Orbiter players?

[tommaster]

I guess this is the best forum for this.

So I was wondering, how many of you here play or have played Orbiter (http://orbit.medphys.ucl.ac.uk/) before?

Personally I have played this since 2007, spent many hours on it. Visited about all planets and moons and played with a lot of add-ons. The community is pretty cool too, though they can be kinda touchy at times. Interestingly, there are some people who despise KSP for its simplicity or other reasons, but I must say I enjoy both games - they are certainly different in styles and should not be compared in every criteria. That being said, they are quite similar, too (by watching KSP evolve it actually drifts closer to an Orbiter style full simulation).

So, kind of interested what the KSP community thinks about Orbiter.

[TheCanadianVendingMachine]

Well, KSP got publicity from the Orbiter forums. Harv, and many more played and made mods for Orbiter

[Awaras]

Before I found KSP I played Orbiter a lot. The only thing that bothered me was the very thing I like the best about KSP: The complete control over the design of your craft. I mean, yes, you can find plenty of spacecraft made for orbiter, but you have to spend a lot of time finding something that will be capable of what you had in mind (without being overpowered).

I guess that my ideal game would have KSP's ship assembly mechanics and Orbiter's realistic full-sized simulation...

[tommaster]

Before I found KSP I played Orbiter a lot. The only thing that bothered me was the very thing I like the best about KSP: The complete control over the design of your craft. I mean, yes, you can find plenty of spacecraft made for orbiter, but you have to spend a lot of time finding something that will be capable of what you had in mind (without being overpowered).

I guess that my ideal game would have KSP's ship assembly mechanics and Orbiter's realistic full-sized simulation...

Indeed, KSP's assembly part is definitely the most prominent thing that sets it apart. And certainly something I also enjoy very much. But I don't think something like this should be implemented in Orbiter (it would be nearly impossible anyway). Afterall, spaceship assembly is a *bit* more complicated than portrayed in KSP

And after all, you can actually create spacecrafts in Orbiter, but then you'd be modding.

What I also enjoy with KSP is the casual and comical focus. Jebediah always semms to say "wheee!" and flag planting animations etc make it just joyful and remind you to not take everything too serious. I certainly will fire up Orbiter again (was absent for a while cause dan steph's site and downloads were down and couldn't install it again) but for the casual fun mission I don't wanna miss KSP

EDIT: Btw, sorry if this is too "off topic" in this forum but I felt it belongs here more than in the KSP general discussion. Let me know if I judged that incorrectly.

Edited August 11, 2013 by tommaster

[Kerbal01]

I would play orbiter but there is no Mac version.

[tommaster]

I would play orbiter but there is no Mac version.

There are some tricky ways to make it run, but not sure how viable that is for you. http://www.orbiter-forum.com/showthread.php?t=20548

[Kerbal01]

Meh, don't really want to boot camp just to play orbiter when ksp works fine.

[Whirligig Girl]

KSP Mod for orbiter? .Craft file to an orbiter ship? Or maybe a UI mod that adds map screen and for user-friendly interface?