This is an odd one. Sitting on the ground at KSC in an XR2, waiting for a launch window. I open the cabin hatch, connect ground cooling, and switch off the APU. Accelerate to 100x time. After about 30 seconds, I'm suddenly in space, the cabin decompresses and I die.
The really weird part is...
Orbiter 2016, vanilla except for the XR fleet and XR sound addons, Windows 10, Saitek X45.
Everything worked fine under the default Windows joystick driver, but I decided I wanted to program buttons to keypresses, so I installed the Saitek driver/software. I went through the calibration...
So I'm pretty good at launching, establishing an orbit, circularizing, matching planes, syncing, etc. What I'm not good at is figuring out the optimal direction to launch in, which means I end up with a Rinc of over 200 degrees and I either match planes (and then run out of fuel for the sync) or...
Is it possible to get the trigger button to activate both brakes using the Saitek programmer? I can get it to activate one or the other, but when I put both keys in there, I end up with no brakes at all.
I'm following the 3rd checklist in the main manual (landing the Delta Glider). I'm keeping speeds where the list tells me to. Everything goes fine as I descend out of 100k for 50k, but then I enable the aero surfaces and shut down RCS as instructed. I start the 90 degree banks, and the ailerons...
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