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FunkThompson

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Is there a full manual?
« on: January 06, 2009, 07:14:32 PM »
I'm having trouble, I can't seem to figure out how to set a parent - I want to create some moons around a planet, but the moons orbit the sun, not the planet, if I choose orbit parent...

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Re: Is there a full manual?
« Reply #1 on: January 06, 2009, 07:20:36 PM »
they are probably out of reach of the planets gravity (Hill Shpere)

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Re: Is there a full manual?
« Reply #2 on: January 06, 2009, 08:03:41 PM »
Parent child relationships are dynamically calculated based on their distance and mass. There is no way to force a body to be the child or parent of another.

NeutronStar is right: The bodies aren't close enough to each other. Press and hold the Shift key to toggle the Hill Sphere (although this is not related to how the parent-child relationships are calculated).

What is the hill sphere?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hill_sphere

You can toggle parent-child lines by pressing the semicolon key (;).
Now move the bodies close to each other until the lines connect. (Hover your mouse over a body, then hold down the (M) key, move the mouse around to move the body, then release the (M) key to drop it.

And unfortunately at this time there isn't a full manual.

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Re: Is there a full manual?
« Reply #3 on: January 07, 2009, 08:27:44 AM »
Thank you.