General Question Vessel creation spacecraft.dll documentation

[xionx]

I'm making a minimal addon for Orbiter, I generated a .msh file and just want PB-01 like control, I thought I could do that by using spacecraft.dll.
I couldn't find much help online, the only tutorial about is really old and don't even expose every parameters provided by the dll : https://www.orbiter-forum.com/resources/tutorial-how-to-use-spacecraft-dll-lesson-1.2600/
I would be grateful if anyone could show me the right path.

 

[xionx]

I'm making a minimal addon for Orbiter, I generated a .msh file and just want PB-01 like control, I thought I could do that by using spacecraft.dll.
I couldn't find much help online, the only tutorial about is really old and don't even expose every parameters provided by the dll : https://www.orbiter-forum.com/resources/tutorial-how-to-use-spacecraft-dll-lesson-1.2600/
I would be grateful if anyone could show me the right path.

Copied the .cfg config of some other simplistic vessel I had and removed / commented some of the thing I didn't know or understand and got some basic control on my vessel HOWEVER the thrust is inverted, the whole control in fact and the camera. So my little spacecraft have inverted controls and flies backward. Is there any easy way to fix this ?

MeshName = xr
Size = 1

Mass = 3000  ; empty mass [kg]
MaxFuel = 3000  ; max fuel mass [kg]
Isp = 9.7e5       ; fuel specific impulse [m/s]
MaxMainThrust = 12e4
MaxRetroThrust = 10e4
MaxHoverThrust = 71e3
MaxAttitudeThrust = 33e2
; TouchdownPoints = 3.895 -4.449 -4  -3.904 .050 -4  3.895 4.450 -4
; CameraOffset = 0 0 3
; CW = 0.08 0.3 0.3 3
LiftFactor = 0.7
CrossSections = 10 3 9
RotResistance = 0.7 0.7 1.0
; === Docking parameters ===
DockRef = 1.3165265 0.05 12
DockDir = 0 0 1
DockRot = 0 1 0
; === Engine reference points ===
MEngineRef1 = 0.00000 0.000000000 4.0000

I could invert the mesh itself but I think it's already pointing forward tho?

 

[gattispilot]

I can help. Can you attach your mesh?

 

[xionx]

I can help. Can you attach your mesh?

Here you go, don't juge it's a very simple futuristic model :

https://files.catbox.moe/u3aurq.msh

 

[gattispilot]

Mesh is facing the wrong direction

This is meshwizard. I didn't see it on the downloads though?

 

[xionx]

Mesh is facing the wrong direction

This is meshwizard. I didn't see it on the downloads though?

Should it be like this instead ? https://files.catbox.moe/9i4u93.msh

 

[gattispilot]

better but tilted. try this mesh just rename to .msh

 

[gattispilot]

and there is this:https://www.orbiter-forum.com/resources/tutorial-how-to-use-spacecraft-dll-lesson-1.2600/

 

[misha.physics]

the only tutorial about is really old and don't even expose every parameters provided by the dll

Have a look at other add-ons of the same author (@ar81). He has a couple of tutorials regarding spacecraft.dll.

Copied the .cfg config of some other simplistic vessel

Could you tell what vessel CFG did you use?

Also, you can write a vessel configuration file on Lua. There're examples included in Orbiter 2024.

 

[xionx]

Have a look at other add-ons of the same author (@ar81). He has a couple of tutorials regarding spacecraft.dll.

Could you tell what vessel CFG did you use?

Also, you can write a vessel configuration file on Lua. There're examples included in Orbiter 2024.

I don't use Orbiter 2024
I used a very niche one from my addon collection :

 

[xionx]

Ye indeed the model was inverted, I just had to flip properly the mesh. Picture unrelated I flew it inverted with the reverse engine (lol)
Anyways I still do not know where to find all parameters I can set using spacecraft.dll

 

[gattispilot]

did you look at this:

and there is this:https://www.orbiter-forum.com/resources/tutorial-how-to-use-spacecraft-dll-lesson-1.2600/

It explains and lot of it

 

[xionx]

the only tutorial about is really old and don't even expose every parameters provided by the dll : https://www.orbiter-forum.com/resources/tutorial-how-to-use-spacecraft-dll-lesson-1.2600/

@gattispilot

 

[misha.physics]

@xionx, have you tried this?:

Have a look at other add-ons of the same author (@ar81). He has a couple of tutorials regarding spacecraft.dll.

Addon icon A

Tutorial: How to use Spacecraft.dll parameters (Le

Dec 12, 2006

Imported from OHM

• ar81
• Tutorials

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Tutorial: Spacecraft3.dll advanced concepts

Nov 21, 2008

Imported from OHM

• ar81
• Tutorials