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The x/y/z coordinates for stars in a multiple star system do specify the position of the stars relative to each other (as displayed in the preview area). The value is interpreted as AU's, not LY's. So you have to set the values accordingly.
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I havent taken a look at it yet, but if its confirmed I'll add it to the list of things to fix in the next release. Its best to send bug reports to the support email address, rather than posting them here, if you need a reply. Please see the ann…
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Mark, wow - that is impressive! Nicely done!
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And by within a week, I meant right now :-) This is SM Lite - I can make a new build of the full version if anyone needs it.
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This was something to do with the latest Firefox updates. I've made some changes to SM which appear to take care of the problem. I'll have a download available in a week or so.
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A Planet with a rotation of 0 rotates at a rate equal to its orbital period.
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What version of the Keep are you using?
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In the preview, Astro exaggerates the scale. Otherwise at astronomical scales you wouldnt see the planetary orbital lines.
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I'm not opposed to the idea of making one, but at the moment I dont have any plans for one as my schedule is pretty tight.
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Is there even a canonicle map/guide of it available?
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necrogami wrote: Any chance of the next version of astro allowing 64 bit memory allocation? Current version claims out of memory after 1.8gb is used. I imagine it will eventually move to 64 bit. If you are making a huge system, you might tr…
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Its one of the samples in 3.0 as well. Sol has all the data for the planets & moons (known at the time it was made), but not the surface maps.
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JavaScript doesnt allow constructing variables like that. Actually, most languages dont allow it. PHP is the only one that comes to mind that does. What you want to do is instead pass the field itself as a parameter: function tnValue( a, b) {…
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The editor in The Keep isnt using RTF internally. Thats just one of the formats it exports to (along with HTML). Internally its using a structure similar to what most word processors use. To import a web page, you could try copy/pasting into a …
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EDG wrote: Is it possible to define custom types of body with its own set of randomised parameters (e.g. Venuslike, Panthalassic, Subgiant etc) and add them to this list? No, the list cant be configured. A plugin can put an entry on the pop-up…
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erroneousgrog wrote: I'm most curious about the relationship between the map size, grid settings, and output resolution. There isnt really a relationship. FM is a vector graphics application, so its not working with pixels. (there's a few cav…
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The custom tool from FM7 did indeed generate the description for the cities. That was never ported over for FM8, because, iirc, FM8 uses the inspiration pad pro engine, whereas FM7 didnt. Here's some of the relevant scripts from the FM7 tool if y…
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A friend of mine had a similar problem with a completely unrelated web app recently, so I'm leading towards it being related to a browser update. It may be expecting some specific response headers that SM isnt sending back. If I can find what they…
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Routes are connected to systems based on their unique ID, not name. I just tested renaming bodies on routes with both generated systems and systems imported via csv and it all worked as it is supposed to. It may have something to do with the speci…
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The only import that Astro supports as a feature in the program is the csv import. If you want to import data in another format - a different csv schema, xml, json, etc - there's two options: - write a script to open those files, parse them, and…
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There's a couple of larger datasets that go much farther out than 20ly, if you just want to use the real-universe data. To delete everything within 20 ly, place a body at 0,0,0, select it, and then search for 'within 20'. Press the select all bu…
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Yes, set them as custom fields. You can even search on them.
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You still should be able to select all of them. Search for "First 20000, root only". That will increase the results that can be returned.
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EDG wrote: Is there really no way to select all the stars at once to make changes? Not to select all of them. You can use the Search window to select multiple bodies. To get all the root bodies (or at least, the first 1000), search for "root …
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Ah, now that brings back memories! :-)
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Sounds like something in the browser changed. Possibly an update to the browser. You havent mentioned what browsers everyone is using, but I'd recommend trying different ones (ie, use Firefox if on IE, or Chrome if on FF... that sort of thing). I…
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The only times I've seen a binding errors like this are: - when another program is already listening on the port SM wants to listen on (for example, a p2p or media server program). If thats the case, try setting SM to a different port. - when…
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In a spare faring society, which is what Astro assumes (it assumes something in between space opera and hard sci-fi), the lack of an atmosphere or even gravity is not necessarily the biggest obstacle to people living someplace. Its up to you to dec…
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Its random, weighted based on favorable conditions. Its completely possible to have a high population on a body with no atmosphere, for example. In that case it may be explained as a domed or underground city located there because there's a precio…
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There's a description of what they mean in the glossary in the help file.