General Question Help discovering Orbiter

[alevinval]

Well, i'm recently new there, few posts done. And I would like to not spam that much buy hey, i'm having so much trouble and I really need to ask.

It's ok. I learned to fly the planes ( XR family + DG ) but now I would like to start with rockets. And the biggest problem is, how I set up rockets on the scenario?

I mean, I'm saving all my progress on a Quicksave so the idea is to always play these scenario. With planes was so easy, add the plane, and fly him to Wideawake International and there I can do whatever I want with him.

But for the rockets, for example, I try to spawn a falcon9 and I got a forced close on Orbiter. Or if I spawn a shuttle, I don't know how to set him vertically and with fuel.

I searched on forums and I see things but don't really understand them, I just know that people do that.

I only can add those things editing the file directly, but hey, I have to open the scenario to check if what I'm doing is right, and btw no idea on how to attach, for example a shuttle to his fuel.

Need some light.

Thanks.


P.D I think I found some kinda "graphic scenario editor" when I was searching for other things on the past, but I can't find it again.

 

[Pyromaniac605]

You can't use the Scenario Editor for the Shuttle or other rockets because they are made up of multiple objects.

If you want to add the Shuttle for example, open one of the scenarios in Notepad where the Shuttle is on the launch pad and copy and paste the Ship section (Leaving out what you don't want or already have, such as the ISS) into the scenario you want them in.

 

[Spacethingy]

Some rockets you can't make in the Orbiter sim! You have to do the Notepad thing, as I have been :ninja: above ^^^^^!

PS, welcome to the forums .

 

[alevinval]

So basically there's no "easy mode" to set things up. Ok.

I copied the falcon9 launch site and the falcon9 rocket, after some critical errors now seems that I finally attached it on the scenario.

I launched him succesfully.

But there's any way to put payload into it? I mean, I don't really know what's the purpose of the rocket, with scenario editor I can't add any cargo.