General Question Interstellar Flight

[fullarmor2]

Would an enlarged version of Orbiter be possible in which there is a small number of stars(some with planets), in addition to our Sun, all orbiting a black-hole? That way an escape plan from the Sun would be possible and then going into orbit around the black-hole on a transfer to another solar system. How cool would that be!

 

[garyw]

Anything would be possible with an 'enlarged' version of orbiter because it's a paper exercise and not a development one.

 

[blixel]

Would an enlarged version of Orbiter be possible in which there is a small number of stars(some with planets), in addition to our Sun, all orbiting a black-hole? That way an escape plan from the Sun would be possible and then going into orbit around the black-hole on a transfer to another solar system. How cool would that be!

There is a project called Orbiter Galaxy that attempts to expand the Orbiter universe beyond the solar system. I'm not sure what method it uses for having a gravitational body in between stars. A central galactic mass of some kind? Anyway, if you haven't heard of that project, it should interest you.

 

[jedidia]

There is a project called Orbiter Galaxy that attempts to expand the Orbiter universe beyond the solar system. I'm not sure what method it uses for having a gravitational body in between stars.

None. The systems get created and saved to disk when targeted, an MFD works out the direction in which they would lie, and when you're halfway there it creates a scenario file with the new system, your current position relative to it, shuts down orbiter and loads the new scenario.

That's the only way to go currently with any vague semblance of realism. Orbiter is currently not able to handle more than one system at a time, and as far as I'm aware it isn't any priority to go there.

 

[fullarmor2]

None. The systems get created and saved to disk when targeted, an MFD works out the direction in which they would lie, and when you're halfway there it creates a scenario file with the new system, your current position relative to it, shuts down orbiter and loads the new scenario.

That's the only way to go currently with any vague semblance of realism. Orbiter is currently not able to handle more than one system at a time, and as far as I'm aware it isn't any priority to go there.

I kinda knew that already. Cause I understand that if you put too much in one scenario, for example, then problems happen. So I suppose that additional star systems, as I described would be even worse. Maybe not for the next generation computers however. We'll see.

 

[jedidia]

So I suppose that additional star systems, as I described would be even worse. Maybe not for the next generation computers however.

Oh, it's certainly not a question of processing power, just a question of orbiters architecture. Celestia can do it, after all.