Recent content by Rathelm

Looks good. Though I am missing the text in the MFDs. Any simple resolution to that?

I guess I should have preface it with that the Surface HUD is sufficient enough to give all pertinent information. The extra info the MFD shows I don't find particularly useful during ascent. Sure especially if you use non-spherical gravity sources. I suppose I should have said approximately...

Ironically I find that the Surface MFD is the least useful MFD. My order of importance for MFDs are: Orbit, Align Planes, Sync Orbit, TransX, Docking, IMFD, and BaseSync. I would have something like AeroBrake in there if I did more atmospheric re-entries, but I don't. :) EDIT: And to add...

That's the whole point of using Mipmaps though Penguin. You just make your furthest mip 1 pixel large and go from there.

I commend you tblaxland but I still stand by that it is a really tough way to start. The proper way to learn to play an instrument, for example, is not starting with the Beatles. It's to build your way up with simplier tunes to get the feel for it. Although people do pick up a guitar and try...

I still think tyring to figure out how to code by making Orbiter addons is a bad idea. Make win console programs to get a feel for how c++ operates first.

Pink Floyd reference Stripe? Anyway no. This is about as niche of a product as you could possibly get. Anyone I've ever shown this game to looks at me like I'm crazy. I just tell them I'm training to be a pilot for Virgin Galactic. You know, that really throws them for a loop.

Well for realism it comes down to have the actual books of what you're realistically trying to simulate. The physics/math books you mentioned are more for understanding the basics. I guess what I'm trying to get at is once you want a realistic simulator you are out of the realm of programming...

Out of curiosity why do GDI calls even need to be made. I thought DrawText can be used without requiring GDI. Does it use DrawLine or something for the MFDs?

Ah yeah it's been a while since I played XWing or Tie Fighter so I forgot about those little caveats.

Naw it always points to itself. :)

I get your point. Well the original question was confusing because what would be the difference between Newtonian and Star Wars-y then?

Still the "game" itself is suppose to allow for FTL so take it for what it is.

Yeah the infinity project looks impressive so far, but it's not out unlike Orbiter. I also have my doubts whether we'll ever see that project released.

Yeah I didn't care about the project, figured it was relatively safe, but there were a lot of people that complained about it here in Southern Nevada.