New machine - new install - strange distances on bookmarks

[Lethe]

Hi all,

I recenty got a new machine (AMD64 running 32bit Slackware 12.1), and installed 1.5.1 again (fresh source code). All works very well, but if I run the bookmarked demos, I am viewing from around several AU away and thus just sit there looking into space...

A good example is the 'mars fly-by' - by the time I rapidly mouse wheel to get Mars in sight, the demo has flown past.

This happens with all the bookmarked demos. To test, I downloaded a few tours and they all work great. The start-up demo works fine too.

Any ideas what is going on here?

Thanks,

Nick

[selden]

Nick,

You probably are using URLs designed for Celestia v1.4. The position of the Sun and thus the positions of all the planets changed in v1.5, breaking all previous URLs.

[Lethe]

Nick,

You probably are using URLs designed for Celestia v1.4.

OK, but this was from a NEW download of the source 1.5.1 and build/install...

Nick

[selden]

Nick,

I think you may have misunderstood what I was trying to say.

Many of the URLs currently still available were designed for use with Celestia v1.4.1, *not* with Celestia v1.5.1. If you use one of those old URLs, it can't work with your fresh, new install.

Please provide an example of a script/url that you're using which is not working properly for your new install.

[Lethe]

Well, basically I build with KDE environment. So I get a toolbar with default 'bookmarks' - Follow Earth, Moon Liberation etc. None of them work.

'Mars Fly By' is a good example that puts me 206.42eu away.

EDIT: Ok, it's the data in the file 'src/celestia/kde/data/bookmarks.xml' that is out of date for 1.5.1

Nick

[Lethe]

OK, I fixed up one for them - 'Moon Libration From Earth'

The old bookmark:

<bookmark icon="favicons/celestia_20021215170159036" href="cel://PhaseLock/Sol%3AEarth/Sol%3AEarth%3AMoon/2004-05-29T11%3A23%3A46.24?x=yqIWPagG2MO3DA&amp;y=EQYCseMOLQ&amp;z=sX69wCu2LOQO&amp;ow=0.659796&amp;ox=-0.215912&amp;oy=-0.698286&amp;oz=-0.174491&amp;select=Sol:Earth&amp;fov=0.903882&amp;ts=100000.000000&amp;rf=6035&amp;lm=0" >
<title>Moon Libration from Earth</title>
</bookmark>

The new one fixed-up:

<bookmark icon="favicons/celestia_20080818093405954" href="cel://phaselock/Sol%3AEarth%3AMoon/Sol%3AEarth/2008-08-18T22%3A53%3A55.18276?x=lNekdgF20lEN&amp;y=ysMRW4ndWg&amp;z=5akTjCIYYtMI&amp;ow=-0.652238&amp;ox=0.011660&amp;oy=-0.757696&amp;oz=0.018590&amp;fov=37.254509&amp;ts=100000.000000&amp;ltd=0&amp;p=0&amp;rf=2889623&amp;lm=0&amp;ver=2" >
<title>Moon Libration from Earth</title>
</bookmark>

Nick

[Lethe]

And the new 'Mars Fly By':

<bookmark icon="favicons/celestia_20080818105104512" href="cel://freeflight/2008-08-18T15%3A17%3A17.34843?x=sDa/vSL3ldbn/////////w&amp;y=cp+DSepphmk&amp;z=4ESBlbxp6X4I&amp;ow=0.967075&amp;ox=-0.023097&amp;oy=-0.216539&amp;oz=0.131697&amp;track=Sol:Mars&amp;select=Sol:Mars&amp;fov=37.254509&amp;ts=100.000000&amp;ltd=0&amp;p=0&amp;rf=2889623&amp;lm=0&amp;ver=2" >
<title>Mars Fly-by</title>
</bookmark>

Nick

[Lethe]

Post deleted. For some reason the forum will not allow me to attach a *.xml or a *.txt file.

Nick

[selden]

Nick,

You can put your files in a Zip archive and upload that.

[Lethe]

I see.

OK, new 1.5.x bookmarks file for KDE

Nick