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So I had this old laptop with a broken hard drive, and I recently replaced that with an SSD. Now that I had a spare working computer again, I thought it might be fun to return to Orbiter. I've done the download and install, and everything seems to work fine, or it will when I finish...

One of the most exciting features of Orbiter 2016 is the much more realistic and detailed planetary scenery. It's mainly for that reason that I would like to set up a "flight" which, with the Moon as the reference object, would begin just below the Earth-Moon neutral point, and my spacecraft...

As GIFs seem to the social media rage these days, I wanted to build a couple using Orbiter screenshots or video clips. (I'm assuming it's OK for me to do this as my only objective is to amuse a couple of friends online; if it isn't, will Martin or somebody please advise.) I would like to...

Having just incorporated the Gemini spacecraft by estar and replicant into my first add-on, I've seen that Spacecraft addons operate on the basic principle that you start out with a single spacecraft, and that as you jettison a component you now have one more spacecraft, and so on until there is...

This applies to a certain configuration of my Gemini Joe addon, but only when I attempt to fly it manually into space. I think it's potentially applicable to any addon using the MS/SC modules, whichever versions of those modules may be in use for the configuration in question. The basic issue...

The Gemini Joe add-on is available for download. I'm starting this thread on Xion's advice since the official Addons & Comments thread won't be available until a few days from now. At that time, this thread will be merged with the official one, and for the time being questions and comments may...

I see from a quick search that this question has been brought up a couple of times already, but also note that the threads are old--well past the point where it wouldn't be necroposting to bump them. And more importantly, I don't know if the information offered there is still current. So...I...

Greetings all around. A couple of days ago I uploaded my first addon, which currently pending in the Addons & Comments thread. Unfortunately, I just noticed that I inadvertently included two doc files, one of which was incorrect. Not only is it incorrect, but it leaves out an important...

I only just now finally understood why I couldn't seem to find the Shuttle Fleet add-on anywhere in Orbit Hangar, and the circumstances that led to it being pulled by the developer. Since a lot of threads about the SF add on seem to have been closed, both here and in other Orbiter-related...

I'm trying to get started with Velcro Rockets, and my normal approach for something like this is to start with the provided scenarios and samples that come with the download. After I've come to grasp how all the pieces work together, then I'll look into playing with my own modifications. In...

(Computer specs follow at bottom of post) (Thread title changed to focus on the numpad/numlock issue, which is resolved (Thanks, Helior!). There may still be mouse issues in some of the GUI based controls, in the generic and specialized virtual cockpits.) I recently got a two-in-one notebook...

I've been playing Orbiter for several years, but have recently run into a situation I haven't had to handle before. In using the Goddard suborbital spacecraft add-on, however, it turns out that I need to use the hover engine, but there's no control panel view. This means I need to use the...

I'm working through Harmsway's tutorial Step by Step guide to making an Add-on using Spacecraft2.DLL. I've gone through the first steps of creating the cylinder, turning it into a mesh, and then turning one end into a point and hollowing out the other end. But then I come to this part: My...

Hello all. I've been recently trying to get my feet wet again, in the water of Orbiter SDK based development. At this point, I've been able to get a couple of existing, simpler projects to compile (Mercury Redstone and ShuttlePB), and I've also been successfully experimenting by tweaking the...

With regard to the Delta Glider, I'm curious as to exactly when one would use the SCRAM jets, since they only seem to work below 30 kilometers in altitude or so. Also you need to be traveling at a velocity of at least Mach 3 before you can engage the jets. But to reach Mach 3 you have to use...

The Retro- and Prograde cockpit controls are extremely useful, no doubt about it. But after executing a prograde or retrograde maneuver you wind up with the planet outside the left or right hand cockpit window, instead of more or less below your seat which would be more intuitive. At least, I...