As far as that goes, you need this: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=8109
That's just a self-extracting archive. Next step is to run the Setup.exe file.
Thrre should be file named "setup" along with those cab files. Have you tried doing an in-folder search for any files with that file name?
If you are running Orbiter 2016, then you extract the contents of https://www.orbiter-forum.com/resources/d3d9-for-orbiter-2016.5493/ into your root Orbiter folder and then the D3D9Client module should show up in the Modules tab. Enable that and the Video tab should show up. In OpenOrbiter, D3D9Client should be the one selected under "Graphics engine" on the Video tab as it comes with it pre-installed. Also, make sure that you are running Orbiter_NG (blue DG icon) and not Orbiter (red DG icon) as D3D9Client will only work if there's no other graphics client present!
Thanks. I sorted this out with a fresh install. I deleted my previous posts on getting Orbiter_ng.exe running to clean up the thread.
I'm afraid I haven't understood what you mean correctly. Could you clarify this question?
You can make your own custom highly detailed surface textures for the area you want. You just need to find the highly detailed satellite map of the area (or draw it yourself
).
That's essentially the idea - I'd like higher surface texture resolution in the vicinity of the base I am making. I did download the high-res textures for just the New England area from https://mirror.orbiter-radio.uk/orbiter/assets/earth.html, but I am not sure if they actually were applied. I don't know if I necessarily need custom textures, but I was hoping that the high resolution textures might have some suggestions of some large local bits of the terrain (lakes, major highways, etc.)I'm afraid I haven't understood what you mean correctly. Could you clarify this question?
You can make your own custom highly detailed surface textures for the area you want. You just need to find the highly detailed satellite map of the area (or draw it yourself
You could look the pictures of the Ascension Island addon (or try this addon). It has highly detailed surface textures, but the default elevation tiles.
The only way for this purpose I personally see is to make custom surface textures for an area using additional satellite maps. The default highly detailed textures are pretty good, but not enough to use them for bases, I think.
Can you point me to any guidance or tutorial to do this?
I personally learned how to make tiles from @jacquesmomo on DanSteph's forum (here: http://orbiter.dansteph.com/forum/index.php?topic=14669.0). Unfortunately, the tutorial is in French, so you will need to translate the pages. And, due to the nature of translations, it might come out more confusing than the original.
Yes, I have seen this, and I assume that the process involves some editing of the textures, but I also know that it's not quite as simple as editing a picture.
That sounds fine. I have the terrain flattening and Orbiter's base object definitions sorted. I think I can make the buildings and hangars based off a scaled satellite image. If at some point in the future I can enhance it with a more detailed tile that would be the icing on the cake.However, I intend to write a full-blown tutorial on how to make bases this summer, from tiles, to flattened areas, to placing objects, to basic mesh making in 3DS Max. The whole smash. So, if you are willing to wait, then that will be an option
What would the procedure be to do this? There is nothing in the Orbiter_Config documentation that shows how to do this.
