Orbiter 2016

[Ripley]

160828, if that's what you're asking.
See lower left corner of Launchpad.

 

[pappy2]

Merci "Doc" et les autres Orbinautes pour ce formidable travail :thumbup:

 

[dbeachy1]

I'm noticing the same behavior with D3D9.

[UPDATE]: I played around with the graphics settings just to make sure 60fps just didn't happen to be what my hardware could produce and 60fps is all I can get.

I would double-check that you don't have vsync forced on in your nvidia control panel settings.

 

[Zach121k]

Anyone else run the Atlantis demo and get the shuttle ascending to heaven?

 

[JonnyBGoode]

Thanks Martin for all your work!

Now I guess I've got to relearn how to fly this thing.

 

[JMW]

Anyone else run the Atlantis demo and get the shuttle ascending to heaven?

Yes, jumps skywards and then engines fire.....
Paused start screenshot below...

 

[Ripley]

I opened the "DG-S ready for takeoff" scenario, clicked on Retro Doors Open (on lower right of 2D cockpit) and OrbiterSound4 said "Nose Cone open".

 

[buznee]

Martin! Congratulations, thanks so much for the hard work that you put in to this simulation. I was curious is anyone thinking of adding Oculus Rift (Virtual Reality) support to orbiter sim? It would be quite an epic experience to be able to fly a mission with the delta glider in virtual reality. PRETTY PLEASE =)

 

[GLS]

Quick question.

I haven't found any reference to the new atmospheric wind effects in the documentation. How does it work? Are the wind velocities random? Do they change during the mission?

From my experience the winds don't seem to change with different runs of the same scenario, and they seem to remain as they are during the scenario run (or they change very slowly).

 

[Zatnikitelman]

I would double-check that you don't have vsync forced on in your nvidia control panel settings.

It was set to "allow application to decide" and I turned it to off which did it. Though I'm not sure why nVidia failed to pick up the setting from Orbiter in that case. I'll have to play with it some more.

More general question to the floor: I haven't been following the technical details of the new goodies, so what is the current "bottleneck" in terms of performance? Loading the textures? Or still primarily the CPU, GPU and Memory?

 

[JonnyBGoode]

Stupid question time: Do add-ons for Orbiter 2010/P1 work for 2016?

 

[Pipcard]

I really love it. Orbiter has come a very long way.

But just one thing, the I key doesn't seem to toggle the info anymore (at least for me)

 

[Face]

But just one thing, the I key doesn't seem to toggle the info anymore (at least for me)

That was removed intentionally (and pretty early in the beta) AFAIK. You can use the sidebar displays instead.

 

[JonnyBGoode]

Anyone else run the Atlantis demo and get the shuttle ascending to heaven?

It does it for me, too.

Also, when you start the "Moon through atmosphere" level, the shuttle pops up into the air a few hundred feet and then drops to the ground. The camera also tilts into the ground sharply when this happens.

 

[jroly]

Stupid question time: Do add-ons for Orbiter 2010/P1 work for 2016?

Some of them work and others don't, you just have to try.

 

[4throck]

Anyone else run the Atlantis demo and get the shuttle ascending to heaven?

For me, with the standard resolution earth textures, it drops to the ground and eventually settles close to a horizontal position.

 

[hutchison66]

well just set 2016 up and as I feared the most important add on for me, Shuttle Fleet doesn't work so won't be changing over any time soon as its not worth it for a few pretty textures on the ground.. Great Job Martin but if I can't get Shuttle Fleet working my whole Orbiter setup is wasted and will stick to 2010
not angry not your fault, but for now will delete it and leave the package as a zip file

 

[Nicholas Kang]

Hello, I am back. I just downloaded Orbiter 2016 and I found one (tiny) problem. I noticed that the little train that moves around Brighton beach on the moon and Habana base will not move at all. I accelerate time up to thousands of times of the original simulation time and still the little train lurks behind the barge or silos(?) in both habana and brighton beach. Anyone notice this effect?

I am using Windows xp with the latest stable d3d9 client installed for Orbiter 2016 core package. (I haven't installed the high-res files, maybe next week.)

Thanks for your attention.

Nicholas.

 

[jroly]

The trains do not work with d3d9 client.

 

[Nicholas Kang]

The trains do not work with d3d9 client.

How to make the train work then? You see, they shouldn't exist without motion, as if they were ancient artifacts displayed in museums.

Thanks for answering, jroly.

Regards,

Nicholas.