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This is a walkthrough of setting up a clean installation specifically for OFSS IV.You may be wondering 'I have Orbiter running already, so I can just install what's missing, right?'. Wrong! Very often you will find that a particular install sequence of addons causes a conflict, which thenyou patch and cause some other problem, and so on. The idea of installing a clean OFSS IV directory is to make sure we can all run the same scenarios with confidence that they are going to work as Castor intended.
**NEW** If you want to try out a new simple installer, check out CSVInstall here: [ame="http://www.orbithangar.com/searchid.php?ID=6563"]http://www.orbithangar.com/searchid.php?ID=6563[/ame]. Kamaz's utility automates what I go through manually below, though note you may need to run it a few times to get through all the download steps.
Let's get started.
The general plan is we will create a download directory as a master repository ('repo') of all the files you need. We will pull everything down first, then install one by one. Some of the files will be in RAR format. If you have not come across this before, then go to http://7-zip.org/ now and download 7-Zip 9.20 (2010-11-18) for Windows in the format of your choice (e.g. 64-bit x64 if you are running a 64-bit Windows, else choose the 32-bit x86 version).
Go ahead and create a new directory for your OFSS repo. I'm using J:\OFSSIVDL, but you can call it whatever you like. Just make sure it's empty!
_____________________________________
Download the following:
1. http://orbithangar.com/orbDownload.php?file=orbiter100830.zip The core Orbiter 2010 P1 distribution
2. http://d3d9client.codeplex.com/# D3D9 client. Just hit the purple download button
3. and 4. http://orbiter.dansteph.com/forum/index.php?page=download Download both the OrbiterSound 4.0 and UCGO 3.0 + Ummu 3.0 - 2014 Edition
5. http://www.orbithangar.com/download.php?ID=3177 Space Station Building Blocks 4.1B)
6. http://ge.tt/api/1/files/8QSoFhh1/0/blob?download Interplanetary Modular Spacecraft RC9
7. http://www.orbithangar.com/download.php?ID=6036 Themis-A Launch Vehicle 1.0
8. http://www.orbithangar.com/download.php?ID=6216 HCLV Hyperion
9. http://www.orbithangar.com/download.php?ID=6251 HCLV-4 Sidemount expansion
10. http://www.orbithangar.com/download.php?ID=1292 Space Tugs
11. http://www.orbithangar.com/download.php?ID=2857 Various Space Station Modules
12. http://www.orbithangar.com/download.php?ID=5351 CMG v2.0
13. http://www.orbithangar.com/download.php?ID=3373 Universal Remote Manipulator System, release 3
14. http://www.alteaaerospace.com/ccount/click.php?id=3 XR-2 Ravenstar 1.6a
15. http://www.alteaaerospace.com/ccount/click.php?id=2 XR-5 Vanguard 1.9a
16. http://www.orbithangar.com/download.php?ID=5729 Carl Sagan Space Center (Banaba Island)
17. http://www.orbithangar.com/download.php?ID=3666 Wideawake International
18. http://www.orbithangar.com/download.php?ID=3388 Velcro Rockets v1.11
19. http://www.orbithangar.com/download.php?ID=6438 M-II + Negi-5 launch vehicles v0.2.1
20. http://orbithangar.com/download.php?ID=2139 AeroBrakeMFD
21. http://orbithangar.com/download.php?ID=3165 Attitude MFD V3.2
22. http://orbithangar.com/download.php?ID=2802 Launch MFD - v. 1.6.2 for Orbiter 2010
23. http://www.orbithangar.com/download.php?ID=6023 HUDDrawer SDK v.0.3
24. http://www.orbithangar.com/download.php?ID=6412 ModuleMessaging SDK v. 1.1
25. http://users.kymp.net/p501474a/Orbiter/BaseSyncMFD23.zip BaseSyncMFD Version 2.0 - 16.06.2010
26. http://www.orbithangar.com/download.php?ID=6221 RV Orientation V3.01
27. http://www.orbithangar.com/download.php?ID=5969 Glideslope 2.3
29. http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/confirmation.aspx?id=26999 Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 SP1 Redist
30. http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/confirmation.aspx?id=30653 .Net Framework 4.5
31. http://www.orbithangar.com/download.php?ID=6424 Negishima Space Center 0.1
32. http://kulch.spb.ru/cgi-bin/download.pl?file=PayloadManagerForOrbiter.zipPayload Manager for Orbiter
33. [ame="http://www.orbithangar.com/searchid.php?ID=6413"]BurnTimeCalcMFD (BTC) 2.7[/ame]BurnTimeCalcMFD (BTC) 2.7 <<< Newly added (July 5th)
34. [ame="http://www.orbithangar.com/searchid.php?ID=6393"]TransX 2014.04.26 ModuleMessaging[/ame]TransX 2014.04.26 ModuleMessaging <<< Newly added (July 5th)
35. [ame="http://www.orbithangar.com/searchid.php?ID=3279"]Screen capture[/ame]Screen Capture <<< Newly added (July 5th)
36. http://www.orbiter-forum.com/showthread.php?t=34020Current release of OFSS (at bottom of original post)
If you go to a command prompt and do a directory of your repo, the file list and sizes should look like this (note that the dates will be different):
(If you are missing any files, or you have any partial downloads with 0 length, go back and find the link that you missed, or wait for the downloads to complete).
