Editing Orbiter Visualisation Project

The '''Orbiter Visualisation Project (OVP)''' aims at replacing the built-in [[Orbiter]] [[graphics engine]] with an external graphics module. This will allow to support new graphics interfaces and new graphics features without affecting the simulation core.

OVP is an [[open-source]] project hosted by [http://sourceforge.net/projects/orbitervis/ sourceforge].To access the sources, you need a [[Subversion|SVN client]]. Follow the readme file for compilation requirements and installation advice.

Running the graphics subsystem as an external plugin will be possible in the next Orbiter release, which will include a "non-graphics" (NG) version of the Orbiter executable. [[Orbiter NG]] will be of use in its own right (for example as a server in network applications, or as a numerical trajectory simulation tool), but it will also feature a graphics API which allows external renderers to be attached.

A beta snapshot of the current and some previous Orbiter development versions is available on [http://download.orbit.m6.net/betaNG/orbiter_beta.html the Orbiter homepage] (Any orbiter beta packages should be unpacked over a fresh 060929 installation). The beta is primarily intended for developers who want to try, test or modify the OVP sources.

Currently, a DirectX7 graphics client is under active development on OVP. This will essentially be a re-implementation of Orbiter's internal graphics system (or a subset of it) in the form of a plugin. It is mainly intended as a reference implementation, or demonstrator. It is expected that the main development effort will eventually switch to more up-to-date graphics interfaces, such as OpenGL or DirectXn (n >= 9).


==Other renderers under development==
* DirectX 9
* OpenGL 2.0
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-The '''Orbiter Visualization Project (OVP)''' aims at replacing the built-in [[Orbiter]] [[graphics engine]] with an external graphics module. This will allow to support new graphics interfaces and new graphics features without affecting the simulation core.
+The '''Orbiter Visualisation Project (OVP)''' aims at replacing the built-in [[Orbiter]] [[graphics engine]] with an external graphics module. This will allow to support new graphics interfaces and new graphics features without affecting the simulation core.
 OVP is an [[open-source]] project hosted by [http://sourceforge.net/projects/orbitervis/ sourceforge].To access the sources, you need a [[Subversion|SVN client]]. Follow the readme file for compilation requirements and installation advice.
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-==Available Clients==
+==Other renderers under development==
-* DirectX 7 (for all versions)
+* DirectX 9
-* DirectX 9 (for Orbiter 2010, 2016 and Beta)
+* OpenGL 2.0
-* OpenGL 2.0 (for Orbiter 2010)
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