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Re:Show HN: I added autopilot to the lunar lander game by josephcsible on Friday March 10, 2023 @02:21AM (#35091455)
One suggestion: if the lander is within about 10 feet of the ground and is still either swaying back and forth or going really fast laterally, it should thrust upwards to buy more time to correct those things.
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Re:Show HN: I added autopilot to the lunar lander game by szhu on Friday March 10, 2023 @09:57AM (#35095060)
oh yeah definitely. Left as an exercise for the reader??

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Re:Show HN: I added autopilot to the lunar lander game by szhu on Friday March 10, 2023 @01:41PM (#35098946)
Actually, I think my new algorithm fixes this -- and without any dedicated "swaying" edge case!
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