Pb on adding new star

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Pb on adding new star

Post #1by jujuapapa » 14.02.2020, 18:24

Hi,

I try to add a new star in celestia 1.6.1 but none star and none error ! :fie:
Do you know why ?

Here are the stc file (in same subdirectory with another stc files):

650098 "Z01:System_Z01"
{
RA 251.7099
Dec ‭-45.933257‬
Distance 200.00
SpectralType "G2V"
Texture "gstar.*"
AbsMag 4.7
}

or same results with this another try :

3029652964 "Z01:System_Z01"
{
RA 251.7099
Dec ‭-45.933257‬
Distance 200.00
SpectralType "G2V"
Texture "gstar.*"
AbsMag 4.7
}

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Post #2by selden » 14.02.2020, 20:43

The problem is your minus sign. There seems to be a "modifier" character just in front of it which is not shown by the forum software.

Could it be that you are using a word processor (e.g. Word) instead of a text editor? Word processors replace some ASCII characters by the binary codes of "equivalent" printer's characters which Celestia can't interpret.

Below is a screengrab of what I see when I copy-and-paste your text into emacs. Note the vertical bar that has appeared in front of the minus sign.

capture_001_14022020_153447.png
invisible vertical bar?
Selden

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Post #3by jujuapapa » 16.02.2020, 09:07

TY Selden. :smile:

During my searches, I took another good file which I updated and it was OK.
Soft: Celestia 1.6.2
PC : Intel Core i9-9900K (4 GHz) , Chipset Z390 Exp, RAM 32 Go DDR4 3000 Mhz, SSD M.2 512 Go + HDD 3 To, MSI GeForce RTX 2080 8Go - W10 64b

I lost my old user, so with us: since more 12 years
=> It is by doubting everything that everybody approaches the truth !


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