In just a little over a month, we will be celebrating 50 years of the first human space flight. Half a century! Seeing this event coming (about a year ago), and having most of the needed infrastructure ready, we simply could not let this opportunity pass! So, here it is - the reconstruction of the historic flight of Yuri Gagarin, as detailed and accurate as we could only get it! And, of course, addon is not limited to just Gagarin's flight only. It actually covers all Vostok program - end-to-end, including all unmanned launched with and without dogs, failed and successful. This addon is a tribute to all people of that exiting era, whose efforts made these flights possible. By visualizing their achievements in today's 3D technology, we wanted to celebrate and appreciate their courage, persistence and pioneering spirit...
An important word about documentation. Addon comes with with detailed manuals in Russian and English. Whichever you use - read it thoroughly and keep handy. This short note is not a replacement for documentation - I just cannot repeat the full contents of the multi-page document in a brief forum post! And addon is so loaded, so involved, that you will eventually very likely have to read every single page in in the manual to get to its bottom! Even installing addon and configuring Orbiter for its use may take some reading - this is the price to pay for any addon of significant complexity. Luckily, Vostok is compatible with both Orbiter 2006 and Orbiter 2010, so if you don't succeed in one, try the other - and don't forget to read the manual!
I can't express enough thanks to everyone helping us with is - they are all listed in the manual as well. I also hope that you'll get at least as much fun playing with this addon as we had making it. It was a long, exhausting, intense marathon, but at the same time it was a very joyful and rewarding experience for everyone involved. Now time came to share the fun!
Poehali!
:hail:
