Suggest/request:
1. Some form of visible spatial grid(s) or coordinate system(s) that can show your XYZ or distance/bearing from Sol.
2. Some form of HUD showing your current positional data, bearing, perhaps a line toward Sol and possibly other locations.
3. Possibly a list of "20 nearest stars" to your current position.
4. A modification to movement system where you can turn your viewpoint by a set number of degrees by keystroke or directly set position and/or bearing/distance relative to Sol and/or other objects.
Such a thing would be intensely useful to me and my people who are using this as an aid in science fiction writing, does it exist or can someone make it?
Coordinate planes, expanded interface
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Michael Kilderry
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You can already find the twenty nearest stars to your current position in Celestia. Under the Navigation panel you will find the Star Browser. This will give you the information you need.
Michael Kilderry
Michael Kilderry
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First addon: The Lera Solar System
- Michael
First post - 11th October 2004
100th post - 11th November 2004
200th post - 23rd January 2005
300th post - 21st February 2005
400th post - 23rd July 2005
First addon: The Lera Solar System
- Michael
Graticule addons are available which might help.
See http://www.lepp.cornell.edu/~seb/celestia/graticules.html
You can change the diameters of the spherical coordinate spheres included there so they show directions relative to whereever you place their centers.
See http://www.lepp.cornell.edu/~seb/celestia/graticules.html
You can change the diameters of the spherical coordinate spheres included there so they show directions relative to whereever you place their centers.
Selden
Mercurial,
I'm not sure what you mean by "nothing else". That includes a lot
Do you mean that only the labels are visible and not the graticules themselves? (That sounds like the models and textures may not be in the correct directories.)
Which graticules did you install? There are three different sets with different characteristics.
What version of Celestia are you using?
What kind of graphics card do you have?
Try turning on Celestia's "console output"
type a ~ (tilde = shift` on my keybosrd).
Are there any error messages?
Edit:
Did you remember to turn on "galaxy rendering"?
The graticules all are defined as Nebulas and won't be drawn unless galaxies are being drawn. You can select "show galaxies" in the Render/ View Options menu or type a "u" on the keyboard.
I'm not sure what you mean by "nothing else". That includes a lot
Do you mean that only the labels are visible and not the graticules themselves? (That sounds like the models and textures may not be in the correct directories.)
Which graticules did you install? There are three different sets with different characteristics.
What version of Celestia are you using?
What kind of graphics card do you have?
Try turning on Celestia's "console output"
type a ~ (tilde = shift` on my keybosrd).
Are there any error messages?
Edit:
Did you remember to turn on "galaxy rendering"?
The graticules all are defined as Nebulas and won't be drawn unless galaxies are being drawn. You can select "show galaxies" in the Render/ View Options menu or type a "u" on the keyboard.
Selden
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Guest
Do the CMOD graticules act any different from the image-on-a-flat-model graticules?
Did you try viewing them using the Cel:// URLs that are on the Graticules Web page? http://www.lepp.cornell.edu/~seb/celestia/graticules.html#2
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Did you try viewing them using the Cel:// URLs that are on the Graticules Web page? http://www.lepp.cornell.edu/~seb/celestia/graticules.html#2
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Selden
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Guest
