Mechazilla Simulator

Mechazilla Simulator

THIS IS ONLY A TEST RELEASE. IT IS NOT A FINAL RELEASE AND ITS CONTENTS WILL CHANGE IN THE FUTURE.

Your goal: Catch the booster! It really wants a hug after lifting thousands of tons up into space.

Creator: .earthandmoon. (Display: -Earth and Moon-) [Discord]

Controls:

W: throttle 100%

S: throttle 0% (engines off)

A/D: steer left or right, respectively (works only if W or S is pressed!)

only the autopilot can adjust throttle and gimbal to arbitrary values

1: enable inner 3 engines.

2: enable inner 13 engines.

(the other 20 engines can only be enabled before launch as they lack (re)ignition capabilities)

only the autopilot has access to some special engine modes: 0 (0% throttle IS NOT the same as 0 engines activated), 2 & 8 engines

C/X: cycle through all cameras.

O: toggle autopilot (catch/landing algorithm, it only steers the booster for you, not the chopsticks!)

R: restart/reload

Scroll up/down: zoom in/out (available on all cameras!)

Esc/P: pause/unpause

Z/Y, I: open/close arms

U/J: move arms up/down

V: vent fuel (visual effect only)

Credits:

Towers & launch site concrete area: Cyberguru [Discord]

Chopsticks: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:5403074

Hoppy: https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/starhopper-starship-prototype-spacex-3a14e78b7ed...

Booster model (Booster 7): https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:5421335

Blender XYZ math function for Hoppy heart plate: https://blender.stackexchange.com/a/63711

OLM: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:6583708

Game engine: Godot Engine

Changelog:

Releases are named after the CET/CEST date that was the current date when the files were exported (the date I clicked "Export" in the export menu).

Test versions (all of them are debug releases):

20250120-Dev-1:

  - initial test release

  - What else should I write here?

20250201-Dev-2:

  - revamped the tower with all its mechanical parts (Chopsticks etc.)

  - added some physics stuff

  - revamped engine exhaust

  - added an automatic catch algorithm

  - Post-processing and effects

  - some other stuff I don't remember

20250204-Dev-3 "The Unlucky One":

  - added a quick restart function

  - updated environment:

    - better water texture

    - expanded the water range to 100 km in all directions from the origin

    - water animation (texture offset with time)

    - added Starbase terrain, simple & dirty OLM & automatic water deluge system, Tower B, fake Pad B Flame Trench, seafloor (40 m deep)

    - added Hoppy

    - added clouds (two layers) using noise textures

    - added noise textures here and there for detail

    - updated lighting (position of DirectionalLight) and added simple shadows

  - added post-processing and switched render engine from Vulkan to DirectX 12

  - added more cameras, including Rocket Ranch and Buoy Cam

  - added a camera name display on the upper border of the viewport

  - added a Booster Offshore Divert mode, 35 km off the coast of Boca Chica, with a 25% chance to

    be chosen on every reload or startup of the game, and a corresponding UI display

  - made the Chopsticks static as their wobbliness and instability is a major problem

    waiting to be investigated and solved

  - updated some stuff related to booster landings and catches (position & algorithm)

  - some other fixes and changes here and there

  - packaging the whole game into a single .exe from now on (they used to be stored in two files, .exe and .pck)

  - including a console version of the game to detect errors and for debugging purposes

  - started naming releases with nicknames

20250215-Dev-4 "The Lucky One":

  - modified environment:

    - revamped clouds (random generation on every reload or startup), one big layer,

      no 20x20 km squares anymore

    - added a boundary around the game so you can't fly away!

    - expanded the Boca Chica terrain

  - upgraded booster systems:

    - added yellowish color on the upper edge of the booster

    - added 33 Raptor engines, the 13 inner ones can gimbal

      - new engine exhaust

    - grid fins now react to gimbal commands (but they don't influence aerodynamics yet)

    - "fuel":

      - added some static frost on the booster

      - added visual fuel vents

    - updated landing autopilot:

      - the booster will now land "anywhere" if it is too far away from target

        (don't worry, it won't hit Hoppy or Tower B because they are

        offset towards the north and movement directions are restriced to

        east/west and up/down)

      - smoother engine transition from 13 > 3 (now: 13 > 8 > 3) during landing,

        only the autopilot has access to some special engine modes (0, 2 & 8 engines)

        and accurate gimbal & throttle control

    - added a new camera view (engines cam), originally added for debugging while

      upgrading the exhaust effects, but I decided to not delete it

    - made the movement of the non-rotating tracking cam smoother

  - launch site modifications:

    - made Tower A slightly brighter

    - installed chopstick actuators and drawworks (kind of)

  - user interface:

    - added a pause menu

    - added telemetry UIs of both the booster and an imaginary upper stage

    - modified the camera & flight director display

  - some minor fixes here and there

  - fixed issues that arose while fixing other issues

  - some minor fixes behind the scenes

  - export:

    - used Windows' internal .zip file functions to compress the game files because some users

      had problems when trying to extract 7-zip .zip files with Windows

    - no more console versions

  - fixed some typos in the readme

  - switched rendering back to Vulkan for ... reasons

  - Did I forget something?

Fun things to try out if you are bored:

- catch a booster, lower it onto (or right above) the OLM, launch it and catch it again

- travel 35 km westwards during offshore divert and continue landing from there

- fly up until you get above the edge colliders (there is no collider above the map, only on the sides, and they are REALLY tall, tens of thousands of km)

- fly across the whole map once or even several times

- watch a booster offshore divert with the launch pad tracking cameras

- watch a booster catch with the buoy cam

- reach the highest speed (my record was like 6000-7000 km/h)

- do a booster stunt show, just don't crash into critical hardware

The boring stuff:

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