3D Starchart - Teaser 1: Rendering Planets

This looked pretty cool, so I downloaded the binaries.

WARNING: The runtime version supported by this application is unavailable.
Using default runtime: v1.1.4322

** (Starchart.exe:10299): WARNING **: The following assembly referenced from /home/alex/Downloads/FLStarchart/Starchart.exe could not be loaded:
Assembly: Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Game (assemblyref_index=0)
Version: 4.0.0.0
Public Key: 842cf8be1de50553
The assembly was not found in the Global Assembly Cache, a path listed in the MONO_PATH environment variable, or in the location of the executing assembly (/home/alex/Downloads/FLStarchart/).

** (Starchart.exe:10299): WARNING **: Could not load file or assembly ‘Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Game, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=842cf8be1de50553’ or one of its dependencies.

Unhandled Exception: System.IO.FileNotFoundException: Could not load file or assembly ‘Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Game, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=842cf8be1de50553’ or one of its dependencies.
File name: “Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Game, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=842cf8be1de50553”

And under Windows:

Any ideas?

Have you installed the XNA framework? Seems like XNA 4 is what you need:

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=a88c6dec-aeae-42cd-a108-d35c013c3b97

Thats good news about the object selection, i will eagerly wait for the 06 release.

for costumes it is really not that difficult to get than to display

In: FLApi.Characters.Costume.cs, change it to look like this:

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using Microsoft.Xna.Framework;
using FLApi;
using FLApi.Solar;
using FLApi.Universe;
using FLParser;
using FLParser.Ini;
using FLParser.Utf;

namespace FLApi.Characters
{
    public class Costume
    {

        /// <summary>/// Gets or Sets the selected SpaceObject's Docking Character Costume
        ///</summary> 
        public string costume 
        {
            set
            {
                m_costume = value;
                setcostume();
            }
            get
            {
                return m_costume;
            }
        }
        private string m_costume;

        public Costume(string s1, string s2)
        {
            if (s1 == null) s1 = "";
            if (s2 == null) s2 = "";

            if (s1 != String.Empty && s2 == String.Empty) this.costume = s1;
            if (s1 == String.Empty && s2 != String.Empty) this.costume = s2;            
            if (s1 != String.Empty && s2 != String.Empty) this.costume = s1 + ", " + s2;            
        }

        /// <summary>/// changes the spacecostume for the selected spaceobject
        ///</summary> 
        private void setcostume(string newcostume = "")
        {
            // TODO: code it to allow changing the space_costume (Class: FLAPi.Characters.Costume, Function: setcostume(string newcostume = ""))
            if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(newcostume))
            {
                this.m_costume = newcostume;
            }
        }
    }
}

then in FLApi.Universe.SpaceObject.cs

in function: public SpaceObject(…)

locate: case “space_costume”:

and the line before: break;
change it to:
SpaceCostume = new Costume(e[0].ToString(), e[1].ToString());

and when you want to display the costume string read it from the costume property:

spaceObject.SpaceCostume.costume;

Dammit, it doesn’t even work on my Windows (Vista Ultimate)!!!

what doesn’t work?

The program, what ealse?

Its in Hebrew, do you know Hebrew? Its a typical Error message says “some problem caused the program to shut down…”

Or in other words: “Your windows sucks, go buy a newer one!”

Ok, got this (almost) working on Windows.

great job on the object selection code mate. worked like a charm, and was easy to add to to be able to use the left mouse button to select the object.

As i mentioned after doing a quick convert of my app into C# i found that planets and lighting were rendering as they should based on revision 05. I have also intigrated the code changes for the object selection (ie: Revision 06).

I noticed you put in the code i wrote for the costume display, thanks mate, cheers for that. I plan on continuing work on it to allow for editing and saving it, as well as the faction class i am still working on.

anyway wanted to show this new screenshot of my app with the recent code changes, and the full conversion of the app into C#.

awesome

i will go and integrate the new revision.

cheers.

Those labels seem to be just a little out of place.

Works fine for me, Vista Ultimate 64 bit.

I can run it with XP (Pro SP3).

I’ve attached a new font definition, adding a few more characters (AgencyFB doesn’t have superscript 4, though, bit of a nuisance).

Hey Adoxa,

thanks for the new font deff. i will check it and then update the svn when i get a chance over the next day here.

cheers.

OMG I CAN’T BELIEVE ITS POSSIBLE!!

well good job, fortunately i didnt waste too much time on my own editor.
since my friends and server are gone and my work is useless, i wish you all farewell.