My first planets ...and a problem

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My first planets ...and a problem

Post #1by Empty86 » 18.10.2004, 15:49

http://img89.exs.cx/img89/684/Elatius.jpg
http://img96.exs.cx/img96/634/FervensSolitudo.jpg
http://img92.exs.cx/img92/8905/MadidasUnda.jpg
http://img92.exs.cx/img92/2334/RutilusDecor.jpg
http://img93.exs.cx/img93/4347/ValdeGeluGlacies.jpg
http://img93.exs.cx/img93/7379/ViridisSilva.jpg
http://img93.exs.cx/img93/8416/problem.jpg


Heej I have Celestia for a few days now and here are my first designed planets.. what do you think?
The last link of them is a bug, because one planet is not in the same list as the others, how can I fix that?
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Post #2by selden » 18.10.2004, 16:05

Empty,

They look quite good for a first effort!

You might want to read http://www.lepp.cornell.edu/~seb/celestia/addon-intro.html. It includes a list of the most common Addon problems.
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Post #3by Empty86 » 18.10.2004, 16:18

thanks,

but nope the problem is not there.. the strange thing is that I've had it before with another planet, but after a while it was fixed again.. can't remember how, of course

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Post #4by Evil Dr Ganymede » 18.10.2004, 17:06

I notice some of those look like full screen captures (inlcuding your taskbar) - you know that Celestia can capture images by itself, right? The "Capture Image" item can be found in the "File" menu.

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Post #5by Empty86 » 18.10.2004, 17:54

Evil Dr Ganymede wrote:I notice some of those look like full screen captures (inlcuding your taskbar) - you know that Celestia can capture images by itself, right? The "Capture Image" item can be found in the "File" menu.


Yea I noticed it before but I was used to print screen so I kept using that.. but now I have to admit this goes much faster.

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Post #6by selden » 18.10.2004, 18:24

Did you by chance accidentally include a "/" in the planet's name? Or an extra one in its "path"? That'll confuse Celestia.

If you'd quote the planet's SSC definition, that might help someone to debug your problem.
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Post #7by Empty86 » 18.10.2004, 18:54

Okay I changed the radius to above 1000 and now it's in the same list as the others.. strange logic :?

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Post #8by selden » 18.10.2004, 19:03

Aha!

That suggests that you didn't include the SSC directive
Class "planet"

If you don't specify the type of object, then Celestia assumes a body with a radius of less than 1000 km is an asteroid. If it's larger than 1000 km, then it's a planet.

I know this affects the color of the orbit path. I dunno what else.
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Post #9by Empty86 » 18.10.2004, 19:43

selden wrote:Aha!

That suggests that you didn't include the SSC directive
Class "planet"

If you don't specify the type of object, then Celestia assumes a body with a radius of less than 1000 km is an asteroid. If it's larger than 1000 km, then it's a planet.

I know this affects the color of the orbit path. I dunno what else.


Okay thanks, i've decreased it's radius again and now it's still on the same list as the others :D


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