New Shuttle...

[Siterath]

Well I did what I could ... That was hunted down from the NASA website ...

However if that's 2 shuttles, then its prolly ok to assume that the remainder have them...

[sundog]

ElChristou, your working too fast, I can't keep up...

Truely fantastic work.

What a stange shot!! There is a support for Canadarm on the right side of the payload (at the left on the pict)...

I think the support is for the "boom" used in SRTM (Shuttle Radar Topography Mission).


As for your flag question, I'll have a look through my nasa pics a bit later.

Thanks again.


sundog

[jgrillo2002]

Tell you the truth ElChristou, I can use your model as the official Space Shuttle Mesh for Orbiter. that is the highest resolution Space Shuttle that I have ever seen. Keep it up pal and dave will bring the beast alive.

[rthorvald]

The doors are almost done; it was a bit long, but now things will go faster.

El Christou, again, this is great, beautiful work. This, alongside with Don Edward??s solar system project, is the most anticipated AddOn... I can hardly wait to see the release...

-rthorvald

[ElChristou]

Tell you the truth ElChristou, I can use your model as the official Space Shuttle Mesh for Orbiter. that is the highest resolution Space Shuttle that I have ever seen. Keep it up pal and dave will bring the beast alive.

Hummm... Sorry, I don't really get the point... remember English is not my first language, and the way you have turned your phrase is a bit dim for me...

I have to be clear about the use of my models:

THEY ARE EXCLUSIVITY FOR and only FOR CELESTIA

(It's why I release them in cmod.)

If I spend time (lot of) in doing those models, it's my way to thanks the authors and to participate a bit in this wonderful project; I know models are not the most inportant thing in Celestia, but unfortunatly I'm not coder, nor physicist, so well... ...I do models...

I'm sad for the orbiter community, but... ...life is hard... (sometimes)

Bye

[t00fri]

ElChristou,

really you are doing great with your model! Thanks also from me. We got to drink a bottle at Copacabana together when I will be in Rio beginning of November!

Bye Fridger

[Spaceman Spiff]

ElChristou
Location: A Frenchie in Paraguay (South America).

... I will be in Rio beginning of November!

So near, yet so far...

Spiff.

[t00fri]

ElChristou
Location: A Frenchie in Paraguay (South America).

... I will be in Rio beginning of November!

So near, yet so far...

Spiff.

Not necessarily. ElChristou may well be on the move towards Copacabana according to some PM's. We'll see.

Bye Fridger

[bh]

Fridger and Chris...We will share a couple of ESB's when this is done! Chris...don't be swayed...the amount of time, effort, and detail you've put in for US! well, it beggars belief.

Fridger...come and see us in dear old Oxford...we can talk some music and listen to a bit of Jazz if you like!

Chris...keep going with your fantastic model...If I can be of any help (Humble!)...keep in touch.

I'm going to re-install Celestia (for cmod) just for this model.

regards...bh.

[jgrillo2002]

Tell you the truth ElChristou, I can use your model as the official Space Shuttle Mesh for Orbiter. that is the highest resolution Space Shuttle that I have ever seen. Keep it up pal and dave will bring the beast alive.

Hummm... Sorry, I don't really get the point... remember English is not my first language, and the way you have turned your phrase is a bit dim for me...

I have to be clear about the use of my models:

THEY ARE EXCLUSIVITY FOR and only FOR CELESTIA

(It's why I release them in cmod.)

If I spend time (lot of) in doing those models, it's my way to thanks the authors and to participate a bit in this wonderful project; I know models are not the most inportant thing in Celestia, but unfortunatly I'm not coder, nor physicist, so well... ...I do models...

I'm sad for the orbiter community, but... ...life is hard... (sometimes)

Bye

That sucks. becuase our shuttle meshes that Don made are not that accurate.


compared to yours and Don's Shuttle Mesh, I suggest you reconsider. think about it. Orbiter will be a great simulator with a your high poly mesh. You can get to pilot it and land it yourself. trust me. its your descision.

David Sunstrome of the orbiter community does the coding so you dont have to code it yourself. if you feel like distributing it and look at it's beauity, then just send me the mesh and we will get right on it

[ElChristou]

That sucks. becuase our shuttle meshes that Don made are not that accurate...

Just for the info, try to use an English not so common when you talk to person with an English not very fluent... "that sucks" can be interpreted like an insult so... well... in our case, this don't help for what you want.

...Orbiter will be a great simulator with a your high poly mesh. You can get to pilot it and land it yourself. trust me. its your descision.

Yep... the problem is that as I'm a osX user and so, I don't have the privilege of using Orbiter...

David Sunstrome of the orbiter community does the coding so you dont have to code it yourself. if you feel like distributing it and look at it's beauity...

I can already do that, so people here will do soon...

