The Journey Towards 2.0: State Update 2024

This presentation will be a continuation of "The Journey Towards 2.0" hosted a year ago.
The aim of this video is to give you an update of what Reentry is, its ambition and updates around its planned features.
The Journey Towards 2.0:
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[@aleksibovellan9821]

Reentry simulator is a really important and unique addition to space software and gaming in the market for anyone interested in procedural realism. Hopefully it will continue to grow and improve during the years, even though it's not as "popular" as some "main stream games", which is of course expected. Space nerds like us are not so many in comparison. Just giving some respect here and two thumbs up, please keep going. Thanks.

[@ryanstoddard1803]

The main reason i see it being so hard especially with apollo, is the craft has checklists designed for multiple astronauts. Gemini is designed for 2, apollo cm is designed for 2/3 and LM is designed for 2. In the game, it’s just you trying to do everything.

[@oldmanrebel2996]

Folks this simulator is simply stunning! Will be a game for the Books!

[@TonerLow]

This is the only thing I've ever purchased in my life that felt like I didn't pay enough.

[@seba6452]

The Space shuttle!!! are you kidding me!!! Prayers finally answered!!!

[@Daimo83]

Check out Shuttle Mission Simulator 2007. It's old but it works

[@TheEpicDragonCat]

Loving the VR in its current state, but can’t wait for the custom menus.

[@nuclearandspaceeducation3201]

Oh man, having all that audio in there would be a dream come true :)

[@eddeig]

I'm completely overwhelmed seeing how this "games" improves and how professional it is. As I wrote before in the other video, it's great to be a little part of this as a player. Many thanks and regards, Eddeig 👍👍👍

[@Rosak]

How come I only heard about this game NOW, even though it's right down my alley when it comes to my simulator interests....

[@mazatlan79P]

This simulator screams PASSION- in the likes of Sid Meier and David Braben. Awesome work!

[@SilverWolf-VR]

Unfortunately David Braben lost his passion years ago :(

[@DonnyHooterHoot]

Cool! Subscribed. Working on my Gemini training right now. Only a few more steps left now. Way cool!

[@AtomizedMass]

An amazing discovery for me. Thank you for making this project see the light of day!

[@ZolecPalec]

So impressive for one man. Amazing project.

[@ysiadpir1423]

The DCS World of Manned Space Flight. : )

[@thedemogamer6595]

Except it doesn't cost a crazy amount to own, and is super educational! :)

[@MrStrider28]

@@thedemogamer6595 Just like DCS then

[@GaskinDev]

Apart from the cost part

[@MrStrider28]

@@GaskinDev It almost costs like one of the modules on sale (everyone buys modules on sales btw)

[@davidspaulding9811]

....except it's built by a much smaller amount of labor with much bigger brain power.

[@hallengard]

The game has such a great community; I learned how to save the CM after a failed SIVB accent (I had someone genuinely guide me and help me understand basic things like separating the CSM) from a suborbital trajectory.

[@ReentryAnOrbitalSimulator]

I agree, the community is probably the best thing about this game :)

[@NumbersLetters_]

I picked this up about a year ago. Thank you so much for creating this sim!

[@InfamousSoap]

Keep up the great work

[@pinkman4928]

Would love to see @MattLowne play this!

[@cherminatorDR]

Man, this is all very exciting!

[@MustangGT4]

Just bought the game and played through the mercury academy, so cool! Love it, excited to do the mercury campaign this weekend.

[@MustangGT4]

Looks very cool, definitely will buy

[@ibluap]

