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Universe Sandbox Legacy => Universe Sandbox 2008 | Discussion => Topic started by: gmanoflife on July 07, 2008, 08:34:21 PM

Title: Making Bodies Rotate
Post by: gmanoflife on July 07, 2008, 08:34:21 PM

How can you make bodies, like the sun and earth, rotate or spin on their own?

Title: Re: Making Bodies Rotate
Post by: OmegaRed on July 08, 2008, 07:37:22 PM

The one way I have found is to set a rotation period in the .xml file.

Use the tags ... <RotationPeriod>number of hours</RotationPeriod>

Title: Re: Making Bodies Rotate
Post by: Dan Dixon on July 09, 2008, 01:32:27 AM

OmegaRed is right... And that's currently the only way to set the rotation.

The rotation values of the Earth, Sun, and other bodies can be found in the LocalObjects.xml file.

Title: Re: Making Bodies Rotate
Post by: brandon8621 on July 09, 2008, 11:03:16 AM

how do u get the xml file and how do u start it

Title: Re: Making Bodies Rotate
Post by: Dan Dixon on July 09, 2008, 11:34:40 AM

From the main menu inside Universe Sandbox...
click on 'New' and then click the link 'Create New System File' for instructions.