Orbiter Forum

Hi all,
I'm getting a Sketchpad.fx critical error when I try to run Orbiter on Linux with Lutris and Proton GE. When I try wineGE I get a KW_Sampler_state critical error. Does anyone know the solution? Originally I had an issue where the 3D device pop down was blank, and I couldn't launch a graphical window. Then, I retried setting up the Lutris configuration and I'm prett...

Some of you followed the PULSE thread over the last few weeks. What started as "G-force effects on the cockpit view" kept growing until the name didn't fit any more, so it has a new one:
ORO — Orbiter Realism Overhaul.
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What started as a quick and dirty G-loc simulation in Orbiter, ended up in a full blown feature complete effects list that renders directly on the Orbiter window. Work in progress. I have nailed down the effects that I want. Some sounds remain to be added and then to tie them to the physics so they respond to the actual G force felt by the pilot.


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My name is Ken Ernandes and I'm an engineer specializing in Space Flight Dynamics. I am also the Director of the Center for Space Simulation for the International Institute for Astronautical Sciences. I am also the space flight dynamics instructor for the institute and have written a textbook titled Space Flight Dynamics from the Ground Up for the courses. I am using Orbiter as ...

Hi everyone,

For those that have been around for a while at the forum might remember the news and launch reports of SiberianTiger, @Notebook and others.
Back then, there were way less launches, so the posts where updated manually when new information became availabl...