Script to "pause" time

[Dollard Desmarais]

I would like to include a script in the start.cel file to pause time when Celestia opens. When showing off Celestia I like to zoom in to Sechelt. Unless time is stopped, the location labels are unsteady. This can be fixed by hitting the space bar. I would like to do this automatically by using a script. Can someone show me how to do this?

[Harry]

I would like to include a script in the start.cel file to pause time when Celestia opens.[...] This can be fixed by hitting the space bar. I would like to do this automatically by using a script.

You can insert this line somewhere between the outer { ... } in start.cel (for instance at the second line):

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timerate { rate 0.0 }

But this is not the same as pressing the spacebar, i.e. you can't resume by presssing space again. Instead you have to set the timerate back to 1 by pressing "".

Harald

[Dollard Desmarais]

Thanks for the response Harald. After mulling over this, and following up on a suggestion in a private message from Don, I think the best solution to prevent quivering of the labels is to replace the script:

follow {}

with the script:

synchronous {}