Spaceship docking system

[landauf]

We want spaceships to dock onto another (larger) ship or a spacestation. Possible docking points on the large ship can be defined in the XML file. The player can dock onto another ship by selecting the other ship and use the docking command. If docked onto another ship, the player can switch the cockpit, as long as there's a free place in the other ship (for example a gun turret).

Think about the following problems:

• How can a player select a docking spot?
• Is there an automatic docking system (autopilot)?
• What happens if the ship has docked?
• How to switch the cockpit?
• …