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-==CREATING SCENARIOS==
+FUCK YOU URWUMPE
-Scenarios contain a series of data that may change depending on many things.
-But we are covering the basics to build a scenario. We are going to build a scenario using the standard orbiter install.
-Open Notepad and paste the following text...
-<pre>
-BEGIN_DESC
-Ready to take off.
-END_DESC
-BEGIN_ENVIRONMENT
-System Sol
-Date MJD 51981.6009797824
-END_ENVIRONMENT
-BEGIN_FOCUS
-Ship GL-01
-END_FOCUS
-BEGIN_CAMERA
-TARGET GL-01
-MODE Cockpit
-FOV 60.00
-END_CAMERA
-BEGIN_MFD Left
-TYPE Surface
-SPDMODE 1
-END_MFD
-BEGIN_MFD Right
-TYPE Orbit
-PROJ Ship
-FRAME Ecliptic
-REF Earth
-END_MFD
-BEGIN_PANEL
-END_PANEL
-BEGIN_SHIPS
-GL-01: DeltaGlider
-STATUS Landed Earth
-BASE Cape Canaveral:1
-POS -80.6758964 28.5227640
-HEADING 150.00
-PRPLEVEL 0:1.000 1:1.000
-NAVFREQ 402 94 0 0
-XPDR 0
-GEAR 1 1.0000
-END
-END_SHIPS
-</pre>
-...and now let's learn about what we just pasted.
-===DESCRIPTION SECTION===
-The following text makes scenario to display a description in the Orbiter Launchpad window, before you load a scenario. In this case it will display "Ready to take off" in the launch pad window. It can be left blank if you don't want to include anything in the description.
-<pre>
-BEGIN_DESC
-Ready to take off.
-END_DESC
-</pre>
-===ENVIRONMENT SECTION===
-The environment section specifies the solar system. It refers to a CFG file (Sol.cfg) that contains data on planets and other space bodies. It also sets the time when the scenario will start.
-It's not the standard DD/MM/YYY HH:MM format - It uses MJD format. If you browse your "\Orbiter\Utils" directory, you will find a program named "Date.exe" which allows you to convert to and from MJD format.
-How to set a date is something that we might leave for future lessons. Let's see how environment section looks...
-<pre>
-BEGIN_ENVIRONMENT
-System Sol
-Date MJD 51981.6009797824
-END_ENVIRONMENT
-</pre>
-===FOCUS SECTION===
-Now, let's see where YOU will be when the mission starts.
-The focus section describes the ship you will pilot or the object you will control when you start your mission.
-In the following case you have a ship named "GL-01". It's a custom name. We will need to define the properties of this ship later.
-<pre>
-BEGIN_FOCUS
-Ship GL-01
-END_FOCUS
-</pre>
-===CAMERA SECTION===
-The camera section indicates if you are looking at your ship from the inside or the outside. We won't cover the camera parameter variations yet. In this case you start right inside the cockpit. Also notice you  can change the default Field of View (FOV) value for the scenario if you want to start out with a wider or more narrow view.
-<pre>
-BEGIN_CAMERA
-TARGET GL-01
-MODE Cockpit
-FOV 60.00
-END_CAMERA
-</pre>
-===MFD SECTION===
-In your cockpit you have 2 screens called MFDs which will display some info. Each MFD is configured differently. We won't cover yet how to configure MFDs.
-<pre>
-BEGIN_MFD Left
-TYPE Surface
-SPDMODE 1
-END_MFD
-BEGIN_MFD Right
-TYPE Orbit
-PROJ Ship
-FRAME Ecliptic
-REF Earth
-END_MFD
-</pre>
-===PANEL SECTION===
-The next section is the panel section. We won't cover it here. So let's leave it like this...
- BEGIN_PANEL
- END_PANEL
-===SHIPS SECTION===
-Now it comes the time when we define the properties of your ship in the ships section.
