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Hey there...

I've encountered a very strange bug on my system here.
Let's see if I can explain it properly...

If I modify my solarsys.ssc file to use John Van Vliet's 4K Mercury map texture (Mercury.png) I have no problems using the following code in my solarsys.ssc file:
Texture "Mercury.png"

However, if I add the following NormalMap definition to the solarsys.ssc file and try to use Celestia at all, it goes bananas.
NormalMap "MercuryNormal.png"

By "bananas" I mean that Celestia - when executed - starts the program, but does NOT execute the start.cel file like it normally does. In fact, what happens is that I end up looking a the Sun, but with Ceres listed as the planet which is selected by pressing the number 1. In fact, there are NO planets listed in the Solar System Browser. All I see are asteroids.

When I comment out the NormalMap definition listed above, Celestia again works normally.

Anyone encountered this before?

Thanks, Bob

Hi Bob,

Not to be obvious but this I have come across when I've forgotten a " somewhere

Derek wrote:Hi Bob,

Not to be obvious but this I have come across when I've forgotten a " somewhere

Hey thanks for the reply.

I'm fairly certain that I didn't do this, but I'll try again just to make certain.

Well I'll be damned...

I guess I DID do this... Thanks a lot, Derek. I guess my mind is going faster than I thought it was.

This is a very interesting quirk though. Amazed at the the damage one single quotation mark can cause.
Thanks again, Brain-Dead Bob

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john Van Vliet wrote:hi bob i have spent hours ( it's been a wile) before i have had the " i should of had a v8 " moment . Then spent the next 30 min. kicking myself for not seeing a missing } or { or "
Know when i mess it up i look to see where the mistake starts , what is listed in the solar system nav tab . If i was working on Io then is Saturn listed

Yeah, well I thought that I had seen it all, but obviously I haven't.

You'd think that this kind of error might cause a crash or something, but Celestia happily continued running as if nothing was wrong.
I actually changed out the main program (celestia.exe) because I thought that I had really screwed something up badly.

Amazing error... Must be time to change my keyboard batteries again.

Thanks a lot, Brain-Dead

I guess this is why our beloved developers encourage us users to create separate ssc files and use the modify command instead of modifying solarsys.ssc

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CAP-Team wrote:I guess this is why our beloved developers encourage us users to create separate ssc files and use the modify command instead of modifying solarsys.ssc

Could very well be, but then you arrive at a place where you have such a mess of extras stuff that the whole of Celestia becomes unmanageable.

I don't mind screwing things up occasionally in order to learn something.

hi i am new and i would like to report a problem.The star vega it is like a fried egg and also, i wanted to tell me how to upload a picture thank you.

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