XFile Creation and XFileClasses Effects

[Fyron]

So... is this how the axes are oriented? The black circle is on the plane of the system hex grid (the XZ plane).



I'm just trying to figure out how to make planets have a randomized starting rotation, in the same direction as the continual rotation vector. The Starting Rotate and Continual Rotation Vector fields seem to be referring to entirely different types of rotations, around different axes... its all very confusing.

[MasterChiToes]

You have Y and Z reversed. The hex grid is on the XY Plane... so change +Z to +Y, -Y to -Z, etc.

The Starting Rotate is not motion, just the initial fixed planetary orientation.
The three Continual Rotation vectors are the trick... the three vectors have to added in the proper amounts to prevent wobble and precession.

I am currently working on a cheat sheet for the vector addition... trying to get the Y tilts right now.

[Fyron]

MasterChiToes said:
"The Starting Rotate is not motion, just the initial fixed planetary orientation."

Never said it was motion.. I can now confirm that Starting Rotate Y and Continual Rotation Vector Z are in the same direction. Setting a non-zero value for Starting Rotate Y rotates the planet around the axis normal to the system hex grid, same as having a Continual Rotation Vector with only Z portions. Why Aaron coded things this way is beyond me...

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So, the coordinate system should look like this then?

[MasterChiToes]

*tilt * |*spin * |+spin z
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+tilt x |-tilt x |ARCSIN(1-SIN(tilt))
-tilt x |-tilt x | ""
-tilt z |+tilt y | ""
+tilt z |-tilt y | ""

example (from earlier post):
tilt = 3 (game units - not degrees or radians)
then 3 gets added or subtracted to Start Rotate X or Z
then the appropriate x or y spin become +/- 3
spin z = 15.1 (game units - not degrees or radians)

[MasterChiToes]

Right, those are the coordinates directions... so if you go to the overhead view of the system map, then my earlier post will make sense.

There is an error in my chart above, and I can't seem to edit it... the first row second column is +tilt x (not minus)

[MasterChiToes]

[MasterChiToes]

Okay, here is what I did... It is a tilted huge (size: 7) Rock Planet with a Snowball Moon in an equatorial orbit. The moon also orbits faster than the planet spins.



The planet texture is new as well...