Top 20 free games

Post by **Turbine** » Thu Jul 20, 2006 10:12 pm

I can not fucking beleive that they mentioned Celestia but say no word of Orbiter.

Celestia isn't even a fucking "playable" form of game/simulator.

On the other hand Orbiter is to space sims, what Microsoft Flight Simulator is to flight sims. On the SAME level of graphics.

You can go from Earth's surface to any other planet (using heavy orbital mechanic's physics&math skills) without loading in between anyhere.

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http://www.orbitersim.com

Do you speak it?

Post by **Eraser** » Thu Jul 20, 2006 11:09 pm

that looks really... complex

Post by **Ryoki** » Thu Jul 20, 2006 11:17 pm

Lol, really... the screenies impress me, but when i got to the download section i said to myself 'okay, nevermind'.
There's like twenty seperate files there, which gives me the feeling this is some serious stuff :\

Post by **+JuggerNaut+** » Thu Jul 20, 2006 11:31 pm

Ryoki wrote:Lol, really... the screenies impress me, but when i got to the download section i said to myself 'okay, nevermind'.
There's like twenty seperate files there, which gives me the feeling this is some serious stuff :\

same. although my vid card would probably puke viewing the .pdf manual, i was thinking "do i really want to spend the rest of the day figuring out how to 'engage'"?

Post by **raskilla** » Fri Jul 21, 2006 12:11 am

can someone please stab me in the ass??

Post by **Turbine** » Fri Jul 21, 2006 12:26 am

Well as far as Orbiter goes, if you are new.
There are now interactive tutorials.

Meaning you start the sim, you select a scenario and you watch as the on screen text explains it all.
In short sentences, and large white font.
Unlike some of the games out there...

As for files to download; due to the open end design of the Orbiter sim, that was designed to easily accept addons and mods, the files download section is a little extravagant.
And the file naming convention does not help. At all.

This is what you need to play it:

Go to any one of the mirror websites.
Go to this one: http://download.orbit.m6.net/mirror.html

Now download:

Base Package: http://download.orbit.m6.net/orbiter060504_base.zip
A Base Package is your main Orbiter game. With no extras.

Now if you want those pretty high-rez level 10 textures get:

Earth super high rez: http://download.orbit.m6.net/Earth060504_L10.zip
Mars super high rez: http://download.orbit.m6.net/Mars060504_L10.zip
The rest of the planets & moons high rez: http://download.orbit.m6.net/PlanetHires060504.zip

Sounds & Music: http://orbiter.dansteph.com/download/OrbiterSound30.php

All the files are in .zip so all you do is unzip them all in to a new folder,
and that becomes your game folder.

No installation. It's all addon friendly.

Post by **Eraser** » Fri Jul 21, 2006 7:27 am

raskilla wrote:can someone please stab me in the ass??

Sure, get me a knife and bend over

Post by **phantasmagoria** » Sat Jul 22, 2006 11:57 pm

how do you save your progress in Narbacular Drop?

Post by **SOAPboy** » Sun Jul 23, 2006 12:53 am

phantasmagoria wrote:how do you save your progress in Narbacular Drop?

Its like. 5 levels..

Post by **phantasmagoria** » Sun Jul 23, 2006 9:34 pm

oh alright, i only played a couple and had to go, when i came back it hadnt saved ... i assumed there were hundreds

Post by **booker** » Sun Jul 23, 2006 10:51 pm

DooMer wrote:so thats where valve got that portal game; Narbacular Drop. I knew it was too cool of an idea for them to come up with by themselves.

Narbacular Drop is made by Nuclear Monkey Software, the same people that are making portal, who are now apart of valve.

Post by **MKJ** » Mon Jul 24, 2006 7:50 am

ownt

Post by **Captain** » Mon Jul 24, 2006 9:01 am

"Nuclear Monkey"? Any affiliation with Bush?

Post by **Captain** » Mon Jul 24, 2006 9:02 am

Well no I guess it would be "Nucu-lar" then

Post by **raskilla** » Tue Jul 25, 2006 6:20 pm

so none of you fags wants to step up and stab me in the ass?

Post by **SplishSplash** » Tue Jul 25, 2006 6:35 pm

you're welcome

Post by **MKJ** » Tue Jul 25, 2006 6:57 pm

that nucuubbuluar drop is cute but the physics are horrible.. its like a mixture of sludging through mud and running on ice. not a mean feat that

Post by **so142001** » Wed Jul 26, 2006 2:06 am

anyone actually get far enough to run Orbiter? I have successfully launched the delta flyer and docked with the ISS with only the PDF manual.

Post by **Captain** » Wed Jul 26, 2006 11:10 am

so142001 wrote:anyone actually get far enough to run Orbiter? I have successfully launched the delta flyer and docked with the ISS with only the PDF manual.

I beat that game and then killed a few cows.