_____________________________________
The next stage is the installation. We need to do these in strict order, so any overwrites are done consistently for your install. Create a new root directory ('OFSS IV root') for your OFSS IV installation. I'm going to use OFSSIV, but you can choose whatever name you prefer. We are going to do four types of install operations:
EXTRACT. This is simply extracting the contents of the zip file into the OFSS IV root. Just right-click the file, select extract all, and select your OFSS IV root directory and press Extract.
RAR-EXTRACT. We'll use 7-Zip as mentioned at the top (or swap for your extract tool). Right-click the file, Open With... 7-Zip File Manager, select Extract, select your OFSS IV root directory and press OK.
EXECUTE. Just double-click the exe.
ZIP-EXECUTE. Double-click the zip file to open it, then double click the exe file, then click RUN.
Let's now do the installation:
1. EXTRACT orbiter100830.zip
2. EXECUTE OrbiterSound40_20121120_setup.exe (follow the prompts, and don't do config setups for now).
3. EXTRACT D3D9ClientR12.zip
4. EXTRACT HUDDrawerSDK-v.0.3.zip
5. EXTRACT ModuleMessagingSDK-v.1.1.zip
6. EXTRACT cssc_v1_0_2.zip
7. EXTRACT Wideawake_International.zip
8. RAR-EXTRACT SBB41B.rar
9. RAR-EXTRACT IMS RC9.rar
10. EXTRACT Themis-A_1_01.zip
11. EXTRACT HCLV_Hyperion_v1_02.zip
12. EXTRACT HCLV-4-Sidemount.zip
13. ZIP-EXECUTE SpaceTugs_4.zip (select extract all, and skip replacing one duplicate file (readme.txt) - i.e. don't overwrite)
14. EXTRACT SpacStationModules.zip (skip replacing isspanel.dds)
15. EXTRACT CMG v2.0.zip
16. ZIP-EXECUTE UniversalRMS3.zip (select extract all, and skip replacing one duplicate file (readme.txt) - i.e. don't overwrite)
17. EXTRACT XR2Ravenstar-1.6a.zip
18. EXTRACT XR5Vanguard-1.9a.zip (replace the 4 files)
19. EXTRACT Velcro Rockets.zip (skip the two overwrites: issb.dds, ssmec.dds)
20. EXTRACT M-II_Negi-5.zip
21. EXECUTE UCGO30_2010_20140109.exe (it should not need to do any patching)
22. EXTRACT AeroBrake0.96.2.zip (skip the readme.txt conflict)
23. EXTRACT AttitudeMFD_V3.2_20072912.zip
24. EXTRACT LaunchMFD-v.1.6.2-2010.zip
25. EXTRACT BaseSyncMFD23.zip
26. EXTRACT RV Orientation V3.01.zip
27. EXTRACT GS2_3_2013.12.01b.zip
28. ZIP-EXECUTE PayloadManagerForOrbiter.zip
29. EXTRACT Negishima.zip
30. EXTRACT BurnTimeCalcMFD-v.2.7.zip <<< Newly added (July 5th)
31. EXTRACT Transx-2014.04.26-Auto-Center-fix.zip <<< Newly added (July 5th)
32. EXTRACT ScreenCapture.zip <<< Newly added (July 5th)
33. EXTRACT OFSS.ZIP
_____________________________________
If you are running Orbiter on Windows 8 or 8.1,
Go to your OFSS IV root, and run Orbiter_NG.exe. (If you have an older PC unable to run DirectX 9, then just use Orbiter.exe instead. It'll work, but it will not be as fast or as pretty and using DirectX 9).
