OHM ZTC-Daedalus B-52 Catamaran

[OrbitHangar]

Author: n0mad23


ZanTar-Cheetah Transportation Ltd.'s Daedalus B-52 Catamaran aerial launch platform.

Currently REQUIRES Vinka's Spacecraft3 and liber's Boeing X-37B addon   http://www.orbithangar.com/searchid.php?ID=5165

Require Sputnik's Velcro Rockets V1.11 http://www.orbithangar.com/searchid.php?ID=3388

Highly recommended - Cayenne Rochambeau Airport (by Papyref and Jacquesmomo) as most included scenarios use Rochambeau as a base.  Available here:  http://www.orbiterfrancophone.com/index.php?disp=addons&id=89

See enclosed documentation for uses, credits, thanks, and further development plans.

update: corrected directory structure.
               added missing mesh
v0.1.1 update -
               corrected ini's and added cfg to prevent CTD when jettisoning oxidizer tank
               added both 2006 and 2010 KSC scenarios

v 1.0 update-
              corrections to aircraft weight and adjustments to engines
              addition of 2 cargo rockets with Ananke components
              additional scenarios

v 1.5 update-
             reworked Daedalus mesh
             reworked aerodynamic model - upgraded launch attitude
             added scenarios

v 1.6 update-
            fixed mispelled directory (textures) - if you're missing textures, that's where they are.  Sorry.


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[20 Litre]

wrong directory name MODLULES
Lul :hide:

 

[n0mad23]

Thanks for that 20 Litre.

I think it's official - I now need reading glasses while using my laptop.

It was also missing a mesh that liber's X-37B needs that's now corrected. The missing oxidizer tank is attached here for those of you who've already downloaded the beta. Change "oxidizerTnk.txt" to "oxidizerTnk.ini" and put into your Config\Spacecraft dir.

Thank you.

 

[n0mad23]

Minor updates put up last night.

Corrected ini's and added cfg to prevent CTD when jettisoning oxidizer tank and added both 2006 and 2010 KSC scenarios.

I've attached them here for those who've downloaded already.

In the works: alternative launch platforms and payloads and conversion of X-37B into manned micro-shuttle.

 

[n0mad23]

Beta V1.0 is now up.

Updates include major revisions and corrections to original configuration files.

Two aerial launch cargo rocket platforms - the Itkope class, used for bringing ZTC Ananke Tether-Sling components into LEO.

Two new 3rd stages for liber's X-37B (modified in preparation for the Icarus micro-shuttle).

Revised and expanded documentation.

Any suggestions and/or criticisms welcome.

 

[n0mad23]

V 1.5 uploaded today.

The latest delivers a much better launch attitude (30 - 40 deg. consistently) and the Daedalus aerodynamic model has been seriously revised.

If you're updating from a previous beta, you should overwrite everything.

 

[liber]

modified in preparation for the Icarus micro-shuttle

Gear and rudder-elevator animation need to be fixed.
I'll check what need to be correct.

But nice texture...still Bill Gates need to pay for advertisement on Icarus.

 

[n0mad23]

Fixed the misspelled "Textures" dir. Sorry about any inconvenience caused.

 

[Interceptor]

Hi nOmad23, all of your scenarios work except on the Velcro rockets one.I keep getting a CTD everytime I run it.Heres the orbiter log,can you please help?BTW this is a great addon, are you going to improve this in the future?Thanks.

**** Orbiter.log
Build Aug 30 2010 [v.100830]
Timer precision: 4e-008 sec
Found 0 joystick(s)
Devices enumerated: 6
Devices accepted: 5
==> RGB Emulation
==> Direct3D HAL
==> Direct3D T&L HAL
==> Direct3D HAL (NVIDIA GeForce 7150M / nForce 630M)
==> Direct3D T&L HAL (NVIDIA GeForce 7150M / nForce 630M)
Module AtlantisConfig.dll .... [Build 100830, API 100830]
Module AtmConfig.dll ......... [Build 100830, API 100830]
Module DGConfigurator.dll .... [Build 100830, API 100830]
Module EnergyConfigurator.dll  [Build ******, API 060425]
Module ScnEditor.dll ......... [Build 100830, API 100830]
Module Framerate.dll ......... [Build 100830, API 100830]
Module FlightData.dll ........ [Build 100830, API 100830]
Module ExtMFD.dll ............ [Build 100830, API 100830]
Module ScriptMFD.dll ......... [Build 100830, API 100830]
Module LuaConsole.dll ........ [Build 100830, API 100830]
Module CustomMFD.dll ......... [Build 100830, API 100830]
Module LuaMFD.dll ............ [Build 100830, API 100830]
Module transx.dll ............ [Build 100824, API 100823]
Module ReleaseMeMFD.dll ...... [Build ******, API 060425]
---------------------------------------------------------------
>>> WARNING: Obsolete API function used: oapiRegisterMFDMode
At least one active module is accessing an obsolete interface function.
Addons which rely on obsolete functions may not be compatible with
future versions of Orbiter.
---------------------------------------------------------------

