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 file with it's name ending with "Icon". Its folder is stored under assets/items/engines/<engine name>.

Properties of engines include:

• name: A string defining the displayed name of an 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 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 the vanguardelite module) of an engine's config file:

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