PLEASE READ AND RESPOND!

[Krytom]

I also found Orbiter while looking for MS Space Simulator.  I own and enjoy flight sim but i wanted
to see if anyone had done a space flight sim.
If i recall i found it on a computer at school in 2001.

Krytom

[Itveiizandr]

By accident.
After reading the declassified SR-71 flight manual, I was hungry for other manuals and googled for "systems driving
engine 'user manual' PDF"
I opened the first entry, started reading... my heart started beating faster, I couldn't believe it.

Over the years I've been flying Sublogic's F-16/F-18, Jane's F19, Microprose F117, then moved on to astronomy,
experimenting with Home Planet, Celestia, Starry Night, . I always dreamed of programming a realistic space
navigation simulator.

I still can't believe it...
Thanks a lot Mr. Schweiger

[Toje]

I found it by a friend lending me a PC user CD and it being there so i gave it a try and LOVED it first go.

[A. Roy]

I found Orbiter when I was looking for some planetary trajectory information. I have been a happy camper ever sinse.

[chris]

I learned about Orbiter after I searched for Space sims at google because x-plane wasn't enough and fs 2004
only takes you up to 100.000 feet.
Thank god for such a good simulator, I can't believe it's free.

Peace.

[Krytom]

What would be really cool would be to have the atmospheric flight provided by MS Flight Sim and then the space flight
provided by Orbiter. Maybe it could be implemented, maybe not? But I still think it would rock. 8)

[freespace2dotcom]

Actually, that sums it up for me too. nearly word for word.

glObalist wrote:

> I was almost thru downloading all the games that could interest
> me from the Home of the
> Underdogs website (www.the-underdogs.org) when I stumbled upon
> Orbiter listed and
> recommended there. Up to that point, the closest I came to
> getting any real satisfaction from my
> regular computer sessions was with the game FreeSpace2:) But
> when I first ran Orbiter....
> whoooooaaaa! I don't think I'll ever play games again.

[blue]

i have FS2002. i was wondering if i could run Orbiter Spaceships [img]aircraft in fs 2002?


blue

[McBrain]

It theoretically is possible! You'll have to convert the 3D-files, the textures, the flight dynamics, etc.
But you will never be able to fly higher than 100,000 feet (that means you CANNOT fly in space), because FS has an altitude limit!

[freespace2dotcom]

And you couldn't use the panel if it has one, right?

[McBrain]

freespace2dotcom wrote:
And you couldn't use the panel if it has one, right?

Right!

[schumanna]

Well I found it when I was at University being to lazy to do any work on my php assessment and searching for a
nice
simulater to play with and hay I found the website of Orbiter and becouse it sed it is "emphasis is firmly on realism".
I was so impressed that I downloaded it and then dived into it.

[MrBatman]

Same as globalist. I was rooting about at Home of the Underdogs looking for freeware and abandonware, and
stumbled upon it by accident. And then did a Neo-take. "Whoa."

[Spaceman]

I was just lookin for some kinda space sim. game and  this came up... then i was like hmmm...whats this? and when i
got to the screens i was just like THIS IS SOOOOO AWESOME I MUST GET THIS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! and sure enough i was
speechless when i played it...this is the best simulator ever...

"Failure is not an option." - Gene Kranz

[rabbit]

you probably won't believe me, but...
i was completely lost on the net , searching for moisture properties   of air and satellite wheather data
(clouds, temperature, radiation, air velocity ) , and found this  8o .

[fran150]

I was looking for some space simulator, and then found orbiter....... IT IS AMAZING!!!

[Atom]

Spaceman wrote:
I was just lookin for some kinda space sim. game and  this came up... then i was like hmmm...whats this? and when i
got to the screens i was just like THIS IS SOOOOO AWESOME I MUST GET THIS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! and sure enough i
was
speechless when i played it...this is the best simulator ever...

"Failure is not an option." - Gene Kranz

Totally!

[McBrain]

All to Dr. Martin Schweiger:

[Atom]

Hail

[McBrain]

Yup

[DocHoliday]

The Order of Things in This World

 Martin

Addon Developpers


The Faithful Orbinauts


The Ungrateful Few


The Newly Initiated (aka Newbies)

8o8o8o8o8o8o8o8o8o8o8o8o8o8o8o8o8o8o8o8o8o8o8o8o8o8o8o8o8o8o8o8o8o8o8o8o
The Innocent Bystanders





The Ignorant Lot

And Dan can add his hangman picture to it all



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[McBrain]

Just that.

[DocHoliday]

Ah, remember when I was an Instructior Pilot and you Your Recruit, eh Mr. MacBrain?

Now we are both Confirmed Astronauts, chests heavy with medals, experience in our faces, space stations with our
names on their spare parts and an army of young recruits thinking us Gods...

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RIIIIIGHT!
mhehehehehhehe

[McBrain]

Yeah, that absolutely right!!

Just one thing: Please don't call me MacBrain!!!

[DocHoliday]