ship or station mass

[Bobby]

how do i find the mass of a ship or station through code?

[digdug]

or retrieving anything like thrust, maneuver, maxspeed, cargospace from any <shipClass>?

[Bobby]

i mean use a device/item during the game that can find the mass of the targeted ship or station for reasons i have yet to release. and then automatically perform some action based on the now known mass.



also, along with the first question, what units, ton kg?

[Bobby]

there is an (itmGetMass WhATEVERITEM) but it keeps telling me it expects a list. the player's target is not a list, nor do i understand lists.

[digdug]

because itmGetMass is used only in dockscreens or in globals called from within a dockscreen ?

[Betelgeuse]

itmGetMass needs a itemstruct if you have an UNID of the item you would need to do this

(itmGetMass (itmCreate UNID 1))

That will return the mass of the item.

[Bobby]

OK a workable workaround

steps:
get total cargo space.
estimate it's mass by the principle that mare cargo means more mass on the ship.

question: what is a good estimate ratio of cargo space to mass? for ships


EDIT: objgetcargospaceleft works fine for the player ship, but crashes on the player's target

[Bobby]

is there any information carried on a ship that can be accessed through code and could indicate the size of a ship? same with stations.

EX: mass, can't access
# of armor plates won't work on stations
cargo space only works on player and object calling code from what i can tell.

[Betelgeuse]

for stations and ships there is always static data, lots of work but still a workable solution
works for any get of something about a ship or station

[Ttech]

for stations and ships there is always static data, lots of work but still a workable solution
works for any get of something about a ship or station

and another hint for my project?