Earth: KSC

Earth: Alps

Moon: Area around Brighton Beach

Mars: Valles Marineris

Mars: Olympus Mons

Please try out the release candidate.It's available as ZIP and MSI package:Both versions are about 2.5GB in size.Note that the MSI version is packaged as a self-extracting exe. This was necessary because the MSI format doesn't allow for MSI files larger than 2GB, so I had to include the actual contents as external CAB files. The SFX file simply extracts the MSI and CAB files, and then launches the MSI installer.It still installs like a normal Windows application, i.e. can be uninstalled the usual way.The packages contain the latest Orbiter beta snapshot (SVN r.58), plus low-resolution versions of the planetary textures. I've included some local high-res areas as showcases:Please install the RC into a new directory. Don't install it into your SVN beta checkout directory. Otherwise it gets hard to test, and might upset your SVN version.There is also a D3D7 client to go with this RC, if you want to try it:I'm going to update the download site for the planet texture packs to align with the RC, essentially removing the low-res packs (which are now bundled into the Orbiter package), and switching the high-res to the new compressed archive format.Please let me know what you find regarding major problems. Keep in mind that Orbiter remains a work in progress, so this release won't be (and doesn't aim to be) perfect. I won't add any more features, and will leave minor problems to upcoming patches. Otherwise we might wait another six years for the release.