Select the Modules tab, and switch on the following:
D3D9 Client (Orbiter_NG.exe)
LaunchMFD
TransX
AeroBrakeMFD
AttitudeMFD
BaseSyncMFD
BurnTimeMFD
CSSC_Spawner
GS2
HCLV_MFD
RV_Orientation
ScreenCapture
Themis_MFD
OrbiterSound
ExtMFD
FlightData
Framerate
HUDDrawer
Rcontrol
ScnEditor
On the Parameters tab:
Realism:
- Enable Complex flight model, Damage and failure simulation, and Limited fuel
Perturbations:
- Enable Nonspherical gravity sources, Raditation pressure and Gravity-gradient torque
Instruments and panels:
- Set MFD refresh to 0.1 (or whatever low interval your hardware can take)
On Visual Effects
- Set ambient light level to 50. (A bit more light helps with seeing things at night!)
On Video
- Set the screen as you prefer - e.g. Full Screen at your native resolution
- (Orbiter_NG.exe only) go to Advanced and click Create symbolic links, Yes, OK, and OK.
On Joystick
- Set up if you have a joystick.
On Scenarios
- Select XR5 Vanguard, Ready for Takeoff to ISS
Launch Orbiter
If you end up in the XR-5, with sounds working, then congratulations, you have installed the platform. If you get any errors complaining about a missing MSVCRTxxx.DLL, (e.g. MSVCRT100.DLL), then execute vcredist_x86.EXE from your repo and try again.
If you get any random crashes that you can't shake out, then here's a tip from Metallica787:
Go to Orbiter.exe (or Orbiter_NG.exe), right mouse and select Troubleshoot Compatibility. Windows will figure out the appropriate compatibility settings to run the executable under (e.g. Windows Vista mode or Windows XP mode). Use its recommended settings.
_____________________________________
If you follow this post carefully, then you should be all set. Feel free to ask any questions or point out any errors.
Regards
Andrew (ADSWNJ)
May 24th 2014 (updated June 22nd 2014, July 5th 2014)
**NEW** If you want to try out a new simple installer, check out CSVInstall here: [ame="http://www.orbithangar.com/searchid.php?ID=6563"]http://www.orbithangar.com/searchid.php?ID=6563[/ame]. Kamaz's utility automates what I go through manually below, though note you may need to run it a few times to get through all the download steps.
Let's get started.
The general plan is we will create a download directory as a master repository ('repo') of all the files you need. We will pull everything down first, then install one by one. Some of the files will be in RAR format. If you have not come across this before, then go to http://7-zip.org/ now and download 7-Zip 9.20 (2010-11-18) for Windows in the format of your choice (e.g. 64-bit x64 if you are running a 64-bit Windows, else choose the 32-bit x86 version).
Go ahead and create a new directory for your OFSS repo. I'm using J:\OFSSIVDL, but you can call it whatever you like. Just make sure it's empty!
