VincentMcConnell Posted April 12, 2012 Share Posted April 12, 2012 I was playing Orbiter and it seems like a really cool game. I went through the tutorial first so I may start trying my first mission tonight. Is it a considerably difficult game if you want to get to Mars (My goal)? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iamwearingpants Posted April 12, 2012 Share Posted April 12, 2012 Being a sim, it\'s very difficult to get anywhere in Orbiter :b But don\'t take that as a turn-off, the challenge is part of the fun. Infact, tonight I\'m going to make yet another Lunar Orbit mission attempt. BTW, if you have any questions, the forums are a great place to present them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VincentMcConnell Posted April 12, 2012 Author Share Posted April 12, 2012 Being a sim, it\'s very difficult to get anywhere in Orbiter :b But don\'t take that as a turn-off, the challenge is part of the fun. Infact, tonight I\'m going to make yet another Lunar Orbit mission attempt. BTW, if you have any questions, the forums are a great place to present them Sure. I\'d like to orbit the moon tonight and successfully return. My next mission will be to make a free return around Mars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NovaSilisko Posted April 12, 2012 Share Posted April 12, 2012 A martian free-return is going to be tricky. Even more so than orbital insertion, probably. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Millst0ne MK II Posted April 12, 2012 Share Posted April 12, 2012 A martian free-return is going to be tricky. Even more so than orbital insertion, probably.Hey Silisko!I\'m like, your BIGGEST fan.*blushes*Back on topic, I\'m interested now. I might have to try this 'Orbiter' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bandit4910 Posted April 12, 2012 Share Posted April 12, 2012 I\'m also going to try. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VincentMcConnell Posted April 13, 2012 Author Share Posted April 13, 2012 Just played it a little bit. I really prefer Kerbal. Orbiter is very boring and slow and there\'s not much piloting in it, to be honest. What I noticed about orbiter is you click on one of the steps in the AMSO Apollo add-on and then the computer practically does everything for you... The only piloting and trajectory planning you do is just typing in numbers and clicking on things in the MFD. It doesn\'t even seem realistic...I wouldn\'t rate the game very high. I\'ve just started KSP back up again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ping111 Posted April 13, 2012 Share Posted April 13, 2012 Let\'s just hope this never happens: Just imagine:'So you can\'t build the rockets in this game?''No, only pilot them.''Where\'s the navball?''There isn\'t one.''Where are my astronauts!?' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mincespy Posted April 13, 2012 Share Posted April 13, 2012 I have it, I positively suck at it...............badly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SmiteZero Posted April 13, 2012 Share Posted April 13, 2012 It doesn\'t even seem realistic...I wouldn\'t rate the game very high. I\'ve just started KSP back up again. :BTW: Stop making pointless, stupid threads. If you want to tell everyone absolutely everything so much, get twitter and a facebook, or whatever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VincentMcConnell Posted April 13, 2012 Author Share Posted April 13, 2012 :It\'s true. To me it just seemed like clicking some buttons and typing letters and numbers in. There wasn\'t much real piloting. While most of spaceflight is automatic, in the Apollo days, you still had to do a lot of navigating by the stars through a sextant manually. You also have to perform your own fine piloting etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sneakeypete Posted April 13, 2012 Share Posted April 13, 2012 uhh, what? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NovaSilisko Posted April 13, 2012 Share Posted April 13, 2012 You can disable the computer and do it yourself, you realize... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mincespy Posted April 13, 2012 Share Posted April 13, 2012 > I broke up on re-entering the atmosphere> I can\'t even get to the moon> I am horrible at orbiter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfastar Posted April 13, 2012 Share Posted April 13, 2012 Try to learn Orbiter is not easy and you learn it not in a day. You will think: I wanna stop with this. But don\'t do that, learning Orbiter takes some weeks (or even months) and its hard. But if you have learn it, then a Interplanetary travel is not hard to do.So don\'t worry about a failure, you can always restart it from the begin It doesn\'t even seem realistic...If KSP is über realistic..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iamwearingpants Posted April 13, 2012 Share Posted April 13, 2012 Remember, Orbiter is a sim, not a game. Don\'t even try to compare it with KSP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VincentMcConnell Posted April 13, 2012 Author Share Posted April 13, 2012 :BTW: Stop making pointless, stupid threads. If you want to tell everyone absolutely everything so much, get twitter and a facebook, or whatever.Really? So posting about how I downloaded orbiter in the OFF TOPIC THREAD... Seriously, if you\'re going to just complain about how pointless all the threads are, STOP LOOKING AT THEM. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OtherDalfite Posted April 13, 2012 Share Posted April 13, 2012 Really? So posting about how I downloaded orbiter in the OFF TOPIC THREAD... Seriously, if you\'re going to just complain about how pointless all the threads are, STOP LOOKING AT THEM.It\'s tough to miss them when there are 5 on a page. And tone down the anger a little. You\'ve been posting quite a bit in the general discussion. The topics are over screenshots you made. So yeah, I\'m pretty sure some forum members are a little ticked off that they have to sift through your screenshot threads to find a real one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VincentMcConnell Posted April 13, 2012 Author Share Posted April 13, 2012 One of those has not been posted in quite some time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
socket7 Posted April 13, 2012 Share Posted April 13, 2012 [mod]I'm going to lock this down before it devolves into a petty shouting match.[/mod] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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