World Locations

[Dreamofgilgamesh]

Dear Group, if i press ctrl+& i get the locations of the Earth marked although all it shows are the continent and ocean names.

I downloaded a World Locations file from MotherLoad and added that to my data folder.

Question is, how do i get Celestia to display the new locations?

Many Thanks

[jdou]

That depends where your "locations file" is.

If your file is in the "data" folder you need to add it in the "celestia.cfg" file :
Example :

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  HDCrossIndex                 "data/hdxindex.dat"
  SAOCrossIndex                "data/saoxindex.dat"
  GlieseCrossIndex             "data/gliesexindex.dat"

  SolarSystemCatalogs        [ "data/solarsys.ssc"
                               "data/asteroids.ssc"
                               "data/comets.ssc"
                               "data/outersys.ssc"
                               "data/spacecraft.ssc"
                               "data/extrasolar.ssc"
                               "data/solsys_locs.ssc"
#                               "data/world-capitals.ssc"
                     "data/earth-Gazetteer-intl.ssc"]
  DeepSkyCatalog               "data/deepsky.dsc"
  AsterismsFile                "data/asterisms.dat"
  BoundariesFile               "data/boundaries.dat"


"earth-Gazetteer-intl.ssc" is my "locations file" added.
I disabled also world-capitals.ssc to avoid double cities names on screen.

You can also put your file in the "extra" folder.
At start, Celestia will get it automatically.
Don't forget to enable the locations you want to see in the parameters menu.

Jdou