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There needs to be two modes - on a big map there's no guarantee that there'd be a spot to click on that doesnt select a system. I can look at perhaps switching to pan mode when the pointer is dragged without a system selected. But unless thats r…
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You know you can switch between pan and select by clicking the middle mouse button, right? A pan & select mode are used because dragging the mouse rotates the selected system around the camera, and the right mouse for the menu. As for terraf…
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Oh, wow, I love that town map!
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Yes. For #2, thats not something you'd do in script, but rather use a script to set the visibility of the bodies, and then set the filters to 'hide labels only'
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Yes, the files are also backed up .... unless.... you have "Use external file references" checked in your program preferences. If you have a lot of files, you can tell by the size of the export file created that they are embedded. You can also r…
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Updated on 2/10/12:
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In the program, the colors are random
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That looks magnificent, Mark!
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Good to hear. The next update will have the ability to give the generator a file name to create. This will allow Astro to generate much larger sectors because the generated system data can then be unloaded to the astrodb file to reduce memory us…
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Geroblue wrote: I looked on my hard drive, no docs came with the 2 programs in their original folders. FM8 ships with: Mapper8.chm (the main help file) FM8Tutorial.chm (the tutorial) and SM lite ships with: ScreenMonkey.chm (the main …
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FM8 ships with a tutorial, the link is in the start menu. There's also PDF versions of the FM docs here: FM8 PDF http://www.nbos.com/nox/index.php?action=1001&id=125
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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…