Wyrm Ouroboros Posted March 13, 2008 Report Share Posted March 13, 2008 Re: 3D Star mapping software Sorry; yes, I've Windows XP. (Professional; does that sound right?) Anyhow. Am I supposed to load NetFrame into a specific location? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crypt Posted March 13, 2008 Author Report Share Posted March 13, 2008 Re: 3D Star mapping software Sorry; yes' date=' I've Windows XP. (Professional; does that sound right?) Anyhow. Am I supposed to load NetFrame into a specific location?[/quote'] I also use XP Pro (+Service Pack 2, you too ?) The .Net Framework is just to be installed as any other programs, in his default folder. There is nothing more to do. Any .Net software is supposed to used it automatically. (....but now.....i wonder if this is so automatical.....) The Astrogator soft itself can be put anywhere. Note: I've modified the SHA.zip file in order to display more informations about the crash. As i can't test that on my own PC (because it works....lol) i don't know if it will actually bring more informations. EDIT: today a friend of mine said it works on his PC : XP SP2 DX 9.0c NET 3.5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crypt Posted March 14, 2008 Author Report Share Posted March 14, 2008 Re: 3D Star mapping software I've installed VISTA, reinstalled VS2008 and D3DSDK then recompiled ===> It WORKS under VISTA (at least on my pc...) Could any Vista user tell me if it's ok for you now ? => http://cryptmaster.free.fr/test3D/SHA.zip please note: you may have to update DirectX=> http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=740AC79A-5B72-447D-84F9-EE6407ED1A91&displaylang=en Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crypt Posted March 14, 2008 Author Report Share Posted March 14, 2008 Re: 3D Star mapping software I've tried on a very old 700mghz 256m notebook with only 2mg video memory, i've installed Net 3.5 and DirectX March 2008 =====> it works ! SO : your DirectX version must be up to date. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egyptoid Posted March 14, 2008 Report Share Posted March 14, 2008 Re: 3D Star mapping software I like your program, you are a fine fellow, I say "Me Too" like some brain-dead aoler... Repped! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crypt Posted March 19, 2008 Author Report Share Posted March 19, 2008 Re: 3D Star mapping software and now.....textures next : lighting Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curufea Posted March 19, 2008 Report Share Posted March 19, 2008 Re: 3D Star mapping software Lighting could be tricky - are you allowing multiple suns and planetary/moon shadows on other planets and moons? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crypt Posted March 20, 2008 Author Report Share Posted March 20, 2008 Re: 3D Star mapping software Lighting could be tricky - are you allowing multiple suns and planetary/moon shadows on other planets and moons? I will start simply then look further if it's worth trying. I don't want to spend too much time on rendering (there is a lot to do in data generation and process) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curufea Posted March 20, 2008 Report Share Posted March 20, 2008 Re: 3D Star mapping software I will start simply then look further if it's worth trying. I don't want to spend too much time on rendering (there is a lot to do in data generation and process) Photo realism would be beyond the scope. I don't see much point in making non-spherical planets, for example - or for computing the halo effect of an atmosphere for lighting. Let alone the water reflections or the cloud translucencies/diffusion or surface feature heights. On a side note - are you going to show the rotational axes of the planets and moons? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crypt Posted March 20, 2008 Author Report Share Posted March 20, 2008 Re: 3D Star mapping software X1000 sized planets: Right now orbits are still circular. There is no excentric orbit nor orbit tilds. are you going to show the rotational axes of the planets and moons? I think so. I'd like to be able to show the 63 known satellits of Jupiter with their actual orbits inclinaisons and excentricities (or at least the 16 biggest) I think i will try to add such features (after solving the gouraud shading problem.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curufea Posted March 20, 2008 Report Share Posted March 20, 2008 Re: 3D Star mapping software There's some nice directX tutorials on some of the computer game creation websites, such as - GameDev.net What of the asteroid belt and planetoids like Ceres and Pluto? