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  1. Grover

    General Question Back after a long while, what have i missed?

    Ive not been with the orbiter community for quite some time (almost a year now i think) and now that ive upgraded my computer in the meantime i thought id get in installed again and have some fun, but it looks like there's been some big changes with addons while ive been gone dansteph has...
  2. Grover

    Question Biking through the Winter

    Its coming to winter, so bikers around the world (the northern hemisphere that feels winter at least) will be preparing their machines and themselves for the colder weather, and of course the rain that falls to no end. currently, it is raining outside my house, and has been for 3 days straight...
  3. Grover

    General Question Dimensions of a CBM

    hey all im trying to accurately model a CBM for some space station modules, but i can't find any dimensioned diagrams of the CBM construction, as anyone managed to dig up any such detail in their own research? the best i have so far is this, a specification sheet for the ISS's cupola, giving...
  4. Grover

    Software Intermittent CTDs on long flights

    hey all iev recently been annoyed by my old pal, the CTD, far more regularly than usual. whilst i purge my orbiter directory, perhaps you kind people could help me troubleshoot: the CTDs tend to happen at high time compressions (like when i go between moons, or do interplanetary trips), not...
  5. Grover

    Gaming Shattered Galaxy Development

    hey guys! recently, ive been pondering whether or not this is a sensible idea, and i decided that there is more than enough skill out there to produce such a project, so ill just go right ahead and blurt it out here. i have an idea for a game, and i think it would make an excellent community...
  6. Grover

    Question New bike worries (view the thread before polling)

    Im looking at buying a motorbike soon, and have narrowed my choice down to 3 choices: 1) a Keeway Speed, which is overall the best bike here, but costs £2800 (plus fuel and tax) over two years (this price is the bike itself (paid for over two years) and the insurance premiums for two full...
  7. Grover

    Question size and geometry of an APAS docking ring

    im trying to make a standard APAS docking ring for some station modules, but what are the specific features and sizes of an APAS? i understand its general shape, but what is the diameter of the foreplate?
  8. Grover

    Vessel base module for a space station

    ive had myself a great idea for a way to make managing a modular space station construction project (spread over many missions and potentially hundreds of launches) much easier, and better yet, i think that its not too hard to code (though, i cant code for toffee, so I cant say that for certain)...
  9. Grover

    Request Tron spacecraft

    my first request, and ive decided not to make this a simple one-liner: ok, anyone thats seen Tron: legacy will remember the craft that the 3 of them (kid, dad and iso) escape to the portal in, and theres enough 3d views from that to model it accurratley (i think) so, can anyone do it? wait...
  10. Grover

    Gaming LOMAC FC2 gamers anywhere?

    i just decided to upgrade my LOMAC, deciding after seeing youtube that it would make the game much easier to use, due to the clever fixes (like making the cameras pan at a "normal" rate, so you can track a bogey and look all around the pit to fight back), and then i discovered: IT HAS...
  11. Grover

    Advanced Question Making the most out of my rig

    ive had a rather nice computer rig set up for quite a while now, which has only ever struggled with Moach's VC (whatever the cause of that was/is) looking at some other people's screenshots, and reading about different atmospheric models, i wondered: what settings can i change to make the most...
  12. Grover

    Gaming Violence in video games

    theres a reason it says "18" no the box, you shouldnt buy games like that for children younger than 16 at a push, not because it winds older players up, but because it really IS a negative influence on that poor kid to quote a line from Ok Go: "War became a job" thats what'll happen if people...
  13. Grover

    Request MFD to display .txt files

    ive written a timeline for the progress and Soyuz missions to the ISS for use with Thornton's ISS v3.2, but for some of the more complex missions (where 3 vessels have operations between launches) it would be much easier to have access to the txt file without closing Orbiter (which causes...
  14. Grover

    Challenge XR2 to the moon, deploying a SAT and returning on ONE tank

    Level one challenge: load up an XR2 at WIN with a CHM, DGIV MTKSSAT (i just posted an edited config file on OH) and an auxillary fuel tank, take off, and get to a 200-300km lunar orbit. then deploy the SAT and descend to any lunar base (i use armstrong) then, return to earth back to WHERE YOU...
  15. Grover

    News Its the start of Skynet

    http://dvice.com/archives/2011/10/unmanned-stealt.php completely autonomous aircraft? time to man the Armageddon shelters! :goodnight: on a serious note: automatic carrier landing is a good idea, if it can be safely accomplished that is
  16. Grover

    Advanced Question Technically correct APAS models

    i was docking with the ISS not too long ago, and i noticed (again) the annoying APAS rings on the default ISS that have 4 "spades" instead of the real-life APAS, which uses only 3, which has raised some issues and questions for me: so, now i have quite a composite thread: on one hand, is there...
  17. Grover

    Real life, Real time, on-station orbit calculations

    I've been puzzling over a question of mine for some time now, i was wondering how it is that real spacecraft (such as the shuttle or Apollo) calculated their orbits, and thus worked out burn data for orbit syncing, base alignment, de-orbit etc obviously there could be a difference between how...
  18. Grover

    Discussion Realistic lunar base "realism check"

    hey all, i was thinking about designing a lunar base (possibly with someone's help for land-meshing), but i wanted to keep it mostly realistic; heres my idea: a modular construction made of self-contained modules, all the same shape and size. although the modules can technically work...
  19. Grover

    Question trustable electronics site?

    i just found this site specialising in rather powerful computers: DinoPC, but i almost cant believe how cheap some of the parts are. if you go here you can see the options list for your computer... only £12.60 to go from 2x3,3Ghz to a 4x3.2Ghz? thats unreal! other prices are damn low as well...
  20. Grover

    Question downloading speeds

    Ive been angry with my ISP because i cant reach the 10 MB speed we were promised when we signed up (we only get 0.3). I dont want to rant, but it did raise a question: What is meant when they say my speed is 0.3 MB? How are the units of this representative of speed? Because MB is a quantity...
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