Rate 1: what acceleration does it correspond to?

[amoroso]

In a changedistance CEL command, to which linear acceleration does a rate of 1 correspond to? I mean in units such as ms^-2.

Paolo

[cpotting]

It does not correspond to any particular acceleration or speed. When the changedistance command is used the new distance is calculated based on the current distance, the size of the object being orbited, the current timescale (if I am reading the code correctly) and the rate parameter you supply. The rate of movement is exponential between the starting and ending distances.

In other words, the movement is calculated to make the camera movement look good, not to conform to a realistic "propulsion system" form of movement.

Sorry, not much help I guess...