Engines

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

An engine consists of a .json file and (optionally) a .png file with it's name ending with "Icon".

Properties of engines include:

• name
• big - Can be true or false, if true and rotationAcceleration, acceleration, or maxRotationSpeed are not specified, it will default to slower moving/turning compared to false
• rotationAcceleration - Determines how fast the ship's turning speed increases
• acceleration - Determines how fast the ship's forward speed increases
• maxRotationSpeed - Determines the maximum speed at which a ship can turn

An example (taken from vanguardelite module in https://github.com/DestinationSol/vanguardelite/blob/main/imperialBigElite/assets/items/engines/imperialEliteEngine/imperialEliteEngine.json) of an engine's config file:

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