Hi, complete newbie

[truckspond]

I discovered Orbiter about 2 days ago after looking for a way to fly the latest shuttle mission, I've managed to get the "Delta-Glider" off the runway, and that's about it so far...

And I have a quick question: Is there supposed to be no sound?

 

[PhantomCruiser]

Scroll on down to the "recommended add-ons" and get and install Orbiter sound. It makes Orbiter (already a great program) much better!
Ah! And welcome to the forum!
I'd also invite you to the tutorials section. Download Bruce Irving's PDF book "Go Play In Space". It's a wonderful guide that'll get you started down the right path.

 

[Tex]

Sound here -> http://orbiter.dansteph.com/index.php?disp=d

Recommended Addons -> http://www.orbiter-forum.com/addons.php

 

[Arrowstar]

And I have a quick question: Is there supposed to be no sound?

In space no one can hear you scr-

I mean, welcome to the forum!

 

[truckspond]

Thanks for the welcome! I downloaded and installed the "Orbitersound" addon, as well as a few from the recommended addons section. So far my favorite is the CVEL Titans. Although UCGO 2.0 seems very comprehensive...

EDIT: I just finished playing with the "DeltaGlider IV-2", an unknown number of crew and vehicles were lost in the process (Everything that has been done counts for nothing once the plasma hits the windscreen!). For some weird reason that reminds of an episode of the Big Bang Theory when one of them is fixing a bug in the waste-disposal system that he recently got sent up to the ISS.

 

[tblaxland]

Welcome, from a fellow Aussie :hello:

 

[Kalman]

 

[Orbinaut Pete]

to the Forum! :hello:

 

[Dambuster]

to the forums!

 

[Moach]

welcome aboard!

orbital flight is not really as hard as it seems at first... just remember that being in orbit is basically falling and never really hitting the ground, because you´re going fast enough for the world to curve down below you as you fall...


if you wanna get a basic grasp of orbital mechanics, try this little flash game i made several eons ago...
it´s a pretty simple remake of the classic "lander" but with a spherical gravity source, so your ship travels like something that´s in orbit...
use the arrow keys to spin the ship, spacebar fires the main thruster and the down arrow kills your rotation...

if you crash, just restart the game, it generates a different asteroid every time you play


hafe fun!:thumbup:

 

[truckspond]

Thanks for that! The little "game" you made is good for learning the basics. Maybe if you added a simple menu system there would be no need to restart the game every time you land or crash?

 

[N_Molson]

 

[Moach]

yeah... it would be better if it had a menu... but i made that a few years back and i seem to have lost the source files :blush:

i had thought of remaking it in 3d... but then i remembered - that´s Orbiter