Empty Universe?

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Empty Universe?

Post #1by Asymptote » 27.09.2009, 21:37

Is it possible to modify Celestia's data files so that the universe is entirely empty (no stars, no planets, no galaxies)? I tried deleting the "stars.dat" file, and various portions thereof, but Celestia crashed, saying "Could not read star database."

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Re: Empty Universe?

Post #2by selden » 28.09.2009, 11:06

You can stop Celestia from using stars.dat by editing celestia.cfg. Comment out or delete the line
StarDatabase "data/stars.dat"
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Re: Empty Universe?

Post #3by Asymptote » 28.09.2009, 12:52

Ah, that works! Thanks a lot!

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Re: Empty Universe?

Post #4by selden » 28.09.2009, 14:07

You're very welcome.
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