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Thanks for the info. I couldn't find anything in the graphics driver settings or the keyboad configuration. There were no keyboard combinations listed anywhere. I guess I'll try reinstalling. Weird though that everything else seems OK.

Geez - don't know how I missed that one, right in the root folder too. Well, the key combinations are in there and the alt+arrows works to rotate the view is working but still not the ctrl+alt+arrow for the position changes. How would I check to see if another program is intercepting the...

Hi, I have Orbiter 2006 installed on an older laptop and have found a bizarre problem that I've never had before. The ctrl+alt+arrow key combination to move positions in a virtual cockpit (tried with stock DG and AMSO VCs) isn't working. I've had previous installs of Orbiter 2006 on this same...

The three dimensional landscape is a vessel, not a base. The base is just the location on the sphere. I can't remember exactly how I did it (it was a while ago) but I think for the most part I copied the "landing site" or whatever it was called from the "vessels" section out of one of the AMSO...

Well, after looking at the table maybe I'll get different results on the next flights. I've gotten through Apollo 11, but the rest all have later spalshdown times. I have all the historic times in a table like this but hadn't really looked ahead at the flights I haven't done yet. I know I've...

I don't have any official expertise on this but I think in order to really reap the benefits of dual GPU's an application has to be written to take advantage of it. I think that's why some games have "SLI certified" or "Crossfire Certified" types of notations on them. I would be surprised if...

I've been spending a good amount of time on AMSO lately (could it be I'm finally getting a clue on using IMFD!?!) but I'm a little baffled by something. I've been trying to follow the historical timelines of the flights for the major events when I can. Sometimes things just don't coincide...

Hi, I haven't had the opportunity to try another flight yet but no, I don't have unlimited fuel enabled. Especially when I'm trying the Jupiter Direct addon, I end up having just barely enough fuel for the burn.

Thanks for the reply. I'll try the AutoBurnMaxRate adjustment - I do notice it seems to get a bit "wobbly" when orienting the stack before the burn with the Jupiter addon. I'll give the DGIV another try and try to capture some info - I don't even remember what I did the last time I tried it to...

I've been messing around with IMFD on and off for a while, tried a bunch of tutorials, read the "full manual", watched playbacks, etc. When I follow a tutorial, generally I have no problem. I think I understand the concepts and the basics of what does what, but when I try to use it on one of my...

I'm still getting my head around a lot of this stuff, but relative to the equator an inclination of 0 would be an orbit exactly along the equator prograde, 90 would be a polar orbit straight up from South pole to North pole, 180 would be exactly along the equator but now going retrograde. So if...

Whenever I'm on the ground on Earth or in LEO and view the standard Map MFD in Orbiter 2010 with the moon targeted, it always shows the Moon's orbit projection as a straight line across the map. Shouldn't it be a "wavy line" projection like most other orbits? I don't recall it looking like this...

I'm trying to follow an AMSO/IMFD tutorial "From the Earth to the Moon", which I realize was written for older versions of Orbiter, AMSO, and IMFD than what I'm using but I would think that it's basically still valid (I hope). I'm using Orbiter 2010. This is my first attempt at doing anything...

Hi, this is hopefully an easy question but I've been trying out the DGIV in Orbiter 2010, and the 2D panel doesn't fit all the way across my screen. It's like it's shrunk down to occupy the middle 1/3rd of the screen. I have a 1920x1200 screen. I at first was thinking maybe I need to mess with...

Francisdrake, thanks for a) the addon and b) the launch trajectory advice. I'll give it a try. Just in case you happen to check this post again - I'm having another little problem and being still pretty new to Orbiter and addons I wonder if you might be able to help. If I use the Orion addon...