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Erik Anderson

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Now I can fly an Orion! Mwahahaha
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  Hi, I'm Erik Anderson and I've been an Orion fan for years.  I had no idea there were more of us!


  I only found this place as I was reseaching online Orion links for my Orion simulator for Orbiter.


  Orbiter is a free space simulator which has a steep learning curve but true physical realism.  It's also got a very open API so third parties (me, in this case) can do lots of crazy things with the code.  It's available at:  http://www.orbitersim.com


  My Orion add-on is available at:  http://www.orbithangar.com/searchname.cfm?search=Orion%201.01


  So, practical upshot:  there is now a working computer sim of Orion vehicles.  I flew a 20-meter Orion from Earth to Europa the day before yesterday; you can too.  And it is -- I've already mentioned -- free.


  I'm also looking for practical suggesions for improvements.  I'm sure I didn't get everything perfect the first time around...C++ isn't even my native language!


  But if anyone was likely to be as excited about this as I am, I figure this is the crowd....



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Lord Flasheart

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I've played the simulator; 'tis good, but has no collision model.

I'd like to see an add-on containing a station/spacecraft model with an asteroid mesh and a couple Orions docked to it, so it can be moved to different (and possibly catastrophic) trajectories.

Oh, I can't wait to pilot a Dinosaur killer!

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Erik Anderson

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  That WOULD be nice, yes!


  That's probably Orbiter's biggest weakness:  as a one-man show, it doesn't get features the author doesn't feel like implementing.  And he feels collision modeling would be a LOT of work.  A few people have been begging him, but so far no luck.


 



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