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Hello Everyone, It's been a while since I did anything in Orbiter, but recently when I tried to start it, I was greeted with a white screen when I started a scenario. I have tried this with both Orbiter 2016 & 2010 with the same result. I even tried downloading a clean copy of Orbiter 2016...

When I looked through the Black Friday ads I spotted the Kindle Fire-7 (8Gb) on sale for $30. I know they're Android based, and it looks like there's a program for using an Android tablet as a second monitor: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.idisplay.virtualscreen&hl=en Are...

Hey Everyone, For some reason, I've got it in my head to build a life-sized interior of the Apollo Lunar Module. I found a great scan of all of the switches and displays of the LM, but what I don't know is how big the panels are. http://heroicrelics.org/info/lm/lm-ctrl-panel.html I have...

Hello Everyone! A long time ago (maybe around 2003) I used to use the NASA Skylab space station as another space station to practice rendezvous and docking with. Does anyone know where I can find Skylab for Orbiter 2016? Thanks, -Tc

I've been looking at creating a control panel for the Delta Glider, but it didn't take me long to run into a fundamental problem: How do you convert the output from a switch, which is continuously on, to the momentary signal needed to replicate a keyboard press? I've found one site that...

Hello Everyone, I was browsing on the web and spotted this article about creating your own game controller: http://www.instructables.com/id/Lets-make-a-game-controller/ So it has inspired me to create a basic control panel for the Delta Glider. Looking at the DG cockpit, I've started by...

Hello, Has anyone successfully managed to get TrackIR 5 to work with either Orbiter 2010 or 2016? TrackIR worked pretty much out of the box with Flight Simulator X, but I couldn't get it to work with the virtual cockpit view for either of the above versions. Pressing F1 would not bring up the...

With the release "Rogue One", I've been thinking about the original Death Star. But I haven't been able to find a very good add-on for Orbiter. So my question is, at 120 km in diameter, should the Death Star be treated as a moon and not a Space Station? Also, does anyone know where I can find...

Hello Everyone, I've been away from Orbiter for a while, and with the release of Orbiter 2016, I thought I'd brush up on some old skills. I downloaded the following files (56.2 Gig!): Orbiter 2016 High Res_ Earth Orbiter 2016 High Res_ Mars Orbiter 2016 High Res_ Minor Bodies Orbiter 2016...

Can someone please point me to where I can download the Orbiter 2015 Beta High Resolution Texture packs as a torrent? I'm afraid that the 4Gb downloads available at http://mirror.orbiter-radio.co.uk/orbiter/assets/download.html#minimal is too much for my bandwith, and downloading the individual...

I downloaded the Orbiter 2010 Mega Pack torrent, but when I run the Orbiter program, the helpers showing the orbits of planets and moons are displayed. How can I turn these off? The Planetarium Mode dialoge box doesn't help, nor does there seem to be anything in the Orbiter.cfg file. Any...

Hey Everyone, I'd like to jump into creating my own custom addons for Orbiter. I know a thing or two about 3d modelling, and there's a project that I would very much like to see done in Orbiter. So in order to help me understand the location of thrusters, engines, and docking ports...

I have a question about exporting .3ds files from 3ds Max. I prefer to use Maya for modelling, but I've found a way of exporting my model from Maya to 3ds Max while preserving the texture coordinates by using the .obj format. But when I tried to export my model from 3ds Max to bring it...

How do I configure an MFD to be a docking camera? I'm developing a vessle with a rear docking port, and a docking camera would be helpful to see where I'm going. Thanks! -Tchail

Hey Guys, I'm having a really wierd problem when I bring a mesh into Orbiter. For some reason, my models get flipped in the -x direction. That is, the left side of my model is now the right, and vice-versa. My models look fine when viewed in 3ds Max and in MeshWizard. (Now, I...

One of the things I've always wanted to do with Orbiter is to recreate the Enterprise tour scene from Star Trek The Motion Picture. I've successfully managed to build the Orbital Office (and I hope to make it available soon), and I've built 3d models of the Travel Pod and Workbee. I'm trying...

I have a question about defining docking ports in the Orbiter .cfg (or .ini) files. How do you define docking approach directions that are not perpendicular to an axis? For example, let's say that you want to have a docking port that is at a direction at a 45 degree angle directly between...

After years of good intentions, I am slowly, but surely, venturing into the realm of building 3d models for use with Orbiter. Using MeshWizard, I have managed to isolate the Pilot and Passenger figures for use with my models. But I was wondering if anyone could tell me where I can get the...