AI for driving around in space

[Decksmeck]

I don't know if the deliberately don't allow supercruise to auto pilot all the way to the destination but it could be done.

They already know when there is line of sight on the destination and that technology works well. They already have the tech in place to orbit an object.

Only a few more things are needed.

The program that checks for line of sight needs to see gravity wells as round objects. So it doesn't worry about the actual objects but just enlarged versions of them. The sizes should calculatable based on the objects' gravitational pull, I guess. Then when it approaches a gravity well, it orbits it at full speed (allowable) until the it no longer obscures. Then it exits orbit toward the destination.

Special case when the target destination is inside a gravity well object. Then you have to see the actual objects and orbit around them.

Maybe something along these lines?

 

[varonica]

Yes it could be done, and on arrival at the station they could also automatically have the docking computer engage and have the ship dock itself, arguments for and against automation to this extent are many and varied and have been presented many time, best thing is to read a few threads on the subject to famliarise yourself with all the points put forward so we don't end up going over the same ground again.

 

[metatheurgist]

Yeah...what do you think the NPCs do now? Have FD employees fly them when no one's looking?

 

[Stabby_Dave]

I think FD want you to play the game, rather than have it play itself.

 

[Decksmeck]

I think FD want you to play the game, rather than have it play itself.

I hear that.

 

[Iskariot]

I don't know if the deliberately don't allow supercruise to auto pilot all the way to the destination but it could be done.

They already know when there is line of sight on the destination and that technology works well. They already have the tech in place to orbit an object.

Only a few more things are needed.

The program that checks for line of sight needs to see gravity wells as round objects. So it doesn't worry about the actual objects but just enlarged versions of them. The sizes should calculatable based on the objects' gravitational pull, I guess. Then when it approaches a gravity well, it orbits it at full speed (allowable) until the it no longer obscures. Then it exits orbit toward the destination.

Special case when the target destination is inside a gravity well object. Then you have to see the actual objects and orbit around them.

Maybe something along these lines?

In the future we will have an AI that installs, plays, and uninstalls the game for you, without you even having to look at the screen once.
And as computers become faster and faster all will be done in mere tens of seconds. You won't notice a thing as it can all be done in the background.
You will only have to pay for the game, but perhaps you can get an AI to do that too.

 

[starman]

Right now some are paying for the game to be played by third parties, violating the EULA.

 

[Decksmeck]

In the future we will have an AI that installs, plays, and uninstalls the game for you, without you even having to look at the screen once.
And as computers become faster and faster all will be done in mere tens of seconds. You won't notice a thing as it can all be done in the background.
You will only have to pay for the game, but perhaps you can get an AI to do that too.

10 of seconds? I feel that will bog down my system too much.