Hi All

[Ganelon]

I'm new to Orbiter. I play assorted space and flight games, probably the most serious sim I've used being FlightGear. I'd looked at Orbiter before, but my usual machine runs Ubuntu. Recently I rehabilitated a Windows machine that was given to me for parts and decided to leave it with the windows OS just for trying things like Orbiter. I like Ubuntu as my usual OS, but not everything runs better or easier on it.

So I installed Orbiter and it seems to run quite well on the Windows machine. I was able to figure out some of the controls and etc, but decided it best to hit for some manuals, tutorials, find out what add-ons might be good, and etc. Best way to do that, in my opinion, is to hit for the forums.

Orbiter looks cool, and good for experiencing something that is a bit more sim than game. I have some electronics background and tinker with computers a bit, so I have been thinking of maybe attempting building at least a limited sim-pit. The "space race" was still going hot and heavy back when I was growing up, so I've always had and interest in space related news and eventually computer games.

Other than that.. Male, 50, married with kids, USA.

 

[Woo482]

to Orbiter-Forum!

 

[N_Molson]

to the forums & !

 

[Dambuster]

to Orbiter and OF!

Nice to see some other FlightGear users around here - I used to use it and was occasionally semi-active (i.e. lurking) on the forums, but wiped it out when I decided I was playing too many games, and purged 99% of them from my computer

 

[Rtyh-12]

to the forums!

 

[dbeachy1]

If you're looking for a good tutorial for new pilots, Bruce Irving's Go Play In Space is one of the best.

 

[Mojave]

to the forums.

 

[diogom]

to the Forum!

 

[n122vu]

to the forums!

 

[Stevodoran]

to the O-F!!

 

[Axertan]

The the forums, and good luck orbiting!

 

[Ganelon]

Thank you for the kind welcomes.

Dambuster, I limit my time in games, more than the number of them. Personally I'd usually rather play for an hour than watch TV for an hour. Not to say there aren't some really good shows, but I can only take so much passive entertainment. Games or simulators, one gets to stretch the brain and think a little, and maybe even learn something now and then. Gaming is just one set of options for entertainment or "rest and relaxation".

But yeah, like anything else, it can get out of hand. I keep it down to a few hours a day usually, so it doesn't eclipse other activities and family stuff.

dbeachy1: Bruce Irving's Go Play In Space is just the sort of thing I was looking for. I've also been watching tutorials and demos on youtube.

Other than general Orbiter education, I'm currently looking at the assorted ships a bit and figuring out which one to focus on learning to fly first. Then I'll have an idea what controllers and etc to set up.

Anyway, so far it's looking like an enjoyable simulator with good documentation, development, and community.

 

[Eli13]

to the forums!