Making orbits in game + showing distance

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  1. How would I make it look like something’s in orbit – a.k.a. a map of the solar system?
  2. In addition, how would I make a system that changes your distance to the location you locked onto in the map?

Tbh the distance can be fake I just wanna know how to show it and how to ‘lock onto’ a planet.

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Would a waypoint work?
I think that shows distance

Okay uuhhh
Quick forum search says that the player coord device would probably work
Converting that into [?] ft is beyond me, though.

My pleasure, lol.
I finally figured out rendering :DD

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I think I’m more looking for fake distance, ex. 5km to one planet and 7km to another based on a map.
Any ideas @bakedpotato?

for toes

ty for the pfp

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OOH this is for outer wilds am i right?
i guess you could use some animation for the orbit
maybe move the planets around a bit?

maybe a thin horizontal line that makes a small “trail” to where that planet is?

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I don’t exactly need animation, I just need a way to design the orbits

How would I make that?

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