Here we go again - OrbConnect
Well here I am again, about once every couple of months I find myself getting excited by an orbiter simpit, so resurrecting this thread...
First off, I can confirm that OrbCOnnect appears to work with Orbiter 2016. I have been able to load and run the XR2 and use both the vanilla web interface and the java client app, both functioned as expected, so thats good news.
I am looking for show-stoppers at the moment before I spend any significant time or effort on figuring out how best to proceed. It looks like OrbConnect is the way to go, but I am concerned that some of the critical ship variables may not be available in OrbConnect, for example hull temperature. I plan to base the sim on the XR series of vehicles, and managing hull temp during launch and re-entry is a requirement, but the OrbConnect user documentation does not reference this variable at all.
I suspect it may be possible to extract the hull temp from things like vessel speed and dynamic pressure, but have no idea where to start.