Recent content by Matt Decker

I say go to the Moon first. Not only will it be a good place to practice for longer missions to Mars and scientific reasons. It will be a good place to start exploiting the resources to make space exploration economically viable. There's the H3 to start with who knows what else there might...

I would recommend the SeleneC. It holds plenty of fuel to fuel up ships headed to the Moon and such. And it also works well to hold the station in a level attitude, since it is big enough to torque around a lot of mass. It is hard to maneuver into docking though.

Yea 32MB won't cut it. I had that problem with my old machine. You could always run the 2003 version of Orbiter. That won't run the XR ships or the DGIV. But it will work fine with the DGIII.

Most likely you installed and ran the XR5 Vanguard or one of it's sister ships. For some reason that messes things up. The config files for all vessels should be in \config\spacecraft or \config\vessels not in \config. So check the \config\spacecraft folder for config files that are zero bytes...

The full version of Visual Studio is available at http://www.microsoft.com/express/download/#webInstall. It's at the very bottom of the page. You can download it and burn it to a cd, or use DAEMON tools to read it like a cd. It does take a long time to install. It's best to start it up and go...

I find the easiest way to get to the Moon is use IMFD5.2. It is best to be aligned with the Moon but you don't have to be. Just click MNU, then select Course. Highlight, "Target Intercept", and click on "Set". It will tell you to select a target. Click on "TGT", and type in Moon. Then click...

error C2664: 'TextOutW' : cannot convert parameter 4 from 'const char *' to 'LPCWSTR' I had the same problem with something I'm working on. I pulled my hair out for days before I found the answer somewhere on the internet. It was one of the following settings in the project properties...

Selene crashes on the Moon. (Been there done that) The Japanese lunar probe crashed into the Moon on June 11. Click link to see video. http://gizmodo.com/5299620/japans-satellite-crashes-into-the-moon-sends-back-footage-of-its-demise

Or you could use the Scenario Editor to add frequencies to the Hera. Just hit 'F4' and select 'custom' and click on "Scenario Editor". Also make sure it is activated under the 'modules' tab in Orbiter Launch Pad. And the readme file in the Polaris add on explains how to rotate the docking...

If you go to the bottom of this forum page and click on Recommended Addons its in there. It's not an MFD but you can set it up to automatically save every so often.

I see. So since I'm just coming back from the Moon technically I'm in an elliptical orbit. Thanks. :hmm:

I'm trying to use IMFD 5.1 Orbit Insert but I don't seem to be doing it right. It works real good when I use it to enter orbit around the Moon. But when I try to enter orbit around Earth I get some crazy number for the burn time. Am I missing something about setting it up. All the docs say is...

I found that when you load a fuel tank in the XR5 that tank will be used first by the XR5. If you look at the fuel gauge it will be in two different shades. If I want the tank to be full once reaching orbit I load it with the Universal Cargo Deck. And I use a URMS on the Dragonfly to dock the...

Hello, I am building a space station in Earth orbit. It has a large fuel tank to refuel ships en route to the Moon and beyond. And it also has a Centrifuge to accommodate tourist. So the Centrifuge is essential. The docs I have for SSBB4.1 say to "ATTACH the Centrifuge Node Module...