Old Orbiteer back from (lengthy) hiatus.

[Nighthawke]

I was active about 3 years back in the 2004-2006 time frame on the old M6 forums. Some of the alumni from the M6 days will surely recognize my handle.

Sorry about the lengthy hiatus, but hey, sometimes life has a way of differentiating between the path we would like to take and the path we NEED to take. I accepted a job in January 06 that kept me on the road alot and away from PC (i.e. Orbiter, etc.) activities, but alas life has normalized (if you can ever call it that) and I am back. Hopefully I can re-acquire some of rhe skills I learned back then and eventually post some new addons (and update the ones I am almost certain need to be modified to work in Orbiter '06.)

So, to all the new folks who don't know me, Hello!! And to all the old-timer's, It's good to be back!!!

 

[jgrillo2002]

Good god. Welcome back old friend.

 

[StarLost]

Welcome!!

Many of the old hands have been in and out periodically, for many reasons. Those of us who remember the elder days ...

Good to see you, mate.

 

[Andy44]

Always good to see the old handles come back.

You too, StarLost, wondered where you went.

When we bailed on M6 we lost a few.

 

[Nighthawke]

Thanks

jgrillo2002, StarLost, Andy44,

Thanks for the warm welcome back fellas. I downloaded Orbiter '06 the other day and all seems to be working fine on my recently purchased HP laptop under Vista x64. Picked up Seth's Level 10 textures for Earth and Mars, also.
Amazing!!!

I gave my old laptop to my daughter for her senior year projects and without thinking what might still be on it lost all of my Orbiter '05 install when she formatted the hard drive and re-installed the OS from the factory image. I've managed to piecemeal together most of what I had, but one thing I am dearly missing is my Area 51 base. I had posted the config I was using for runways, lighting, etc. on M6 in a thread I had going with c3po and McWgogs back in the late '05 early '06 time frame but lost it from my old laptop. Unfortunately, M6 seems to be totally dead. Does anyone by chance have an operational Area 51 config they can link me up with?? I have McWgogs Area 51 tiles from Orbithangar, but I need a config with the runway layout.

 

[Andy44]

Yeah, just checked M6 and it's currently down, the old "server application" error. If it comes back up you can browse it, though. The threads are all locked but you can read them. If it comes back.

 

[Donamy]

I knew you'ld be back.

 

[SlyCoopersButt]

Welcome back to a growing community! Always good to have a longtime veteran return. There is plenty of interesting things to come in the future here. I too would be interested in that sort of file. The runway system is interesting there

 

[Tex]

Welcome back Nighthawke!

 

[Linguofreak]

Yeah, just checked M6 and it's currently down, the old "server application" error.

I'm not even getting that. It may be gone for good.

 

[FordPrefect]

Welcome back Nighthawke!

I'm not even getting that. It may be gone for good.

Really? Runs fine on my side. If it was down earlier, it looks to be up again.

http://www.orbitersim.com/Forum/default.aspx

 

[Nighthawke]

Thanks, mate.

Welcome back Nighthawke!




Really? Runs fine on my side. If it was down earlier, it looks to be up again.

http://www.orbitersim.com/Forum/default.aspx

Thanks, FordPrefect. I got in to M6 finally, it was so sloooow. But I was able to find the Area 51 dev thread and rebuild my config file. Looks like c3po already updated for Orbiter '06. It's amazing what you miss when you go on an extended sabbatical.

 

[n72.75]

Welcome back man, do you plan on updating your astroid and moon packs, i loved those.

 

[Nighthawke]

Current status of my addons

Welcome back man, do you plan on updating your astroid and moon packs, i loved those.

Eventually, I plan to bring my addons up to Orbiter '06 compatibility. I'll need some time though. My addon building skills are a little rusty at the moment. I'm having to re-download all of my tools, and read through the Orbiter '06 SDK and API docs to see what's necessary to update. As for my moon packages, I believe I recall VF2_Rolf wanting to merge them with his Outer Planets package. If he's still around we may need to revive that discussion. Either way, I'm sure an update of some sort will eventually take shape. The current asteroid packs are definitely on the drawing board for an update as well as my Pluto-Charon addon (I plan to try to add Nix and Hydra to the package.) I would also like to update my Halley addon and hopefully add a few more comets to the Orbiter universe.

 

[Andy44]

Okay, I just got back into M6 and re-logged in. Turns out I'm still a moderator there! :lol:

 

[Notebook]

Necro-Mod!

N.

 

[Jebusy]

I'm only a casual orbiteer and i still remember you. One of the first mods i got was your neptune moons one and i ended up always starting there and learning the basics of the dg. You should update a mod or two.

 

[markl316]

Welcome back, Nighthawke!
Yes, I still use your pluto/charon addon quite frequently. And your asteroids and level 8 Io texture. Glad to have you back! Do you need any catching up as to what has gone on the past 3 years?

 

[canadave]

well, instead of making a new thread saying exactly the same thing as Nighthawke did, I'll just pop my head in the door here, say "ditto for me," and make sure you're all behaving yourselves

Love what you've done with the place, looks great. When's the new version coming out again?

Really nice to see some of the old familiar faces (handles, anyway)...