...then just send me the mesh and we will get right on it

I'm sure of this.
The only solution I see, is that the Orbiter community send me a brand new pc (with the last pentium full of Ghz, lots of ram (by Go sure) a big HD and the last more powerfull graphic card), and then no problem, if the soft is good and to my taste, I will do a new shuttle exclusively for Orbiter...
I let you talk with your community...

More seriously, seems to me that the Orbiter community must be much bigger than the Celestia one, I'm sure someone will do better models soon or later.

Bye

[ElChristou]

Not necessarily. ElChristou may well be on the move towards Copacabana according to some PM's. We'll see.

Yes, I will do my possible to be there for a fresh beer (november=summer)

[jgrillo2002]

It is big. check for yourself
http://www.medphys.ucl.ac.uk/~martins/orbit/orbit.html
the program is updated to the realistic standards with new haza, reflections, and shadows. and yes the community is big.

[Spaceman Spiff]

Not necessarily. ElChristou may well be on the move towards Copacabana according to some PM's. We'll see.

Phew! I didn't think the taxi ride back after the beers would be enjoyable...

Yes, I will do my possible to be there for a fresh beer (november=summer)

There's no fresh beer in Paraguay!?

Spiff.

[Jeam Tag]

More seriously, seems to me that the Orbiter community must be much bigger than the Celestia one, I'm sure someone will do better models soon or later.Bye

There is a large shuttle fleet, yes, with lot of separated elements for each model, because the goal of this game is to ride a complete astronautic scenario (from KSC to ISS, or launching sat for example) but some details are quite crude... and some of recent updated addons -seems to me that Discovery v3.8.2 is not really new and have some bugs for example, etc...
So, there are sometime nice detailled textures, I can send some shots to you (not mine, but in a french forum, lots of picts are shared). And the Orbiter model are in .msh format (a .cmod like format) and lot of guys of this communauty are particularily jalous about their creations, don't want to share them.. exchanges are very difficults. En r?©sum?©, je pr?©f??re voir un aussi beau mod??le fonctionner pour Celestia, si les Orbiter ?©taient plus partageurs, la question se poserait, mais comme ce n'est pas toujours le cas... Jeam
Edit: some picts of Challenger, fly STS 41d (captures by Mustard)

[ElChristou]

There is a large shuttle fleet, ...
...And the Orbiter model are in .msh format (a .cmod like format) and lot of guys of this communauty are particularily jalous about their creations, don't want to share them.. exchanges are very difficults. En r?©sum?©, je pr?©f??re voir un aussi beau mod??le fonctionner pour Celestia, si les Orbiter ?©taient plus partageurs, la question se poserait, mais comme ce n'est pas toujours le cas... Jeam

Mmmh it's also what I was thinking... but let's close the topic, after all are'nt we in the Celestia community?

[ElChristou]

Not necessarily. ElChristou may well be on the move towards Copacabana according to some PM's. We'll see.

Phew! I didn't think the taxi ride back after the beers would be enjoyable...

In fact it's more a 2 hours flight to go back home... Distance on this continent are not really the same than in Europe...

Yes, I will do my possible to be there for a fresh beer (november=summer)

There's no fresh beer in Paraguay!?

Spiff.

Yes there are some good ones... (and surprisingly Pilsen a Paraguyan ale won this year the silver prize in Brusells in an international competition of beers...), but the national drink is "ter?©r?©" something similar to the wellknown "mat?©" from Argentina but cold...

[Donamy]

That is a very sweet model. It is far more detailed than the one I made for Orbiter and I myself would love to see it in Orbiter. You are right to be protective of it. It's not being selfish like some people say.

Question ? About how many polys does it have ?? I think the FPS hit would be extreme in Orbiter. Any way, keep it up, it is beautiful.

[ElChristou]

That is a very sweet model. It is far more detailed than the one I made for Orbiter and I myself would love to see it in Orbiter. You are right to be protective of it. It's not being selfish like some people say.

Question ? About how many polys does it have ?? I think the FPS hit would be extreme in Orbiter. Any way, keep it up, it is beautiful.

I see this model seems to attract people from the orbiter community...

For info I have just received this mail:

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from: GeoMagneticMan@bkdmartin.com

Hello I totally saw your post.  You are saying something about you wont
release the mesh to orbiter until you get a freakin computer from the
community?  LOL, do you know who I am?  Probably not, but I am an advanced computer pro.  I will be taking you cmod mesh, and developing it into a msh orbiter file.  Sorry, but you are stubborn and useless to do so.  Have a nice day, and thanks again!

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[Donamy]

Believe me, theft is not something that is tolerated in the Orbiter community, and if you wish, I will bring it to their attention. If someone steals your model I will ask Martin personally, to ask that everyone not dowload it and the one who posts it should be banned from the Orbiter forum.