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On the textures: Currently bigger parts have a coarser texture than the smaller parts. You could adjust this to be more uniform by modifiying the size of the U-V maps. I think this would look more consistent, because the Kapton (gold) foil does not know if it is wrapped around a big or small...

Yes, thrust looks good. The final hover thrust (just before touchdown) was around 50%, which is a reasonable throttle level. For information, the braking burn from Lunar orbit in this scneario starts with 40% fuel. It is assumed, the other 60% are used by the Lander during its TLI burn, Lunar...

Also played around with an alternate gold texture, for the wrapping. The dds files are attached, if you want to try them. Maybe also the size of the mapping around the model should be bigger (not so fine divided), so the wrinkles are not too small and show approximately the same 'grain' over...

A very nice lander! Took it for a spin to land at Ukert crater. Landed with 3.5 ton fuel remaining. Orbit scenario is attached. Some comments: - Better make the model center near the mass center of the vessel. This gives a better look when panning around the vessel. (Currently it is on the...

Good Point, that the Solar panels and radiators may collide when angling independently. Maybe the simple solution is to Just let Thema Stick Out straight, and only have them rotated to track the sun.

Tested the NEWAXIOMPPTM1.1. Nice! Some impressions: The RCS thrusters seem a bit strong now. I would think they will rather use 100 N thrusters, acting in pairs or quadruples. You might consider an aft view, for docking with the rear port, switching with the [E] or [C] key. Example...

SpaceX has made a large fairing for DOD payloads of the FalconHeavy. This is well represented in BrainJ's FalconHeavy addon. That fairing is long enough even for the biggest payloads.

Could you please have a look at the "AxiomPPTMNEW1.cfg"-file included in the axiompptm1.zip? I think it is the old cfg-file. The actual shall refer to the dll-module: Also a question: Is this the correct docking / berthing node I am showing in the screenshot below? (Sorry, I am a bit confused...

When I read the book I was totally thrilled on the realism that Andy Weir packed into the story, and still wrote an absolute page-turner book! With the formulas on the Atomic Rockets page, I tried to draft a concept of the 'Hermes' as a nuclear-powered, ion-driven vessel. I collected the...

Maybe compare the exhausts to the CrewDragon RCS exhausts, both in Orbiter and real footage. In Orbiter a combination of static flames and particle exhausts is used to simulate the exhausts. Thrusters Firing in space by SpaceX's CRS 25 Dragon

On the long RCS plumes: Reduce the lifetime in the particle definition. Usually a few 0.x sec are sufficient. The length will still vary with fps and time acceleration settings. ______ Also, do not use the exhaust velocity as v0 of the stream. While this would be theoretically correct, it is...

I think, that would be a good solution. Some vessels use the 'E' Key to switch between forward and aft view. With the inversed RCS we can probably live.

This is a very cool addon! The gold and silver foil textures are the best I've ever seen in Orbiter! Maybe you could disclose how you made them, how specular and normal maps were created. I flew a docking approach to the stock ISS and realized, the cockpit view is aft (opposite to the docking...

I had for long time a notebook without a keypad. This did not stop me from using Orbiter. - Some notebooks can emulate a keypad via the function key. The numbers are shown in blue letters. - Later I bought me a joystick and programmed its keys for the most used functions (like switching the...

There is a website where Normal maps can be created from the basic picture. NormalMap-Online You maybe want to turn down the 'strength' a bit, so it is not too bumpy.

I am still using the 2016 API without problems, to retrain backwards compatibilty. Only the initialization of variables seems to be checked more stringent in 2024. If all initializations are done properly, everything works fine.

In dark nights use head lights! New version Obsidian-02 can be downloaded in the first post. The lander has now a dll. It can land on its touchdown points, but sometimes flips over when changing from freeflight to landed mode. Landing lights can be switched on, the stowed high-gain antenna can...

Shedding some light on Europa's secrets.

Obsidian over Uranus moon Titania. New version 01 can be downloaded in the first post of this thread. The Osidian now got a dll and has few key commands. [E] Camera look forward or aft [G] Go ahead, change from stowed to active configuration (This is important to activate the reactor and main...

Great tip, thank you! The picture above shows a lander incoming to the lava Lake at Io. Unfortunately, the lander spun out of control before touchdown. May have to do how the height above ground is interpreted in Orbiter 2024 vs Orbiter 2010. Will have a loser look into that.