Recent content by zaarin

I was a huge fan back in the good old days of 1994, I got all the medals, I was the Emperor's Reach, I flew the TIE Defender and the Missile Boat and I blew up everything and they couldn't get me with my Seitek joystick. Good times, Now I'm trying to make an accurate simulation of relatavistic...

Thank you both for your replies... Wishbone: 1 AU is 149,597,870.7km or 149,597,870,700m x 1283772 AU = 192,049,557,664,280,400m which is the distance from here to Gliese in meters. Can IEEE floating point numbers comprehend this? If not, would the entire orbiter core have to be re-written...

Hello everyone, Glad to see a big turnout. Huge fan of Orbiter, reminds me a lot of Frontier Elite 2 I used to play last millennium. Love the game to pieces, just wish there was some way to do hyperspace and interstellar trade. It would be great if an elite style game could be made out of the...

In the last couple of years we have discovered a planet orbiting the star Gliese 581. This planet is believed to be the appropriate distance from its parent star for water to be liquid on the surface and therefore may be able to support life. The planet has been designated Gliese 581g. I have...