-In this case we have only one ship in our entire universe. It is GL-01. Remember?
-GL-01 is a DeltaGlider class ship. You will have a limited set of classes unless you install other spacecratf/aircraft addons that add more classes.
-The status indicates if you are landed or if you are moving (Orbit).
-POS indicates your longitude and latitude.
-HEADING indicates the direction of the nose of your ship. If you put a ship in a runway you might like it to aim at the end of the runway.
-PRPLEVEL indicates your level of propellant in the different tanks each ship has. Configuration of this parameter may change from a ship class to another.
-The rest of the parameters depend on what ship you are piloting. Let's see how the ships section would look. This will add a ship that will be located at a landing pad at Cape Canaveral.
-<pre>
-BEGIN_SHIPS
-GL-01: DeltaGlider
-STATUS Landed Earth
-BASE Cape Canaveral:1
-POS -80.6758964 28.5227640
-HEADING 150.00
-PRPLEVEL 0:1.000 1:1.000
-NAVFREQ 402 94 0 0
-XPDR 0
-GEAR 1 1.0000
-END
-END_SHIPS
-</pre>
-===ADDING MORE SHIPS TO YOUR SCENARIO===
-We want to add another Delta Glider ship called "GL-02" which should be parked at the end of a runway. Where is the end of the runway?
-You need to load your scenario, press F1 for external view and then zoom out and rotae your view until you have the camera right at the beginning of the runway. Now press CTRL-F1.
-Do you remember how we got the latitude and longitude for our base in our previous lesson? Let's do the same trick.
-We can copy and paste the GL-01 properties and then add the latitude and longitude, and change the ship name. But don't forget about the heading...
-That way, we are going to add this code, which will place your ship at Cape Ca&#241;averal runway...
-<pre>
-GL-02: DeltaGlider
-STATUS Landed Earth
-POS -80.560213 +28.455060
-HEADING 308.00
-PRPLEVEL 0:1.000 1:1.000
-NAVFREQ 402 94 0 0
-XPDR 0
-GEAR 1 1.0000
-END
-</pre>
-As we add the code, your ship section should look like this...
-<pre>
-BEGIN_SHIPS
-GL-01: DeltaGlider
-STATUS Landed Earth
-BASE Cape Canaveral:1
-POS -80.6758964 28.5227640
-HEADING 150.00
-PRPLEVEL 0:1.000 1:1.000
-NAVFREQ 402 94 0 0
-XPDR 0
-GEAR 1 1.0000
-END
-GL-02: DeltaGlider
-STATUS Landed Earth
-POS -80.560213 +28.455060
-HEADING 308.00
-PRPLEVEL 0:1.000 1:1.000
-NAVFREQ 402 94 0 0
-XPDR 0
-GEAR 1 1.0000
-END
-END_SHIPS
-</pre>
-Now we have 2 ships in your scenario. You may use F3 to display a window that allows you to switch from one ship to another.
-Congratulations, you have created your first scenario!!
-===OTHER IMPORTANT ISSUES===
-Now edit other scenarios using Notepad and learn how they are built.
-Just remember... if a ship class is not present, either your ships would look invisible, or it may crash orbiter to desktop.
-If the FOCUS section has a ship that is not defined in the SHIPS section, you may have problems too. If you refer to a non existent MFD or if you have any syntax error when defining the parameters for each property, you may have problems.
-If a scenario is crashing, try to add a standard DeltaGlider ship only. If it crashes, the problem is elsewhere, a syntax error probably. If not, then you don't have the required files to have a certain ship flying.
-You also may try to see the camera section for each scenario and what results are obtained. if you read the Orbiter manual, you may find more information about the contents of each scenario.
-===External Links===
-*[http://orbit.m6.net/v2/read.asp?id=25089 Orbiter Forum Discussion]
-----
-created by "Pablo Luna from Costa Rica", posted with his permission
-[[Category:Tutorials]][[Category:Addon tutorials]]

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