Atollski's Nav Tool...

DennyMala · Post by **DennyMala** » Fri Jan 14, 2011 1:04 pm

Got it, well in time maybe a solution will come up.

You should put a link to your site in your signature...

warsign · Post by **warsign** » Fri Jan 14, 2011 1:07 pm

From post: 99824, Topic: tid=6799, author=DennyMala wrote:
You should put a link to your site in your signature...

Good point...

SeeJay · Post by **SeeJay** » Fri Jan 14, 2011 1:11 pm

Thanks for the tip. Fixed now!:)

MMaggio · Post by **MMaggio** » Fri Jan 14, 2011 3:59 pm

Your map is incomeplete! You have not included all the stations in Sapphire!

SeeJay · Post by **SeeJay** » Fri Jan 14, 2011 4:07 pm

From post: 99830, Topic: tid=6799, author=MMaggio wrote:Your map is incomeplete! You have not included all the stations in Sapphire!

Sorry MMaggio. I've been searching all over Sapphire for it. Haven't found it yet.
Must be well hidden I guess.

MMaggio · Post by **MMaggio** » Fri Jan 14, 2011 4:53 pm

It IS there. Try the SW quadrant. Hint... Look for a nebula also not shown on the map.
And just call me... MM

SeeJay · Post by **SeeJay** » Fri Jan 14, 2011 4:57 pm

From post: 99833, Topic: tid=6799, author=MMaggio wrote:It IS there. Try the SW quadrant. Hint... Look for a nebula also not shown on the map.
And just call me... MM

Thx MM. I'll go hunting for it tonight (European Time).

I promise you I'll plot it ;)as soon as I find it!;)

Post by **Marvin** » Fri Jan 14, 2011 6:11 pm

Atoll's program is great but, if you make too many changes to it at one time, it might crash on you ... resulting in a loss of a day's work. But, since I use it for finding uncharted star systems (and not for auto-navigation), I now limit my entries to one or two planets that border an unknown system ... allowing me to "trilaterate" with precision.

Atollski · Post by **Atollski** » Fri Jan 14, 2011 7:39 pm

Crafty trick - there is a save button on the utilities menu, it saves your current information to file. It doesn't fix the crashing but limits the damage done... If you find how to replicate the crash, I'll look into it. I know there is some kind of problem when renaming entries in the tree view occasionally.

Am investigating SeeJay's data file - will upload it when it's done!

Post by **Marvin** » Sat Jan 15, 2011 4:11 am

I didn't see a "Save" button ... I use the "Update" button instead. And I only had one crash ... after I'd used jumpgates to go into three or four systems, logging every planet, gate and star. Then I labeled them and added comments ... updating the file as I went along. But, before I could close the program (I was still on the R1 server), the program crashed.

Because I had updated as I went along, I was surprised that the whole session had been deleted from the file. The previous sessions were still there ... but that was all.

I had a previous file that I'd pulled from the game folder and placed on desktop ... it contained a few systems I'd explored near the Vonari border. I copied and pasted them to what was left of the file currently in use. It worked ... except the added planets and systems were all mixed in with the others. Easily rectified ... 'though I kept my fingers crossed as I made the adjustments. That was a couple days ago. So far, so good.

Zule · Post by **Zule** » Sat Jan 15, 2011 7:13 am

I would gladly host this for you btw, am looking for something to do with my zulenet.co.uk domain other than email lol. can't give ftp access due to the limitations of the account but am on email everyday. Hosting sites are somewhat limited, and we can convert the doc you have to a html file for the site... offer's open ended.

DennyMala · Post by **DennyMala** » Sat Jan 15, 2011 12:24 pm

I downloaded and extracted the executable in the Em directory but when I try to launch it, I got an error window with the option to send in the error report to microsoft.

What info can I provide you to look into it Atollsky?

Atollski · Post by **Atollski** » Sat Jan 15, 2011 1:18 pm

Try deleting the navdata.txt and navdatasettings.txt from the directory then run it again. The program gets distressed if there are any problems with the navdata file, such as formatting or bad parent links. At the moment, SeeJay's data doesn't work with the program and I'm on a mission getting it to link in with the program...

Zule, feel free to host, change or do whatever you want with the program/code/instructions. Will post on here when the next update is done!

[Edited on 15/1/2011 by Atollski]

DennyMala · Post by **DennyMala** » Sat Jan 15, 2011 1:49 pm

Done and now working. Tanks mate. :-)

Marv, can you e.mail me your navdata file?

[Edited on 15/1/2011 by DennyMala]

Atollski · Post by **Atollski** » Sat Jan 15, 2011 2:43 pm

The navdata.txt file here contains the majority of the charted universe... and some extras. Try placing that one instead of SeeJay's file for the time being

Post by **Marvin** » Sat Jan 15, 2011 5:57 pm

Btw, if you follow the screenies in the Readme posted a page or two back, you should come across an otherwise uncharted system.

DennyMala · Post by **DennyMala** » Sun Jan 16, 2011 9:28 am

Thanks Atoll, it's just not to have the program pop up for a new system each time I move since my file is empty.

I'll have to go through the process of adding items and systems carefully as I'm not entirely clear only by reading the instructions. I'll see to it.

SeeJay · Post by **SeeJay** » Sun Jan 16, 2011 10:22 am

From post: 99955, Topic: tid=6799, author=Atollski wrote:The navdata.txt file here contains the majority of the charted universe... and some extras. Try placing that one instead of SeeJay's file for the time being

Hmm. That didn't work either. Looks like the only way for me
is to start with an empty file.

Zule · Post by **Zule** » Sun Jan 16, 2011 10:29 am

I will arrange a page and some hosting for the proggie tomorrow, it's my sons birthday today so kinda busy lol.

Post by **Marvin** » Sun Jan 16, 2011 6:16 pm

Denny, let me know if you need my file and I'll email it to you today. And, btw, the program doesn't pop up when you enter a new system if you un-check the option ... as outlined above, in the Readme (see the screenshot showing the "Trilateration" drop-down menu).

DennyMala · Post by **DennyMala** » Mon Jan 31, 2011 12:53 pm

I was searching the save function Atoll said yesterday when playing but without success.

Atoll, can you clarify this poin?

SeeJay · Post by **SeeJay** » Mon Jan 31, 2011 1:04 pm

Hi Denny.

I'm not sure, but it might be a misunderstanding between you two.
There is a "Refresh List" button that updates the entry that you just made.

If not, Atoll will correct my assumption.

Post by **Marvin** » Mon Jan 31, 2011 4:53 pm

We used the "refresh" option yesterday. But, even after refresh, if the program crashes, you lose all the new data. Which is why I had Denny close out the program. For some reason, once you close the program, all the data you've entered up to that point is safe from crashing.

It's a minor bug and in no way hampers the utility of the thing to seek out and find uncharted planets.

49rTbird · Post by **49rTbird** » Mon Jan 31, 2011 5:04 pm

From post: 101349, Topic: tid=6799, author=Marvin wrote:
It's a minor bug and in no way hampers the utility of the thing to seek out and find uncharted planets.

I have not been able to do this yet? Will have to re-read directions (lol)!

Post by **Marvin** » Mon Jan 31, 2011 5:06 pm

It's fun. It's frustating. And it can drive you nuts if you don't use graph paper to track your search pattern.

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