Project [Base] Orcus Patera [Release]

[Well]

New ucgo car for exploration

 

[statickid]

BRAVO!!

 

[4throck]

Nice texturing there

 

[romanasul]

Really Cool!

 

[PennyBlack]

WoW... that's what I call a Martian Rover. Your work is so cool.

 

[Well]

Thanks all

Dansteph work now with me on OrcusPatera Addon

See the post Arrow Freighter/UCGO/DGIV version 2013 update
http://www.orbiter-forum.com/showthread.php?p=446471

Orcus Patera Features

Stunning ground meshes and textures
5 new amazings UCGO cars (See scenario "[Cool] New ucgo cars")
AI trafics passing over the base. If you are lucky you can even see one ship doing a reentry at hight speed and high altitude. (Very long trail)
Animated Solar Cleaner (big yellow bar), you can see them slowly doing their job, you can even command them with a switch.
Animated Hangars door to safely park your favorite ship. Use a UMmu to command opening/closing of the doors.
Animated "Mining" train on the south of the base.
5 Factory that can produce 5 differents type of UCGO cargo (south of base)
Lighted Pad indicator, each free pad have white circle that become orange when the pad is busy (see at night for better effect)
Real local light that illuminate the landing area/ship. You must check in Orbiter's launchpad the "local light" feature. On DX 7 even the ground is lighted, on DX9 this feature seem missing but still the landed ships will be illuminated at night.
Blinking light everywhere so ships doesn't collide with building at night.
Climatisation smoke exhaust coming from differents aeras. You can command them with a switch (if you can find it )
On one of a building's side you have a "touristic" lift that goes up and down from time to time.
Somewhere around the base you have a crash scenery used in one of the scenario ("save the idiots")
4 New UCGO cargos types, two can spawn a rover, one cargo contain saussages (private author's joke) the last one contain sexy clothes. (see mission "Tidy Up")

 

[Hlynkacg]

Very impressive!

 

[Interceptor]

Well this looks outstanding,Thanks a million

 

[Dantassii]

This base is HUGE!!!

Considering it came from someone's imagination, this is wonderful!

I can't wait to land at it.

I wonder what it looks like at night? Any chance that we can get a few preview photos of this base after the sun has gone down?

One of the things I love about IMS, is the spacecraft built with it look VERY pretty at night.

Dantassii
HUMONGOUS IMS shipbuilder

 

[dansteph]

Great news, it will be released on tuesday....
Maybe this tuesday.... :lol:

Stay tuned and prepare your interplanetary journey, the Orcus base
will be here to welcome you at the end.

(Drinks Fuel and O2 price list available at base's entry)

---------- Post added at 10:45 PM ---------- Previous post was at 10:40 PM ----------

Considering it came from someone's imagination, this
I wonder what it looks like at night? Any chance that we can get a few preview photos of this base after the sun has gone down?

Had an hard time to catch the blinking light.

What is great is that the projector really light the objects.
You can see some more screenshots in the beta thread:
http://orbiter.dansteph.com/forum/index.php?topic=12982.0

 

[Interceptor]

Can't wait to try it out,X-mas has come early,you, and,Dan are giving the orbiter community a wonderful present.Thank you:thumbup::tiphat:

 

[Well]

Release Day !!!!



http://francophone.dansteph.com/?page=addon&id=162&language=english

 

[dansteph]

Congrat Well !

The spacebar is open, we welcome you with Well !

(Price list of fuel, oxygen and drinks available on demand - we don't make credit )

 

[PennyBlack]

Release day... explore day

I lowered the lift on the Arrow for EVA and the lowered the Azure on the rover lift. I released a crewman from the Arrow and jumped into the Azure and took a grand tour of Orcus Patera...

I'm not usually impressed, but I am absolutly gob-smacked at this base. :10sign:

I found the site map stationed by the radar and located all the action areas and had fun operating them.
From the solar cleaners to the factory which dispensed UCGOs to the hangers. I was most impressed with the hangers and the interiors. I love the vents with smoke, the flourescent signs, the windows. I was suprised by the periodic shadows passing over the ground, it's difficult to get a fix from the MMu's helmet. But that additional detail really adds to it all.
If I could vote on this, I would and more than once.

Top quality and highly imaginary work. :hotcool:

A most excellent addon and my new favourite base, thankyou Well.

 

[BruceJohnJennerLawso]

I haven't had a chance to explore this yet (maybe tomorrow, I hope ), but I have to echo the sentiments expressed by PennyBlack, holy smokes!!! This is literally one of the best add-ons ever created for Orbiter. All of the details in the environment do such an incredible job in contributing to the immersive feel. Just Incredible :thumbup:.

is highly pleased.

 

[Interceptor]

Well,and Dan, no words can describe how cool this addon is,all is I can say is WOW!,and Thanks a million times over.:jawdrops:

 

[dansteph]

You welcome,

We had a great and fun time working together with Well,
I don't fly so often for fun in Orbiter but with the base I love making
the [hard] mission and come back to land on it. Great arrival, great feeling !
(The re-entry tuto is cool also, had fun time making it)

 

[PhantomCruiser]

Holy Cow this is freakin' EPIC!

During the walkaround hunting for action areas I thought I was seeing things and had to do a double take. Those little flyers zipping around are so cool! I haven't seen any doing a hot reentry yet, but I've got my eye out for it.

Excellent job, this is just to cool. And just gorgeous to see, with lots to do.

 

[Interceptor]

Hello,Well.and Dan,I have found a bug,or maybe you intended it to be this way,but I thought I would report it,anyways on the Wells Mars Rover when on the inside of the cockpit you are sitting on the passenger side,and you can see a UMMU man on the driver side,but when you look from the outside at the Rover your UMMU is sitting on the drivers side.

 

[JSwift]

Wow - absolutely amazing. Love the details and how you've blended it into the planet. There will be many fun hours spent exploring it all.

I'm thinking the number of flights to/from Mars will be increasing exponentially!

Thank you Well and Dan