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strange issue with a ssc file
Posted: 13.08.2006, 21:35
by doctrellor
This is my first planet so bear with me..:)
after a few tries, I got my M3V star to work.. Celestia being picky about adding an extra line at the bottom of the .stc file...
So I tried my .ssc file, and I have tried now for about 6 hours, and I can't seem to get the orbit where the habitable zone is, about .112 AU, I even tried .5 AU, but nothing
Yet...
when I try farther out, say 2.5 AU, the orbit and planet show up fine...
so has anybody else found this issue? BTW, I am using 1.41 for the version
Posted: 13.08.2006, 23:39
by bdm
Can you post the SSC file so others can have a look at it?
Posted: 14.08.2006, 11:34
by selden
about .112 AU, I even tried .5 AU, but nothing
Celestia's input scanner is quite picky and doesn't generate enough error messages
Fractional values must start with a leading 0.
e.g. 0.15 works but .15 does not.
Also, positive values must not include a leading +, but negative values must include a leading -.
Posted: 14.08.2006, 19:53
by doctrellor
ahhh, ok cool, that leading zero might do the trick
thx...
if that doesn't work, I'll post my .ssc
Posted: 14.08.2006, 23:42
by doctrellor
sure enough, it's the leading zero
thx ..:)
Posted: 14.08.2006, 23:50
by chris
selden wrote:about .112 AU, I even tried .5 AU, but nothing
Celestia's input scanner is quite picky and doesn't generate enough error messages
Fractional values must start with a leading 0.
e.g. 0.15 works but .15 does not.
Also, positive values must not include a leading +, but negative values must include a leading -.
It should be easy to fix the parser to allow both a leading plus sign and a decimal point without a preceding 0.
--Chris
Posted: 16.08.2006, 18:36
by chris
chris wrote:selden wrote:about .112 AU, I even tried .5 AU, but nothing
Celestia's input scanner is quite picky and doesn't generate enough error messages
Fractional values must start with a leading 0.
e.g. 0.15 works but .15 does not.
Also, positive values must not include a leading +, but negative values must include a leading -.
It should be easy to fix the parser to allow both a leading plus sign and a decimal point without a preceding 0.
The fix is now in CVS: both the leading plus sign and decimal point without preceding zero are now permitted.
This should help prevent some ssc editing frustration in the future.
--Chris
Posted: 16.08.2006, 18:38
by selden
Chris,
Thanks!
Posted: 19.08.2006, 22:40
by Adirondack
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The fix is now in CVS: both the leading plus sign and decimal point without preceding zero are now permitted. Chris,
will this work in cel-scripts too?
Adirondack
Posted: 19.08.2006, 23:31
by doctrellor
Thanks Chris
Posted: 19.08.2006, 23:44
by chris
Adirondack wrote:Code: Select all
The fix is now in CVS: both the leading plus sign and decimal point without preceding zero are now permitted. Chris,
will this work in cel-scripts too?
Adirondack
Yes. Cel scripts share the tokenizer (the part of code that I fixed) with the ssc parser.
--Chris
Posted: 20.08.2006, 21:14
by doctrellor
OK, I finally got 1 thing thru my thick skull..
use multiple .ssc files for each "group" of objects in the system
so I am finally going with 5 .ssc per star
1) asteroid belt
2) Comets
3) planets
4) Kuiper Belt stuff/Oort cloud stuff
5) Misc stuff
I finally 'saw the light' after going thru the "solar system" sscs and seeing what was going on...
I know you guys must think I am a total pain for asking all my questions, but hey, I'm learning..lol