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crypt Posted March 20, 2008 Author Report Share Posted March 20, 2008 Re: 3D Star mapping software What of the asteroid belt and planetoids like Ceres and Pluto? right now my Pluto is like another planet = with no eccentricity nor axis tilt nor inclination. The orbit will be fixed as the other ones. (i'm currently working on axis tilts and orbit inclinations) Clock and counterclock rotations are already added. The asteroid belts are planned. About Pluto, Ceres and Eris => they will be treated as any planets (whatever they are dwarf or not). right now planets datas work this way : stored in xml files so they can be easily modified => ex: <id>7id> <idstar>0idstar> <name>Neptunename> <OrbitDistance>30OrbitDistance> <size>3,883size> <mass>17mass> <Rotation_days>0,67125Rotation_days> <AxisTilt>28.32AxisTilt> <OrbitInclination>6.43OrbitInclination> <color>bluecolor> <texture>neptune.jpgtexture> <infos>une planeteinfos> <id>8id> <idstar>0idstar> <name>Plutonname> <OrbitDistance>39OrbitDistance> <size>0,25size> <mass>0,0022mass> <Rotation_days>-6,387Rotation_days> <AxisTilt>119.59AxisTilt> <OrbitInclination>11.88OrbitInclination> <color>browncolor> <texture>pluto-lok.jpgtexture> <infos>une planeteinfos> If you copy, paste and modify one of this planet datas (and increment the id ! ) there will be a new planet in the software. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crypt Posted March 21, 2008 Author Report Share Posted March 21, 2008 Re: 3D Star mapping software Planets 's orbital inclinations : Next step: axis tilt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crypt Posted March 25, 2008 Author Report Share Posted March 25, 2008 Re: 3D Star mapping software Added: - planets axis tilt - moons orbital inclination - clouds animation Next: to fix the Gouraud shading problem Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crypt Posted April 2, 2008 Author Report Share Posted April 2, 2008 Re: 3D Star mapping software Multiples scales InterSectors (1 sector = a 50 ly sided cube): this milky-way like galaxy could contains 120 000 000 sectors somes sectors cubes: by selecting a sector and zooming in => Interstellar (a 50 ly sided cube): by selecting a star and zooming in => Interplanetary: zooming out = scaling out. the T key can be used to enter/leave scales too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crypt Posted April 3, 2008 Author Report Share Posted April 3, 2008 Re: 3D Star mapping software some LunarCell and Glitterato (photoshop plugins) textures ==> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starwolf Posted April 9, 2008 Report Share Posted April 9, 2008 Re: 3D Star mapping software Wow! I am very impressed here.This is looking to become a very cool and useful utility. Are the latest additions included in the alpha zip file for testing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crypt Posted April 9, 2008 Author Report Share Posted April 9, 2008 Re: 3D Star mapping software Wow! I am very impressed here.This is looking to become a very cool and useful utility. Are the latest additions included in the alpha zip file for testing? Yes, i've just re-uploaded it, to be sure. Don't forget to select and zoom through sectors and stars (wheel=zoom) note: Right now i have to fix a mathematic problem which appears when, for instance, you set Speed to very high values ==> the smallest speeds won't work anymore and rotating objects will vibrate. (this is a floating problem which appears beacause of very high time and space scales.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crypt Posted August 1, 2008 Author Report Share Posted August 1, 2008 Re: 3D Star mapping software Still working on it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaws Posted August 13, 2008 Report Share Posted August 13, 2008 Re: 3D Star mapping software Great to here there is still work going in to this! Don't stop the excellent work! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crypt Posted November 4, 2008 Author Report Share Posted November 4, 2008 Re: 3D Star mapping software i'm very busy right now (on an awful Php fixing/enhancement job.....gods, i hate php.....), i hope i will be able to continue Astrogator in Dec08 or Jan09 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveZilla Posted November 5, 2008 Report Share Posted November 5, 2008 Re: 3D Star mapping software i'm very busy right now (on an awful Php fixing/enhancement job.....gods' date=' i hate php.....), i hope i will be able to continue Astrogator in Dec08 or Jan09 [/quote'] What's not to like about PHP? I like it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crypt Posted November 5, 2008 Author Report Share Posted November 5, 2008 Re: 3D Star mapping software What's not to like about PHP? I like it! A lot of things, mainly the function naming (non)convention , the automatic type conversion, the lack of explicit type definition in variable declaration, the fact you can use a not yet initialized variable, the variables scope*, etc. It's extremely dangerous and not strict enough for professional and/or big projects. * for instance = if(true){$toto=1;} echo($toto); It actually displays '1' whereas $toto have not been declared nor initialized outside (and before) the 'if.' That's horrible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nyrath Posted November 5, 2008 Report Share Posted November 5, 2008 Re: 3D Star mapping software Yeah, for jobs like that I prefer a language like Python. I've actually got an astrolabe simulator written in Python. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted November 5, 2008 Report Share Posted November 5, 2008 Re: 3D Star mapping software My language of choice now is Python, and I'm strictly a single-machine app programmer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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