By far, the best space simulator ever. I've been spending a long time studying the Manuals before my first flght. Let me tell you, it differs a lot from a usual Flight Simulator. It is not as easy as learning the basics and strapping in and getting launched. You have to dig deep in the knowledge of space travel first to understand what's going on and how can you move ane accomplish the mission. Very thrilled by the announcement of some Apollo missions, like Apollo 13. Even though it means to assume a rather passive position as an expectator, it has the advantage of allowing to see and listen what Astronauts could really see/listen by their own eyes. I hope it won't stop only in Apollo 13 but rather include other historic missions like "J" missions including rides on the Lunar Rover and of course Apollo 11 / 17, that is to say first and last Moon missions. And I hope it does not end here. Gemini 8 must be included too. Paraphrasing you at the end of the video, I guess the one who has to thank is myself, because when I found your simulator, I was looking something to simulate a Moon travel. The best attempt before was a community effort to recreate an Apollo simulator, but using an outdated technology, guess compararble with Flight Simulator 2004. It was a very good attempt but graphics were bad and desperately needed a boost! Furthermore, systems were treated in a superficial way and there was nothing else in the Internet scope or the market. There appeared Kerbal, but Kerbal Space was looking for another goals that differed from what I wanted. It was a much more flexible simulator, indeed, but it missed the dedication and the depth I was looking for in Translunar Flight. Then I found your product. And it amazed me! It was what I was searching for, and a lot more! And even though its immersion capacity and effort in takes to master it, I found it at a jokingly low price! Considering that a good state-of-the-art Flight Simulator rises well over US$ 120. Very satisfied that you have switched around Complex 39 stations and LUT to fit the real thing, a matter I suggested you back in 2018, I guess, for before, I guess intentionally, you built them up in a mirror view; for instance, placing the swinging arm of LUT at the left hand instead the right hand, for instance. I'm not sure why, but I believe there must be some old regulation affecting all graphical reconstructions of Apollo real flights to leave graphical signs that differ from real images. For instance, Apollo 13 movie's rocket and LUT was one of the best reconstructions I've seen of a Saturn/Apollo launch, ever, with an exquisite dedication to even minor details. However, there were several clues left to warn any specialized viewer, that these were not real shots from the real flight: for instance, black stripes along the base of S-1C were longer, coping all the second corrugated ring from base-to-top, when in real S-1C, they ended just at the beginning of that ring. There was an unreal disposition of the service arms in the LUT and these retracted in a sequence, when in real launches they tended to retract mostly at the same time. No one forced Brian Grazer and Ron Howard to make those coarse (considering their attention to details) changes, but "something" forced them to do so. I believe you were faced to the same restriction and decided to place everything twisted around. I am so happy today that is back to the normal form. Guess that foolish restriction (if there is) may be satisfied just with some watermark of some sort. But as a challenge for the future, there lies the introduction of the new NASA endevour plan for manned flight: Artemis, Space Gateway and their mixture with commercial companies like SpaceX, Boeing and Blue Origin. It is a hard, very hard jump, indeed. But before that, let me suggest you some minor changes in graphics: First, I am amazed by the inclusion of those random "flashes" on the viewfield. For those unfamiliar with sopaceflight, when you fly in the proximity of Van Allen's rings Astronauts experience those ocassional flashes in their retinas. It begins scarcely in LEO, but increases in frequency during the first days of a translunar flight. It has been suggested it is a normal response of eye retinas and optical nerves to the passing of a blend of cosmic rays and sun particles trapped mostly in Van Allen's rings. On the surface of Earth we are well armored by our ozone layer and planet's magnetic field, so those flashes are rather very, very scarce. Rather that a nuisance, they were a curiosity for Astros, until the last "J" Apollo Missions where crews were provided with special black masks and an electric thumb-counter to record the "density" changes of those flashes as they coasted to and from the Moon. Scientist saw an important correlation to parts of the Van Allen's rings and the frequency of those flashes, even though they seem to appear less frequently during all the missions. So, congrats! Well, about graphics, a simple suggestion. Your program would increase a lot in realism if you included a more realistic approach on the sunlight. Increase contrast a good and generous bit. Make stars much less visible when looking at an enlighted surface, like mostly, the Earth or Moon surfaces. Just like photographs show, you can hardly see a celestial body, apart from the Moon, in a photograph taken from the window of a spaceship. That for in reality your eyes have also difficulty to see them in any sunny side. The difference of the space (or the Moon) with Earth is that if you look for a shady place and avoid looking at lite surfaces, in some 20 secs. the sky begins to get full of trillions of stars that don't twinkle at all. Conversely, in the transition from a daytime to a nightime in orbit, you must astonish us with a simulated pupil and retina adaptation to darkness within some 20 secs, with a magical apparition of a night sky studded of stars and, of course, an unbelieable Milky Way. Remember to include in Lunar orbit, Earth's nocturnal light, much more potent than Moon's night lighting on Earth. A bluish soft glow covering craters and Lunar topography slowly decreasing towards Earth's face Moon terminator, mainly when Moon missions coincided with waxing Moon phases (and almost full Earth phase), as most missions to land in the Western Moon rim. Missions like Apollo 12, 13, 14 and maybe 15, that bluish glow must have been softer. In the other missions, Astronauts say they could almost see minor topographic details on naked eye. Earth's albedo is the highest in all the known planets of our Solar System. Remember, too, to contrast it with the absolute blackness of the endarked area of the far side. Astros were usually surprised of the degree of darkness and its contrast with the Earth lite night. In Earth's orbit, when coming to the night side, you can highlight (literally) cities and towns lights and close to polar zones, add northern and southern soft lights too, but only when in the dark side of the planet, away from sunbeams. It is not realistic if when seen from Translunar coast, you see a partially illuminated Earth, you can see stars around and cities and auroras too! That, because the light that emanates from the sunny side is so powerfu that forces our pupils and retinas to adapt to that level of light, avoiding us to perceive those other details; except only when we see the Earth mainly from its dark side and the luminous side is almost a thin border. I also expect you may increase resolution of clouds in your depiction of them. I'd mean you also may enhance the quality of the general Earthscape. One of the main things one supposedly makes in space is get fabbergasted contemplating the only thing literally full of color: the Earth. Apart of that, anything surrounding you might almost be part of a black and white movie... except your spaceship. That must be empowered in your effort, well, until a long time ahead, when you begin to include other planets. That's all I had to say, dear Petri. I thank you again for this great present you handed so unselfishly.

