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[Solved] Lua_Edu_Tools don't show up

Posted: 19.02.2009, 13:32
by Fast.Edi
Hello.
I just started to use Celestia and therefore have little experience with this rather mighty program.
It seemed a good idea to me installing "lua_edu_tools 1.1" to help me get into the handling of Celestia.
Unfortunately I can't get it to work.
I followed the installation-instructions carefully, but it won't show up.

Here's where I put the things of the zip-file:
The folder 'lua_edu_tools' is copied into/under "C:\Programme\CelestiaPortable\App\Celestia\extras"
The file 'luahookinit.lua' is moved to "C:\Programme\CelestiaPortable\App\Celestia"
My 'celestia.cfg' looks like:

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#************************************************************************
#                     Celestia Configuration File
#
# This file contains configuration data read by Celestia each time it
# is run. Many of the items may be changed to suit your specific needs
# or requirements. PLEASE make a backup copy of this file before you
# make any changes to it.
#
# To learn more about Celestia, visit the Celestia forums at:
#   http://www.shatters.net/forum/
# or the Celestia web site at: http://www.shatters.net/celestia/
#************************************************************************


Configuration
{
  LuaHook "luahookinit.lua"

#------------------------------------------------------------------------
# This section contains a list of data files that Celestia uses to load
# information about stars, constellations and locations. DO NOT change
# these file names or the order in which they are listed, unless you
# know exactly what you are doing. Most of these files can be viewed
# with a plain text editor. Discussion about their content and formats
# can be found on the Celestia forums: http://www.shatters.net/forum/
#
# If you want to load all your stars from .stc files, you can now comment
# out the StarDatabase entry.
#------------------------------------------------------------------------

  StarDatabase                 "data/stars.dat"
  StarNameDatabase             "data/starnames.dat"
  StarCatalogs               [ "data/revised.stc"
                               "data/extrasolar.stc"
                               "data/nearstars.stc"
                               "data/visualbins.stc"
                               "data/spectbins.stc" ]
...

Maybe I overlooked something stupid?
In the forum I found a hint to look at the "console-output" with ~:
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It seems, that the tool is loaded but something is wrong so that it can't show up?
I tried this with the installed and the portable version of Celestia 1.5.1 but no success.

I tried some other add-ons (Star Wars, etc.) and got them to function (well after some tries...).

Maybe someone has a little hint for me.

Thank you in advance and greetings from Germany

Fast Edi

Re: Lua_Edu_Tools don't show up

Posted: 19.02.2009, 17:01
by Vincent
Fast Edi,

Please let me know on which on which OS you're running celestia (Win Vista, I guess), so that I can help.
Also, I'm not sure if this help, but the Lua Edu Tools are automatically disabled when screen width < 800.

Re: Lua_Edu_Tools don't show up

Posted: 19.02.2009, 18:06
by Fast.Edi
Hello Vincent.
Thank you for your quick reply.
And the solution... :D
I used Celestia in window-mode.
Switched to 1024x768 and there it comes...

Many thanks from here.

Greetings

Fast Edi

Re: Lua_Edu_Tools don't show up

Posted: 19.02.2009, 18:27
by Fast.Edi
Update!
Once I had it running, lua_edu_tools keeps showing up, even if I switch back to window-mode (with ALT+Enter).
Is this intended?

Fast Edi

Re: Lua_Edu_Tools don't show up

Posted: 19.02.2009, 18:45
by Vincent
Fast.Edi wrote:Once I had it running, lua_edu_tools keeps showing up, even if I switch back to window-mode (with ALT+Enter).
Is this intended?
Well, that depends on the size of your Celestia-screen in Windows Mode.
Or maybe you switched to optimized-window mode, and then you got width screen > 800...