Project XR2 Ravenstar - Mk II

[dbeachy1]

Looks awesome! WHen is the release date?

The official 1.0 release will likely be mid-to-late October, but the public RC1 (Release Candidate One) release is scheduled for the first week of October.

Will it have custom exaust textures like the DG-IV?

Yes.

Is there gonna be a Paint Kit for it?

Yes.

 

[tonykattvc]

Yes.

Woohoo! Kucera Aerospace executive XR-2, HERE WE COME!!!


Oh and by the way, even if it's off topic, where can i find the paint kit for the XR-5? I've looked on Doug's website, and its not there!


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The Final Frontier, Cheap.

 

[dbeachy1]

I haven't found time to create an official paint kit for the Vanguard yet -- I hope to get to that after the XR2 is released. However, for now you can download the XR5's hull texture PSD files here: http://www.dougsorbiterpage.com/transient/pre-release/xr5_hull_psd-1.0b.zip

 

[astrosammy]

The official 1.0 release will likely be mid-to-late October, but the public RC1 (Release Candidate One) release is scheduled for the first week of October.

So many good things in the first two weeks of October!

• XR2 RC1 release
• STS-125 launch
• no School
• Simpsons Season 19 airing here in Germany (but I saw it in English already)

 

[Dambuster]

I've been reading this forum for a month or two now, but I only registered yesterday mainly to see the attached pictures of the XR-2.

I have to say, that ship is made of awesomeness :speakcool:

Very nice work to everyone who's worked on it, and I can't wait until it's released!

 

[RisingFury]

Yea, I can't wait for this to be released to the public.

I've been messing about with Orbiter and downloading add-ons for more then a year now and have never seen anything as beautiful as this in Orbiter.

Hopefully it'll be a real dream to fly

 

[C3PO]

I just couldn't turn down a proposal from Energia.:lol:

:woohoo:

 

[orwellkid]

Hopefully it'll be a real dream to fly

Oh it is.

This is the type of add-on that can ruin a real-life relationship. It's that awesome.

So far my girlfriend has stuck to threats, rather than action, but either way I don't care. It's such an amazing ship to fly.

MmmmmmMMMMMMMMmmmmmmm... awesome.

Doug and Coolhand have done an absolutely incredible job.

 

[willy88]

The XR2 will look fairly out of place next to the XR5 and XR1. Coolhand, do you think you could make some matching skins for the XR5 and XR1 some time within the next fifteen years?

 

[tonykattvc]

I haven't found time to create an official paint kit for the Vanguard yet -- I hope to get to that after the XR2 is released. However, for now you can download the XR5's hull texture PSD files here: http://www.dougsorbiterpage.com/transient/pre-release/xr5_hull_psd-1.0b.zip

Just finished the Kucera Aerospace XR5 skin a couple hours ago, though I haven't released it yet due to parental issues.

 

[willy88]

Just finished the Kucera Aerospace XR5 skin a couple hours ago, though I haven't released it yet due to parental issues.

Parental issues?

 

[doggie015]

Just finished the Kucera Aerospace XR5 skin a couple hours ago, though I haven't released it yet due to parental issues.

Parental issues?

He was typing that at home (possably at bedtime)

 

[Tachyon]

A couple of questions for either Doug or Steve. But first let me congratulate you Doug on the new digs... just stopped by the web site and saw the design. Looks very professional.

1) I was reviewing the WIP pics on this thread. glider_wip_61.jpg depicts cockpit lighting with red mode? I realize this is a render .... but it does look neat. Does XR2 support this?

2) The picture glider_wip_64.jpg in comparison to XR2-Kara-Brighton-Beach.jpg screen shot on Doug's site. Are the differences in sharpness or surface detail the differences of modeling program and the in game render engine?

3) In the XR2 am I going to be able to "move about the cabin freely" (southwest airlines tag line) by that I mean switch seat positions?

4) Have you considered a ladder to assist Ms Kara up to the forward airlock port for use in a landed configuration?

5) and lastly .... ARE WE THERE YET ??? :lol: sry had to throw that in .... very excited about this release.

 

[Pilot7893]

That interior and electric blue is pretty much how I've always invisioned my own personal spacecraft, that high tech look.

I always pictured mine with this industrial, cowboy look, like a steam engine

 

[TSPenguin]

1) I was reviewing the WIP pics on this thread. glider_wip_61.jpg depicts cockpit lighting with red mode? I realize this is a render .... but it does look neat. Does XR2 support this?

The first release will not. Maybe added to a later version.
In the first release the VC will not be functional. Version 2 will include a fully functional VC.

2) The picture glider_wip_64.jpg in comparison to XR2-Kara-Brighton-Beach.jpg screen shot on Doug's site. Are the differences in sharpness or surface detail the differences of modeling program and the in game render engine?

The glider_wip_64.jpg is an image rendered in the modelling software Coolhand is using to make the mesh for the XR2, the images on dougs site are all real screenshots of orbiter.

3) In the XR2 am I going to be able to "move about the cabin freely" (southwest airlines tag line) by that I mean switch seat positions?

You can switch to any seat position in the VC, but you will only change your point of view, the inhabitants will not change position.

4) Have you considered a ladder to assist Ms Kara up to the forward airlock port for use in a landed configuration?

There won't be a ladder for now. You will have to use a leg-up maneuvere or bring a rope

5) and lastly .... ARE WE THERE YET ??? :lol: sry had to throw that in .... very excited about this release.

Public Release Candidate will be released tuesday :rofl:
Most likely one early next month.


Happy Orbiting

 

[Tachyon]

...will be released tuesday

touché :lolol:

The first release will not. Maybe added to a later version.
In the first release the VC will not be functional. Version 2 will include a fully functional VC.

I knew that about the VC - I was specifically asking about the RED mode cockpit light (even just as viewed externally) . Can I take it from your comment that this had been discussed during development?

...only change your point of view

Perfect

There won't be a ladder for now.

This would probably facilitate a mesh change & animation that is not really worth it at this point in the project. Am I correct? :hmm:

 

[dbeachy1]

I knew that about the VC - I was specifically asking about the RED mode cockpit light (even just as viewed externally) . Can I take it from your comment that this had been discussed during development?

The lighting effects are "baked into the textures" in Orbiter, so the only way to have a red-illuminated cockpit is to use a second set of VC textures (selected by the config file). In theory that is possible for the Mk II release, but it will not happen for the 1.0 release.

[The ladder] would probably facilitate a mesh change & animation that is not really worth it at this point in the project. Am I correct? :hmm:

That is correct. As TS said, that is a possibility for the Mk II.

 

[Tachyon]

hmmm - not knowing anyting about texturing I'd have never thought that the cockpit lighting as viewed from outside the craft would be tied to the VC texture.


My current desktop wallpaper . She is truly a thing of beauty.

 

[dbeachy1]

The reason is that the current Orbiter version is DX7, which only supports one light source (the sun, in Orbiter's case). The next Orbiter version will support DX9 and OpenGL (and possibly other clients as well) that will support true cockpit lighting, but until then the cockpit lighting is a texture attribute.

 

[tonykattvc]

I'm wondering, could the paint kit or even some psd textures be released early, i am itching to get a Kucera Skin ready for this one!