**** Creating simulation session
DirectDraw interface OK
Direct3D interface OK
Graphics: Viewport: Fullscreen 1440 x 900 x 32
Graphics: Hardware T&L capability: Yes
Graphics: Z-buffer depth: 32 bit
Graphics: Active lights supported: 8
Loading 15382 records from star database
Module Sun.dll ............... [Build 100830, API 100830]
VSOP87(E) Sun: Precision 1e-006, Terms 554/6634
Module Mercury.dll ........... [Build 100830, API 100830]
VSOP87(B) Mercury: Precision 1e-005, Terms 167/7123
Module Venus.dll ............. [Build 100830, API 100830]
Module VenusAtm2006.dll ...... [Build 100830, API 100830]
VSOP87(B) Venus: Precision 1e-005, Terms 79/1710
Module Earth.dll ............. [Build 100830, API 100830]
Module EarthAtmJ71G.dll ...... [Build 100830, API 100830]
VSOP87(B) Earth: Precision 1e-008, Terms 2564/2564
BaseObject: Parse error
Module Moon.dll .............. [Build 100830, API 100830]
ELP82: Precision 1e-005, Terms 116/829
Module Mars.dll .............. [Build 100830, API 100830]
Module MarsAtm2006.dll ....... [Build 100830, API 100830]
VSOP87(B) Mars: Precision 1e-005, Terms 405/6400
Module Phobos.dll ............ [Build ******, API 060425]
Module Deimos.dll ............ [Build ******, API 060425]
Module Galsat.dll ............ [Build 100217, API 100215]
Module Jupiter.dll ........... [Build 100830, API 100830]
VSOP87(B) Jupiter: Precision 1e-006, Terms 1624/3625
Module Io.dll ................ [Build 100217, API 100215]
Module Europa.dll ............ [Build 100217, API 100215]
Module Ganymede.dll .......... [Build 100217, API 100215]
Module Callisto.dll .......... [Build 100217, API 100215]
Module Satsat.dll ............ [Build ******, API 061227]
Module Saturn.dll ............ [Build 100830, API 100830]
VSOP87(B) Saturn: Precision 1e-006, Terms 2904/6365
Module Uranus.dll ............ [Build 100830, API 100830]
VSOP87(B) Uranus: Precision 1e-006, Terms 1827/5269
Module Miranda.dll ........... [Build ******, API 060425]
Module Ariel.dll ............. [Build ******, API 060425]
Module Umbriel.dll ........... [Build ******, API 060425]
Module Titania.dll ........... [Build ******, API 060425]
Module Oberon.dll ............ [Build ******, API 060425]
Module Neptune.dll ........... [Build 100830, API 100830]
VSOP87(B) Neptune: Precision 1e-006, Terms 391/2024
Finished initialising world
Module Spacecraft3.dll ....... [Build ******, API 060425]
**** WARNING: Mesh file name not provided
---------------------------------------------------------------
>>> WARNING: Obsolete API function used: VESSEL::SetBankMomentScale
At least one active module is accessing an obsolete interface function.
Addons which rely on obsolete functions may not be compatible with
future versions of Orbiter.
---------------------------------------------------------------

 

[n0mad23]

I'm scratching my head here. I've run this scenario several times now after seeing this post, and I can't get a CTD. My first thought is I forgot to include a mesh but have gone through the beta addon zip and the config. files and don't see the problem. I thought it might be the "obsolete API function" as I'm getting the same error in my .log file as well, but no CTD.

Would you replace the ztc-DaedalusV.ini with the one I've attached here? Change the ".txt" to ".ini". I've removed the SC3 lines that are causing the "obsolete API function" error message. Hopefully this is the cause of the problem, but I suspect it's the "Mesh file name not provided" is the real problem. I've never seen that error before....

Let me know if this fixes things, and in the meantime I'll try a few more things and see if I can't isolate the problem.

 

[Interceptor]

Thanks nOmad23, I will give it a try,and get back with you.

---------- Post added at 10:22 PM ---------- Previous post was at 10:07 PM ----------

No,nOmad23, the fix you provided didn't work.Thanks

 

[n0mad23]

**** WARNING: Mesh file name not provided

I keep thinking this error message is the key. Would you please check the .scn file entries regarding the Velcro Rockets as well as the payloads and make sure they're in the mesh folders?

I'd really like to say this one is "solved."

Regards.

 

[Interceptor]

OK,will do.Thanks

---------- Post added at 10:22 AM ---------- Previous post was at 02:08 AM ----------

Hi,nOmad23 all of the meshes seem to be in the right place as far as I can tell.

 

[Pipcard]

Apparently the doc states that this is based off a novel but it doesn't say which one.

 

[Chemi]

Now! I can go to Moon with this!! :rofl:
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Mars is hard to intercept but if you try and try, you can do that!

 

[Lisias]

The orbiterfrancophone.com domain is busted. :-(

Thankfully, I found the Cayenne Rochambeau Airport add-on embedded on another one in the dansteph's site.

here.