General Question What's the Deal with Orbiter Development?

[Lucy]

I guess I need to start compiling another one of those "threads asking about the next version" lists...

I smell another mega thread brewing...

 

[Proximus]

Well, Given the amount of time I have spent on Orbiter, I'm beginning to feel that I have seriously undersold myself ...

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Chris Roberts Star Citizen project is at 40 million dollars crowd funding and they wont simulate landing spacecraft on a planet as its too difficult!

Thank you for all your efforts with Orbiter Martin

 

[N_Molson]

Unfortunately I can not create bases because OBM does not work.

But you can create baces by editing the .cfg files. :yes:

Sorry. :blush:

Seriously, people have not waited OBM to build bases. And repaints are a good thing, but putting the nose into C++ to create more complex addons can be an idea

 

[4throck]

I personally wouldn't mind pitching in 20 or 50 dollars to pay some people to enhance atmospheric effects or shadows or lighting.

If that's so, by all means approach the person(s) who are working on it directly and just ask them what's possible and how much time & $ it would take.

Even with realistic commercial freelance rates (about 20$/h) you could get some interesting things done in the 200$ price range, let's say a decent multistage rocket model.

But I'm sure most of the current people here would work at reduced rates, if the end result is made available for free and for the community.

But it won't happen just by talking about it. There's nothing stopping someone from crowd funding addon creation...
Anyway, it's business, thus best carried out in private discussions and not here.

 

[Urwumpe]

But I'm sure most of the current people here would work at reduced rates, if the end result is made available for free and for the community.

Reduced rates? Not during the 40 hours that I am supposed to work for proper rates every week or sure not during the 20 hours that I spent for further qualification at university. And not during the remaining hours that I have for sleeping or enjoying life.

I have to put food on the table, and as you can see by many examples, the thankfulness of the community is fleeting. Then it is much better to just volunteer, if you feel like it, do it for free and without ANY obligations.

Remember the old Churchill joke: "We have already established that you are a prostitute, now we are just negotiating the price".

 

[sitha241]

Whoa xyon that means you earn in hour almost third of what I earn in month :blink:

 

[Lucy]

Whoa xyon that means you earn in hour almost third of what I earn in month :blink:

Ha, sadly not. That's what the agency I work for bills my time at. I only see a small portion of that each hour.

 

[garyw]

Ha, sadly not. That's what the agency I work for bills my time at. I only see a small portion of that each hour.

Same here unless I'm doing private work and my current contract forbids that....

 

[4throck]

"We have already established that you are a prostitute, now we are just negotiating the price".

You really need some etiquette lessons.

But using your own words (why not?), you are either a nymphomaniac or a sadomasochist, since you seem to enjoy working for free.

Comparing Orbiter development to prostitution and sexual activity makes a lot of sense, really.:rofl:

 

[Urwumpe]

You really need some etiquette lessons.

But using your own words (why not?), you are either a nymphomaniac or a sadomasochist, since you seem to enjoy working for free.

Comparing Orbiter development to prostitution and sexual activity makes a lot of sense, really.:rofl:

Actually, the full joke is better explained there:

http://quoteinvestigator.com/2012/03/07/haggling/

And don't let me get started on some other aspects there...

Lets just say, before we start haggling over the price, I prefer to make clear what kind of a person I am.