life zone option

Space Man Spiff · Post #1by **Space Man Spiff** » 10.01.2005, 08:41

I love this programme immensely but I little skill in dev. Is there anyone interested in adding an option to show life zones around stars or is that an impossibility being that Celestia is not a simulator?

Best regards,
SMS

Rassilon · Post #2by **Rassilon** » 11.01.2005, 12:22

I wouldnt think its impossible...The Lua scripting system should allow this....

Space Man Spiff · Post #3by **Space Man Spiff** » 14.01.2005, 07:36

Rassilon (or whoever else interested),

I hope that was an invite to help! :wink:

I am in the process of looking over the Lua scripting stuff you mentioned, but like I said, I have little skill in this area. So unless it proves to be idiot proof or written for Kindergarteners, is this something which you could pickup, if interested? I have read your posts and realise that you are doing a lot already, but I figured there would be no harm asking.

Again, my idea was to make a (togglable) option for what any pariticular star's LZ would be, based on its characteristics.

I am limited in skill but I can help where I can...
SMS

Brendan · Post #4by **Brendan** » 14.01.2005, 08:53

Maybe it could be done with cmod files like Selden's coordinate grinds were.

Brendan

Rassilon · Post #5by **Rassilon** » 15.01.2005, 03:41

Space Man Spiff wrote:Rassilon (or whoever else interested),

I hope that was an invite to help!

I am in the process of looking over the Lua scripting stuff you mentioned, but like I said, I have little skill in this area. So unless it proves to be idiot proof or written for Kindergarteners, is this something which you could pickup, if interested? I have read your posts and realise that you are doing a lot already, but I figured there would be no harm asking.

Again, my idea was to make a (togglable) option for what any pariticular star's LZ would be, based on its characteristics.

I am limited in skill but I can help where I can...
SMS

Well I would like to help as you have helped me in the past...I know that you have excellent math skills which suprises me that you cannot program...I any event I would but as I am not an expert in Lua yet there might be someone far more adept at completing this than I...but its a matter of who would....I however could when time allows have a poke at it....

Space Man Spiff · Post #6by **Space Man Spiff** » 15.01.2005, 06:55

Thanks for the compliment Ras but I am afraid you are thinking of someone else, I've never posted before this. And since I am pretty sure the Admin made such an announcement because of my query, I'm moving things over to the Dev forum (no hard feelings Chris so delete away!).

SMS

Spaceman Spiff · Post #7by **Spaceman Spiff** » 15.01.2005, 13:40

Space Man Spiff wrote:Thanks for the compliment Ras but I am afraid you are thinking of someone else, I've never posted before this.

Ah, would that be me? Spaceman Spiff is a popular character with Celestia fans! Dollan has him for an avatar. I don't mind if you stick with the monicker Space Man Spiff, it's not my right - copyright for Calvin and Hobbes belongs to United Artists Syndicate, not even Bill Watterson! - but there might be some more confusion between us in the future though.

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Rassilon wrote:Well I would like to help as you have helped me in the past...I know that you have excellent math skills which suprises me that you cannot program...

I could program, but only procedurally. My last big programs were in Turbo Pascal in the early '90's. OOP, classes and C++ is something new and strange and different to me. Scripting languages like lua should be easier, but somehow I always get interrupted before consolidating any understanding.

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Right, over to the Development Forum then!

Spiff.

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