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Hey - and listen to this - we could have built a moonbase if the Apollo program hadn't ended! Technology moves fast, eh? Perhaps when we do get round to it, we'll name it to Neil's memory.

Probably not the best time to say I don't believe he had actually ever landed on the moon then?....

No, and you can keep that mistrust to yourself!

Oh God! Oh God, oh God, oh God! Why must You treat us this way??

I think it indicates the lateral speed. I'm not sure, but all the same, it's there for realism.

What is the blue-grey instrument supposed to be?

Which one do you mean?

So how do I program something like that?

Mm, I can try that. Um - is parallax scrolling easy?

Thanks!

Now, just a question: how should I draw a sort of semi-circular panoramic view? I'm sure you know I don't understand perspective very well...

I've longed to build an Apollo Moon mission sim for quite a while, and at one point I decided, why not make a point-and-click one? Like those two "Apollo 18" games? (Perhaps I should get "Searching for Sam & Max" out the way first.)
I've made a start already; using Eagle Lander 3D and Orbiter NASSP for reference, I drew up the LM cockpit. Now, assuming that the instruments have a mouseover label, and the numbers on the altitude dials are made a little larger for convenience, would you say this screen delivers all the important information to you, i.e. fuel, altitude, velocity, thrust, all that?

Excellent! Thank you for the answers! ^^

Would there happen to be some sort of code that makes the viewport follow the cursor, rather than the player character? As in, the screen scrolls to follow its position?

Sorry, force of habit. 

It's hard to say. A bit of both, I think.

We got there.

Correct! After I just enlarge those sofas and table, and clean up the shadows a bit, it should be ready to go.

I'd love to see more comics!! And I'd love to see a hand-drawn film too!

These lightbulbs are especially bright....!

Like this?

Well... alright, I'll have another look at it, but it's going to be a bit tricky....

Pointless; I'll just mess it up again!