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    You know you're addicted to Orbiter when...

    Having flown it in a desktop computer simulator and a full-motion rotation simulator... I really don't like the 16. It's VERY unforgiving. It's got a good ordinance load and avionics but trying to maneuver and dogfight...I find I'm more likely to plaster myself into the ground trying to...
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    Landing with craft docked?

    This is something I noticed with the Arrow-class transport on the UCGO module...a nicely robust add-on module, I must say. The problem is that you cannot maintain a dock with the Arrow landed on a surface. Even if the physics allow (e.g., under lunar gravity) I cannot maintain dock. I can...
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    Challenge Re-orbit or land the Arrow

    One of the things I noticed about the Arrow...yes, it's huge, it's heavy, and in Earth Gravity, it rather sucks trying to move. You have to cheat it and hack it. But what if you didn't have to? The UCGO Arrow-class freighter has some potent main engines. They are pointed the wrong way...and...
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    Request From the Earth to the Moon...AND BACK

    One of the things I found from Orbiter is that it teaches you a great deal about negotiating orbits from an Earth takeoff, even for a novice. The "DG to the Moon" scenario is well-written in pacing, narrative, and explanation, involving the player in use of the interface. What I would also...
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    What you want to see in the Next release of Orbiter

    Think the XR2 can handle a giant slingshot? Actually I'd like to see one bug fixed...namely the one that prevents ships from being docked with the Arrow freighter while it is landed. I manage to put an XR1 in the docking bay under lunar gravity, and as soon as I have capture, the thing falls...
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    Humor Apollo 18:the movie

    Okay, checking to see that what I'm putting in does add to the thread and isn't just a bump...at least I hope this adds something. Well, to be fair, in fiction, Hollywood can throw sounds in for dramatic effect. Also, space can be noisy, but not with sound. Tidal effects, incident radiation...
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    Tell us about yourself!

    Not much to say. I'm a med student about to graduate, I got into Orbiter after I got bored with the limited activities in the "Moonbase Alpha" game. I got a Logitech G13 for analog control, and got hooked. I do a "Minds" style machinima series called Kane's Mind.
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    Humor Ways to kill a UMMU

    Was that it? I thought that was my landing strip! I thought Brighton Beach seemed a bit far away...
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