You know you're addicted to Orbiter when...

Grover said:
When most of your knowledge of orbital mechanics, rotational dynamics etc has come from playing orbiter
Click to expand...

GUILTY.

...when you replace your mailbox with a Progress.

Bonus points if you also replace your garbage cans.
Super bonus if it's life-sized.
Ultra bonus if your local council docks their garbage removal truck to it.
Hyper bonus if it has SSTO LEO capabillity.
Probe bonus if you notice that the above (super, ultra, hyper) is related to TransX.
 
Chub777 said:
Bonus points if you also replace your garbage cans.
Click to expand...


Major bonus points if all that is left of your refuse at the end of the week are the heavy heat-resistant parts.

Additional points for accuracy if you can get those parts to impact in the deep end of the neighbors' swimming pool after reentry. :)
 
...when you mark your ex-wife's house with a really big red marker (shaped like a crosshair)
...when you divorce because you paid too little attention to orbiter, and too much to your wife
...when your kid's first word is "pwobe"
...when your kid is playing orbiter at 2
...when he achieves his first rendezvous at 4
...when he acts like daddy and yells "DAMN" when he makes a minor mistake, and proceeds to slam the keyboard in rage
...when you find a second wife who is equally addicted and stay married for the rest of your life
...when you name your kids after shuttle crew
...when you become a millionaire and donate ALL your money to Martin
...when you dream about playing orbiter and going to the moon
...when you wake up and find yourself at the computer, landed on Brighton Beach.
 
Probe bonus if you notice that the above (super, ultra, hyper) is related to TransX.
Click to expand...

Wow, very nice one !! :lol: :thumbup:
 
When your making 5 new skins for the XR5, XR2, XR1 and DGIV!!!

Edit:And also attempting to make a couple for the UCGO Arrow!!!
 
Last edited:
When thanks to the wonderful history lessons Orbiter gives you (or leads to), the true meaning of the word "salut" isn't on your mind when you hear it on a French class :lol:
 
When you try to use Orbiter controls on the Kerbal Space Program and wonder why it's not working.
 
When your girlfriend dumps you for paying too much attention to orbiter and not enough to her(in case your wondering thats not true I spend all the time I can with her).
 
diogom said:
When thanks to the wonderful history lessons Orbiter gives you (or leads to), the true meaning of the word "salut" isn't on your mind when you hear it on a French class :lol:
Click to expand...


Sometimes when I think of or hear the word 'salute' I immediately get a mental image of the Salyut solar panels. Nothing else quite like them. :lol:
 
Who knew that God would forget to type a 3 after 'Spacecraft' in the scenario file to spawn the object of his desires without crashing the universe for the fifth time in one evening? :facepalm:
 
When in the COD Black ops map ''Launch'' you dont fight, instead watch the Soyuz launch.
 
You think one of the problems of interstellar travel is numerical precision.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.

Similar threads

dgatsoulis
Project VideoPlayerMFD -- Test thread [CLOSED]
Replies
7
Views
4K
misha.physics
misha.physics
replicant
Praise, suggestions, and a present
Replies
0
Views
2K
replicant
replicant
B
Problem Unable to Get Off the Pad - Orbiter 2006
Replies
1
Views
1K
gattispilot
gattispilot
polaris149Tiberius
Tutorial Tutorial Development On Orbiter 2016 Stock Space Shuttle ISS to KSC Ballistic Re-entry Case Study Project -v1.0
Replies
0
Views
5K
polaris149Tiberius
polaris149Tiberius
jacquesmomo
Scenario Question : how to display text on screen
Replies
10
Views
5K
jacquesmomo
jacquesmomo
Back
Top