[@jimfin2175]

This is such an amazing space simulator and I'm sure the release of V1.0 and then the Shuttle will help bring this simulator a higher profile, as an educational sim it would be fantastic to see more people using it especially schools and students, keep up the good work, can't wait for the Shuttle 🤩

[@ronin47-ThorstenFrank]

Are the early Soviet programme missions still in planning too? I remember you posted the interior of the Vostok a couple of years ago. EDIT: Haha, got the question answered in the video shortly I´ve pressed ENTER. Thx!

[@DonnyHooterHoot]

Great simulator! I am 66 years old and have always had Gemini as a favorite. I find Mercury to be too "Automatic". Apollo is too "real". Gemini is just right! I mean this as the spacecraft, not your wonderful program! I am working towards becoming a Gemini pilot. Keep up the great work!

[@DonnyHooterHoot]

I am now a Gemini pilot! Now off to the missions!

[@r_firefly4292]

Super cool as always! I wonder if inflight co-op is in the plan?

[@ReentryAnOrbitalSimulator]

It's in research, I did a long talk about it last year if you are interested, you can find the link in the description:)

[@thomascavalier9383]

So grateful for all the hard work that went into this game. I’m so excited to start flying the shuttle, S1B and Vostok. I’ve almost mastered Apollo minus getting Main bus A and B under volt warning lights during the Reentry sequence. I still can’t figure out how to avoid this??

[@rexsama84]

Any chance of launching it on GeForce now? I no longer have a PC capable of running it, I would really like to play again.

[@ReentryAnOrbitalSimulator]

I have tried to do it and got far in the process but they suddenly stopped responding, been over a year since they last replied me.

[@grahamcollins5416]

New to the game; question: Can we 'spectate' with the AI executing the mission? I kinda want to have an immersive experience, seeing but not executing the details, as a way to learn.

[@redtailpilot]

I think that would be cool, especially in VR! Sit back, enjoy the ride while learning.

