General Question How to Turn Off Orbit Helpers?

[Tchail]

I downloaded the Orbiter 2010 Mega Pack torrent, but when I run the Orbiter program, the helpers showing the orbits of planets and moons are displayed.

How can I turn these off?

The Planetarium Mode dialoge box doesn't help, nor does there seem to be anything in the Orbiter.cfg file.

Any insight would be appreciated.

 

[Urwumpe]

I downloaded the Orbiter 2010 Mega Pack torrent...

There you have the problem already - what is included in that "Mega Pack" and who is responsible for the distribution?

Can it be that you have a module called "Videnie" activated in the Modules tab?

[ame="http://orbithangar.com/searchid.php?ID=4864"]Videnie orbit drawing 1.0[/ame]

 

[Pipcard]

If you have Videnie, you can also toggle it on and off by pressing Alt+I and then 0.

 

[Tchail]

There you have the problem already - what is included in that "Mega Pack" and who is responsible for the distribution?

Can it be that you have a module called "Videnie" activated in the Modules tab?

Videnie orbit drawing 1.0

That was it!

Thank you!

 

[jedidia]

There's an orbiter mega pack torrent?

 

[Hielor]

There's an orbiter mega pack torrent?

I would be really, really suspicious of such a pack.

 

[Tchail]

I would be really, really suspicious of such a pack.

I scanned it multiple times and it always came out clear...

But just to be sure, I think I'll download a fresh version from http://orbitersimulator.com/orbiter-2010-downloads/

 

[Quick_Nick]

I scanned it multiple times and it always came out clear...

But just to be sure, I think I'll download a fresh version from http://orbitersimulator.com/orbiter-2010-downloads/

Any of these sources are okay: http://www.orbiter-forum.com/download.php
This does include the orbitersimulator.com website you mentioned.

Can you tell us where the Mega Pack came from though?

 

[orb]

I think I'll download a fresh version from http://orbitersimulator.com/orbiter-2010-downloads/

Note that "BigFile" download available there isn't an official distribution archive, so if you have problems especially with it, there will be fewer people able to help you, and if I remember correctly, a few people have had some problems with included there high resolution planetary textures appearing in Orbiter.

 

[Tchail]

Any of these sources are okay: http://www.orbiter-forum.com/download.php
This does include the orbitersimulator.com website you mentioned.

Can you tell us where the Mega Pack came from though?

Unfortunately, I don't remember where I downloaded this torrent.

It was called "Orbiter 2010 Mega Pack.7z", but I can't seem to find it anywhere now.

I just remember that I downloaded it back in September.

 

[Ripley]

I guess it could be this "Orbiter 2010 Bigfile Download" file from
http://orbitersimulator.com/orbiter-2010-downloads/

Or, if it was a torrent, it could be from here
http://www.btscene.cc/orbiter-space-flight-simulator-2010-p1-2010-08-30-20100830-mega-tf2376303.html

 

[StableIT]

Apologies for the necro, I run orbitersimulator.com and am only replying so that all know the distribution information

The 'Big File' was compiled by me a few years back, it includes:
Orbiter Base msi
Orbiter Base zip
C Sphere
Dione L7
Earth L11, L14
Mars L11
Moon L11
Planets, Moons

It was processed by unzipping the above, then repackaging them in an orderly way. They were tested then made for upload on http only.

Any other 'group packages' of Orbiter itself are not by me, also I don't distribute it as a torrent. The only other 'group package' for orbiter I offer is 'BigFile LandSAT' which groups all of the LandSAT textures, it is also available on my orbiter site.

Best wishes all!

 

[Ripley]

Thanks for clarifying it.

So the OP initially downloaded that torrent, and not your "big file".

According to that link I posted, this is its content (and it includes Videnie).
I really don't understand why one should bother to make such a "frozen-in-time" big package...

Description

Orbiter Space Flight Simulator 2010 P1 2010-08-30 20100830 Mega - Planets Moons HiRes Earth L11 Mars L11 Moon L11 Sound DGIV UCGO UMMU XR1 XR2 XR5.7z
Official Packages:
Orbiter 2008 P1 Base Install 2010-08-30
Planets and Moons High Resolution HiRes Package 2010-08-30
Celestial Spheres 2010-08-30
*Earth L11-14 2009-11-24
*Moon L11 2009-11-24
*Mars L11 2009-11-24
Add-on Packages:
Dan Steph's OrbiterSound 3.5
Dan Steph's Universal MMU uMMU 2010-01-14
Dan Steph's Universal Cars and Cargo UCGO 2.0 2010-01-14
Dan Steph's DeltaGlider IV-2 DGIV-2 2010-01-14
Douglas Beachy's Altea Aerospace XR-1 XR1 DeltaGlider
Douglas Beachy's Altea Aerospace XR-2 XR2 RavenStar 1.2
Douglas Beachy's Altea Aerospace XR-5 XR5 Vangaurd 1.4
*Yury Kulchitsky's Tug Experimental TX Spaceplane Release 5 ~
*Yury Kulchitsky's Universal Cargo Deck Release 4 ~
*DeltaGlider EX 2010-11-13
Vinka's Spacecraft.dll
Vinka's Spacecraft2.dll
Vinka's Spacecraft3.dll (with 2006-P1 patch)
Vinka's MultiStage.dll
Vinka's MultiStage2.dll (with Stage.dll patch)
Interplanetary MFD 5.5
Aerobrake MFD 0.96.1
Launch MFD 1.4.4-2010
TransX MFD 3.14.0.3
BaseSynch MFD 2.3
GalacticMap 3D MFD 0.7
*Precession MFD+
*Videnie Orbital Path Drawing 2010-12-07+
Total Size: 3,679MB; Packed Size: 1,662MB; Compression Ratio: 45%
* Files in Mega package not in the Full package
+ Precession MFD and Videnie Orbital Path Drawing prefer orbiter to not be in the graceful exit mode.
Videnie Orbital Path drawing cannot be turned on or off within a simulator session - It can only be turned on/off by activating or deactiving the module in the simulation session startup config screen
~ The Yury Kulchitsky TX and Universal Cargo Deck addons did not have explicit Orbiter 2010 versions - may have some bugs, but they work for me.

 

[BerZerK]

Orbiter "Package"

@Ripley: I do something "similar", but only via USB-Stick, as i have a very slow internet. I try to convince my friends to use and play around with the orbiter. But most of them are by far not as enthusiastic than me and they simply wont invest so much time to search for addons and download stuff. And i dont want to explain it again and again for everyone where they get the most basic things like sound and importand MFDs or ships for my prepared scenery files. Its just more easy to copy my whole Orbiter folder on a stick and when i visist them i copy it and can personally train them the basics. That melts the first ice and frustration barrier.

 

[n122vu]

Likely this one.
http://tehparadox.com/forum/f43/orbiter-2010-p1-megapack-patch-1902181/
The actual links are not visible unless you register, which I'd rather not do.