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Unicode support has always been planned. It just didnt make it into v3 because it'd be a huge project to adjust how Astro handles text on the map, and v3 already had quite a few such large projects in it.
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I'm still not exactly sure what is being discussed here. If its why, in a close multiple, only one star is shown in the orbital view, thats because the software only supports one 'parent' body at a time in the orbital view. It has nothing to do wi…
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You can use Action -> Mass Edit -> Display Style to change the color of the labels used for bodies that are selected. But you cannot change the color that indicates a body is selected (ie, Yellow)
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Close multiples are essentially stars that are close enough that they interfere with the orbits of the planets orbiting the other star. Its not a hard & fast definition, though.
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Congrats on the new release, Mark!
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No, at this time AS3 doesnt support unicode text, and cannot display non-western characters.
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Use one of the non-fractal tools, such as the rectangle or polygon tool. You probably dont want the 'Dungeon Room' tool here. Thats a 'custom tool' - thats just an example of using the scripting api to create a new drawing tool. If you want to …
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There's no actual 'loop' syntax. What you'd do is run a table X times. So to run a table 365 times, Set: CurrentWeather={1d20} Table: top [@365 GetWeather] Table: GetWeather set: CurrentWeather==[do whatever changes&a…
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This shouldnt be too difficult. Set a variable at the top of the table, ie, set:currentweather={1d20} and then for each subsequent day, modify that value and then do a lookup for the weather conditions. The key is to do all the days in …
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Its seems ok. I was able to place text on the map without a problem. All the layers are set to visible. Things to check/try Check that the transparency isnt set such that the text is invisible (bottom right of the window, right above the col…
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What version do you have? It seems to be working ok with this patch (and may work with the earlier update):
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They are used to group objects that represent similar types of thigns (rivers, cities, etc). Think of them as 'data layers'. There's a page in the help file that describes it.
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I dont think its layers that you want to work with in this case. Layers are not related to the front-back order of objects. What I would do here is use grouping: Select all the objects that make up your background, and group them (Object ->…
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sure - that shouldnt be much of a problem.
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While he did make a compelling argument, I felt it best to delete his accountt anyways :-)
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Oh, for question #2, you cant 'wrap text'. I'll look to see if the editor supports that. You can use the "&" line continuation character which lets you extend items across multiple lines. At least until word wrap can be added.
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The IPP3 tables dont work with the Keep yet. (at least, any that use the new features). What I'm doing now is upgrading the components used by The Keep (IPP, Char Sheet) so that I can then start on the next version of The Keep. (I speeded up the C…
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Yes, older generators work with it. I tested with over 100. There are some minor differences, so its possible you'll find things that work in v2, but not in v3.
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Chaos wrote: I second the suggestion of improved script documentation or even a Script 101. As it stands, writing even a simple script is prohibitively difficult for anyone without programming experience - unlike writing an Inspiration Pad generat…
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brothercool wrote: For the slider: No, I mean right. I was wondering, why have a slider setting that the program can't handle? Generate a 1000lyr cube, slider all the way to the right, and with star and child generation on and see if the program …
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Something akin to The Keep is possible. But something that matched feature-for-feature The Keep... I dont think that would be feasable.
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Chaos wrote: I´d like to be able to define what AS calls "hospitable". Ideally, I´d like to define my own categories, such as "Terran", "Near-Terran" and "Marginal". You can do something like this now. Set a sector wide system data field (Sect…
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brothercool wrote: That's something I'd like to know too. 1) Better handling of very large sectors. Working with a sector with over 100,000 stars with children can kill the program. I find it laughable that you can't move the slider in the genera…
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Naximan wrote: Just out of curiousity.. I was wondering, what the future is for Astrosynthesis. Is Ed updating the program again in the future?? Possibly with more features? Yes, there will a new version... but it will be a while (several year…
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Thats terrific Mark! Thanks for posting that, it made my day! :-)
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Unfortunately, there's no easy way to do that. You cant generally use the desktop icons for programs on USB drives. Best thing to do is use Windows Explorer to navigate to the USB drive and run the program directly. Another option, if you can i…
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There's two freehand tools, the Fractal Freehand and the Fractal Freehand Landmass. The 2nd is the one you want to use when making a 'filled' area such as a landmass. The first is for things like rivers and roads, and does not draw a filled object…
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I posted the final installer tonight. Additional changes: New Filters: - PlusMinus (or just +-) lets you display numbers with a leading + or -. Ideal for formatting dice roll modifiers. - Each lets you process each result in a table call …
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I'm not entirely sure what your asking, but... The smaller preview window & multiple star system view shows orbits at an exagerated scale because otherwise the orbits wouldnt be visible at that scale. Might that be what you are seeing? T…
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Welcome back Mark, hope you had a great vacation!