Revised Mars Tour Available

Bob Hegwood · Post #1by **Bob Hegwood** » 23.05.2004, 21:51

Brain-Dead Bob's Productions proudly present a completely revised Tour of Mars.

The new tour can be found on my website HERE.

Take care, Bob :wink:

don · Post #2by **don** » 24.05.2004, 07:55

Howdy there Brain-Dead Bob, :lol:

You've been one BUSY BOY, revising this script AND working on the SSC Guide! Wow!

Very nice modifications! I like it. Some comments...

* When displaying the south pole, the script does a "disc jockey" move, rotating the planet.

* At Mars, there are so many text labels that they all overlap one another and make it difficult to see the things you are pointing out. Can you lessen the number of labels, or just make your own location file?

* When displaying the moons, there are too few text labels, and some don't even exist for the sights you are pointing out. Can you add these?

Cheers,

Post #3by **granthutchison** » 24.05.2004, 13:27

don wrote:* At Mars, there are so many text labels that they all overlap one another and make it difficult to see the things you are pointing out. Can you lessen the number of labels, or just make your own location file?

You might try Fridger's revised locations file for Mars, if you're not already using it, Bob - it eliminates much of the crowding.

Grant

Bob Hegwood · Post #4by **Bob Hegwood** » 11.06.2004, 05:30

don wrote:* When displaying the south pole, the script does a "disc jockey" move, rotating the planet.

It does that so that Blind Geezers like yourself can see the white text on the red
surface of Mars, rather than on the white ice. Besides, I *like* it twisting into
position. :wink:

* At Mars, there are so many text labels that they all overlap one another and make it difficult to see the things you are pointing out. Can you lessen the number of labels, or just make your own location file?

I did *not* intend for the locations to be displayed during the tour. Simply turn
them off with the SHIFT/& function.

* When displaying the moons, there are too few text labels, and some don't even exist for the sights you are pointing out. Can you add these?

If I'm marking the locations you're talking about, then the locations *have* to
exist... Are you using Grant's latest Mars locations file? It's included with the tour.

Thanks for the comments.

Take care, Bob

Bob Hegwood · Post #5by **Bob Hegwood** » 11.06.2004, 05:33

granthutchison wrote:You might try Fridger's revised locations file for Mars, if you're not already using it, Bob - it eliminates much of the crowding.

As I told Don, Grant... The tours are *not* designed to be run with the locations
being displayed. I do like the fact that they are plentiful and overlap though.
It means that we have more features to choose from while touring. I just don't
want to see them all at once unless I'm looking for something in particular.

Thanks very much for the advice though.

Take care, Bob