Jason has created another awesome track for Lunar Flight which is featured in this new video.

The video shows off fly bys of each of the bases using a combination of the Fly By Camera and the Nav Point Tracking Camera.

Enjoy…in full screen! 😉



Internode, Australia’s finest ISP has a featured interview up today on their games website:

http://games.on.net/article/12666/Developer_Interview_Lunar_Flight

Thanks Bennett and the GON crew!

I’ve emailed out to everyone that has made a donation a link to the latest build, have fun guys! 🙂

I’m just putting the final touches on the next build which will be made available soon to everyone that has made a Donation.

One thing to note with this build is the changes to Lost Cargo and what it means for the Physics mode. The Lost Cargo weights have been increased to 10k and the destination bases have been changed. To complete these deliveries will require the Realistic Physics mode as there is little margin for error and you need to depend on momentum and inertia to make the distances required. The Drag Assisted mode will result in have to constantly burn fuel. I am contemplating removing the Drag Assisted mode. These changes make them the most challenging Missions in the game now and justify their high rewards of $12500 and 1500 XP.

Cockpit Heading Indicator (Video)

• Shows the bearing direction to the selected Nav Point
• Shows the bearing direction of North (Outer Ring)
• Hides the Nav Point bearing if less than 3 meters from the Nav Point

Lost Cargo Missions

• Lost Cargo Weight increased to 10000 (Can only be recovered in Realistic Physics Mode)
• Lost Cargo now creates an active Mission when recovered
• Lost Cargo cannot be recovered if there is another Active Mission
• Lost Cargo will be reset if not delivered (Crash or Out of Fuel)
• Lost Cargo are now saved, wont reappear when restarting the game if already delivered
• New Achievement ‘Recovery Complete’ recover all 5 of the Lost Cargo – 150 Points

Music Player

• Plays multiple tracks
• Changes track when there are state changes
• You can the change track by accessing the Menu (automatic)
• Only 2 Tracks currently more to come from ‘pootsz’

Controls

It is now possible to do almost everything on the X360 controller except for Refuel and Repair. Due to a bug in the Input Manager you will be required to press the ‘Reset To Defaults’ button in the input configuration in the Menu if your controls are not functioning correctly.

• DPad – Up on the X360 controller is now ‘Upload/Unload’
• DPad - Down on the X360 controller is now ‘Recover’
• Left Stick Button on the X360 controller is now ‘Acquire’
• DPad - Left on the X360 controller is now Last Mission on the Mission Computer Page
• DPad - Right on the X360 controller is now Next Mission on the Mission Computer Page
• Start on the X360 controller will now ‘Accept’ the Mission Selection on the Mission Computer Page

New Camera

• The Bottom Right Camera ‘Follow’ now has a toggle button to make it look at the selected Nav Point while keeping the Lunar Module in view.

Other

• The Player Map Icon is now an Arrow and shows the direction you are facing.
• The Map Nav Icon texture was recentered
• Updated Configuration Splash Image
• Updated Intro Textures
• New Start Position for Flyby Camera
• The Artificial Horizon Texture was changed so Black is the sky, Grey is the ground.
• Various Bug Fixes…

Lastly here’s an early look at the next map…

In this video I describe how to  conduct a Survey Mission.

Please watch this in Fullscreen…

Another video this time demonstrating how to find and recover Lost Cargo.

Please watch this in Fullscreen…

I’ve added a new feature called the Heading Indicator to make flying from the cockpit view easier. Several people who like to fly from the cockpit view expressed difficulty determining the direction of the Nav Sphere in the HUD, particularly when it is facing backward. The Heading Indicator shows you a top down alignment orientation view and also includes a North Reference relative to the Map.

Please watch this in Fullscreen…

I made a wall paper for anyone that would like it. 1920×1200 size.

Lunar Flight Wallpaper

Click on the image to open it fullsize and to save it.

This is the Default Xbox 360 controller layout as of version 098i, it is now possible to select missions and accept them as well as Unload, Upload, Recover and Acquire all from the controller reducing the need for the keyboard.

Thank you to everyone that has made a donation so far, some of them are very generous! 🙂

I am individually emailing everyone at the moment access to the game so I hope I haven’t missed anyone.

If you have not received an email from me please let me know by leaving a comment here.