Yeay for learning scenario editing!

[Sherrif of Nottingham]

I've decided that I'm sick of non-to professional looking scenarios made with the scenario editor built in, (don't get me wrong they can look very good) I want something with a little more flexibility and when I edit I hate the fact that time is passing, even though I wish for each scenario to be set at the hour I'm working on.

So anyway I decided to start small, I want to put one of the Boeing 702 Commercial Satellites into the Space Shuttle Atlantis.

So far I haven't even be able to put a stable shuttle on the launch pad. Every attempt I've made using everything I can figure out from the documentation, either has a shuttle with no fuel, it just ends up falling apart on the pad after a minute... fail... or a shuttle whose SRB's ignite as soon as the scenario is loaded... spirals...

Heres my configuration as set in the scenario file...

STS-X:Atlantis
  STATUS Landed Earth
  BASE Cape Canaveral:11
  HEADING 0.00
  FUEL 1
  THLEVEL 3:1.000 4:1.000
  NAVFREQ 0 0
  CONFIGURATION 1
  MET 42.104
  GEAR 0 0.0000
  ARM_STATUS 0.5000 0.0000 0.0000 0.5000 0.5000 0.5000
  SAT_OFS_X 0.000
  SAT_OFS_Y 0.000
  SAT_OFS_Z 0.000
END

BTW: This particular version is the one with the spiraling.

And if anybody has a suggestion as to how to add in a satellite, that'd be great.

 

[Epsilon]

If I'm not mistaken...

THLEVEL 3:1.000 4:1.000

Sets your thrusters to be on as soon as you start the scenario. :')

 

[Sherrif of Nottingham]

Hmm, didn't seem to solve the problem, but I figured it out after messing with it some more... and looking at other scenario files.

CONFIGURATION 1

This should be set to 0, then it works perfect.

Does anybody have a hint to get three Spaceway-x's into the cargo bay? (I know adding that many satellites to one mission is retarded but... more of a proof of concept)

EDIT: Yeah, you were right, they need to be put 0.00 not 1.00 but it wasn't my only problem...

Ugh... can't even figure out how to add 1 payload...

 

[tblaxland]

Ugh... can't even figure out how to add 1 payload...

Have a look at the default Atlantis scenarios that have a MPLM or Carina in the bay, they will give you an idea what to do.

For more flexibility, you may want to consider Universal Cargo Deck.

 

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