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It so happens that I do!
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I think that there are two type of people who buy AS - the first are the "casual users" who just use the random settings to quickly make their own universes, which doesn't really require much delving into the scripts or background. Casual users just…
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Ed_NBOS wrote: And as for your canned "a script can do that" response to everything; Great, then give us better documentation and examples so we can. The other option to that response is to just say 'nope, cant do it'. But that wouldnt be acc…
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Someone asked a similar question on the SFRPG boards that I run recently - basically, the right kind of "superearths" could retain helium without being massive enough to hold hydrogen (and thus really snowball into a gas giant) - it's a pretty thin …
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Ed_NBOS wrote: The need for such may be obvious to you, and there's nothing wrong with the idea, but I doubt I've been asked 3 times in the past eight years for that functionality. Its just not something most people use, need, or have really show…
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Sigh. This program is great when it actually works, but it's got some really frustrating (and seemingly arbitrary) limitations. Why on earth do you have a "Route Type" option in the route import CSVs if you can't search for anything using it? It …
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*bump* anyone?
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Can I use this to search for systems that are on a specific Route Type (by searching for the route type, described on pg 103 in the manual)? e.g. say I have 6 systems on a RouteType called "Arm 1" (as imported from a route csv). I want to find th…
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Ed_NBOS wrote: EDG wrote: In fact I'm wondering why there isn't an option to not import duplicates via csv if the option exists when importing astroDB files. Each body in an AstroDB has a unique identifier (the 'UABI', or 'Universal Astronomi…
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OK, thanks. That would be handy!
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I’ve added a new Brown Dwarf dataset to the Stellar Mapping page! This should hopefully be the last major update to the stellar datasets for a while – the next project on the list is to figure out what the reworked Arms for 2300AD might look like ba…
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I've managed to hack the Label Distance plugin so that it finds the star name in the plugin and turns the label visible from 10,000 ly away and sets it a different colour to stand out. It's a rather clunky way to do it though - is there a better way…
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I've now replaced the New Reduction Hipparcos data with the brand new Extended Hipparcos dataset, so if you downloaded that previously then please http://evildrganymede.net/2012/03/12/stellar-mapping-extended-hipparcos-dataset-added/ for details!
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Or buy a cheapo mouse (or use a spare one that you have lying around if you have one) that you can plug into your laptop. Personally I can't use a touchpad at all, especially if dragging is involved, it might be easier on your fingers to just use a …
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The only way you'd be able to do that is to calculate the X and Z coordinates of each system relative to an origin (Y = 0 since there's no height in 2D traveller maps), and then import them in as a csv.
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Are you saving them as AstroDB files? If so, you shouldn't have to "import" them. There's a "merge and update sectors" in the import menu that you should use instead. Can you type the exact steps you're doing to import them?
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rwglaub wrote: Because I would at least have some familarity with the sectors and use the Traveller material, which is considerable. Oh, I'm very familiar with Traveller, but what I'm asking is "would you be gaining by importing a flat sheet of…
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This will sound odd, but why would you want to do that in Astrosynthesis? Traveller maps are two-dimensional - they don't have what would be a y-axis in AS. If you were to enter the sector data, you'd just get a flat sheet.
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I've now added 164 stars from the CTIOPI dataset from the RECONS website, and also updated the DENSE data. See
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KeithM wrote: I'd love to see that sort of thing as well. That makes one other person at least... I'm not even sure that there is anyone else who frequents these boards though. I suspect most folks show up when they buy AS, maybe ask a question…
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KeithM wrote: Well, right now I'd just be happy with knowing how to connect to stars with a route via a script. The lack of documentation is...distressing. Yeah, it kinda pisses me off actually. I don't really see the point of having an API if …
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AdamQuark wrote: Are the systems time-corrected, or just e2000 positions? In other words, if a star is 100 ly away, are its coordinates what they are today or 100 years ago? Nope. The locations are based on the J2000 coordinates of the stars…
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I can't help you, but I'd be really interested in seeing your scripts! (the FTL in one of my SF backgrounds works in a simliar mass-determined way)
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The names, star types and locations would be correct (as best as is known, anyway). Mass, luminosity and radius data would be generic placeholders.
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It looks like the next catalogue to be uploaded will be the http://www.recons.org/publishedpi ) - hopefully that will happen this weekend. I'll take a look at the HabCat one at some point and see what it contains and how easy it's be to import. C…
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So what is "OnRoute" used for?
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In the solar neighbourhood, the stellar density is around 0.002 stars per cubic lightyear - or to put it another way, 1 star per 500 cubic lightyears. That sounds really piddly, but it isn't - 500 cubic lightyears would be a cube that is about 7.93x…
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Apparently HabCat consists of stars taken from the Hipparcos catalogue, so I think most of them would are already be included in the Hipparcos data on my site I suppose I could make a separate HabCat file at some point though...
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Though that reminds me, the CSV import seems a bit limited... e.g. I don't think there's a way to include Political Affiliations or GM Notes in the CSV file. Why not add those fields to it so they can be read in along with the rest of the data, rath…