Improve surface scan missions on high-pressure worlds #5841
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- Filter out extreme-pressure bodies that 95% of ships won't be able to visit (can be re-added later as high-reward special mission). - Display target body surface pressure and gravity for surface scan ads when relevant.
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I'm sure we used to be able to land on Venus? What changed? |
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@fluffyfreak see #5728 - TLDR: heavy atmospheric shielding trivialized the game by letting even the biggest of space-bound bulk freighters act like submarines exploring the edge of the Marianas trench. Atmospheric shielding equipment values were changed alongside randomly generated gas giant surface pressures. The hand-set atmosphere for Venus has ~6x more surface pressure than the next closest generated body. It's intended that the player is able to land on Venus in a properly-outfitted Wave, but the atmosphere for Venus is currently calculated with the wrong molar mass for the real-life atmospheric gasses leading to a higher surface pressure than present in real life. This PR is a cleanup task to avoid frustrating players by asking them to do the equivalent of driving over an active lava flow in a Honda Civic 😄 |
It's come to my attention that currently no ships in the game can approach the surface of Venus, yet we generate surface scan missions there anyways. Luckily, that's a quick fix.
I've also thrown in a new section of warning text to surface scan mission ads mentioning the target body's atmospheric pressure and surface gravity when those are potentially a factor limiting the player's ability to carry out the mission.
I've chosen to treat this as an informational notice only rather than preventing the player from accepting the contract to both reduce the amount of code required and also provide maximum flexibility to the player.
This PR can be used with existing saves, though you'll have to re-generate BBS ads by jumping to a different system to clear existing missions to Venus.