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The scanner key mapping in Celestia Explorer is logical, but conflicts with the key mapping in Celestia. So if you are running Celestia Explorer you lose some of the Celestia functions. In my installation I made a quick and dirty workaround by simply remapping the Celestia Explorer functions to the ...

Almost any plain font would work well, just avoid fonts that are very elaborate or very thin. Ariel is the most common font in that category, but there are many others. Just google "Free Fonts"

You might want to think about the look that you want such as Classic, Modern, or Sci-Fi/Futuristic.

-----THE FOLLOWING IS A PROMOTION----- The Celestia Explorer script, available at the Celestia Motherlode, is a fantastic space flight simulator written by an expert in the field of space flight. You have to try it. If you move in free mode and switch to the scanner panel you will see object appear ...

Please ignore my previous post, I figured the problem out (you must be closer to scan small objects)

I think that this adds to the realism, now that I understand it.

By the way, how is scanner range determind?

ps. I also resolved the select object issue

The script is great, but I am having one problem with it. It does not seem to find add-on objects when I scan. What file does it use to "find" objects when you scan? Could that file be modified so that the add-on objects would be "found". It is hard when you are right next to a object but it will no...

You need to download the Word version. The links do not work in PDF.

I know that this is like asking what the best flavor of ice cream is, but I would like to get some opinions. I am currenly using Win XP (see signature for my system) and want to try linux. I have just begun using Celestia 1.4.1 for windows so I am not really familiar with the program. I am intereste...

Can't help you with the throttle controls. What I do is watch the distance that I am from the object and as I get closer use the decelrate funtion. I still getting the hang of this and often overshoot or have a long approach. As for changes ruining your Celestia installation, what I have done it to ...

Sorry, new to the forum. Thought that I had posted to the wrong group and did not know how to move the post.

I am attempting to make a new overlay for Celestia-ED. I have a PNG image that will appear on the screen when overlay is enabled, but there are no transparent areas.

How is the transparent area defined?

Is there a specific RGB value needed for a transparent area?[/img]

I tried using the Educational activities with a regular install of Celestia on Windows. No luck.

You might try a freeware windows emualtor (I think that there is one called "Wine"). It might work.

As I use Windows, I only know the URL for the Wndows version of the Sound and Overlay patch, and do not even know if there is a Linix version. I looked at preivious posts about it and do not see any metion of a linix version of the patch (looks like it was only coded for windows). My best suggestion...

Check previous post re: Celestia-Ed vs. Celestia + patch. Frank's response may have the information that you need. My read on his response is that you could use the regular celestia program but would lose some features like sound and overlay unless you could find the patch for the linx version of Ce...

Sounds great. I will watch for it with great anticipation.

From what I have read, Celestia-ED contains all the functions included in the patch for Celestia (Overlay, Sound, etc.). Is there any real difference between the two installations? :? If so which installation is better? :? Or does it depend on the way you are using Celestia? :? I am currently using ...

You might also want to check out Milkshape. Milkshape is a 3D modeling program made for amatuer modelers who want to make add-ons for games programs etc. It costs $25.00 or EUR 25 to register. The website for Milkshape is:

http://www.swissquake.ch/chumbalum-soft/index.html