Flight Question "Shuttle A" vehicle--noob questions

[davidqwerty]

Does the game have any way to track where the pods land? Like if I'm doing the mission from Brighton Beach and release pods on a reentry trajectory on earth, how can I tell if they landed anywhere near where I was aiming once they're beyond visual range?

Also, is there a way to operate the auxiliary engines other than clicking on the controls? The manual says "keyboard shortcuts are available" but I need it dumbed down more. Like what key to press.

 

[PetziK]

Hi there.

The retro engines / hovers work with strg+0 or , on the numpad


you can use the scenery editor to bring focus to non vessel - like objects.

you have to activate the scenery editor in the startup-menue.

within orbiter press strg+4 - then select scenery editor. the rest of it should be selfe-explaining.


The best way to get the trajectory correct would be using the

delta-v program of the interplanetary mfd (imfd)
share it with the 2nd mfd and use the map of imfd to see the hitpoint of the released cargo.

good luck,

oe-pkr
over

 

[Pipcard]

The English equivalent of Strg (Austrian) is the Ctrl key. And it's not Ctrl+4, but Ctrl+F4.

I never tried that particular Shuttle-A scenario, but I think [ame="http://www.orbithangar.com/searchid.php?ID=2139"]AeroBrakeMFD[/ame] is good for tracking where something is going to land after re-entry.

 

[PetziK]

Sorry - Pipcard, thank you for pointing out - I always make that mistake - it is in the German world so common to say strg that I never got used to saying CTRL+
and yes, it is CTRL+F4
sorry,
Peter