_____________________________________
Download the following:
1. http://orbithangar.com/orbDownload.php?file=orbiter100830.zip The core Orbiter 2010 P1 distribution
2. http://d3d9client.codeplex.com/# D3D9 client. Just hit the purple download button
3. and 4. http://orbiter.dansteph.com/forum/index.php?page=download Download both the OrbiterSound 4.0 and UCGO 3.0 + Ummu 3.0 - 2014 Edition
5. http://www.orbithangar.com/download.php?ID=3177 Space Station Building Blocks 4.1B)
6. http://ge.tt/api/1/files/8QSoFhh1/0/blob?download Interplanetary Modular Spacecraft RC9
7. http://www.orbithangar.com/download.php?ID=6036 Themis-A Launch Vehicle 1.0
8. http://www.orbithangar.com/download.php?ID=6216 HCLV Hyperion
9. http://www.orbithangar.com/download.php?ID=6251 HCLV-4 Sidemount expansion
10. http://www.orbithangar.com/download.php?ID=1292 Space Tugs
11. http://www.orbithangar.com/download.php?ID=2857 Various Space Station Modules
12. http://www.orbithangar.com/download.php?ID=5351 CMG v2.0
13. http://www.orbithangar.com/download.php?ID=3373 Universal Remote Manipulator System, release 3
14. http://www.alteaaerospace.com/ccount/click.php?id=3 XR-2 Ravenstar 1.6a
15. http://www.alteaaerospace.com/ccount/click.php?id=2 XR-5 Vanguard 1.9a
16. http://www.orbithangar.com/download.php?ID=5729 Carl Sagan Space Center (Banaba Island)
17. http://www.orbithangar.com/download.php?ID=3666 Wideawake International
18. http://www.orbithangar.com/download.php?ID=3388 Velcro Rockets v1.11
19. http://www.orbithangar.com/download.php?ID=6438 M-II + Negi-5 launch vehicles v0.2.1
20. http://orbithangar.com/download.php?ID=2139 AeroBrakeMFD
21. http://orbithangar.com/download.php?ID=3165 Attitude MFD V3.2
22. http://orbithangar.com/download.php?ID=2802 Launch MFD - v. 1.6.2 for Orbiter 2010
23. http://www.orbithangar.com/download.php?ID=6023 HUDDrawer SDK v.0.3
24. http://www.orbithangar.com/download.php?ID=6412 ModuleMessaging SDK v. 1.1
25. http://users.kymp.net/p501474a/Orbiter/BaseSyncMFD23.zip BaseSyncMFD Version 2.0 - 16.06.2010
26. http://www.orbithangar.com/download.php?ID=6221 RV Orientation V3.01
27. http://www.orbithangar.com/download.php?ID=5969 Glideslope 2.3
29. http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/confirmation.aspx?id=26999 Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 SP1 Redist
30. http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/confirmation.aspx?id=30653 .Net Framework 4.5
31. http://www.orbithangar.com/download.php?ID=6424 Negishima Space Center 0.1
32. http://kulch.spb.ru/cgi-bin/download.pl?file=PayloadManagerForOrbiter.zipPayload Manager for Orbiter
33. [ame="http://www.orbithangar.com/searchid.php?ID=6413"]BurnTimeCalcMFD (BTC) 2.7[/ame]BurnTimeCalcMFD (BTC) 2.7 <<< Newly added (July 5th)
34. [ame="http://www.orbithangar.com/searchid.php?ID=6393"]TransX 2014.04.26 ModuleMessaging[/ame]TransX 2014.04.26 ModuleMessaging <<< Newly added (July 5th)
35. [ame="http://www.orbithangar.com/searchid.php?ID=3279"]Screen capture[/ame]Screen Capture <<< Newly added (July 5th)
36. http://www.orbiter-forum.com/showthread.php?t=34020Current release of OFSS (at bottom of original post)
If you go to a command prompt and do a directory of your repo, the file list and sizes should look like this (note that the dates will be different):
Code:
Directory of J:\OFSSIVDL
07/05/2014 11:40 AM <DIR> .
07/05/2014 11:40 AM <DIR> ..