[@supertomcathornet8233]

the space shuttle is supposed to pitch back up not upside down at around 5 minutes and like 45 seconds and during ssme ignition the two rs-25 are supposed to gimbal in close together and the shuttle also tilts forward in ssme ignition and then back to its position

[@ReentryAnOrbitalSimulator]

Hi! This is based on mission configuration and I support both. A shuttle could both execute what I show here or what they call a heads-up ascent, where a roll maneuver turned it 180 degrees. Some pitch was used to compensate forces but mainly roll. I have yet to implement proper gimbal sequences and the gimbal testing, but it's important that, as mentioned in the video, this is early in development. However my main goal is to make this accessible for as many as possible, and for most, maybe their first step into a shuttle, and go deeper in other focused shuttle sims, something I aim to be transparent about.

[@nuclearandspaceeducation3201]

Not always. The space shuttle pitched up when it needed to rely on another method of tracking. This is only done for all of the ISS rendezvous missions because they wanted to terminate the track from bermuda ground.

[@b.a.sbadassugar5007]

Are you gonna do russian space craft too?

[@teamruddy611]

How can you think about 2.0 when you haven't even reached 1.0?

[@ReentryAnOrbitalSimulator]

@@teamruddy611 Hi! I have been spending 95% of the dev time on 1.0 (ref patch notes). This video is a yearly state update where I talk about the road map, current state and the future of the game.

[@redtailpilot]

After watching dozens of Space Shuttle missions on NASA TV over the years, the pilot in me just wants to land that thing over and over again. IN VR! Please tell me that is possible.

[@fredi1608]

is a in cockpit multiplayer not possible? I would die to fly up with a buddy of mine in the gemini

[@ReentryAnOrbitalSimulator]

I have a video from last year where I experiment with a possible solution to in-cockpit multiplayer, but not yet sure. You can find a link to it in the description.

[@Gamingmaster-jv9zj]

Are you still developing Vostok?

[@thedemogamer6595]

I know this sounds crazy but id love an ISS and im dure thats out of reach but id be over the moon to just get STS 88 with only unity and Zarya, just enough to experience ISS and space shuttle without potentially as much work! Or any of the resupply missions to that early uncrewed version of the ISS

[@jamesgeorge7579]

Microsoft: Spacecraft Simulator

[@vladk9152]

Has anyone tried this game on a steam deck?

[@seba6452]

Will there be a more simplyfied mode for novices in the future?

[@dantemanueledesantis2128]

What about vr support?

[@ReentryAnOrbitalSimulator]

Yes 👍 I talk about it in this video.

[@dantemanueledesantis2128]

@@ReentryAnOrbitalSimulator thx !!

[@dantemanueledesantis2128]

@@ReentryAnOrbitalSimulator i saw it.. very intresting. Must be a really challenging implementation, but damn, i can't wait to "be there" .... amazing work you're doing.. When you think it will be "playable" (stably) in a "user friendly" setting? Thx again...

[@markussukram7790]

not bad, but for fans..its gonna boring only to watch it.

[@ryansta]

9 Years, seems to of flown by from this side, enjoying all your hard work and effort. Really excited to hear about the Apollo 13 and your plans to replicate the events. Left there I would of been ecstatic at the future prospects, but to see the magnificent Shuttle fly once more within the sim really knocks 'The Journey Towards 2.0' out of orbit and to the Moon, beyond a dream to think this may become a possibility. Thank you so much for your endevours.

[@elwoodcope7152]

Thank you algorithm for showing me this. I must now buy this game

[@JavierRollon]

I still have the game and box of Shuttle, from Virgin Games. I hope one day I can swith it to Columbia in Reentry deploying the Space Hubble, and recovering for repair.

[@deviassmith]

Space Shuttle! Yes. Waiting for...

[@speedbirdconcorde001]

Coincidentally, Skylab 2 splashed down on 22 June 1973. Hopefully we'll have that in the sim too

[@ReentryAnOrbitalSimulator]

I talked about the SkyLab and demoted it in last year's video, you can check it out by following the link in the description :)

[@davidspaulding9811]

Hey Petri! That shuttle looks amazing buddy. You're doing a fantastic job and I can't wait to provide the well earned currency to fly that machine. Keep up the great work. 👍

[@BrentM11]

Yay more space shuttle news!! I did the full shuttle sim in person years ago and want some more of that. I want to get a perfectcscore instead of 70%. Lets go!!!!

