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28 Jan 2018 14:25

how can I quickly create an asteroid belt? is there a program I can use? 
 
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28 Jan 2018 15:13

how can I quickly create an asteroid belt? is there a program I can use?
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28 Jan 2018 22:55

JackDole, Thank you. It works wonderfully! 
 
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29 Jan 2018 00:18

Hey guys i have the SDSS Data Release 14 source data, is someone who knows how to use python willing to convert it into something space engine can understand like this person did here http://old.spaceengine.org/forum/17-2593-1 ?
 
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01 Feb 2018 20:57

I have followed the Manual guide for creating a star word for word but the stars from my addons are not loading into space engine. Any idea why this may be?
 
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01 Feb 2018 21:16

[quote="MagicBalls69"]I have followed the Manual guide for creating a star word for word but the stars from my addons are not loading into space engine. Any idea why this may be?[/quote]

I am getting many syntax errors it seems, but I don't know why. Sorry I'm pretty new to all of this.

System Log:
LOADING PLANETS
[MT] Loading shader "data/shaders/Shaders0980.pak/corona_plane_tex.glsl"
[MT] Loading shader "data/shaders/Shaders0980.pak/corona_plane_proc.glsl"
[MT] Loading shader "data/shaders/Shaders0980.pak/comet_tail.glsl"
[MT] Loading shader "data/shaders/Shaders0980.pak/aurora.glsl" (defines: TEX_NOISE)
[MT] Loading shader "data/shaders/Shaders0980.pak/aurora.glsl" (defines: DETAIL)
[MT] Loading planets catalogs
[MT] Loading script "addons/catalogs/Catalogs0980.pak/planets/MyPlans.sc"
[MT] "addons/catalogs/Catalogs0980.pak/planets/MyPlans.sc" line 2: ERROR: Syntax error '“Hole”'
[MT] "addons/catalogs/Catalogs0980.pak/planets/MyPlans.sc" line 5: ERROR: Syntax error '“Hole'
[MT] "addons/catalogs/Catalogs0980.pak/planets/MyPlans.sc" line 5: ERROR: Syntax error '”'
[MT] "addons/catalogs/Catalogs0980.pak/planets/MyPlans.sc" line 6: ERROR: Syntax error '“X”'
[MT] "addons/catalogs/Catalogs0980.pak/planets/MyPlans.sc" line 29: ERROR: Syntax error '“Bin'
[MT] "addons/catalogs/Catalogs0980.pak/planets/MyPlans.sc" line 29: ERROR: Syntax error '”'
[MT] "addons/catalogs/Catalogs0980.pak/planets/MyPlans.sc" line 31: ERROR: Syntax error '“Bin”'
[MT] "addons/catalogs/Catalogs0980.pak/planets/MyPlans.sc" line 32: ERROR: Syntax error '“G1V”'
[MT] "addons/catalogs/Catalogs0980.pak/planets/MyPlans.sc" line 61: ERROR: Syntax error '“Bin'
[MT] "addons/catalogs/Catalogs0980.pak/planets/MyPlans.sc" line 61: ERROR: Syntax error '”'
[MT] "addons/catalogs/Catalogs0980.pak/planets/MyPlans.sc" line 63: ERROR: Syntax error '“Bin”'
[MT] "addons/catalogs/Catalogs0980.pak/planets/MyPlans.sc" line 64: ERROR: Syntax error '“K0V”'
[MT] "addons/catalogs/Catalogs0980.pak/planets/MyPlans.sc" line 3: ERROR: Tag name expected before '{



ParentBody'
[MT] "addons/catalogs/Catalogs0980.pak/planets/MyPlans.sc" line 3: ERROR: Star "" no RA value, random value 19.0077 assigned
[MT] "addons/catalogs/Catalogs0980.pak/planets/MyPlans.sc" line 3: ERROR: Star "" no Dec value, random value 43.3697 assigned
[MT] "addons/catalogs/Catalogs0980.pak/planets/MyPlans.sc" line 29: ERROR: Tag name expected after 'Star'
[MT] "addons/catalogs/Catalogs0980.pak/planets/MyPlans.sc" line 29: ERROR: Star "" no RA value, random value 17.1675 assigned
[MT] "addons/catalogs/Catalogs0980.pak/planets/MyPlans.sc" line 29: ERROR: Star "" no Dec value, random value 73.7356 assigned
[MT] "addons/catalogs/Catalogs0980.pak/planets/MyPlans.sc" line 61: ERROR: Tag name expected after 'Star'
[MT] "addons/catalogs/Catalogs0980.pak/planets/MyPlans.sc" line 61: ERROR: Star "" no RA value, random value 8.82821 assigned
[MT] "addons/catalogs/Catalogs0980.pak/planets/MyPlans.sc" line 61: ERROR: Star "" no Dec value, random value 55.7358 assigned

MyPlans.sc
// Creates a new object – a solitary black hole with an accretion disk
Star "Hole"
{

ParentBody "Hole system" // = name of StarBarycenter in the stars catalog
Class "X" // black hole “spectral class”
MassSol 15.0 // in Solar units, radius will be computed automatically
//Lum 0.0 // a black hole has zero luminosity – don’t specify any // rotational parameters
Obliquity 16
EqAscNode 64
RotationPeriod 1.0e-7 // black holes rotate really fast!// accretion disk
AccretionDisk
{

Radius 0.00002 // in AU
Temperature 3000 // in Kelvin
Luminosity 150 // in Solar luminosities
Brightness 1 // render brightness scale
Density 8 // some magic value
TwistMagn 60 // some magic value

