Problem 2001:Spacecraft Orion

[stevcast]

I have been working on my version of the "Orbiter Universe" for some time now, and have everything working relatively well. I recently installed the World of 2001 package and everything works great except for the main spacecraft, the Orion. When I click on the Orion or any of it's constituent configurations, it crashes to a black and white screen, with no Orbiter log input.
I have tried several "clean" downloads, with the same results;everything works except the Orion!
Since the Orion seems to be the centerpiece of this addon, I would appreciate any input as to whether anyone else has had a problem with it, and what was needed to correct the problem.
I have a number of other addons, and for the most part they all work great!!
Thanks In Advance,

Stevcast

 

[the.punk]

Hi,
can you post the scenario that doesn work?

 

[stevcast]

To the.punk,
If you have a copy of the world of 2001, any scenario that has any element of the Orion spacecraft doesn't work. I've tried changing the scenario files, but I really can't figure out why it won't work when everything else in the download works perfectly.
I downloaded this file from avsim. Since I am a complete novice when it comes to posting and sharing files and information, please forgive my lack of computer savy, but I would appreciate any helpful insight or solutions you could offer.

Thanks,

Stevcast

 

[TSPenguin]

I recommend visiting http://www.worldof2001.com/ and getting the associated packages that are linked there.

 

[sputnik]

I would first recommend re-installing in the hope that you have a corrupted download in some way. That would be the easiest answer.

Failing that,

Can you run a scenario with a Titov V?

Code-wise, the Orion and Titov are essentially identical. The only differences are in the mesh, the utterly trivial referencing of different .cfg files...and the textures.

The Titov V textures are 512x512, but the biggest Orion III texture is 1024x1024. Is it possible this is asking too much of your video card?

 

[stevcast]

To Sputnik,
It's 2 A.M. in the morning, I can't sleep, and I firmly believe that my computer has developed an artificial schizophrenic personality!! I just now ran a scenario (Titov V over Soviet Battle Group), and for the most part it worked flawlessly with one exception; the "Pan-AmOrion III:2001/OrionIII" appeared as a pitch black silhouette.
This is the first time in dozens of attempts (i.e., running various scenarios) that the Orion vessel has even remotely appeared, and now I have one that appeared, and another that is "camera shy". I took your suggestion and downloaded a clean copy of the file, and I don't know if that had any bearing on whether or not the Orion materialized, but at least it seems I'm headed in the right direction.
Question: The Titov V worked perfectly (a beautiful ship by the way), and the Orion III that did show up also seemed to work fine, but when I tried a different scenario with the same configuration for the Orion III, I had the dreaded "Zebra Crash" (i.e., crash to a black and white screen with no recourse but to use Alt, Ctrl, Del, to exit ).
I'll be the first to admit that I am far from being a computer wiz, and as a matter of fact, some times I feel fortunate that my computer does anything that I ask it to do at all. I do, however, appreciate the help that I am receiving from everybody in the Orbiter community, so I'll keep plugging away at it, and hopefully I can figure out the rest of this problem. If you can think of anything else that may help resolve this, please let me know. I think that the 2001 "world" is a great piece of work, and I really want to see how the rest of it operates when everything is working properly.

Thanks,

Stevcast

 

[TSPenguin]

Oh... and to the forum!

 

[sputnik]

Stevcast,

Welcome, and thanks for the kind words. From what you're describing, it sounds like the 1024-pixel textures are causing crashes in your video card. Two solutions:

1) Get a new video card
2) Downgrade your textures to half the size.

For the latter, you'd probably need a copy of Photoshop and the .dds plug-in. (I no longer have a working copy, though I used to). Then re-size all the .dds'es in the Textures/2001 directory that are over 512 in one dimension.