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Using alpha 100324: Artlav, I ran through my typical battery of tests and everything looked great. I didn't test out the new time compression hold feature, so hopefully others will have some feeedback there. The "send a keypress to another vessel" worked perfectly, thanks for adding that. No...

Oh, yes, please do that. :) My Centaur second stages will thank you for the weight reduction. -- Mike

Just a bit of ultra-geekiness last night with UAP and VMC. Enjoy while we wait for the next alpha release. :) -- Mike

Hmm... I could have sworn it worked the other day. I must not be getting enough sleep. I think it would be useful, but I might be the only one. I'm picturing ordering two vessels to open docking ports prior to a dock, then have them both open airlocks and eva crew between the ships. All of...

Hi, Artlav. At the end of this post is my UAP Hohmann test with Deepstar from Earth to Moon. The first scenario is the whole thing, the second one has the vessel in position after the second correction burn. Results were a little better in my last 2 runs, but with a targeted altitude of 600...

alpha-100318 feedback A few things that were problematic in 100317 seem to have been addressed in 100318, so all looking good. I didn't do extensive testing, but I did run through all my usual testing scenarios. Vertical launch with a multistage vessel looked good. With an Atlas V there is...

Nothing wrong with that, Sideshow. I fought with the exact same thing last night with my ShuttleA and settled on the same sort of program for the autopilot to use the new mode 3 lift off. The vessel was definitely yawing to point in line with its velocity vector so the second lift_off burn...

Artlav, do you ever sleep? You're fixing and adding features faster than we can test them out. Thanks. :) Mind? I'd be honored. I have a full scenario file if you want me to send it your way. It'll save you the trouble of having to position vessels. Sounds good. Again, great job...

Using UAP-alpha-100314 I ran all the scenarios I'd been using to test earlier alpha builds, and everything still looked great. One difference I did notice was with the launch autopilot in hold heading mode. Using an Atlas V, the autopilot did a lot of "hunting" causing the vessel to roll back...

Limits? There are limits? ;) I had the vessels well within 2 km of each other, but I didn't think to check my closing velocity. I was definitely closing too fast for the autopilot. I reran the scenario after manually reducing CVEL and the autopilot worked just fine close in. I then backed...

Hi, Artlav. All good news with the things I've been testing using UAP alpha-100310. Launch first ShuttleA into 200 km by 200 km orbit around Mars. BEGIN_uap $SH-01:lift_off(engine=hover,mode=0,heading=70,altitude=200,pitch_tgt=0,pitch_duration=1,off_duration=0,stage=0)...

Yes, that is a remnant from me messing around before I understood how that autopilot functioned. Please ignore that 30 km altitude. Ahh, thank you for the explanation. Now I understand why I wasn't getting the desired result with a ShuttleA. The runway_off is for those fancy pilots whose...

Hi, Artlav. Not vague at all -- just me trying out different things to see what would work. I went through my usual tests with alpha-100310 and things look good. ShuttleA liftoff from Mars works perfectly. Here's the UAP block as written to a save file. BEGIN_uap...

I hadn't seen any other posts testing a launch involving both hover and main engines, so I thought I'd get you some feedback on UAP with a Shuttle-A, Artlav. Shuttle-A on Mars, start launch with hover thrusters to gain altitude, then switch to mains. This is with UAP alpha-100307. BEGIN_uap...

Just a day at the office The work never ends for the crew of a Shuttle-A UCGO supply vessel. -- Mike

Jarmonik, I've been using version 5.3b with Deepstar, DG-IV, and Shuttle-A vessels around Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn for some time now. I have not seen a problem with orbit insert since an occasional problem I had noticed a long time ago with version 5.1. -- Mike

Hi, Tex. The LD version played back a bit better for me, but my player was still buffering and unbuffering too frequently. I tried the VLC player you mentioned in a previous post and playback of the LD version was substantially better with that player. So, part of the problem I was seeing was...

Absolutely marvelous video, Tex. As always, the choice of music was perfect. Happy Birthday :cheers:and thanks for going to the effort to see about rendering a "lower-end" version -- folks like me on old machines appreciate it. -- Mike

I've got it as well, after atuhalpa sent me a copy. You can drop me a PM as well if you need the Atlas V. -- Mike

Nice read, Tex, even for a non-film maker like me. It was interesting to read that you often select music before filming. Whenever I watch one of your films I wonder if you're a film maker with a great ability for selecting the right music or a musical director who happens to make great...