}

// Orbit tag is skipped, equal to static position in the center of the system

}

// Creates a new object – first component of a binary star system
Star “Bin A”
{
ParentBody “Bin” // = name of StarBarycenter in the stars catalog
Class “G1V”
Luminosity 1.02
MassSol 1.09
RadiusSol 1.1

// rotational parameters
Obliquity 82.2
EqAscendNode 67.726
RotationPeriod 923.6
RotationOffset 64.7

// orbit around the barycenter
Orbit
{
// mutual semimajor axis is 23.52 AU,
// but mass ratio 1.09:0.92 is taken into account!
SemiMajorAxis 10.765 // in AU
Period 79.914 // in years
Eccentricity 0.5179
Inclination 82.986
AscendingNode 67.726
ArgOfPericenter 3.772
MeanAnomaly 200.119

}

}

// Creates a new object – second component of a binary star system
Star “Bin B”
{
ParentBody “Bin” // = name of StarBarycenter in the stars catalog
Class “K0V”
Luminosity 0.29
MassSol 0.92
RadSol 0.90

// rotational parameters
Obliquity 82.6
EqAscendNode 67.726
RotationPeriod 850.5
RotationOffset 127.4

// orbit around the barycenter
Orbit
{
// mutual semimajor axis is 23.52 AU,
// but mass ratio 1.09:0.92 is taken into account!
SemiMajorAxis 12.755 // in AU
Period 79.914 // in years
Eccentricity 0.5179
Inclination 82.986
AscendingNode 67.726
ArgOfPericenter 183.772
MeanAnomaly 200.119

}

}
 
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02 Feb 2018 00:20

I am trying to create a moon for a planet in an older version (0.972 to be exact) but the moon wont render. Do I have to create an addons folder or put the script directly to the catalogs?
 
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02 Feb 2018 08:16

I have solved my first problem, now I have a binary star system made and added on, but now i would like to place it somewhere else and I can not get it to move, any ideas?

This is the file but the in game coordinates are not the same as in file

StarBarycenter "MySystem"
{
RA 20 14 51.08
Dec -18 32 28.20
Dist 123.18
}
 
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02 Feb 2018 08:26

I am trying to create a moon for a planet in an older version (0.972 to be exact) but the moon wont render.
In SE 0.972, the script belongs normally in the 'catalogs\planets' folder.
But you have to enter the path in the 'universe.cfg' under the section 'PlanetsCatalogs'.
So for example:
PlanetsCatalogs // planets catalogs
(
    "Catalogs/planets/MyMoon.sc"

The 'universe.cfg' is in the folder 'config'
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02 Feb 2018 15:12

The scripts in mysystem.sc and mystars.sc work perfectly fine.
Your se.log says something else.
There is an editor that produces invisible superfluous characters in a text. I do not know which editor that is, but I have often encountered this problem in the forum with the scripts of other people.
If you copy and paste the text, these invisible characters will probably not be copied. Therefore, you should attach your original files here, so that can be checked.
The editor I used was notepad++
 
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04 Feb 2018 23:55

I finally got around to experimenting with texturing and uv maps after finding a simpler program dedicated to uv mapping, and while the blender renderer displays my textures as I want them in the preview, they show up stretched like crazy in SE. How do I fix this?

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05 Feb 2018 23:38

I need help please.. I pieced together a ship in 3d max using  nasa's boosters and red tank, and the SE default shuttle.. Just trying to learn this stuff.. So the boosters was an obj.. So was the default shuttle.. I put them together and it looks fine in 3d max. I exported it to obj. Then imported into SE.. The red tank and boosters show up so I know my path is right. Even the default shuttle shows up, but without the texture just plane white.. I included the mtl to show that the textures should be there but once se creates the sml, it leaves out the textures.. What am I doing wrong? I am assuming that I have to do the last part or update the sml so the textures show up. Will someone have a look at these two files and show me how I would properly do that PLEASE.. I am stuck on the texture thing... maybe if someone could look at this and I could see how or where my error is then I would understand the process better.
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06 Feb 2018 02:16

Unfortunately a UV map needs to be created first in order to make tbe textures show up. Without a UV map, the game will not know where specifically to place the image corners on the mesh.

A good program that helped me start out with UV mapping as since Im a beginner is UV Mapper Classic. The pro version costs money, but the classic version is free and has no time limit. :)
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06 Feb 2018 03:40

they show up stretched like crazy in SE
I wonder if that issue shows up also in in-game screenshots. Given the fact that these are photos of your display and the texture is basically an array of very thin lines, I can think of it as interference figures resulting from the interaction of texture and your display resolution/refresh. If this is the case, they could disappear or change in a full HD screenshot or when your in-game camera is closer to the object.

This is the file but the in game coordinates are not the same as in file
If your se.log still shows lines like:no RA value, random value 8.82821 assigned
then it means there's an error somewhere and SE doesn't get RA and Dec values you assigned, thus it's deciding by himself where to put them.
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06 Feb 2018 04:03

they show up stretched like crazy in SE
I wonder if that issue shows up also in in-game screenshots. Given the fact that these are photos of your display and the texture is basically an array of very thin lines, I can think of it as interference figures resulting from the interaction of texture and your display resolution/refresh. If this is the case, they could disappear or change in a full HD screenshot or when your in-game camera is closer to the object.
No the textures were actually stretched in-game. I tried to fix it beforehand in Blender before exporting, but alas, no luck. If you look on the lower right on the first image I posted, you might be able to make out the options I set in the Image Mapping section. In the blender preview, you can see everything is mostly square-ish. But in the ingame, the X Y options I set in Blender did not seem to export with the obj, and so the stretched horizontal lines on the ship is the texture actually being stretched.
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