Project HDU-DSH & Z2 UACS - Major Tom at Solace Base

[Buck Rogers]

So here we go! Breathable areas, running around, unpacking cargo!
Just like back in the good old days, but with stunning gfx!
Big shout out to Abdullah Radwan for making this possible!


HDU-DSH_NASASuitZ2
Add-On for Orbiter 2016 (v.160828)

Habitat Demonstration Unit – Deep Space Habitat

Even in space, there’s no place like home

Specifications
Non-Flight Shell: Eight composite fiberglass, resin-infused sections from a single mold, supported by large, C-shaped steel ribs
Structure: Cylindrical with a vertically-oriented axis, on top of a 13.8-foot square cradle
Volume: 5,230.1 cubic feet (148.1 cubic meters) in two levels
Size: 16.4 feet (5 meters) inner diameter; 10.8 feet (3.3 meters) high, total (6.6 feet barrel height with two 2.1-foot end domes on top and bottom)
Features: Inflatable loft, two docking ports, one hygiene module and one dust mitigation module/airlock.

Regardless of what surface they’re exploring, at the end of a long day collecting geological samples or performing scientific experiments, astronauts need a base of operations to return to.
-NASA

Credits:
3d model: NASA
Universal Astronaut and Cargo System (UACS): Abdullah Radwan
VesselBuilder: Fred18
conversion, 3d, tex., cfgs: Buck Rogers
Martin Schweiger & Orbiter Forum members

REQUIREMENTS
"Universal Astronaut and Cargo System (UACS)" add-on

Project - Universal Astronaut and Cargo System (UACS)

thank you for latest version may I ask - what are .pdb files in Modules folder ? ------------------------------------------- btw got ctd with first in Earth orbit scenario ============================ ERROR: =========================== Failed loading module...

www.orbiter-forum.com

There's also a patch a few posts further down.

"VesselBuilder for Orbiter2016" add-on
http://www.intech-srl.eu/fred/VesselBuilder1_PreRelease.zip
.dll provided in this package

D3d9 Client
https://www.orbiter-forum.com/resources/d3d9-for-orbiter-2016.5493/

Mars Hi-res Textures- highly reccomended (may not work correctly without!)

INSTALLATION
Extract all files in the orbiter2016 folder to the root of your Orbiter program directory, preserving the directory structure. This should NOT overwrite anything in the standard Orbiter package except:

Mars.cfg (in the Doc folder) make a backup before overwriting

Keys:

Astronaut:
Alt + M : cycle HUD info- all keys are listed there.

HDU-DSH_lights (select vessel):
[ALT]+[B] = Toggle Beacons
[CTRL]+[L] = Toggle Spot Lights
-For the "full" lighting effect turn on both beacons and spotlights

 

[Urwumpe]

Did you also upload it to the Orbiter Downloads Section?

 

[Buck Rogers]

No, and I won't till it is tested, and or ,possibly even, not until UACS is officially released.

 

[gattispilot]

I like it. And the height adjustment. You could always have a guy elevated. for interior.

 

[Urwumpe]

No, and I won't till it is tested, and or ,possibly even, not until UACS is officially released.

OK, reason enough to give it a spin.

 

[Buck Rogers]

Yes please! Really hope you like it, and, of course I expect hard critisism! (feedback is important).

 

[Urwumpe]

Yes please! Really hope you like it, and, of course I expect hard critisism! (feedback is important).

If I criticize yours too hard, you can criticize mine too hard as well...not sure if I want that.

 

[Buck Rogers]

Don't worry, I'm pretty cuddly, atleast personna (most of the time!). I try to be only constructive with my critic, and generaly try to give people space.
P.S. you must be in Karneval hochburg right! Hope your having fun!

 

[Urwumpe]

P.S. you must be in Karneval hochburg right! Hope your having fun!

Nonono, that is not the case. I live in the North, we grant carnival refugees asylum here.


Only the Braunschweig/Brunswick guys down here celebrate a big carnival, but they are pretty exotic anyway. Their carnival procession (called "Schoduvel") was yesterday.

 

[Buck Rogers]

OK so you're lucky! Sorry my Geo was off, I thought you where further south. Where I'm at they say everything south of the Elbe is S. Germany anyway!
Dont want to derail my own thread! chatbox?

 

[Boxx]

It looks really cool! I especially like the reflection on the helmet.

so, the hab was finally transferred

 

[Buck Rogers]

By the way I made a dummy breathable object that you can put anywhere and make any base breathable. Just copy (+rename) the .cfg and adjust the area inside.

 

[Buck Rogers]

Knew I'd forget something! didn't include the .flt and HDU-DSHbreath.cfg file. Udated in first post (sorry!)- long day!

 

[gattispilot]

Nice. I redid the LER for UACS and 2016.

 

[Buck Rogers]

WOW!!! (don't you sleep!- rehtorical question)

 

[Donamy]

He's a robot.

 

[Buck Rogers]

I made a basic interior- so you don't have to stand in the dark when your taking a breather!

Made some Mars rocks:

And night lighting

Got to the canyon, but didn't make it back without running out of air! Now where did I park the LER?

UPDATE in first post.

Does anyone know why Base object Beacon Array doesn't work on Mars? Works fine on Earth.

 

[misha.physics]

Looking at your picture with night lights I'd like to ask if your light is visible through objects just like here?

 

[gattispilot]

What you can do is make the height of the guy with no space suit on higher

 

[Buck Rogers]

@misha.physics: yeah, and shadow problems, I think they're known d3d9 limitations, advantage here is the lights point straight down.

Thanks gattispilot: That might be a good work-around if there are no other options.

UPDATE: turned the lights inside back on!