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Fitz
Sep 11th, '03, 01:43 PM
If I apply the "Can be dialed down" to the Megascale advantage, it appears with an option list but only one option -- 1"=1km.

Should there be more options, or is this one of those times when I should just edit the text in the option box?

On a slightly related note: I notice that Megascale is always listed in terms of kilometers. Is it possible to list the higher ranges (i.e 1"=10 trillion km and over) in terms of units like light years and parsecs and what-not, or at least to allow the default display to be edited directly?

Simon
Sep 12th, '03, 06:52 AM
1. Yes, you just type in the value that you want. Since that value can be anythiing (for the most part), there's no way to do an inclusive list, so I just gave an example for the format.

2. Yup...just finished with that. The new scale goes:
1 km
10 km
100 km
1,000 km
10,000 km
100,000 km
1 million km
10 million km
100 million km
1 billion km
10 billion km
100 billion km
1 trillion km
1 lightyear
10 lightyears
100 lightyears
1,000 lightyears
10,000 lightyears
100,000 lightyears
1 million lightyears
10 million lightyears
100 million lightyears
1 billion lightyears
10 billion lightyears
100 billion lightyears
1 trillion lightyears
10 trillion lightyears
100 trillion lightyears
1 quadrillion lightyears
10 quadrillion lightyears
100 quadrillion lightyears
A LONG Way

Anyone who needs more than 100 quadrillion lightyears is just being silly, IMO.