Comments on: Lunar Lander Simulator Developer Interview

Hello Haber.

You are 100% correct about Palm Vx being more powerful than the lunar on-board computer. Probably even X 10 more!!

There two reasons (at least) why I could not make a lower Palm OS version. One is that i am using an ARM routine that it suppose to only work with Palm Os 5.0+. I did not make that routine (to rotate the moon in the cockpit view). I would not even know how to start!! since it is written in C I believe. The second reason is that i am using a lot of sounds which makes the game very immersive. The player routine I am using also needs Palm OS 5+.

I will love to expand Lunar Lander Simulator reach (that's one of the reason I wanted to give the Zodiac community a new game) but as you can see I am very limited in my programming ability.

In any event thank you for your comment.

Take care.

Mo.

LLSim develloper

Hello Ranbarton.

No I am using NASA data for earlier LEM's. I think you are right when you say that would limit their control margins. The current version of the simulator allows you to customize your flight (start alt, speeds and fuel level). In term of lander weight, you can play with the fuel amount (as % of the regular amount). That way you can affect the lander weight that way. I could easly add an option for an actual lunar lander (dry weight). That way you could play the different scenarios.

By the way you can with the current version, also land on Earth( and all the planets) like the Apollo astronauts did on the "testbead" LLRV. But the LLRV was trying to simulate a Moon gravity!

Hope this help.

Mo.

Hello Tam,

Actually as a small "develloper" (this is my first app), the best I can do is rely on word of mouth. I am sure this is not really helpful answer to you but that's all I am counting on for now.

Take care.

Mo.

Hello.

Yes that's one my project. I am hoping to devellop a docking game using the Lunar Lander Simulator "engine" has a based. My hope is to make it so that you can dock with the command module in Moon orbit. of course it would have voice annoncements of distance/speed to the CM as well as failures like the current simulator. I am not sure if I would make it as a continuation of the current game. For instance, once you landed, you could take off again after a short count down and then end up looking for the CM on radar. Of course the goal would be to safely approach and then dock the CM.

Another possibility would be to make it completly separate application and so being able to dock on Earth orbit like the space station.

In any event thanks for the question and stay tune...

Mo.

Hey thanks for the nice comments. I appreciate it very much. I like the idea of an "Apollo 13" type game! I like games where a lot of things is happening and where you get "information overload" situations. Adding senarios where someting happen and you have to deal with or you die sounds good to me!

At this time, I really want to improve on the 3D effect of the current game like better lunar surface, a landing site indicator on the cockpit view (so you do not have to watch the Moon map all the time). I am also hoping to add like I said, forbidden area where cannot land (boulders for instance). That way I can re-create the situation that faced the Apollo astronauts where at the last minutes they had to find a flat safe to land.

I also want to work on a realistic space rendez-vous simulator. But the ultimate goal is to devellop an actual flight simulator (plane)!!

So stay tune....

Thanks for the question!

Mo.