Beta version 1.33

[Glowworm51]

I have come across the following problems so far:

1. SLS Rendevous with Altair lander from low earth orbit. If you use 'Direct' to point to the lander, and then try and use time compression, you are now prompted to set the attitude to 'Att Hold'. If you do this the Docking MFD comes out of the 'Point to' program to the 'None' program. If you change back to 'Direct', you cannot use time compression unless you cancel the 'Att Hold' and then reset it.

2. When using RCSROT in manual mode to manoeuvre the SLS command module, the forward and backward thruster slider does not appear to work as it does in 1.06.

3. Have there been any changes made to the orbital planner. I still find it impossible to do a Mars orbit transfer (Saturn and Jupiter are fine). I was hoping that the new release would provide a finer adjustment when using the planner.

[jcarrion]

I have come across the following problems so far:

1. SLS Rendevous with Altair lander from low earth orbit. If you use 'Direct' to point to the lander, and then try and use time compression, you are now prompted to set the attitude to 'Att Hold'. If you do this the Docking MFD comes out of the 'Point to' program to the 'None' program. If you change back to 'Direct', you cannot use time compression unless you cancel the 'Att Hold' and then reset it.

2. When using RCSROT in manual mode to manoeuvre the SLS command module, the forward and backward thruster slider does not appear to work as it does in 1.06.

3. Have there been any changes made to the orbital planner. I still find it impossible to do a Mars orbit transfer (Saturn and Jupiter are fine). I was hoping that the new release would provide a finer adjustment when using the planner.

Thanks for your feedback .

Regarding that mars transfer...   , the problem is just a matter of fine/coarse adjustment of the Deltas ?

-anyway , we probbably remove the SLS in the future versions  ... they are a source of bugs .. and ( from the analytics I can see over here)  ,barely no-one is using them . People are way more interested on  Apollo / Shuttle ).  This (beta)release is meant to feature the complete apollo tutorials  , from earth/moon etc..   (now with automated gameplay (if selected )  ), it will   actually launch from KSC and land actually on the moon a few days later! .

ok ... I ll figure out a way to add sensitivity to the sliders. I ll also have a look to that RCS stuff.

Thanks again .

[Glowworm51]

Thanks jcarrion.  Surprised to hear that not many are using the SLS missions - I think they are great. As far as Mars orbit is concerned, I presume that the reason why it is a problem and Saturn and Jupiter are not is because of the relative gravitational forces. I am hoping that more sensitive Delta V and T sliders will help, but it may be that I am doing something wrong. What is the significance of the 'Compute' and 'Sim Length' and 'Sim Cycle' buttons in the Orbital Planner? I find that when I use the Planner to do a orbit transfer from the Moon to Mars, I have to set the Orion apogee ahead of the predicted Mars position in order to get the closest passing point. Even doing this, the distance still seems to be too great to achieve orbit. No problem with Saturn or Jupiter.

I have also found that sometimes coming out of the Orbir Planner takes you to the Browser screen rather than the spacecraft views.

[Glowworm51]

Just to add that the problem with the RCSROT is the same when trying a manual docking of the Apollo command and service modules with the launch vehicle. In 1.06 the trust slider allowed you to apply a brief forward or reverse thrust before centering. In the beta version this doesn't seem possible.

[Marz13]

I like the SLS as well, but anything capable of a Mars transfer is cool. The space plane is great but it doesn't have that Mars Direct feel. 
Thanks jcarrion for all the hard work. I'm eager to try out the update when it hits Android.

[Glowworm51]

And many thanks from me too....

[thierryspeth]

i tried it this morning but for me, the simulator crash when testing the apollo tutorials, and same with any mission. i will reinstall a third time.

[thierryspeth]

it crash on my ipad with ios10, dunno if i m the only one to crash with ios 10.

[jcarrion]

that's quite interesting . Which iPhone/iPad model ? 

Thanks !

[thierryspeth]

hi francisco, it is my usual ipad 4 retina. i hope that the 1.33 send you messaages during the crash. i reinstalled the program from the apple store and i see that i have no instructions anymore for some apollo misssions. the docking with the lem , canT remember the program i have to use for docking.

[Glowworm51]

I am using an iPad Air iOS 9.3.2. Simulation crashes when selecting custom mission.

[jcarrion]

Thanks jcarrion.  Surprised to hear that not many are using the SLS missions - I think they are great. As far as Mars orbit is concerned, I presume that the reason why it is a problem and Saturn and Jupiter are not is because of the relative gravitational forces. I am hoping that more sensitive Delta V and T sliders will help, but it may be that I am doing something wrong. What is the significance of the 'Compute' and 'Sim Length' and 'Sim Cycle' buttons in the Orbital Planner? I find that when I use the Planner to do a orbit transfer from the Moon to Mars, I have to set the Orion apogee ahead of the predicted Mars position in order to get the closest passing point. Even doing this, the distance still seems to be too great to achieve orbit. No problem with Saturn or Jupiter.

I have also found that sometimes coming out of the Orbir Planner takes you to the Browser screen rather than the spacecraft views.

great!   . Ive just added a Range/finetuner slider , so you can adjust DeltaT ,V , R , N ,etc..     as fine or coarse as required . (from cm/sec to M/s  , and so on .. ).

[Glowworm51]

Many thanks for having done this so quickly. Presumably it will take some time for it to be available on TestFlight?

[jcarrion]

well , I m just  finishing the implementation of VSOP87 (*the 'good' planetary position  model ) ,  (with non co-planar orbits ,etc ) .  Current -old -coplanar model is still theere as a toggleable option , just in case someone prefers it for planetary transfers.

shouldnt take longer than a couple days to be on test flight

Thanks

[Glowworm51]

Okay thanks - I'm having some problems with TLI  and being unable to accelerate time. These may be down to me - I'll do some further testing and report back