Help with creating Mods and Addons

ettore_bilbo · 10 Jan 2018 12:42

The model being full of errors is that why SE would not create the files after loading?

No, I don't think. The errors in the model were related to normals (the direction of the surfaces), this would have made it seem strange and full of holes, but the .sm file would have been created. In addition, the model was very small. Without adapting the scale in SE it would have been less than 3 meters in length.

What program do you use? How did you spot all of the errors???

I use Blender. It's a very powerful program and it's free

there are many tutorials about blender in youtube, so it's easy enough to learn...

Def make the video! It will help a lot of people

I don't think I can make a video. I'm Italian and my English pronunciation is terrible

Moreover I have some problems with my video capture software when I use blender (I don't know why).
I was thinking of doing a step by step guide with images, or a video in my language and then get it subtitled by some other willing user who doesn't need to consult google trad at every sentence

ZeGamingCuber · 10 Jan 2018 14:27

How do you create a star cluster?
Look here: Creating a deep space object

I tried it but it didn't show up

Cluster "ZGC 1"
{
Galaxy  "Milky Way" // parent galaxy
Type    "Globular"      // type
RA       9.78333333 // right ascension
Dec      20.1166667 // declination
Dist     1230.9     // distance from the Sun
Radius   4.68       // radius
AbsMagn -3.6        // absolute magnitude
CenPow   0.5        // star concentration parameter
Age      760        // age
NStars   1500       // number of stars
Color   (0.86 0.92 1.00)  // color of the star-like particle
}

10 Jan 2018 15:06

Is it placed as it is in addons/catalogs/clusters?

10 Jan 2018 18:55

I tried it but it didn't show up

Like Mosfet said, put the script in 'addons\catalogs\clusters'. If the folder does not exist you have to create it.
If you want to create galaxies or nebulae then the script for the galaxy belongs in 'addons\catalogs\galaxies' and the script for the nebula belongs in 'addons\catalogs\nebulae'.
However, you may also need models for galaxies and nebulae. These must be in the directories 'addons\models\galaxies' and 'addons\models\nebulae'. Model files have the extension '.cfg'.
If you need textures for galaxies and nebulae, they belong in 'addons\textures\galaxies' and 'addons\textures\nebulae'.

ZeGamingCuber · 10 Jan 2018 18:58

Is it placed as it is in addons/catalogs/clusters?

yes it is

10 Jan 2018 19:09

yes it is

Do you have a problem with an invisible suffix '.txt' in the script?
If you have set in the options for the Windows Explorer, 'Hide extensions for known file types' then Notepad saves text files with the invisible ending '.txt'. So the name of your file may actually be 'ZGC1.sc.txt'.

ZeGamingCuber · 10 Jan 2018 19:16

yes it is
Do you have a problem with an invisible suffix '.txt' in the script?
If you have set in the options for the Windows Explorer, 'Hide extensions for known file types' then Notepad saves text files with the invisible ending '.txt'. So the name of your file may actually be 'ZGC1.sc.txt'.

No I can assure you it is an sc file

10 Jan 2018 23:11

No I can assure you it is an sc file

Then maybe something is wrong with the path. Maybe a spelling mistake?
The script works correctly:

ZeGamingCuber · 11 Jan 2018 14:26

No I can assure you it is an sc file
Then maybe something is wrong with the path. Maybe a spelling mistake?
The script works correctly:scr00028.png

no, addons, catalogs, and clusters are all spelled right

11 Jan 2018 14:56

addons, catalogs, and clusters are all spelled right

I'd say it's time to see your se.log file, it's in your SpaceEngine/system/ folder. Also, by saying "it didn't show up" it's not clear if in the object finder you have an "Object not found:" message, or you actually find the object but it's invisible, because there's a big difference.

ZeGamingCuber · 11 Jan 2018 14:59

addons, catalogs, and clusters are all spelled right
I'd say it's time to see your se.log file, it's in your SpaceEngine/system/ folder. Also, by saying "it didn't show up" it's not clear if in the object finder you have an "Object not found:" message, or you actually find the object but it's invisible, because there's a big difference.

I mean it says "Object not found"

11 Jan 2018 15:01

[MT] "addons/catalogs/clusters/ZGC1.sc" line 3:   ERROR: Syntax error '  "Milky'
[MT] "addons/catalogs/clusters/ZGC1.sc" line 14:   ERROR: Unexpected end of file in the string constant
[MT] "addons/catalogs/clusters/ZGC1.sc" line 1:   ERROR: Closing bracket '}' expected in the tag 'Cluster'

You forgot a closing bracket.

