A Sudden Start Up Problem

[Dollan]

So I'm working on an add-on for the ArcBuilders, and out of the blue, Celestia won't start. Celestia.exe shows up under "Processes" in Windows Task Manager (running XP), but the program itself does NOT show up onb screen.

I tried a different Celestia installation, and it worked fine, so I transferred my ArcBuilder add-ons to that folder, and now I get the same problem there. The last thing that I worked on was a cloud map for a gas giant. The program started and tested fine. So I quit and tried to tweak a cloud map for a terrestrial world in the same system, and that is when the problem started.

Thoughts?

...John...

[Dollan]

Actually, I just found the problem. I had forgotten that I had input the following into the ssc folder, as a place holder for an asteroid belt that is being constructed for me:

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# Adyton Belt
   # inner region 23.547 AU
   # outer region 26.155 AU
   # 200 main bodies
   # size range from 1km to 1,200km

Apprently, it caused the program to run, but not to appear. So, problem solved by deleting this. However, can someone tell me why this would happen? I had thought that using the # sign made text in an ssc invisible to Celestia.

Just curious.

...John...

[Rocket Man]

That usually happens when there is NO one blank line at the end the .SSC, after the final "}".


For Example:

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 "Your Object" "Your Star"
}
(SSC info)
}



Note the blank line
Don't add "#" as the thing on your .SSC's, .STC's, or .DSC's, Celestia is program to regonize the "#" to tell it skip the line.

That what happens to me, Hopes this helps.
(EDITED- 6:28 pm EST July 28, 2005)