[@Madison-in-da-house]

I’m late but I’m so excited for what’s to come seeing Apollo 13 that’s neat and the shuttle again takes me back to my childhood. Good luck I’m here for the ride I’ve enjoyed my time in the sim from crashing into the earth because my parachute didn’t open to powering up the csm it’s been a blast so far. Here’s to making more memories along the way.

[@TrueSight_333]

I love this simulation, but I’m having an awful time getting it to recognize my mouse while in Steam VR. Any suggestions?

[@Deltarious]

It's an awesome game and concept tbh. My ultimate dream with a game/sim like this is being able to do a mission to mars and take the first steps there. I am of course fully aware that the level of complexity for that is insane, and that since we've yet to do it in reality it'd be a 'best guess' I've always liked the idea of games focused on realism like this one taking one or two steps out into the future by themselves because A: It's extremely fun and B: it gives us a glimpse of what *may* be to come, which I adore. We've had that kind of thing in at least *some* form since the pretty early days of Orbiter, this would just be a step further with being more in depth. And as a final aside, I've personally always wanted a game that'll step up and do a fairly 'hardcore' sim of a *very* advanced craft that could do round trips to mars and earth, and maybe beyond. Think something at or just below the technology level of The Expanse (just below may be the most interesting if consumables are still a real factor but there is quite a lot of margin) there have been a few attempts but there is yet to be a fully complete game that's done this. This may not be that game, and maybe it should *not* be, but it's certainly coming the closest of anything in a long while and I think there is appetite for it, so I'd be remiss not to mention it. If you were ever to do a sequel or another related project, one where you hopefully have at least a small team, consider it?

[@Will-uf7jt]

Genuine curiosity now lol, what was the first line of code.

[@RolandDobbins]

I’d love to fly the X-15 in Reentry. ;>

[@karlmarx1423]

Please release on quest 2

[@eclipse245]

I want to try this so bad, but seems daunting af. Any veterans of this game here, that can speak to the learning curve?

[@DarthMalex]

The learning curve gets steeper as the spacecraft become more complex, but Reentry includes several "Academy" lessons for each spacecraft that go over the various individual systems and procedures. If you do those Academy lessons and, like this video suggests, learn each spacecraft in historical order (Mercury, then Gemini, then Apollo), you should be able to get the hang of it all.

[@eclipse245]

@@DarthMalex awesome cheers

[@stem2603]

A friend pointed me to Reentry, just a few weeks after KSP2 died. It's like losing something valuable and then suddenly find something of more value instead. Can't wait for Vostok, as I like those Russian designs a lot. Incredible work! Would remote control missions, like in the Lunokhod programme, be possible one day?

[@Gav_Jam]

I have owned this for several years and never cease to be amazed at the quality of your work. The ability to be immersed in the realistic environments is fantastic and just adds to my appreciation of the accomplishments that was made all those years ago. Thank you for what you have created.

[@NewTrick2D]

I what no what i say, i Hope the Space Shuttle comes before i left the World, i am happy realy happy.

[@trevorbodnar5495]

Have listened to both the audio tapes and the various different NASA reports regarding apollo 13. The Apollo Flight Journal is a treasure trove of information.

[@ReentryAnOrbitalSimulator]

Yeah, AFJ is great! 👍

[@billyjjackson]

So epic 👏

[@Yoplaides_]

APOLLO 13 LETS GOOOOOOOOOOO

[@mrchilled85]

have to ask how are you getting the text so clear or is it not that clear in the headset ? as im set to 4k and not that clear

[@LuckyLuke3331]

Looks nice but it's still in early access... I'm not buying anymore early access for more than 5€ (for me an early access or alfa shouldn't be more than 5€). I fall in too many scams (the last one was KSP2). Sorry, I invested too much in "early access alfa scam".

[@ZoeSummers1701A]

You are AMAZING. That you've done this solo for 9 years and you STILL have the enthusiasm and passion to keep going is very rare indeed.

[@ZoeSummers1701A]

PS, did I miss any news about multiplayer INSIDE the spacecraft?

[@ReentryAnOrbitalSimulator]

You can check out the demo I did last year on this, link is in the description.