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Reaction Control System (cheat mod)

This is a simplified, lightweight and more performance-friendly version of
Thruster Physics & Differential Throttling mod.

• Do not use this mod alongside with Digi's Realistic Thrusters; otherwise you'll end up applying the same thruster torque twice,
  
• Do not use this mod alongside with Thruster Physics & Differential Throttling either; these mods, despite sharing codebase, are incompatible,
  
• Only minimal testing on LAN has been done, thus no guarantees that this mod will work correctly in real multiplayer.

1. There is no differential throttling, no thrust calibration and no active control; instead this mod cheats by magically discarding engine torque if there are enough gyroscopes onboard. If the ship has insufficient gyros to cancel combined torque from thrusters, it will spin,
   
2. Having gyroscopes on a ship is mandatory, like in vanilla,
   
3. Engines can either steer the ship or accelerate it, but not both at the same time*,
   
4. There are no special thruster modes, simply because they are not needed.

* for safety reasons, this mod will not override thrusters activated by WSAD keys.

On the other hand, this mod offers several gameplay advantages over the other one:

• it is fully compatible with stock RC autopilot,
  
• no control lag,
  
• no sudden jarring caused by thrusters trying turn and accelerate the ship simultaneously,
  
• ships with enough gyros will fly straight at full power, just like in vanilla, with the added bonus of being able to use thrusters to turn.

By default, all thrusters on a ship will participate in manual steering. To exclude thrusters from RCS functionality, simply add them to a group with [NO RCS] tag in its name. Please note that disabling steering will not stop engines from exerting torque on a ship.

Both title image and the video use opposite thruster blocks made with a six-side conveyor +
nukeguard's RCS thrusters on four sides.

This mod is distributed under terms and conditions of CC0[creativecommons.org] licence.