BD showing 1 orbit

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BD showing 1 orbit

Post #1by doctrellor » 20.08.2006, 18:48

After trying my .ssc numerous times, I tried an experiment.. using the our solar system as a .ssc file for the BD

and it only shows Mercury, and not the rest, so 1 lousy orbit...

So I figure I messed up somewhere in my .ssc, but with the default solarsystem .ssc, there is nothing wrong with it, so for the BD to only show 1 orbit seems odd

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Post #2by phoenix » 20.08.2006, 19:23

ok, never mind... :roll:
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Post #3by selden » 20.08.2006, 19:24

In order to move solarsys.ssc, you have to change every reference to

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"Sol
(note no trailing quote) to be

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"BDwhatever
Is that what you did? Perhaps the file got damaged in the process.
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Post #4by doctrellor » 20.08.2006, 20:05

as an example of the few changes each planet had...

Here is the original Mercury

"Mercury" "Sol"
{
Texture "mercury.*"
Radius 2440

CustomOrbit "vsop87-mercury"
EllipticalOrbit {
Period 0.2408
SemiMajorAxis 0.3871
Eccentricity 0.2056
Inclination 7.0049
AscendingNode 48.33167
LongOfPericenter 77.456
MeanLongitude 252.251
}

RotationPeriod 1407.509405
Obliquity 7.01
EquatorAscendingNode 48.42
RotationOffset 291.20

Albedo 0.06
}

AltSurface "limit of knowledge" "Sol/Mercury"
{
Texture "mercury.*"
OverlayTexture "mercury-lok-mask.png"
}
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Here is the one with my changes

"X" "HIP 300001"
{
Texture "mercury.*"
Radius 2440


EllipticalOrbit {
Period 0.2408
SemiMajorAxis 0.3871
Eccentricity 0.2056
Inclination 7.0049

}


Albedo 0.06
}
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So as one can see, the names have changed, and I cut out a bit of info to simplify the info, but the essence remained the same. So I guess the file might of gotten damaged eh.. ok...


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