Recent content by DrSolidRocketMotor

Yes, you are quite right, and I know that a monitor's settings have nothing to do with grabbing a screenshot -- a monitor is, after all, an input device, not an output device (in terms of sending data back to your computer) -- I was just trying to keep an open mind in case there was any...

I think I'm about to learn something -- I had always assumed that screengrab software took the image data either from a dedicated video card's memory, or from the part of main memory that stores video or image data in the case of older systems without a separate video card -- so, could you...

Yes -- you are correct. I should have checked out the website first. Although now that I have seen it, I realize that my current system is slightly underpowered to run it. Thanks!

Thanks for your input! -- I have both an old SONY Trinitron Multiscan 200ES, and a widescreen monitor made by somebody called Pandigital. They were both hand-me-downs from a family member who was upgrading to something state-of-the-art, so I couldn't complain about the price. I decided to use...

Yes, you're correct -- I had ambient light set to zero. As for your results -- amazing! I did not even think to tweak the monitor's settings. The problem is -- I use a variety of 3D software, so I try to find a happy medium in my monitor's adjustments. But you certainly have shown me what to...

Thanks for your suggestion -- believe it or not, my video card is already set to 32 bbp. If I may ask -- what kind of monitor are you using? A member of my family gave me an older LCD display, so I switched to that from my earlier CRT tube monitor -- although that really shouldn't affect...

Hello everyone -- sorry to keep all of you waiting....it's been a busy week. Well, I've got some screenshots and some real photos for everyone to look at. I'm either going to provide some additional insight, or perhaps confuse the issue even further! I think I've got a better understanding of...

Since I don't know what an external graphics client is, I would assume that I'm using the inline standard (D3D7) engine. ---------- Post added at 03:08 PM ---------- Previous post was at 03:04 PM ---------- Thanks for your response -- please give me a few days to create some screenshots...

Although I have been using (and enjoying) Orbiter for almost a full year, this is a phenomenon that I have just recently noticed, and I'm interested in any feedback from others who have flown spacecraft in similar situations. I have seen, as I'm sure many of you have, countless NASA images of...

Reentry Techniques Keep in mind that the real Space Shuttle did perform what were called roll reversals during its descent into the atmosphere. These were basically S-turns (often up to 90 degrees of bank angle, depending upon its range to the landing site) designed to bleed off speed and...

Solution Found Well folks, I finally found the problem....and the answer....this is what I get for using a dial-up Internet connection.... The old joke was -- "why do programmers have such flat foreheads?" The answer -- "from doing THIS all the time (motion of slapping open hand to forehead...

Hello again -- sorry for the late response, it's been a busy week......my kind thanks to Urwumpe, IronRain, and kuddel......I tried your modified scenario file and launch script......it worked like a charm! Absolutely no problems now! I'm beginning to feel like a real beta tester. I'm...

Thanks for your input! I will get the lua file for you -- I'm guessing, perhaps a Demo file is not meant to be restarted? ---------- Post added at 03:23 AM ---------- Previous post was at 03:20 AM ---------- No -- I haven't tried that one yet....I'll be testing that next. ---------- Post...

I've tried several clean installations....on different partitions....even on different physical hard drives....no change -- it does the same behavior in each case. ---------- Post added at 03:15 AM ---------- Previous post was at 03:03 AM ---------- I agree -- I noticed the THLEVEL line --...

I tried setting the Orbiter shutdown options as you suggested -- no effect. Here is the saved scenario file for your examination -- BEGIN_DESC test state END_DESC BEGIN_ENVIRONMENT System Sol Date MJD 51984.1388440802 Script demos/atlantis_launch END_ENVIRONMENT BEGIN_FOCUS Ship...