ZeGamingCuber · 11 Jan 2018 15:13

[MT] "addons/catalogs/clusters/ZGC1.sc" line 3:   ERROR: Syntax error '  "Milky'
[MT] "addons/catalogs/clusters/ZGC1.sc" line 14:   ERROR: Unexpected end of file in the string constant
[MT] "addons/catalogs/clusters/ZGC1.sc" line 1:   ERROR: Closing bracket '}' expected in the tag 'Cluster'
You forgot a closing bracket.

No I did put a closing bracket. do I put an extra one somewhere?

11 Jan 2018 16:00

ow, I only stopped at the first error. According your se.log you also have a cascade of multiple errors in mystars.sc and mysystem.sc.
I suggest you to search for "ERROR" in your se.log and check lines and scripts to which those errors are referring to.
Since SpaceEngine loads sequentially the scripts, a single syntax error in one of your scripts affects other scripts as well.

ZeGamingCuber · 11 Jan 2018 16:49

ow, I only stopped at the first error. According your se.log you also have a cascade of multiple errors in mystars.sc and mysystem.sc.
I suggest you to search for "ERROR" in your se.log and check lines and scripts to which those errors are referring to.
Since SpaceEngine loads sequentially the scripts, a single syntax error in one of your scripts affects other scripts as well.

I removed all the stars that might be broken but these syntax errors still exist:
[MT] "addons/catalogs/stars/mystars.sc" line 3: ERROR: Syntax error '   '
[MT] "addons/catalogs/stars/mystars.sc" line 5: ERROR: Syntax error '   '
[MT] "addons/catalogs/stars/mystars.sc" line 5: ERROR: Syntax error '      '
[MT] "addons/catalogs/stars/mystars.sc" line 5: ERROR: Syntax error ' '
[MT] "addons/catalogs/stars/mystars.sc" line 6: ERROR: Syntax error '   '
[MT] "addons/catalogs/stars/mystars.sc" line 6: ERROR: Syntax error '    '
[MT] "addons/catalogs/stars/mystars.sc" line 6: ERROR: Syntax error ' '
[MT] "addons/catalogs/stars/mystars.sc" line 7: ERROR: Syntax error '   '
[MT] "addons/catalogs/stars/mystars.sc" line 7: ERROR: Syntax error '    '
[MT] "addons/catalogs/stars/mystars.sc" line 7: ERROR: Syntax error '    '
[MT] "addons/catalogs/stars/mystars.sc" line 8: ERROR: Syntax error '   '
[MT] "addons/catalogs/stars/mystars.sc" line 8: ERROR: Syntax error '  '
[MT] "addons/catalogs/stars/mystars.sc" line 8: ERROR: Syntax error '     '
[MT] "addons/catalogs/stars/mystars.sc" line 9: ERROR: Syntax error '   '
[MT] "addons/catalogs/stars/mystars.sc" line 9: ERROR: Syntax error '     '
[MT] "addons/catalogs/stars/mystars.sc" line 9: ERROR: Syntax error '     '
[MT] "addons/catalogs/stars/mystars.sc" line 10: ERROR: Syntax error '   '
[MT] "addons/catalogs/stars/mystars.sc" line 11: ERROR: Syntax error '   '
[MT] "addons/catalogs/stars/mystars.sc" line 12: ERROR: Syntax error '   '
[MT] "addons/catalogs/stars/mystars.sc" line 12: ERROR: Syntax error '  '
[MT] "addons/catalogs/stars/mystars.sc" line 12: ERROR: Syntax error '     '
[MT] "addons/catalogs/stars/mystars.sc" line 13: ERROR: Syntax error '   '
[MT] "addons/catalogs/stars/mystars.sc" line 13: ERROR: Syntax error ' '
[MT] "addons/catalogs/stars/mystars.sc" line 13: ERROR: Syntax error '     '
[MT] "addons/catalogs/stars/mystars.sc" line 14: ERROR: Syntax error '   '
[MT] "addons/catalogs/stars/mystars.sc" line 14: ERROR: Syntax error '    '
[MT] "addons/catalogs/stars/mystars.sc" line 14: ERROR: Syntax error '     '
+ the ones in clusters
what do they mean?

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