OHM XR2 UCGO Cargo Platform v2.2

[OrbitHangar]

Author: woo482

A rather simple addon created as a way of transporting up to 6 UCGO cargos in the XR2 Ravenstar's payload bay.

Update:
This update includes quite a few new features like:

• The ability to consume cargo to add Fuel or Oxygen to the XR2's tanks
• A Configuration file to change the few user customizable options from their defaults
• UMMU Action Areas to load / unload cargo
• XR2 Ravenstar version 1.2 and XRVesselCtrl 2.1 APIs support

The manual (XR2_UCGOPayloadPlatformV2_2.pdf) contains more information on the update and a better description of the added features.

Version 2.2 update:

• Fixed a bug that stopped fuel being transferred to the XR2(Reported by Foxtrot1)
• Removed an unneeded mesh from the addon that caused a conflict with my XR5 UCGO addon
• recompiled against the Orbiter 2010 Patch 1 SDK and the newer XRVesselCtrl APIs

Installation:
Copy the contents of this folder in to your Orbiter root folder, if you're asked to overwrite any files click "Yes"

Usage:
Keys:
"C" = grapple cargo.
"Shift+C" = release cargo.
"9" = select cargo to add.
"Shift+9" = add selected cargo.
"8" = Vessel information, e.g. amount of cargos onboard and their mass.
"Numpad Plus "(+) = Increase payload release velocity.
"Numpad Minus"(-) = Decrease payload release velocity.
"Numpad 5" = Reset release velocity to the configuration file default.
"F" = Consume onboard Fuel cargo.
"O" = Consume onboard Oxygen cargo.

Please report any bugs / problems in the Addon release thread on Orbiter-Forum, or send me a PM on Orbiter-Forum and I'll do my best to help you


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[Interceptor]

Awesome job!Thanks WOO.

 

[Woo482]

No problem !

 

[Bj]

Awesome.
Was wondering when someone would make something like this.

Downloading now

 

[orbiterguy]

Queite a simple addon but is very popular.

 

[MeDiCS]

What about the XR5? It could pack quite a number of UCGO cargos.

Awesome addon nonetheless.

 

[Woo482]

I'm not sure about the XR5, I might try making one for it in the future though

 

[Spacedoughnut]

Now we just need a UCGO skin for the XR2 (and 5)

 

[Ark]

What an excellent little addition. Sure is easier than trying to rewrite the XR2.

 

[dbeachy1]

+1 to that! Well done, Woo! :thumbup:

 

[MeDiCS]

+1 to that! Well done, Woo! :thumbup:

So I guess there will be no 'oficial' UCGO support :lol:

 

[orbiterguy]

I think this is awesome download really little but fun

 

[Woo482]

So I guess there will be no 'oficial' UCGO support :lol:

Hey ! he said

[00:37] <dbeachy1> Woo! Good job on that XR2 UCGO cargo deck!

on the Orbiter IRC, that's official enough for me ! :lol:

 

[dbeachy1]

So I guess there will be no 'oficial' UCGO support :lol:

None planned at the moment. XR payload logic is designed to use attachments, and UCGO doesn't use attachments, so it would take a fair amount of work to rewrite all that to handle both modes. Given that we have a UCGO cargo deck now, we really don't need native UCGO support anymore. I am tweaking the payload code in the XRs, though, to make configuration a little easier. So since I'm busy on that, I really didn't want to tackle native UCGO cargo support unless there was no other choice.

So thanks again, Woo! :tiphat:

 

[Arrowstar]

Thanks, Woo!

Does the weight of the UCGO payload containers propagate through to the XR2 in the same way that normal XR payloads do?

 

[Woo482]

It does any weight you add to the UCGO platform will be added to the XR2.

 

[Izack]

This was the main thing preventing me from using the XR-2 before. Now I can have great fun (and probable death) SCRAMming my payloads to orbit! Right on, Woo! :thumbup:

 

[Woo482]

Thanks !, I'll also have a XR5 version of this uploaded soon I hope :thumbup:

 

[Ark]

Awesome.

Also doubles as a nice little storage box if you want to keep a lot of cargoes stored somewhere without taking up a whole lot of room in the scenario file.

 

[Salun]

Yet another reason to replace the aging girl of the DGIVB(I hate calling it the DGIV 2)

Though still makes me want a Docking bat to Cargo bay conversion for the Arrow Freighter.