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I have a landing scenario working with AMSO/2010. It would be nice if it had surface elevation so when you land in a crater, you tilt.

I have adapted the Orbiter for my local Science Museum to use as an education station but not as stand alone exhibit. At the station, an education staff member or volunteer help guests learn about various aspects of space flight. Over the years, we have tried several activities including...

I installed the moon hi res package for 2016 but I don't have enough detail to simulate the Apollo 11 landing. Would it be possible for me to create a higher res for the Tranquility area? Thanks

I haven't found the documentation for the scenario parameters for the ascentap for Atlantis. Any help would be appreciated. Also, the ascentap parameters in the 2016 Edition/Space Shuttle ascent autopilot scenario is missing a parameter. It should be: ASCENTAP 0 0 1 350000 1.5708 0.00000...

This video doesn't show the tape drive's vacuum columns and the holes on the back that sense the vacuum change and control the speed of the feed and take-up reels. IBM Field Engineers used a mercury column gauge (manometer?) to adjust the vacuum pump. Every computer room had a vertical dowel...

Thanks for all the work that went into this. Very minor issue: With Atlantis, switching off the RCS says "On". Switching on the RCS says "Off/Rotation". I tried RCSOff = XRSound\Default\On.wav and RCSOn = XRSound\Default\Off.wav with no effect. Thanks again.

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Back is 2013, I shrunk the earth to a radius of 20m and a smaller mass. I put the Atlantis in orbit and I could see the Atlantis orientation as it moved around the earth. I did not get around to scaling the engines. If I slowed time down to 0.1, I could see the reaction to the SMS and RCS...

I Agree but I think the reason it was slide rules only when I was in school was economic. Calculators were new and expensive. Not everyone could afford one.

Pocket calculators were not permitted when I was in Engineering school. I did not carry it with the case hook to my belt nor did I use a pocket protector. I still have two aluminum slide rules somewhere.

Thanks for doing this update. I haven't gone far but here is what I have found so far. Missing Remus.cfg caused CTD. Found one in an earlier 2010 STU. Missing IRW M'sarr.cfg and RFV Rerik.cfg. Deleted these from the Scenario. Spacedock_earth is all white. The log shows: Texture not...

Ignore this post unless you want to know what happens with Orbiter2016. I just noticed this is for 2010. Sorry. The base looks great from what I can see. The landing pads and the hanger are tilted into the surface. Here is part of the log. I'm off to learn about "TEXn: expected 3 values"...

"The server at orbit.medphys.ucl.ac.uk is taking too long to respond." I may have a DNS problem. Anyone else?

Multiple Instances? Has anyone tried simultaneous multiple instances on the same computer? Does this add-on (by Orb) work? https://www.orbiter-forum.com/showthread.php?p=241888&postcount=13 Thanks

Orbiter 2016 has images of the Edwards dry lake runways. For fun, I added fictitious lights and ILSs for 05/23, 15/33, and 17/35. Add this code to the Config/Earth/Base/Edwards.cfg file. RUNWAY END1 -2340 0 550 END2 -5840 0 7820 ILS1 110.6 ; DL 05(06) ILS2 110.7 ; DL 23(24) ...

I guess this is obvious but I after several trials I concluded that the touch down sounds are triggered by the vessel's altitude approaching zero. That mechanism worked fine for Orbiter 2010 but not for Orbiter 2016. BTW, the Delta Glider IV does trigger the touch down sounds but only after...

On August 21, the Sun was the subject of an aggressive denial of service attack.

If I use Orbiter Sound on the stock Atlantis landing at KSC with the stock Final Approach scenario I get a nice satisfying wheel screech if I do a proper landing or a crash sound if not. If I try the stock Atlantis with the STS-125 Finals at Edwards scenario in the Antelope Valley Scenario...

Exiting Orbiter 2016 (OMP client 0.8.2) with the Shut Down Options set to Terminate Orbiter Process leaves a client registered on the 2016 OMP public server. The client's objects, however, are not maintained. Exiting with a proper disconnect does not leave a client. Thanks

Editing the animation sections of the .ini with the following changes will fix the cloaking K key: [ANIM_SEQ_0] ; Cloak KEY=K DURATION=0.5 ; 0.1 REPEAT=0 [ANIM_COMP_0] ; Cloak SEQ=0 GROUPS=0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8 RANGE=(0,1) ; (0.2,0.2001) TYPE=SCALE SCALE=(0.00001,0.00001,0.00001)