[email removed] writes:
> As far as representation, come off it. All you need to know is
> the basic rotational matrix. I spent two hours and volia! I had a 3D
> displayed map added into SYSGEN that you can cycle and rotate. (For
> those who *still* don't know, SYSGEN and its companion LIBRARY are
> programs that generate almost everything you might want to know about
> Traveller worlds down to World Builder's Handbook detail, available on
> anonymouse FTP on either the TML server or on walton.maths.tcd.ie in
> the pub/jaymin/trav directory).
Yeah, I saw this, and you did a very good job, by the way, but your
map solves the multiple-systems-along-the-same-Z-axis problem by only
displaying one plane at a time. That is, if two systems are next
door to each other, one above and the other below, you won't see them
on the same map. You have to flip through Z-coordinates. At least, that's
true on the text-map which I saw with the program. If there is some
rotational map which you've added since, let me know, and I'll take a look
at the new version.
On this topic, I recently received a 3d map display program called
_Outlander's Starchart 3d_ from Kerry. It rotates a bit slow on my
386DX25 w/ 1MB Trident SVGA, but the thing is awesome on my roomie's
486DX50 w/ the Viper Graphics. His machine is actually fast enough
so that you can get a good idea of what the 3d image looks like by
watching it spin around. On my machine, the redraw time is too slow
for this, however.
Outlander's Starchar 3d is available via anonymous ftp on
greyhawk.stanford.edu in the D_D/incoming/PROGRAMS directory.
The program is specially written for space-gamers, not AD&Ders.
The filename is 3d.zip. You need an IBM-PC or compatible to
run it. Note that the program is orphaned. The author has
dropped all support. If you don't have ftp access but still
want the program, contact me for a uuencoded copy via email.
For my own tastes, it's not exactly what I was looking for, but
it's the closest thing I've yet seen. I'm curious as to what other
folks with think of it. And I'm also curious to see what Jo has
done.
_ /| Jim Vassilakos
\`o_O' [email removed]
( ) [email removed]
U Riverside, California, USA
Aachk! [phone removed] / 369-5259