Orbiter 2024 Release

[gamer19]

ok, one probably silly question - so can I now delete my Orbiter Development build folder ? is this... that ? same ?

 

[Lucy]

ok, one probably silly question - so can I now delete my Orbiter Development build folder ? is this... that ? same ?

For the moment, most likely they are identical; unless you intend to follow the pre-release versions for the next release of Orbiter, you can likely replace the one for the other. I would personally keep it around for the moment while you test if all the addons you want to use work with the released 2024 version just yet.

 

[PhantomCruiser]

I've been lurking on the thread through the whole development cycle. Thanks for all the hard work guys!

 

[Kelly Wright]

I have been dedicated Orbiter since the original 'flying brick'. If this wasn't free, I would have easy spent $1,500 on new versions and addons

 

[Snax]

Long live Orbiter ! Here's to another decade of virtual space flights !

 

[Matias Saibene]

I have been dedicated Orbiter since the original 'flying brick'. If this wasn't free, I would have easy spent $1,500 on new versions and addons

 

[Alien]

Thanks for Orbiter 2024! and happy new year!

 

[MaxBuzz]

FRED18 your modules need to be updated !

It would be amazing if these addons worked in the new version

 

[Abloheet]

I got a bug report to make. When I try to run Open Orbiter 2024 using MOGE at 1440p, or any resolution above 1440p, I get the Initialising 3D environment with a hardware device error, and Orbiter fails to load. Using any resolution below 1440p, orbiter works as expected. No such issue with dx9 client. Is this a known limitation of MOGE?

 

[DaveS]

I got a bug report to make. When I try to run Open Orbiter 2024 using MOGE at 1440p, or any resolution above 1440p, I get the Initialising 3D environment with a hardware device error, and Orbiter fails to load. Using any resolution below 1440p, orbiter works as expected. No such issue with dx9 client. Is this a known limitation of MOGE?

Yes. DX7 does not support resolutions above 1920x1080.

 

[dbeachy1]

So I noticed a problem not sure if I have to change something on my end but I Installed the following addons

Wideawake International = https://www.orbiter-forum.com/resources/wideawake-international.3734/

X-R2 RavenStar = Site =https://www.alteaaerospace.com/index-3.html
Download = https://www.alteaaerospace.com/ccount/click.php?id=3

Senario = Wideawake/Wingedlaunch/XR2 Launch

Issue - XR2 is landed on the runway at the wrong orientation.

Also last image XR2 on final for KSC when I come to a final stop the XR2 leans over on the runway -
Please help

Don't worry, there are already OpenOrbiter-compatible XR DLLs, and I plan to release official Orbiter 2024-compatible XR vessels within the next few weeks. But I'm not starting on that before next week, for sure -- I'm still on vacation yet.

EDIT: Also, I plan to support both Orbiter 2016 and Orbiter 2024 XR versions, at least for the foreseeable future...

 

[Fabri91]

Don't worry, there are already OpenOrbiter-compatible XR DLLs, and I plan to release official Orbiter 2024-compatible XR vessels within the next few weeks. But I'm not starting on that before next week, for sure -- I'm still on vacation yet.

EDIT: Also, I plan to support both Orbiter 2016 and Orbiter 2024 XR versions, at least for the foreseeable future...

Are these newer DLLs available somewhere, perchance?

 

[dedalus]

Don't worry, there are already OpenOrbiter-compatible XR DLLs, and I plan to release official Orbiter 2024-compatible XR vessels within the next few weeks. But I'm not starting on that before next week, for sure -- I'm still on vacation yet.

EDIT: Also, I plan to support both Orbiter 2016 and Orbiter 2024 XR versions, at least for the foreseeable future...

The best 2025 to all

 

[alfagolf]

 

[Thunder Chicken]

Is there an official / preferred procedure for reporting potential bugs, feature requests, etc..? I've made reports in GitHub, but more casual Orbiter users may not want to fuss with getting a GitHub account.

 

[GLS]

Is there an official / preferred procedure for reporting potential bugs, feature requests, etc..? I've made reports in GitHub, but more casual Orbiter users may not want to fuss with getting a GitHub account.

IMO, posting an issue in GitHub should have preference, as it can be tracked there and won't be buried under new posts. But if the user doesn't have/want an account there, I'd say posting in a thread here works as well. We had this one for the later part of the 2024 development, and maybe a new thread could be created for the current cycle.

 

[Lucy]

Yeah, I held off on making a thread to hold issues for this one because I, too, felt that the GH issue tracker is the better place to track such issues for 2024; creating a thread here for them too would split the discussion between OF and GH and make it more difficult to keep track of progress between the two. You need a GH account to contribute to development anyway!

 

[pushkin]

I love this community! I first installed Orbiter around 2010, and it's truly heartwarming to see such a talented group actively developing Orbiter further after it became open source. Thanks to everyone involved for keeping my favorite software alive and thriving!

 

[dbeachy1]

Are these newer DLLs available somewhere, perchance?

Yes, on the XR Vessels GitHub Releases page here: https://github.com/dbeachy1/XRVessels/releases

See the XR2 section for the XR2 links, and expand the "Assets" section to see the XR1 and XR5 releases.

 

[Rambler]

Congrats to all involved on this new release! Looking forward to trying out this version. I do have a question. Can I use the 2016 high res planet textures in this version, i.e. can I just port those files from 2016 over to 2024? Or are there updated high res planet textures to go along with this release somewhere? Thanks again!