Software Lauch pad not opening...

[Morgan]

Hi guys just downloaded Orbiter 2010 and i cant get it to open.
When i click the .exe it starts checking for directories,runtime, and when i checks for driectx it never moves from there Havent been able to play the game yet please help.

Als I do have DX9

 

[orb]

Hello, and to the forums.

Some people have had problems with installation verification tool that is executed when you first time run the "orbiter.exe".

The best would be if you provided all the informations about your computer hardware and installed operating system, and whether you have installed any software that could block the execution of DirectX diagnostics, like supervision/security software for running applications (or antivirus), and whether you ran "orbiter.exe" with administrator rights.

You can read comments of this issue report and try my suggestion there to bypass the install verification tool.

 

[Morgan]

:thumbup: It worked had to put orbiter.bin in c:/ orbiter then rename it to orbiter.exe

thanks orb

 

[SpacePioneer]

I just got orbiter 2010 yesterday, and its been working great(even on a crappy comp). Today I downloaded a few add-ons, placed them in the root folder, and now I cant get launchpad to open. I click the exe and it opens on the program bar, but the window doesn't open. I can open the NG(no graphics) one but you can't play from it. It just says server mode. Any help?

 

[orb]

I click the exe and it opens on the program bar, but the window doesn't open.

The reason for this it that Launchpad's window has offscreen location. It's a bug that was fixed after the Orbiter 2010 release in new betas.

To fix this in your installation of Orbiter 100606, you need to to open Orbiter.cfg file, that is located in the root Orbiter folder with a text editor (e.g. Notepad) and remove the line that starts with "LPadRect". Next time you run orbiter.exe the Launchpad will appear with default location and size.

To prevent this happen in the future, you can try one of Orbiter betas released after Orbiter 2010 (100606) from here.

 

[SpacePioneer]

Cool, thanks Orb!:thumbup: Fixed it...


***EDIT***
Got the window to come up fine, but when I goto start I get this:

**** Creating simulation session
DirectDraw interface OK
Direct3D interface OK
Graphics: Viewport: Window 1434 x 868 x 32
Graphics: Hardware T&L capability: No
Graphics: Z-buffer depth: 32 bit
Graphics: Stencil buffer depth: 8 bit
Loading 8816 records from star database
Module Sun.dll ............... [Build 100215, API 100212]
VSOP87(E) Sun: Precision 1e-006, Terms 554/6634
Module Mercury.dll ........... [Build 100215, API 100212]
VSOP87(B) Mercury: Precision 1e-005, Terms 167/7123
Module Venus.dll ............. [Build 100215, API 100212]
Module VenusAtm2006.dll ...... [Build 100606, API 100606]
VSOP87(B) Venus: Precision 1e-005, Terms 79/1710
Module Earth.dll ............. [Build 100215, API 100212]
Module EarthAtmJ71G.dll ...... [Build 100606, API 100606]
VSOP87(B) Earth: Precision 1e-008, Terms 2564/2564
Module Moon.dll .............. [Build 100217, API 100215]
ELP82: Precision 1e-005, Terms 116/829
Module Mars.dll .............. [Build 100215, API 100212]
Module MarsAtm2006.dll ....... [Build 100606, API 100606]
VSOP87(B) Mars: Precision 1e-005, Terms 405/6400
Module Phobos.dll ............ [Build ******, API 060425]
Module Deimos.dll ............ [Build ******, API 060425]
Module Galsat.dll ............ [Build 100217, API 100215]
Module Jupiter.dll ........... [Build 100215, API 100212]
VSOP87(B) Jupiter: Precision 1e-006, Terms 1624/3625
Module Io.dll ................ [Build 100217, API 100215]
Module Europa.dll ............ [Build 100217, API 100215]
Module Ganymede.dll .......... [Build 100217, API 100215]
Module Callisto.dll .......... [Build 100217, API 100215]
Module Satsat.dll ............ [Build 100215, API 100212]
Module Saturn.dll ............ [Build 100215, API 100212]
VSOP87(B) Saturn: Precision 1e-006, Terms 2904/6365
Module Mimas.dll ............. [Build 100215, API 100212]
SATSAT Mimas: Terms 113
Module Enceladus.dll ......... [Build 100215, API 100212]
SATSAT Enceladus: Terms 33
Module Tethys.dll ............ [Build 100215, API 100212]
SATSAT Tethys: Terms 101
Module Dione.dll ............. [Build 100215, API 100212]
SATSAT Dione: Terms 59
Module Rhea.dll .............. [Build 100215, API 100212]
SATSAT Rhea: Terms 68
Module Titan.dll ............. [Build 100215, API 100212]
SATSAT Titan: Terms 100
Module Iapetus.dll ........... [Build 100215, API 100212]
SATSAT Iapetus: Terms 605
Module Uranus.dll ............ [Build 100215, API 100212]
VSOP87(B) Uranus: Precision 1e-006, Terms 1827/5269
Module Miranda.dll ........... [Build ******, API 060425]
Module Ariel.dll ............. [Build ******, API 060425]
Module Umbriel.dll ........... [Build ******, API 060425]
Module Titania.dll ........... [Build ******, API 060425]
Module Oberon.dll ............ [Build ******, API 060425]
Module Neptune.dll ........... [Build 100215, API 100212]
VSOP87(B) Neptune: Precision 1e-006, Terms 391/2024
Finished initialising world
>>> ERROR: No vessel class configuration file found for:
---------------------------------------------------------------
>>> ERROR: Multistage\Multistage2
>>> [Vessel::OpenConfigFile | .\Vessel.cpp | 252]
---------------------------------------------------------------
>>> TERMINATING <<<

 

[Kveldulf]

The scenario can't find the multistage2 dll. However, I think that 2010 has issues running multistage2, so you may not be able to run this scenario in 2010 (but hey, 2006p1 is still avaliable).

---EDIT---
Details are over here regarding multistage2 and Orbiter 2010.

 

[SpacePioneer]

Hmm... I downloaded that zip and installed it... still doesn't work. It seems to just be the jarvis missoins not working. The rest is fine. I can live without it i guess.