Would it be possible for a player to dock to another object? Either manually lining up the dockpoints and pressing D (or something), or pressing a key to make the AI takeover, once the player has gotten himself near enough the dockee.
What I'm thinking is - if the player was flying a Triton, is it possible to create a system whereby he could pickand drop off cargo crates. Similarly, it might make rearming easier - no more waiting around for the support ship to fanny about, you can just zoom up to it then line up the dock yourself. Well, maybe.
And while we're on the subject, how about allowing a mission writer to force the player's ship to perform AI tasks. Perhaps hitting A could force the player's fighter to fly a series of waypoints, thus simulating an autopilot. That kind of thing. And you could have a hostile influence take control of the player's fighter, making it attack his own side whilst the player is helpless to stop it, perhaps.
Anyway, the can has been opened - I leave you guys to deal with the worms
