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  1. othoudt

    General Question Ring Shadows on Planets

    I was looking at some pictures from the Cassini probe and I noticed Saturn's rings casting shadows on Saturn's upper atmosphere. This detail is missing in Orbiter. Then I realized that I had never seen a shadow of any of Saturn's or Jupiter's moons on their atmospheres like I have seen in...
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    Problem Moon lvl 11 discrepancies

    After installing moon lvl 11 textures I flew there to have a look at the improvement for myself and found this: It looks as though level 10 and level 11 are mixed together. Does anyone else see this?
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    General Question Orbiter 2010 Planetary Scenery Levels

    Can someone tell me the planetary scenery levels included in the 2010 download package? I read that it come with Earth level 11 which I upgraded to level 14 but what about the rest of the bodies in the solar system?
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    Flight Question Dragonfly C.G. Offset

    Well, I'm trying to learn how to fly the Dragonfly and use it to assemble station parts but the whole C.G. Offset controls have me a bit flustered. I know what the C.G. Offset thing is all about but the auto function doesn't seem to help and I can't seem to get the Dragonfly balanced with the...
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    Problem Orulex and World Studio

    Well, I'm still having problems with Orulex and World Studio. I'd like to know more about the "Functions" menu in World Studio. The default "Constant" settings make the terrain way too exagerated. If I set the "Constant" for the moon from 6250(?) to 1 the terrain looks much more reasonable...
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    General Question Planet Resolution Levels

    Can anyone tell me what the highest resolution levels are for the various planets are/or and where I can find them? Thanks
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    Problem Launch MFD 1.3 for Beta 2009

    Well I was glad to see Launch MFD for the latest Beta come along but after installing it I don't have a HUD in the DG4 anymore. Any kind of HUD, no matter if I hit the keyboard "H" or if I use the HUD button on surface or orbit MFDs. Anyone else having this problem?
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    General Question Does Mars' Atmosphere Look too Thick?

    I have recently figured out how to get to Mars with a James Cook DSV and when I get there the atmosphere looks thicker than Earth's by far. I just watched an episode of "The Universe" about Mars and in all the orbital views of the planet the entire hemisphere is visable while in Orbiter only...
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    Hardware Does Anyone Have a Nvidia GeForce 6200 AGP?

    I was just wondering if anyone has upgraded their video card and/or computer and now is in possession of an Nvidia GeForce 6200 AGP card they don't want anymore and would like to sell. I have an ATI 2400 256mb that does OK but I would rather have the afore mentioned Nvidia for several reasons...
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    Programming Question World Studio Function Menu

    I'm getting the hang of Orulex and World studio but there are still a few things that I'd like to know. Number 1 would be what is the meaning of the "Constant" field in the World Studio Function Menu? Number 2 would be what's wrong with this picture?
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    General Question Orulex Height Map

    I really like the Orulex add-on even though it might ask too much from my system (AMD 3200, 2G Corsair Ram, ATI 2400 AGP video card) for good surface appearance in both the foreground and in the distance but having terrain more than makes up for that. What I am wondering is whether Orulex is...
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    Does Decartes Class Vessel Crash to Desktop for anyone else?

    I have added the Decartes Class Interplanetary Vessels to Orbiter 2006 and to the 2009 beta and in both versions they CTD in exactly 100 seconds. Greg Burch seems to have done some brilliant work here but 100 seconds is not enough...for me at least. I have done clean installs of both Orbiter...
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    General Question Do Different Computers Calculate Different Orbiter Universes?

    I got to wondering if two different computers having different CPUs, RAM, Video cards, ect might calculate two slightly different Orbiter universes? Let's say computer A has a CPU that rounds off numbers to 20 decimal places and computer B has a CPU that rounds off numbers to 21 decimal places...
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    BurnTimeCalcMFD Version 1.5 won't load

    After about 10 attempts to load BTC 1. 5 into Orbiter I have to post this problem: BTC 1.5 won't load. It shows up in the modules tab and appears to activate but it never shows up on actual MFD list in the cockpit even on a clean install of Orbiter 2006 P1. Anyone else having this problem...
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    General Question Autopilot Misalignment

    I have noticed a couple of problems (?) with the Pro-grade, Retrograde, Orbit Normal and Orbit Anti-Normal (attitude hold) autopilots: Pro-grade autopilot is misaligned by about 0.2 degrees starboard yaw to the pro-grade indicator. Which one is incorrect, the autopilot or the pro-grade circle...
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    Flow rate and mass not correctly recognized by BTC 1.42a

    I have a problem with BTC 1.42a in that the flow rates are incorrect. BTC gives a mass flow rate of 4.500kg/s for the main engines but flight testing (DGIV) yields 5.910 kg/s as a real value. Same problem with BTC's mass flow rate for the hover and retro engines; they are incorrect. In...
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    Installation Space Elevator

    Yuri Kulchitsky has done some really good work with Luna OB1 updates and Luna City and his Space Elevator looks fantastic but I'd like to install it at Doberai (lat 1deg S) but being a total newb at config files and such I could use a little help.
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    Problem Finding FSS Alpha and Beta

    I ran the setup for FSS but I am not able to find Alpha or beta on any target list. I tried typing "FSS Alpha" in the target field but without success. Did I not do something? I read readme.txt but saw nothing relevent. спасибо
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    Question Trans X Reset

    Is there a reset function on Trans X? I can use Trans X to get the the Moon then land and refuel but when I want to program Trans X to get me back to Earth, I can't reset the MFD and I'm stuck with 3 stages when I understand 2 is all that's needed. Of Course I have a quicksave on the moon that...
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    Flight Question Delta V vs Time and Distance

    I ran across an equation in a How to Land on the Moon tutorial video (which I since lost) that would calculate how far prior to the base you should apply retro thrust at a known velocity for a known -acceleration. The result was that your ship would arrive over the base with a velocity of 0...
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