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Here's a download link to the political borders addon discussed in this thread (see page 6 for pictures) :

viewtopic.php?f=6&t=8979

The link is from the CM. Thanks to ElChristou :

http://www.celestialmatters.org/webmast ... .php?id=37

Please, describe your performances issues here. Tell me your frame rate and a brief description of your system.

Chris, again I have to point out that this addon (with the tectonic plates) is a perfect candidate for an official addon!

BTW, no way to generate a version with the Earth oblateness?

ElChristou wrote:BTW, no way to generate a version with the Earth oblateness?

I didn't tried it, but adding an Oblateness 0.0034 (same as for the Earth) to the SSC file should work. Have you tried it ?

Ok, just tried, it works fine. This way one can lower a bit the diameter to have something matching the ground almost perfectly. Cool!

ElChristou wrote:This way one can lower a bit the diameter to have something matching the ground almost perfectly. Cool!

Be cautious, if you give a radius almost exactly as Earth's, you may see some straight lines disappear under the ground. The borders model must have a radius slightly larger than for the Earth itself.

Cham, do you use a fresh build with your borders and tectonic files?
I ask because on my config, since Earth now use some CustomOrbit and CustomRotation the borders are not any more aligned... Do you confirm such problem?

ElChristou wrote:Cham, do you use a fresh build with your borders and tectonic files?
I ask because on my config, since Earth now use some CustomOrbit and CustomRotation the borders are not any more aligned... Do you confirm such problem?

?? I'm using a fresh built made yesterday night. No problem at all with alignement. Of course, I'm using CustomOrbit "vsop87-earth" in my SSC.

Odd, on a fresh build I also get a CustomRotation "earth-p03lp"... Nothing like this from your side??

ElChristou wrote:Odd, on a fresh build I also get a CustomRotation "earth-p03lp"... Nothing like this from your side??

Nope, I'm not using this option yet. If you do, you'll simply have to use the same SSC options for the borders model (and also for the tectonic model). You need to use exactly the same SSC options for both Earth and the model, or else there may be some misalignement.

Cham wrote:

ElChristou wrote:Odd, on a fresh build I also get a CustomRotation "earth-p03lp"... Nothing like this from your side??

Nope, I'm not using this option yet. If you do, you'll simply have to use the same SSC options for the borders model (and also for the tectonic model). You need to use exactly the same SSC options for both Earth and the model, or else there may be some misalignement.

Ah, I thought I had again some kind of local problem.
Now, the problem is that when I use both declarations in the borders or tectonic ssc, the cmod won't display anymore. Could you do a test to see if you can confirm this?

Then there's a bug. I'll do a test later today if I find some time. Currently, I'm building a new layer, at the cosmological scale this time

Cham wrote:Then there's a bug...

Probably, it's why I ask a confirmation before reporting...
Anyway, take your time, there is no hurry.

EDIT, for me, none of the custom declaration work with the cmods...

ElChristou wrote:Cham, do you use a fresh build with your borders and tectonic files?
I ask because on my config, since Earth now use some CustomOrbit and CustomRotation the borders are not any more aligned... Do you confirm such problem?

I can confirm that there is a problem with the alignment.

Is the degree of misalignment about the same? -or am I using older versions of the files.

I didn't made the test yet, but are you using EXACTLY the same options in the CMOD's SSC file as for your Earth ? If so, then there's clearly a bug.

tech2000 wrote:...Is the degree of misalignment about the same? -or am I using older versions of the files.

That what I have when I use Cham's addon with a fresh build. Now again using the default earth settings on Cham's ssc don't work for me. Could you confirm?

ElChristou wrote:

tech2000 wrote:...Is the degree of misalignment about the same? -or am I using older versions of the files.

That what I have when I use Cham's addon with a fresh build. Now again using the default earth settings on Cham's ssc don't work for me. Could you confirm?

Confirmed. I also use the default earth setting and svn revision 4404. The earth craters align just fine... Which by the way is a very cool addon.. I didn't even know about the big one in Sweden..

Guys, what are your SSC options, for both the Earth and the borders CMOD ?

Cham, it's simple. Try the default solarsystem.ssc with your addon untouch. You should have the offset...

Ok, the differences are CustomRotation "earth-p03lp" (in the default solarsys.ssc), while I'm using the older settings. Try this : Change the rotation options in my cmod SSC file so it's the same as in the solarsys.ssc file :

Replace this SSC code :


with


Now, there may be another problem because of the Inclination -23.4392911 used in the older setting, while I'm using Obliquity -23.45 in my old solar.sys file and there is none in the cmod's SSC file.

The trouble isn't in the cmod model itself. It's in its SSC file which needs a correction.