Programming Question How to make a vessel?

[supersonic]

I am new to making addons, and I have been wondering how to make a vessel.

Thank you guys before hand.

 

[PhantomCruiser]

Can you be more specific? Rocket or winged?
Either way there are some good tutorials to get you started. I've made some winged craft as a learning project, but they all look like crap and I'd never subject the Orbiter community to them.
I'm working on a series of rockets that are pretty close to being good enough for release, perhaps we can help each other out on the learning curve?

http://www.orbiter-forum.com/showthread.php?t=15265

 

[supersonic]

Sure.

I was looking for a multi stage rocket. I sould have put that in right away.

 

[Bj]

they all look like crap

:rofl:



BTT

http://www.orbiter-forum.com/tutorials.php

Tutorials for Addon Developers

• Tutorial: How to create surface bases The entry point to the world of developing addons for newbies.
• MFD Wizard for Visual Studio This is a tool to allow the simple creation of MFDs in Visual Studio.
• Surface base wizard 1.3b Manual contains concepts on how to create surface tiles. You may also use it with this tool Surface Tile calculator v5.0a
• Tutorial: How to make scenarios for Orbiter v1.5 Concepts that will help you so you can edit or create scenarios. You may want to use it these tools that provide code examples for different vessels
• Vessel code generator 1.0
• Shuttle fleet scenario generator v1.5c
• Big space plane 4.0 scenario generator 1.1
• Merlin 1.2 code scenario generator
• Anim8or tutorial: How to model a plane Tutorial for newbies on 3D modelling
• Anim8or tutorial: How to model a rocket (Lesson 2) Tutorial for newbies on 3D modelling
• Anim8or tutorial: How to make a building (Lesson 3)) Tutorial for newbies on 3D modelling
• Mesh Wizard 1.9d Manual contains concepts on .MSH (Orbiter), .AN8 (Anim8tor) and .OBJ (Wavefront) format for 3D objects.
• Tutorial: Vectors for dummies Concepts that helps you to understand vectors.
• Tutorial: How to use Spacecraft.dll (Lesson 1) This will teach you how to create a space station module (this is an exercise)
• Tutorial: How to use Spacecraft.dll parameters This is an explanation of commands used to create vessels using Vinka's Spacecraft.dll
• Tutorial: How to make music for Orbiter This will familiarize you with tools to make music

check out the ones for spacecraft.dll and how to model a rocket.

---------- Post added at 04:48 PM ---------- Previous post was at 04:45 PM ----------

Sure.

I was looking for a multi stage rocket. I sould have put that in right away.

For multistage look at
multistage2 by vinka

the tutorials and samples should get you going really quick.

 

[PhantomCruiser]

MJR has put together a short tutorial on multistage, by the time I'd found it I'd learned things the hard way.
What gets me pulling my hair out is the guidance file, you can't start in the middle (where the trouble normally lies). In order to see if the whole thing will work out properly one needs to sit through the whole sequence. Over and over and over and....

 

[N_Molson]

There is an excellent tutorial about the Surveyor probe. It was really useful to understand the basics of C++ & Orbiter's instructions. The most difficult was to set-up the compiler ! After that, that's a lot of work. I've just began to learn, my first try was a "realistic-lunar shuttle PB" with skids, small SRBs that could not be stopped once ignited (with a key to activate them), no hovers, it was just a modification of the basic PB. It learned me a lot, but it was a very useless ship, I searched but I couldn't find it any use lol.

Now I'm working on a multistage Delta-IV rocket, basically it works but programming a working and flexible launch guidance program is especially challenging. I also still have to learn how to connect my modules with OrbiterSound & how saving the state of the rocket in a scenario file... That's a lot of work !

But it's really fun :lol:

 

[Warped]

http://www.eharm.net/shop/freeware/orbiter/developer/model2flight/model2flight.html

This is a really good tutorial on how to model a spacecraft. It's easy to understand, and I made my first ship using it (except for the scripting).

If you use this, your going to need a converter, though. I used this one:
http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/pc/item?siteID=123112&id=10775855

 

[astrosammy]

For rockets, you could also take a look at Velcro Rockets, adding payload is easier with Velcro than with multistage in my opinion, and you don't have to create a guidance file. But it has some limitations with exhaust textures and contrails.