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    Challenge Earth to Saturn in XR-2

    Captain George Bush and FO Barack Obama with Flight Engineer Bill Clinton. :D
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    Problem Level 9 = 64x64 pixels?

    That program is exactly what I wanted. Thank you. :)
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    Problem Level 9 = 64x64 pixels?

    Hmm, the manual clarified some things for me, but it didn't seem to specify how to convert them back to bmp?
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    Problem Level 9 = 64x64 pixels?

    Hello. I finally learned that the .tex files Orbiter uses are NOT LaTeX files but DDS files (thank you very much for the week's work I put into loading the files into LaTeX to whoever gave dds files a .tex extension :P) but now I have loaded a level 9 .tex file for Earth into GIMP but it has a...
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    Orbiter 2006 on Linux Walkthrough

    I once got Orbiter running on Linux under Wine, but the lack of DirectX and my old video card mean't the FPS was so low it wasn't usable. A suggestion: I used to have a program called "Cedega" that was Wine with some DirectX supporting libs that allowed me to run Windows games like Madden 2006...
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    Question Should beginners use TransX or IMFD?

    Although I don't have as much experience/knowledge as some of the others who have responded to your post, I felt a lot more comfortable with TransX for my first interplanetary mission then IMFD (i.e., I got within 2 AU of Saturn with TransX, and I was the first man to exit the solar system with...
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    Flight Question Launching to a geometric orbit?

    Finally, somebody understands me! :D (joking :D)
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    Flight Question Launching to a geometric orbit?

    Hello, please excuse me if this is the wrong place for this thread as this is my first post. :) I would take a spacecraft (be it the DeltaGlider or another imaginary one) into a geometric orbit and maybe drop off a TV satellite while I'm there. How would I do this? If you have a link to a...
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