News Gallery of add-ons in development

[Matias Saibene]

Dear friends of the Orbiter Forum,
Given the collective need for a place to upload screenshots or videos of our add-ons in development, I'm opening this thread.

Post screenshots and videos of your add-ons in development here to share status updates. This way, we can spread the enthusiasm for the work we're all doing.

Long live OpenOrbiter, free software, C++ and Lua!

 

[Matias Saibene]

My turn:

It's about making functional beacons for Orbiter, that illuminate, rotate, and have beacons, and XPDR.

For now, I want to make the "Faro Recalada a Bahía Blanca" and the "Roter Sands lighthouse". I really like both. Thanks @Urwumpe for pointing me to the lighouse drawings website.







¡Mi pueblito querido! (My beloved little town!)

 

[misha.physics]

Reference:


A simple mesh after a couple of hours:

 

[Matias Saibene]

Some progress!

 

[LadyCroussette]

Some progress!

Looks awesome! Though it need some kind of visible light at the top because otherwise all it does is light the ground and that isn't very helpful to ship far away on the sea

 

[gattispilot]

I have lots of them . lunar stuff FLEX,.......

 

[Matias Saibene]

 

[lift-off]

I'm working on the Gemini Programm here : page project

 

[Matias Saibene]

I'm working on the Gemini Programm here : page project
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Wow! OMG!
The mesh looks amazing and very detailed.

 

[Aztronut66]

Hey, great thread! A one-stop-shop for all add-ons in the works.

A while back, I built a facility to accomodate the Arrow Freighter. The Freighter facility is contained in it's own base.cfg file. Just add it to any Config/"Planet-Moon"/Base folder and put in the lat/long for the location you want. I can put together an add-on release if anyone is interested. I used Blender for the modeling. I created the people using Blender's Make Human plugin.

BASE-V2.0
Name = Arrow Facility
Location = -34.0755000 41.0210330
Size = 500
MapObjectsToSphere = TRUE

I also upgraded Brighton Beach.The Brighton upgrade is added to the original Brighton.cfg file.
I would be happy to provide an add-on for that as well (minus the XR Facility of course).

 

[Aztronut66]

More pics of the Arrow Facility...












Also, this base has a large platform with legs so you can place it on the side of a hill if you like. It just have it sunk into the ground in these images.

 

[Matias Saibene]

Hey, great thread! A one-stop-shop for all add-ons in the works.

A while back, I built a facility to accomodate the Arrow Freighter. The Freighter facility is contained in it's own base.cfg file. Just add it to any Config/"Planet-Moon"/Base folder and put in the lat/long for the location you want. I can put together an add-on release if anyone is interested. I used Blender for the modeling. I created the people using Blender's Make Human plugin.

BASE-V2.0
Name = Arrow Facility
Location = -34.0755000 41.0210330
Size = 500
MapObjectsToSphere = TRUE

I also upgraded Brighton Beach.The Brighton upgrade is added to the original Brighton.cfg file.
I would be happy to provide an add-on for that as well (minus the XR Facility of course).

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Wow! It looks impressive.

And how nice to see the Arrow Freighter again!

It's like a Brighton Beach base on steroids.

Great job!

 

[Matias Saibene]

As seen on Blender's EEVEE:


Continuing with the development of the Roter Sand Lighthouse:

I've added the light and beacon. Ready to port it to Windows and upload it to GitHub.

Later, I'll implement a virtual cabin, with a 3D interior and beautiful sea views.

 

[misha.physics]

More pics of the Arrow Facility...

I hope this is "work in progress"?

 

[Buck Rogers]

I hope this is "work in progress"?

Looks finished!
I hope it's released soon!

 

[Aztronut66]

I hope this is "work in progress"?

I am in the process of modifying the textures and mesh for this base. The original files were created with an older version of Blender and the Blender to Orbiter import/export script.

I am re-applying materials and textures and re-exporting the mesh files using a newer version of Blender and the script.

Also experimenting with creating a terrain mesh using a texture displacement modifier.

If you would like @misha.physics, I can PM you when I'm ready for someone to test it out.

 

[misha.physics]

Ok, thanks.

 

[Matias Saibene]

In my endless quest to build Orbiter bases, I have received help from @LadyCroussette to whom I am grateful.
And on my way I came across the tileedit utility, which promises to easily set up tiles using Orbiter's controversial folder coordinate system.
The utility was originally programmed in C++ and Qt so it was relatively easy to port it to Linux.

Now my question is: how do I use it?
Because I only see three black screens.

 

[misha.physics]

I used it a little for making elevation tiles earlier. The following thread may be useful:

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Request Thread 'Visual terrain editor'

Jul 2, 2024

This is a request that goes in hand with what I have posted previously in this thread: https://www.orbiter-forum.com/threads/flat-cape-canaveral-area.41771/
This editor would take the guessing out of getting flat/elevated areas. Right now, using the D3D9Client *.flt files, it's a pure guessing game of trial&error to see where you are actually editing the the terrain. It would work in tandem with the actual planetary textures so you could see the terrain you're editing.

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[Blake]

@Matias Saibene I suspect that editor will be of interest to others, recommend you start its own thread.

I'm enjoying this thread, I will contribute shortly.