General Question Near-future station addons?

[DrEStrangelove]

Which addons would you recommend if I'd like to populate my space with some near-future stations, and perhaps bases? I'd love to have some more targets to visit in my XR2!

Also, do I need to create new scenarios (if so, how?) to have them in my world?

 

[Urwumpe]

Which addons would you recommend if I'd like to populate my space with some near-future stations, and perhaps bases? I'd love to have some more targets to visit in my XR2!

Also, do I need to create new scenarios (if so, how?) to have them in my world?

Usually yes, but you can use the scenario editor to make this easier.


I have a coarse plan for a "DG-tech era" economy add-on of space stations, space docks and a family of large cargo ships, but my final exam tomorrow is a good reason to not do too much there... :lol:

 

[DrEStrangelove]

Usually yes, but you can use the scenario editor to make this easier.


I have a coarse plan for a "DG-tech era" economy add-on of space stations, space docks and a family of large cargo ships, but my final exam tomorrow is a good reason to not do too much there... :lol:

That would be an absolute game-changer!

Best of luck with your exam :thumbup:

 

[Urwumpe]

That would be an absolute game-changer!

Best of luck with your exam :thumbup:

I'll need all luck I can get. :lol:



Topic is "Business Engineering" and I am not permitted to take any kind of notes with me - all has to fit into memory, and I feel like I suffer from dementia. Some years ago, I was able to squeeze a large table of solid propellant types and their properties into my brain for a university exam, like being able to sort the propellants by the characteristic velocity...

 

[DrEStrangelove]

Since there are hardly any pre-made stations I can download for Orbiter 2016, I thought that I might use the scenario editor and building block mods such as this:

https://www.orbithangar.com/showAddon.php?id=a5eb0698-b86a-472d-9395-e43fb16fa897

The problem is, their parts don't show up in the "vessels" list when I'm trying to create a new one. Is there a way to do that manually? Or is building a station by docking modules together a bad idea?

 

[Urwumpe]

Since there are hardly any pre-made stations I can download for Orbiter 2016, I thought that I might use the scenario editor and building block mods such as this:

https://www.orbithangar.com/showAddon.php?id=a5eb0698-b86a-472d-9395-e43fb16fa897

The problem is, their parts don't show up in the "vessels" list when I'm trying to create a new one. Is there a way to do that manually? Or is building a station by docking modules together a bad idea?

You must move the configuration files for the vessels to show up in the scenario editor into the config/vessels folder. Some older add-ons predate the scenario editor.

 

[DrEStrangelove]

They do show up, but it looks like they're all crashing the game immediately. I suppose that old addons just don't want to be used anymore

 

[jedidia]

Space station building blocks uses Spacecraft3 for some modules, so yeah, I don't think they would work very nicely anymore...

 

[francisdrake]

I wonder if we could call for a "Summer of Stations"?

Everybody interested picks a moon or planet of his liking. Whenever weather is rainy outside, he or she does a little work on it. Could be orbital stations, bases on moons and planets, or scenery landscapes which get a base marker.

This might give some interesting targets to explore in Orbiter. :idea:

 

[Nikogori]

Adding space stations is much easier than adding bases or spaceships because space stations don't have to land.
Here are some space stations I'm using in Orbiter 2016:

Station V from 2001 A SPACE ODYSSEY

O'Neill Island 3 Colony v0.9

Space Elevator, release 4

There are some minor glitches in Orbiter 2016 since these addons are originally made for Orbiter 2010 or 2006. But you can still dock to them and enjoy the view.

 

[DrEStrangelove]

I wonder if we could call for a "Summer of Stations"?

Everybody interested picks a moon or planet of his liking. Whenever weather is rainy outside, he or she does a little work on it. Could be orbital stations, bases on moons and planets, or scenery landscapes which get a base marker.

This might give some interesting targets to explore in Orbiter. :idea:

That’s an amazing idea! I’m still a complete beginner, but I’m trying to learn the ropes and stations would definitely be the best way to start.

I’ve been toying with the scenario editor and placed a Deepstar in Earth’s orbit, and another one around Mars. This gives me some nice targets, even though framerate drops severely for some reason when I’m approaching them - from 120 to 40. They’re probably not that plausible either, but in my lore they’re old exploration ships which serve as orbital tankers and science hubs. I really enjoy delivering passengers, fuel and LOX to them.

 

[CTarana45]

Aldrin Station

No author in the model. I have no Idea where I got model! It wasn't Jon's!

Thanks, Guys!

Christopher Tarana

 

[Buck Rogers]

Pipcard released a space hotel
https://www.orbithangar.com/showAddon.php?id=5aa8db1c-2787-405a-abcb-c61f852cc379

Because it's just a simple station it should work 100% in Orb2016 (if VB gets off the ground I was going to release the Kankou Maru with a texture update for the station).

And you'll probably like the TG Habitat from Fred18
https://www.orbithangar.com/showAddon.php?id=5705defd-66bf-445a-a482-56c00eaef47d

It's a kinda tamagotchi for Orbiter, but runs only on Orb2010 (for some things it's still worth installing Orb2010!).
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