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I couldn??t download the deepsky.ssc,launched 11 days ago, that "includes" the new custom Milk Way template.I don??t know if it can be used with the original Celestia 1.4.1 or is t??s necessary to compile.
Anyway,I click in download and the file only opens,with no recognizable name to save it in the Celestia directory

Instead of clicking the download field which will open the file in your browser's window, right-click it and "Save target as..."
In French: "Enregistrer la cible du lien sous..."
This is the expected behaviour.

The file 'deepsky.ssc' in CVS is NOT for Celestia 1.4.1!
The only change relative to 'deepsky.ssc' for 1.4.1 is 1 extra line defining the Custom template for the Milky Way:



Most individuall changes in CVS are probably incompatible with Celestia-1.4.1. Only a full CVS download and a recompilation produces a new Celestia executable that will have all the great new features and will run VERY well.

Bye Fridger

OK,but where exactly I put this extra line in deepsky.ssc.If I add this line and download the custom template,the Milk Way will be modified even in Celestia 1.4.1?

t00fri wrote:The file 'deepsky.ssc' in CVS is NOT for Celestia 1.4.1!
The only change relative to 'deepsky.ssc' for 1.4.1 is 1 extra line defining the Custom template for the Milky Way:

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# Milky Way
Galaxy "Milky Way"
{
        Type  "SBc"
        CustomTemplate "MilkyWay.png" <========
        RA           17.7500
...


Most individuall changes in CVS are probably incompatible with Celestia-1.4.1. Only a full CVS download and a recompilation produces a new Celestia executable that will have all the great new features and will run VERY well.

Bye Fridger

danielj wrote:OK,but where exactly I put this extra line in deepsky.ssc.If I add this line and download the custom template,the Milk Way will be modified even in Celestia 1.4.1?

No way, it won't work.
The new png templates are processed at runtime by the latest CVS code.

Daniel!

OK I write it once more for you:

The file 'deepsky.ssc' in CVS is NOT for Celestia 1.4.1!

You must make a complete CVS download and recompile to benefit from the great new CVS features. I wrote it already once!

Dainel,

Phoenix has compiled a win 32 version of the new build that you need to use this feature and made it available for download if you do not know how to compile your own.

Of course this is only good if you run windows. And as he makes clear:

USE AT YOUR OWN RISK!!

You can find the link in any of his posts, it is in the signature line. Check the following thread and go down until you find his post

http://www.shatters.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=10112&highlight=

And many thanks to pheonix for making this available to the not-yet-complier's in the community. It lets them see the value of learning to compile for themseves.