I've committed a new Orbiter beta (revision #3 of the new era).
The main changes are elevation support for planet surfaces, higher surface and cloud texture resolutions, modified vessel-planet impact model, and lots of internal changes in the physics engine (including support for subsampling time steps.)
To get the beta, point your SVN client to
and check out the head revision into a new directory.
A few points to take into consideration:
Happy beta-testing!
The main changes are elevation support for planet surfaces, higher surface and cloud texture resolutions, modified vessel-planet impact model, and lots of internal changes in the physics engine (including support for subsampling time steps.)
To get the beta, point your SVN client to
Code:
svn://orbiter-forum.com/orbiter
A few points to take into consideration:
- This is an early beta. Lots of things are still broken. Don't expect it to be stable or compatible with existing modules.
- In particular, external graphics clients will not yet be compatible with this beta. However, the D3D7 reference implementation on the "orbitervis" sourceforge project has been updated and can be used as a template by graphics client developers to implement the new features.
- Planetary surface bases don't yet support the new elevation model. This is known and will be addressed in future betas. There is no need yet to file bug reports regarding this.
- The SVN repository has been recreated as a result of the earlier orbiter-forum server update. If you have checked out a previous Orbiter beta, you cannot get the latest version with an update. You have to check out a new copy. Check out into a new directory, not one that already contains an Orbiter installation.
- The textures for Earth, Moon and Mars are no longer part of the SVN repository. They must be downloaded separately. Go to http://mirror.orbiter-radio.co.uk/orbiter/assets/ (Xyon's German mirror) or http://www.alteaaerospace.com/users/martins217/orbiter_texturepacks.html (dbeachy1's US mirror) to get these files. See Xyon's post below for details on downloading and unpacking.
Happy beta-testing!
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