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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!
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Oh, one helpful hint in the table editor... if you 'Ctrl-click' on a line that has a Use: statement, it will open up that corresponding file so you can edit it.
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Glad you like! For formatting a leading plus on positive numbers, you can do that a couple ways... Table: add_plus set:a={1d20-10} Method 1 [when]{$a} > 0[do] +{$a}[else]{$a}[end&am…
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Yep - in the box where you select the fill, you can use the scale slider. Change that and press 'apply'.
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FM7 is almost 10 years old, and was developed well before Windows 7. The original FM7 installer used a 16bit installer so that it would work on Win95/98. That original installer, though, wont work on Windows 7. What you can do is use something li…
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brothercool wrote: (how a planet with a thin 0.12 atm and 246 K temp is hospitable, I'll never know). See the glossary. Compared to an airless moon, .12 atm and -30F (along with acceptable gravity) is very hospitable.
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If I understand what you're looking for, you can call the table like this: [#{$DmgMod} DmgModDice] That will return the item that matches {$DmgMod] in the DmgModDice table. ie, [#42 DmgModDice] would return "+1d8"
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Are you sure you're changing the line color, and not the fill color? To change the line color, select the line and right click on the bottom color bar. Let me know if that was the problem or not.
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Very interesting stats! Thanks! About the Terraforming slider, that is correct - the program only attempts to 'terraform' terrestrial planets. It has no effect on any other type of body.
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The email announcement was taken out of the program because the vast majority of email servers no longer allow that sort of access, and most people dont use dedicated email clients anymore.
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No, pevious versions did not support editing the atmosphere maps of surface giants. You can though replace the generated image with another one you create in a graphics program or download from an online source.
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brothercool wrote: Not only is there a total lack of documention within the Alien API docs, the lack of functions is laughable. Why is there an AddChild function but not a DeleteChild function? And I said delete child, I know I can delete all the …