05/24/2014 05:04 PM 769,917 AeroBrake0.96.2.zip
05/24/2014 05:04 PM 173,584 AttitudeMFD_V3.2_20072912.zip
05/24/2014 05:05 PM 380,051 BaseSyncMFD23.zip
07/04/2014 11:34 AM 2,386,525 BurnTimeCalcMFD-v.2.7.zip
05/24/2014 10:43 AM 1,637,950 CMG v2.0.zip
05/24/2014 11:00 AM 7,615,109 cssc_v1_0_2.zip
05/24/2014 08:31 AM 1,093,177 D3D9ClientR12.zip
05/24/2014 09:08 AM 1,005,568 dotNetFx45_Full_setup.exe
05/24/2014 05:05 PM 1,735,030 GS2_3_2013.12.01b.zip
05/24/2014 10:35 AM 228,257 HCLV-4-Sidemount.zip
05/24/2014 10:31 AM 4,491,475 HCLV_Hyperion_v1_02.zip
05/24/2014 05:04 PM 233,221 HUDDrawerSDK-v.0.3.zip
05/24/2014 08:52 AM 4,910,930 IMS RC9.rar
05/24/2014 05:04 PM 5,179,112 LaunchMFD-v.1.6.2-2010.zip
05/24/2014 05:04 PM 3,817,684 M-II_Negi-5.zip
05/24/2014 05:04 PM 224,017 ModuleMessagingSDK-v.1.1.zip
05/25/2014 08:47 AM 2,776,469 Negishima.zip
07/04/2014 11:02 AM 189,213 OFSS.zip
05/24/2014 08:18 AM 135,352,685 orbiter100830.zip
05/24/2014 08:36 AM 53,435,368 OrbiterSound40_20121120_setup.exe
05/24/2014 09:12 AM 3,128,161 PayloadManagerForOrbiter.zip
05/24/2014 05:05 PM 687,009 RV Orientation V3.01.zip
05/24/2014 08:42 AM 8,791,575 SBB41B.rar
07/05/2014 11:40 AM 16,389 ScreenCapture.zip
05/24/2014 10:37 AM 7,980,516 SpaceTugs_4.zip
05/24/2014 10:41 AM 5,272,951 SpacStationModules.zip
05/24/2014 09:00 AM 4,630,600 Themis-A_1_01.zip
07/05/2014 11:29 AM 1,046,046 Transx-2014.04.26-Auto-Center-fix.zip
05/24/2014 08:42 AM 202,194,042 UCGO30_2010_20140109.exe
05/24/2014 10:47 AM 2,559,264 UniversalRMS3.zip
05/24/2014 05:06 PM 8,990,552 vcredist_x86.EXE
05/24/2014 10:58 AM 14,080,870 Velcro Rockets.zip
05/24/2014 10:57 AM 5,502,843 Wideawake_International.zip
05/24/2014 10:51 AM 99,425,352 XR2Ravenstar-1.6a.zip
05/24/2014 11:07 AM 80,447,899 XR5Vanguard-1.9a.zip
35 File(s) 672,389,411 bytes
(If you are missing any files, or you have any partial downloads with 0 length, go back and find the link that you missed, or wait for the downloads to complete).
_____________________________________
The next stage is the installation. We need to do these in strict order, so any overwrites are done consistently for your install. Create a new root directory ('OFSS IV root') for your OFSS IV installation. I'm going to use OFSSIV, but you can choose whatever name you prefer. We are going to do four types of install operations:
EXTRACT. This is simply extracting the contents of the zip file into the OFSS IV root. Just right-click the file, select extract all, and select your OFSS IV root directory and press Extract.
RAR-EXTRACT. We'll use 7-Zip as mentioned at the top (or swap for your extract tool). Right-click the file, Open With... 7-Zip File Manager, select Extract, select your OFSS IV root directory and press OK.
EXECUTE. Just double-click the exe.
ZIP-EXECUTE. Double-click the zip file to open it, then double click the exe file, then click RUN.
Let's now do the installation:
