[simpits-tech] OpenGL Orbiter

[Brian Sikkema]

So I'm apparently way behind the times in the developments for the 
OpenGL graphics engine for Orbiter. I just downloaded it to try it out, 
and while my netbook can't really manage running it, I was looking 
through the documentation and WOW. It looks gorgeous, and has a ton of 
nice features - to include a second camera view!! Sadly, the second 
camera is only an inset window and not a separate window, and so far I 
haven't found any documentation on how to change the view yet (may have 
to be defined in the vessel config). But it's a big step in the right 
direction! Being able to have multiple windows with multiple view 
directions would be a very good thing.

Also included is the ability for elevated terrain and very good shadows 
(all at a performance cost, of course), multiple light sources, etc. All 
good stuff. Worth checking out.

The new version of orbiter also implements a Lua scripting engine for 
use with addons. All in all some pretty good stuff for sim developers 
either already here or on the horizon!

I threw the documentation up here if anyone's interested at looking at 
some screenshots (the developer's sourceforge site doesn't really have 
anything): http://www.sikkema.us/ogla-doc-100608.pdf

Brian