Request Enceladus landing site

[Pioneer]

Hi there,

I'm looking if someone would make or has already made a landing site for Saturn's moon Enceladus similar to the one for Europa included with UCGO.

Thanks Again,
Pioneer

 

[TMac3000]

It would be more like a docking site. Enceladus barely has more gravity than Phobos.

 

[Pioneer]

It would be more like a docking site. Enceladus barely has more gravity than Phobos.

Is Enceladus that small?

 

[Codz]

Yes.

 

[Notebook]

Strange, I was on the East coast yesterday and didn't see anything?

N.

 

[Pioneer]

I just need a place to land my arrow freighter similar to the one on Europa

 

[TMac3000]

Oh, don't misunderstand: you can do it. The procedure would just be a little different...

It's a relatively smooth world. There are any number of those geysers you could set down next to and study

 

[Pioneer]

Oh, don't misunderstand: you can do it. The procedure would just be a little different...

It's a relatively smooth world. There are any number of those geysers you could set down next to and study

But how do you do it? :sos:

 

[blixel]

If you just need a target to aim for and aren't concerned about details otherwise, you can do what I do when I'm in need of a quick base - and that is to just make a copy of Brighton Beach.

The procedure in your case would be to:

1. Make a directory called Orbiter\Config\Enceladus
2. Make a directory called Orbiter\Config\Enceladus\Base
3. Copy Brigton.cfg from Orbiter\Config\Moon\Base to Orbiter\Config\Enceladus\Base
4. Rename Orbiter\Config\Enceladus\Base\Brighton.cfg to Orbiter\Config\Enceladus\Base\EceladusBase.cfg (technically, you don't have to do this but it makes sense to do it)
5. Edit Orbiter\Config\Enceladus\Base\EnceladusBase.cfg in a text editor and Change the top line from "Name = Brighton Beach" to "Name = Enceladus Base"

That's it.

If you don't like the position of the base, then you can edit Orbiter\Config\Enceladus\Base\EnceladusBase.cfg and change the "Location = -33.4375 +41.125" line so that the base is at another location on the moon. (Note: if you do that, make sure to change the VOR LBB line so that it matches the new location.)

---------- Post added at 01:54 PM ---------- Previous post was at 01:45 PM ----------

Here's an example of what it can look like.

Note that I changed the coordinates to a better location (well - better in the sense that you can see Saturn really well)

BASE-V2.0
Name = Enceladus Base
Location = -73.4375 -21.125
Size = 500

BEGIN_NAVBEACON
VOR LBB -73.4375 -21.125 116.30 500
END_NAVBEACON

 

[Pioneer]

If you just need a target to aim for and aren't concerned about details otherwise, you can do what I do when I'm in need of a quick base - and that is to just make a copy of Brighton Beach.

The procedure in your case would be to:

1. Make a directory called Orbiter\Config\Enceladus
2. Make a directory called Orbiter\Config\Enceladus\Base
3. Copy Brigton.cfg from Orbiter\Config\Moon\Base to Orbiter\Config\Enceladus\Base
4. Rename Orbiter\Config\Enceladus\Base\Brighton.cfg to Orbiter\Config\Enceladus\Base\EceladusBase.cfg (technically, you don't have to do this but it makes sense to do it)
5. Edit Orbiter\Config\Enceladus\Base\Enceladus_Base.cfg in a text editor and Change the top line from "Name = Brighton Beach" to "Name = Enceladus Base"

That's it.

If you don't like the position of the base, then you can edit Orbiter\Config\Enceladus\Base\EnceladusBase.cfg and change the "Location = -33.4375 +41.125" line so that the base is at another location on the moon. (Note: if you do that, make sure to change the VOR LBB line so that it matches the new location.)

---------- Post added at 01:54 PM ---------- Previous post was at 01:45 PM ----------

Here's an example of what it can look like.

Note that I changed the coordinates to a better location (well - better in the sense that you can see Saturn really well)

BASE-V2.0
Name = Enceladus Base
Location = -83.4375 -41.125
Size = 500

BEGIN_NAVBEACON
VOR LBB -83.4375 -41.125 116.30 500
END_NAVBEACON

I'm also looking to add surface tiles like Dansteph's UCGO Europa Base

 

[blixel]

I'm also looking to add surface tiles like Dansteph's UCGO Europa Base

I can't help on that one; I don't know anything about making surface tiles.

 

[Pioneer]

can't either because OBM is a bit stubborn

 

[csanders]

Need help with OBM/tiles?

 

[Pioneer]

No I got it

 

[sorindafabico]

You can land safely on the farside. AFAIK, you'll be inside Saturn SOI when in Enceladus surface, but, well, you'll be in far side. I never tried on near side.