Great ideas, you really seem to think outside the box on this kinda stuff.

Another thing that would be interesting would be to make shielded fighters, such as the X-wing and TIE Defender, automatically replenish their hit points, while unshielded fighters didn't.

Afaik, this can be done by setting ObjectTemplate.armor.hpLostWhileCriticalDamage to a negative value.

Yeah I had this idea too, I'm still trying to figure out a way to make it work.

It should also be possible to use python to create an automated Fire Control System that'd lock your lasers on the closest enemy fighter in front of you.

That is indeed something I've wanted a long time . A system in which you have to aim yourself much of the time, but if you keep the enemy near the middle of your screen for long enough, eventually your starfighter aims by itself, almost guaranteeing hits and a kill. Would make the gunner position on the Y-Wing far more useful, and also, possibly, dramatically change the way head-to-head attacks play out.

If even half of this can be implemented in at least single-player, space combat in FS will be ten times cooler.

Another thing that would be interesting would be to make shielded fighters, such as the X-wing and TIE Defender, automatically replenish their hit points, while unshielded fighters didn't. Would make sense if we get the shield display working, make the shielded fighters more distinct from the unshielded ones, and would possibly also allow some nifty features such as dumping your laser energy to shields for faster recharge, like in the X-Wing series of games.

ObjectTemplate.fire.fireincameradof 0 allows the lasers to fire forward but they never converge, its fine for an A wing coz the lasers are fairly close together; x-wing will be a different matter, your aim at a tiny Tie and all the shots will just go around it. Y-wing shuld be fine tho .

Well there's more then 1 way to fix this.

I can just add a dummy camera that'd be used by fireInCameraDof and would remain static all the time, while the player would use another camera that is not static and has mouselook enabled.

It's also possible to let the player choose whatever zero range (range where lasers intersect) he wants with a press of a button.

It should also be possible to use python to create an automated Fire Control System that'd lock your lasers on the closest enemy fighter in front of you.

Or I can give the player ability to enable the Fire Control System and have automatic zero range, or disable it and set the range manually.

How did you get around the laser issue with mouselook? When we had it switched on it ended up screwing up the lasers aim throwing it off in the direction that you had just looked and off the crosshairs. So if you found a fix for that issue I think that gets you a backstage pass on its own.

Umm... really? Have you tried ObjectTemplate.fire.fireincameradof 0?

It's not just animated, it actually works. It indicates speed, altitude, heading, shields, torque and energy.

Would be great to have this in all the fighters.

Also loving the animated details on the cockpit console, I think your first job may well be giving all the cockpits a little TLC judging from your demo.