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Orbiter Scenario Editor

Filename: orbiter_scenario_editor_v108.zip
Version: v109
Author: Henri Liné
Type:
Size: 4685kb

File Description: Some years ago when Henri Line first made Scenario Editor I tried it out and didn't care for it much. But since then I gave it another try. Version 1.09 can be downloaded from avsim.

http://library.avsim.net/search.php?SearchTerm=henri&CatID=Orbiter&Go=Search

At first I had a mental block on how to use it. The help files were not much help for me. Henri, I believe is French, so there is the language barrier. It is translated into english but dosn't seem to communicate well.

Anyway giving it a fair shot this time, it didn't take me to long to fiquire it out on my own. Now I can honestly say that I like it and since Orbiter is in need of a scenario editer it is a must have. Once you understand the methodology it really is easy to use. In moments you can place numerous ships at spaceports all over your system and set the time/date. You can easily choose/add/swap any availible ships you have and give the ship(s) any name that you like.

Issues: This is not the easy to use drag and drop anything, anywhere, scenario creator that everyone is waiting for.

Here is a list of what it doesn't do...

- Build a scenario from scratch, you must work off of an excisting scenario
- Place ships in orbit by simple selection, you must manually add the parameters
- Vessel to vessel docking, still thinks of stations as stations rather then vessels

So there is still a need for an improved version.