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Go to 'Help -> Tutorial' from the menu and go through the "Continents, Quick and Easy" tutorial. There's also some video tutorials here:
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Yes, if you mean the script-based custom tools, they are supported. The .FMScript file should be placed into the /Plugins directory under the directory where FM is installed (c:\program files (x86)\nbos\mapper8\Plugins).
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That looks right. Does the chat work? Did you try adding buttons like it says?
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I took a look at the sheet last night. You still have a lot of calculations in places like the skills section. Moving the 'Field Sources' for those fields to calculations in an OnUpdate function should improve the speed a lot. The lookups shouldn…
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Honestly, I have no idea what causes that. Can you post a screen shot perhaps? I just want to make sure I understand what you are seeing.
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That is really cool :-)
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End users want a lot of things... but unfortunately I can't deliver them all. Astro is mapping software. I'm a map geek - that's what I do and where my interests are. If you want simulation software, it'd probably have to be written by people who…
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It is basically going to take some trial and error to get the right look. Try changing the font size & system size sliders at the bottom of that window - that should make 'big' maps more readable.
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Unfortunately, no, there isn't a way to configure that in the current version. But I'll keep that in mind for future versions. The resource editor approach would be what I'd recommend for the tech savvy.... just make sure the bitmap you replace …
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Nice! I believe the two-page character sheet sample that comes with the designer has some buttons on the first page that do random stats. That might be what you are looking for.
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Are you familiar with XML at all? The XML importer script can import any body type. The main problem with CSV is that its not very good for hierarchical data (star -> planet -> moon parent/child relationships). The CSV import that's there w…
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I uploaded a Linux 64-bit CGI build here:
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It is an easy one, but this isn't a very high traffic forum, so it may take a while before someone who can answer sees a question and has a chance to reply. All you need to do is use the prompt value as part of the table name. Prompt: Treasure ty…
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Its JavaScript, so to round the value, use something like: Math.round( Edit1.Text);
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Astro has its own random generator built in, so if thats all you're after you can use that. Otherwise, there's three basic ways to get external data into Astro 1) Use the built-in csv importer. This is very rudimentary, and only supports star…
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If you are using Astro's built in csv importer, its limited to the body types and fields that are listed in the help file. Its only designed to be a very rudimentary importer. What you may be able to do using VBA in your excel spreadsheet is con…
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It's not clear... are you trying to use Astro's own CSV importer to bring in data, or are you trying to write to the AstroDB file with your own program?
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Yes, I'm sorry, but Character Sketcher was discontinued quite a few years ago. If you have the CD you may be able to copy the /nbos directory over into your Program Files (x86) directory. But I can't guarantee it will run well under the newer vers…
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The Astro's CSV importer is limited to those types. CSV isn't a particularly good format for hierarchical data like star systems with planets. So it was never meant to import anything other than very basic data sets. In Astro's bodies table, wh…
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when you say blue screen, do you mean your entire screen/monitor goes blue, or do you just mean that FWE launches, but just shows a map that's all ocean? If the latter, what may be the easiest to do is re-install AstroSynthesis. Whats probably h…
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AS3 files are SQLite database files. Not sure if MS-SQL can load those or not. But there may be ODBC drivers for SQLite you can use to load the database. Alternatively, if you just want to browse the files, there's a number of GUI's for SQLite.…
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Well, no I dont have any info on this off the top of my head. It's better to send this type of thing to the support address so that it gets entered into the support queue.
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ooooook, I figured out whats going on. Its the space between the = and the variables here: Set: Gender = [|male |female] Set: GenderMod = [@GenderMod] Set: Age = [@Age] Set: AgeMod = 	…
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The luminosity values are calculated using a standard formula for main sequence stars. The values can get wonky for giants that exist outside the main sequence. The luminosity is editable, so feel free to change the values to whatever you want the…
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Not sure whats going on there. Until I can dig into seeing why its doing that, you can also do something like this: #Gender and Age Testing Set: Gender = [|male |female] Set: GenderMod = [@GenderMod] Set: Age …
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The multiple star display is not to scale. Because of the distances involved, a to-scale display of the orbits would make the inner orbits invisible.
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I see whats happening. The expression [#{age} AgeMod] after the substitution is being turned into something like [#Middle Aged AgeMod] That wouldnt be valid because its trying to lookup the value 'Middle' in the 'A…
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Yes, FM has a hyperlinking tool that can be used for what you describe. When I link maps, I tend to only put links on text objects, this way you know what can be clicked on. Hyperlinking You can hyperlink Fractal Mapper maps together, allowing…
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The Keep v2 is the next planned commercial windows product on tap, but I dont have an eta.
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Astro runs well under Win 8. Its likely some other problem related to the device. I'd start with the usual troubleshooting steps of: - making sure you have the latest build (