Engines

Engines

The engine (not to be confused with the game's engine) controls the ship's movement characteristics.

An engine consists of a .json file and (optionally) a .png icon file. Its folder is stored under assets/items/engines/<engine name>. The name of the engine must end with "engine" or "Engine" to be considered an engine.

Engine properties include:

• name: A string defining the displayed name of the engine.
• big: A boolean value that can be true or false. If true and rotationAcceleration, acceleration, or maxRotationSpeed are not specified, it will default to slower turning compared to false.
• rotationAcceleration: Determines how fast the ship's turning speed increases. Defaults to 515, and 100 if big.
• acceleration: Determines how fast the ship's forward speed increases. Defaults to 2.0 if not specified.
• maxRotationSpeed: Determines the maximum speed at which the ship can turn. Defaults to 230, and 40 if big.

An example (taken from the vanguardelite module) of an engine's config file:

{
    "name": "Imperial Elite Engine",
    "big": false,
    "rotationAcceleration": 600,
    "acceleration": 4,
    "maxRotationSpeed": 300
}