Kitten Space Agency

From Gravhoek on Discord:

Here's what I've been working on since my aerobraking video ~1 week ago. This is our RCS attitude controller which can both null out rotation rates (detumble) and track pointing targets. Unlike in other space sims, our RCS thrusters have minimum firing times. This means spacecraft will use small pulses to steer themselves towards their targets, then "wobble" back and forth with the occasional thruster firing to keep themselves pointed in the same direction.

The extra special trick of KSA is this works at any time warp! In this video you can see the full timescale from 1x real time to 1 month/second of warp, with the controller holding its pointing targets and even transitioning between targets with perfect stability. No more sending your craft spinning into infinity if you time warp a bit too much!

When we eventually add reaction wheels and/or control moment gyros to the game, they will feel meaningfully different because they will be able to do very fine pointing without all the wobble (but won't be nearly as powerful as RCS).