useful for that. Also, adding a specific interface for maneuver nodes is not doable through modding to my knowledge, and if it is it must be a real pain. It doesn't look like it, but making a custom velocity arrow was already something difficult. And not even because of the color effects.

So I'm sorry but I won't add it. It's not just that I don't want, it's also that I can't.

and can you add interplanitery stuff to this mod or make it use the default vanilla systeam for interplanetatry

The mod already uses the game system for situations it can't handle, it should already work. Adding my own management of interplanetary transfers is already a work in progress though. It just needs some time because those are tough calculations, I need to experiment some things, and I want to make a stable version before releasing it, even as a beta

+1 to last request.

This mod is very great!

But if i was novice to the game i would have so much troubles not seen interplanetary transfer windows and trajectory suggestions. Thus adding interplanetary transfer suggestions would make this mod even better.

That's a work in progress. I'm glad you appreciate the mod

It would be also super nice if closest approach line mod could calculate future approaches over some several laps without orbit intersections.

Simply instead of showing how far the celestial body will be from orbits intersection points now mod can show how far celestial body will be from the point of our ship's orbit, which is closest one to the orbit of celestial body.

That would be super handy, since it will help to connect to bodies using less fuel and also gives much more flexibility to help to avoid random unexpected encounters with other bodies.

Like for example to avoid other body encounter i need to temporarily make my orbit not intersecting with my target's orbit and then i totally lose all green line information about future encounters with my target. Insted it could still show everything, just using closest point in my orbit instead of using intersects points.

That would be relatively easy to add, but it would firstly be an evolution of the closest approach mod. But I would also use it in Anais of course, since it can't calculate transfers on several turns.

 

[Catalyst_Kh]

The mod already uses the game system for situations it can't handle, it should already work.

Since i installed ANAIS i never saw dotted lines or transfer windows for interplanetary targets, not even once. Like if i am inside Earth's soi and i pick Mars or Venus as a target - there are no lines, no transfer windows, nothing at all, like i never picked my target at all.

 

[Altaïr]

Since i installed ANAIS i never saw dotted lines or transfer windows for interplanetary targets, not even once. Like if i am inside Earth's soi and i pick Mars or Venus as a target - there are no lines, no transfer windows, nothing at all, like i never picked my target at all.

Really?! Maybe I messed up something then, sorry. I'll see if I can make a fix, but it could result in instabilities because I already removed large chunks of code.

 

[Catalyst_Kh]

No apologies are needed! Now i already don't need those dotted lines, since i may depart anytime without it and then after departure i can always create encounter with the target for the tiniest amount of fuel, using suggestions from Closest Approach Line.

But i remember my first days/weeks of play, that would create big difficulties for me during those times.

 

[Catalyst_Kh]

but it could result in instabilities because I already removed large chunks of code.

Don't do any fixes then, it is very minor problem and only temporary. People always can switch off mod in settings for several minutes, to get back default dotted line, while they are doing interplanetary targeting.

It is better to not hinder and not delay your progress in making new code. The faster you will make your own improved interplanetary line the better!

 

[ILovespace3]

Can I use it for team entries?

 

[Altaïr]

Don't do any fixes then, it is very minor problem and only temporary. People always can switch off mod in settings for several minutes, to get back default dotted line, while they are doing interplanetary targeting.

It is better to not hinder and not delay your progress in making new code. The faster you will make your own improved interplanetary line the better!

Gotcha, thanks for your understanding.
That's a beta anyway, so yeah, shit can happen

Can I use it for team entries?

Yes.
Don't hesitate to check the instruction threads, we updated them recently to include the authorized mods. In short, all mods are allowed excepted the teleportation mods.

 

[blastkerbal official]

I respect that, but that would be a different mod actually, none of the stuff I have coded would be useful for that. Also, adding a specific interface for maneuver nodes is not doable through modding to my knowledge, and if it is it must be a real pain. It doesn't look like it, but making a custom velocity arrow was already something difficult. And not even because of the color effects.

So I'm sorry but I won't add it. It's not just that I don't want, it's also that I can't.


The mod already uses the game system for situations it can't handle, it should already work. Adding my own management of interplanetary transfers is already a work in progress though. It just needs some time because those are tough calculations, I need to experiment some things, and I want to make a stable version before releasing it, even as a beta


That's a work in progress. I'm glad you appreciate the mod


That would be relatively easy to add, but it would firstly be an evolution of the closest approach mod. But I would also use it in Anais of course, since it can't calculate transfers on several turns.

but it did not work for me do you have any idea why
maybe some other mod is interfering