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[stanfitz]

Just wanted to say I'm glad this is here. I just installed Orbiter and I'm a bit overwhelmed, but I'll keep reading the posts and think I'll figure things out.
75 years old, and a retired Forest Service Fireman. Flight Sims and Tennis are my two big interests.

I live in Reno, Nevada (but don't gamble)

 

[PhantomCruiser]

Welcome to the forum!
Don't sweat the learning curve, if you haven't already, check out the tutorials available here...http://www.orbiter-forum.com/tutorials.php

I think there is a huge majority of us who all cut our teeth with a copy of "Go Play In Space". It's well worth the download. While it was written with Orbiter '06 in mind, it's still relevant. The tools and techniques are unchanged.

Forest Service Fireman? Whew! :thumbup:

 

[stevcast]

Welcome

Just wanted to say I'm glad this is here. I just installed Orbiter and I'm a bit overwhelmed, but I'll keep reading the posts and think I'll figure things out.
75 years old, and a retired Forest Service Fireman. Flight Sims and Tennis are my two big interests.

I live in Reno, Nevada (but don't gamble)

Hi stanfitz, and welcome!!! As long as you can imagine it, you can make it a possibility in Orbiter. The amazing thing is that it is free. One thing that I do highly reccommend is AMSO. For anybody that was around to see the Apollo landings, it brings back those feelings of pride that we all had in our space program, and it really makes you realize what a monumental achievement it really was. Don't be overwhelmed at all. Little by little you'll get the hang of it, and as phantomcruiser pointed out, there is a lot of help here, so just ask. Again, welcome to Orbiter.

stevcast

 

[wehaveaproblem]

75 years old

I think you may be our virtual John Glenn! Welcome aboard. :tiphat:

 

[stanfitz]

Guys, Thanks for the nice welcome. I just downloaded "Go Play in Space" so now I have some reading to do. Stevcast, I don't know what AMSO is,but I'll start looking around to see if I can figure it out.

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stevcast,
I found the AMSO (looks like version 121) I downloaded it and will try and figure out how to get it installed. One question. It says it is for Orbiter 2010-P1. I don't know what the P1 stands for. Is that a different version of Orbiter than the one I just installed?

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I installed the AMSO-121 and it doesn't work for me. All I get is messed up screens and messages saying Orbiter is not responding.
Now I guess I need to re-install Orbiter to get rid of AMSO.
Not fun so far.

 

[tightjams]

Don't be frightened by the learning curve seems like everyone here is here to help as well! I'm new as well!