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Title: earth to mars
Post by: ali on 06 July 2005, 15:21:07

hello guys,

i'm in orbiter for now 2 weeks, and i tried to fly to mars using transferx mfd, but i failed because i don't know how to
manouvre during the trip.

i mean i dont know whether all the lines have to be allinged in the manouvre view or not.
does anyone know about this?

Title: Re: earth to mars
Post by: Simonpro on 06 July 2005, 18:12:10

i'd use transfer MFD for a trip to the moon first before you try it going to mars :)
the orbiter manual should provide you with a rough overview of how it works, and i think there's a tutorial that comes
with the game now (including scenarios) that should set you on your way.

Title: Re: earth to mars
Post by: StarLost on 07 July 2005, 11:01:34

Simon's advice is good. I've found TransX to be a very good tool, once you've taken the time to learn it. And it does pop
surprises at you even then. Sometimes you have to set up a flight to get the right variables, then go back to try it again
and everything has changed.

Perhaps a better tool to use might be jarmonik's Interplanetary Mfd (IMFD). There are very good tutorials available for it,
especially one for the earth to mars transfer.

Title: Re: earth to mars
Post by: Mauiman on 29 July 2005, 03:59:07

What is the link to that place?

Title: Re: earth to mars
Post by: StarLost on 29 July 2005, 09:03:58

Link to which place, jarmonik's?

http://koti.mbnet.fi/jarmonik/Orbiter.html

For new folk, simcosmos site http://simcosmos.planetaclix.pt/ has almost all Orbiter links and well organized.

Title: Re: earth to mars
Post by: Me on 31 July 2005, 05:53:01

I have had problems using the IMFD in the latest version of orbiter are you sure its compatible? i keep getting an error
message every time i try to activate the moduel but when it isnt activated orbiter works fine:bug:

Title: Re: earth to mars
Post by: StarLost on 31 July 2005, 10:30:49

Yes, the latest version is compatible, but jarmonik is still working on it. Search the M6 Orbiter Addons Forum (search
keyword IMFD). There has been some discussion on it.

I have not had any problems with it, myself, but I tend to do a lot of "seat of my pants" flying with a calculator in the
asteroid belt (custom addons, not published).

Needless to say, I die a lot.

Title: Re: earth to mars
Post by: wardogg on 01 August 2005, 02:45:58

I have a major problem with it.....how do you get the non-coplanar intercept page up......its not an option I can
select.  have I done something wrong?