------- INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS -------

For launch scenarios only, BEFORE installing Soyuz7k_T:

- In this order, Igel's Historical Spaceports 1.5, Soyuz 1.2 and O2016 improvements pack: https://www.orbithangar.com/showAddon.php?id=0bb66462-d9cc-4f68-95f3-482bc319a5c7

- DO NOT install Soyuz 1.3, third-party payloads are not working, pending update by author.

- Built for Orbiter 2016 exclusively, latest O2016 D3D9 build required for best visual and feature match. The built-in graphics engine is no longer supported. Vzor periscope will not work without D3D9.

- Sounds require XRSound. OrbiterSound is not supported, as XRSound will be included with future Orbiter releases.

- Non-launch scenarios have no further dependencies.

- Interior panels in Russian by default. To use the English virtual cockpit textures, copy and replace the textures from "Textures\Sirius_7k\Eng" to the main "Textures\Sirius_7k" folder.

- Please read the included Manual and Flight Guide for a summary and explanation of the currently implemented features and how to use them on a typical flight.

------- COMMON ISSUES -------

- If on launching a scenario no spacecraft are visible, install the x86 Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable packages for Visual Studio 2015, 2017, 2019, and 2022:
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-US/cpp/windows/latest-supported-vc-redist?view=msvc-170

- Make sure to enable local light sources in the Orbiter settings

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Thanks to: 
castorp/OctoberSky for the original exterior Soyuz 7k and Salyut meshes and textures.
Using edited igel meshes for the fairings, to make them blank and the grid fins black, and to account for the Vzor lateral offset on 7K. All credit goes to igel.
BrianJ's Dragon 2 code for the realistic docking system (soft/hard dock).

All remaining code, interior Soyuz meshes, VC panel textures, by diogom. Source code included in the SDK folder.

Modelling done on Blender v2.83.5 - meshes generated with Blake's export tool.

Code under MIT license. Meshes and textures: all rights reserved, not to be redistributed without permission from the authors (diogom and castorp).

Resources used:
- Sven Grahn website
- http://www.cosmoworld.ru/spaceencyclopedia/publications/soyuz7.pdf - study on Sirius7k IDS
- http://www.svengrahn.pp.se/histind/RvDRadar/APSYZ-descharac3.pdf - English language Apollo-Soyuz documentation
- https://www.orbiterwiki.org/wiki/Sirius-7K_IDS - translation and compilation of study on Sirius7k IDS by Urwumpe
- https://www.planet4589.org/space/articles/pao/CrewManual1999.pdf - NASA Soyuz-TM Crew Operations Manual from 1999
- http://www.astronautix.com/
- http://russianspaceweb.com/spacecraft.html

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18/05/2025