A toolkit for building physically-driven spaceships with autopilot, thrusters, gyro, and cockpit camera, with editor-time path authoring.

• Version: 1.0
• Author: HeavyCoat Games
• Module layout: ShipCore (runtime), ShipCoreEditor (editor)
• Discord: LINK TO SERVER
• Youtube: LINK TO TUTORIAL

Table of Contents

1. Quick Start
2. Architecture Overview
3. Core Components (Runtime)
   • 3.1 Autopilot Manager (UAutopilotManagerComp)
   • 3.2 Thruster Manager (UThrusterManagerComp)
   • 3.3 Gyro Manager (UGyroManagerComp)
   • 3.4 Pilot Camera (UPilotCameraComp)
   • 3.5 Shared Types and Logging
4. Path Authoring (Runtime + Editor)
   • 4.1 Path Spline (UShipCorePathSpline)
   • 4.2 Autopilot Path Actor (AShipCoreAutopilotPathActor)
   • 4.3 Editor Utilities (UShipCoreFuncLib)
5. Workflows and Recipes
   • 5.1 Follow a Path (AUTO)
   • 5.2 Guided Flight (FLIGHT) with Docking
   • 5.3 Precision Docking (PRECISE)
   • 5.4 Multiplayer Notes
6. Tuning Cheatsheets
   • 6.1 Autopilot Phases
   • 6.2 Thrusters
   • 6.3 Gyro
   • 6.4 Camera
7. Troubleshooting

1. Quick Start

• Enable ShipCore in Plugins.
• Add components to your ship actor:
  • UThrusterManagerComp (linear movement + dampening + replication)
  • UGyroManagerComp (torque + damping + replication)
  • UAutopilotManagerComp (path following + docking + replication)
  • UPilotCameraComp (cockpit camera)
• Place AShipCoreAutopilotPathActor in level and shape its spline.