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I am having a go at modelling a "pod" that crew from a DGiv can go into to spend a few days while the DG orbits the Moon. i.e. to too much to ask that they stay seated in the DG for the duration of the mission. To give a human feel to the place I was going to add a table and chair they could...

Yet again I am up here asking for help. I do thank you nice people in advance and am grateful for the time you take. ( Creep over) I am having a go at my first c++ vessel and learning c++ at the same time. I wish to have some doors open on command. They would be covers over cages which hold...

I am designing my first vessel and am have trouble with getting it to dock to a Delta Glider. SetDockParams (_V(0,8.86,0), _V(0,-1,0), _V(0,1,0)); is the line of code. So the docking port is aligned to the centre line of the craft but 8.86 metres up. For me to say its working right, you...

I am having problems with C++ and making use of DANs UCGO I am no programmer but can understand which variable needs to be changed in a written piece of code. I have loaded up Visual C++ express and using Hlynkacg blog have compiled a .dll which uses my mesh but the standard ShuttlePB code. So...

I am designing my own vessel and am having a problem understanding the real and orbiter configured Centre of Gravity. I understand the parallelogram of forces acting on an airframe, with its lift, drag, G and the like. I also have a passing understanding of good old Newton Here is a very...

Have been working on some tiles for a new Base on the Moon. Using Orbiter Base Maker and all going fine. Layer one tiles where fine, a few layer 9 but they where ok. Added a whole load of layer 4 tiles around the base, all looking good in OBM. Went for a test flight and most of the layer 4...

I have been playing with my own bases for a while now and am getting ready to release them. I have 10 bases on the moon. There is a set of models/meshs and each base has its own sub set, with one of the bases having at least 1 of everything. They have all been done in Orbiter Base Maker...

Have been playing with adding some texture tiles to a Moon base I am making. In the past I have just added files/tiles via Orbiter Base maker and let it do all the work. ( Works a treat, no thinking needed) As I am adding more tiles than OBM shows I am having to do it by hand and am being...

Need a spot of help folks for what I hope is a really noob problem!! Done a clean install after moving disks around in my machine. Downloaded moon level 11 texture after checking I did not have the file sitting on one of my disks. (i.e. don't think it was installed before) unzipped file into...

I have a small problem when I run a scenario from a saved named file or from quicksave. Make a base in OBM and it saves a simple scenario, run it, fine. Run same scenario and add another ummu / dg4 (anything) or fly to another base and save it as a named file i.e. Luna2 Run Luna2 and Orbiter...

I have made a texture in fireworks as a .PNG This is then saved as a .BMP Passed to DxTex to convert to a .DDS works fines looks nice etc. etc. DDS file size is 1Meg open in Paint.net and save it and the file size is down to around 128k !!! So a 1meg files becomes a 128k !!! That file in...

Following on from PennyBlacks Vending machine I have opened a thread to talk about and maybe get put together a working vending machine for use on moons and planets, within the accommodation modules. I have used the UCGO frame work to make a maintainance gantry, a rotating plant and a...

Playing with a graphics prog MapZone which allows a grayscale graphic to add shading to another graphic giving the apperance of depth. Noticed there was talk of bump maps and the like, in the threads on the D3D9 client. My question is can ordinary Mesh scenary ( i.e. added via OBM) make use of...

Following the opening of more and more Bases on the lunar surface a need for a formal system of navigation and safety aids is becoming more urgent. It is proposed that a framework for lunar based Navigational Aid transmitters (NavAids) be ratified to pre-empt the formation of an ad hoc system...

While looking at other info I came across the data given below regarding my video card. It is taken from the D3D9 client log. If I am reading this right does it mean I can have a texture file 8K by 8k, or is it just I can have 8kby8k of textures at any one time. I know that an add on with 10...

Have a strange one to do with Text appearing on meshes. Made a mesh in wings, UV mapped a texture file which displays fine in wings, so converted it to .msh Texture, made in Fireworks, converted to .dds. So far so good. In the texture there are 2 pieces of text but still part of the same .dds...

Following the impact of meteor bgyf/34/gh/89 on the surface of the moon, obtaining water now moved within the realms of possibility. Lunar landscapes moved in to fill this gap and started to process this and other ores to produce O2 H2O and N2. i.e. air and water. As a by product of this, it...

Update Tracking of the meteor has shown it has broken up. Most of It is now expected to hit the moon in July of this year. It is also expected to hit while the sun is not shining on the expected landing sites. All this means that plans to harvest this water have now gone in to full gear...

Update Scientists are starting to consider a return to the Moon big time. A meteoroid nicknamed “Slowcoach Mary” may bring over 4000 litres of water to the moon. Scientists tracking the object have predicted the object will hit or pass within 100km of the moon in 20 months time. “This is a...

Update “Slowcoach Mary” is mainly water. Scientists tracking object Bgyf/34/gh/89 have now discovered that it is mainly made of ice. As it gets near to the Sun it warms and gives off water vapour. This would also count for the changes in its path as the object twists and tumbles through space...