pioneerspacesim/pioneer — Issue #821: Compute hyperspace entry point based on size of star
Author: robn
Created: 2011-11-27 10:41:45+00:00
State: open
Labels: Unexpected behaviour

The entry point is fixed at 11AU from the primary star. In extreme cases (eg supermassive black holes) this is inside the star, causing a crash when entering the system. The distance should take star radius or mass into account.

Naively I want to say 10*radius to leave us with something roughly similar to what we have now (at least for Sol). Some scaling might be necessary as I'm not sure if that will run into precision problems with something as stupidly huge as the SMBH.

See also: http://www.spacesimcentral.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=35&t=2533