1. EXTRACT orbiter100830.zip
2. EXECUTE OrbiterSound40_20121120_setup.exe (follow the prompts, and don't do config setups for now).
3. EXTRACT D3D9ClientR12.zip
4. EXTRACT HUDDrawerSDK-v.0.3.zip
5. EXTRACT ModuleMessagingSDK-v.1.1.zip
6. EXTRACT cssc_v1_0_2.zip
7. EXTRACT Wideawake_International.zip
8. RAR-EXTRACT SBB41B.rar
9. RAR-EXTRACT IMS RC9.rar
10. EXTRACT Themis-A_1_01.zip
11. EXTRACT HCLV_Hyperion_v1_02.zip
12. EXTRACT HCLV-4-Sidemount.zip
13. ZIP-EXECUTE SpaceTugs_4.zip (select extract all, and skip replacing one duplicate file (readme.txt) - i.e. don't overwrite)
14. EXTRACT SpacStationModules.zip (skip replacing isspanel.dds)
15. EXTRACT CMG v2.0.zip
16. ZIP-EXECUTE UniversalRMS3.zip (select extract all, and skip replacing one duplicate file (readme.txt) - i.e. don't overwrite)
17. EXTRACT XR2Ravenstar-1.6a.zip
18. EXTRACT XR5Vanguard-1.9a.zip (replace the 4 files)
19. EXTRACT Velcro Rockets.zip (skip the two overwrites: issb.dds, ssmec.dds)
20. EXTRACT M-II_Negi-5.zip
21. EXECUTE UCGO30_2010_20140109.exe (it should not need to do any patching)
22. EXTRACT AeroBrake0.96.2.zip (skip the readme.txt conflict)
23. EXTRACT AttitudeMFD_V3.2_20072912.zip
24. EXTRACT LaunchMFD-v.1.6.2-2010.zip
25. EXTRACT BaseSyncMFD23.zip
26. EXTRACT RV Orientation V3.01.zip
27. EXTRACT GS2_3_2013.12.01b.zip
28. ZIP-EXECUTE PayloadManagerForOrbiter.zip
29. EXTRACT Negishima.zip
30. EXTRACT BurnTimeCalcMFD-v.2.7.zip <<< Newly added (July 5th)
31. EXTRACT Transx-2014.04.26-Auto-Center-fix.zip <<< Newly added (July 5th)
32. EXTRACT ScreenCapture.zip <<< Newly added (July 5th)
33. EXTRACT OFSS.ZIP
_____________________________________
If you are running Orbiter on Windows 8 or 8.1,
Go to your OFSS IV root, and run Orbiter_NG.exe. (If you have an older PC unable to run DirectX 9, then just use Orbiter.exe instead. It'll work, but it will not be as fast or as pretty and using DirectX 9).
Select the Modules tab, and switch on the following:
D3D9 Client (Orbiter_NG.exe)
LaunchMFD
TransX
AeroBrakeMFD
AttitudeMFD
BaseSyncMFD
BurnTimeMFD
CSSC_Spawner
GS2
HCLV_MFD
RV_Orientation
ScreenCapture
Themis_MFD
OrbiterSound
ExtMFD
FlightData
Framerate
HUDDrawer
Rcontrol
ScnEditor
On the Parameters tab:
Realism:
- Enable Complex flight model, Damage and failure simulation, and Limited fuel
Perturbations:
- Enable Nonspherical gravity sources, Raditation pressure and Gravity-gradient torque
Instruments and panels:
- Set MFD refresh to 0.1 (or whatever low interval your hardware can take)
On Visual Effects
- Set ambient light level to 50. (A bit more light helps with seeing things at night!)
On Video
- Set the screen as you prefer - e.g. Full Screen at your native resolution
- (Orbiter_NG.exe only) go to Advanced and click Create symbolic links, Yes, OK, and OK.
On Joystick
- Set up if you have a joystick.
On Scenarios
- Select XR5 Vanguard, Ready for Takeoff to ISS
Launch Orbiter
If you end up in the XR-5, with sounds working, then congratulations, you have installed the platform. If you get any errors complaining about a missing MSVCRTxxx.DLL, (e.g. MSVCRT100.DLL), then execute vcredist_x86.EXE from your repo and try again.
If you get any random crashes that you can't shake out, then here's a tip from Metallica787:
Go to Orbiter.exe (or Orbiter_NG.exe), right mouse and select Troubleshoot Compatibility. Windows will figure out the appropriate compatibility settings to run the executable under (e.g. Windows Vista mode or Windows XP mode). Use its recommended settings.
_____________________________________
If you follow this post carefully, then you should be all set. Feel free to ask any questions or point out any errors.
Regards
Andrew (ADSWNJ)
May 24th 2014 (updated June 22nd 2014, July 5th 2014)
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