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gmanoflife

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Making Bodies Rotate
« on: July 07, 2008, 08:34:21 PM »
How can you make bodies, like the sun and earth, rotate or spin on their own?
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OmegaRed

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Re: Making Bodies Rotate
« Reply #1 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>
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Dan Dixon

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Re: Making Bodies Rotate
« Reply #2 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.
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brandon8621

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Re: Making Bodies Rotate
« Reply #3 on: July 09, 2008, 11:03:16 AM »
how do u get the xml file and how do u start it
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Dan Dixon

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Re: Making Bodies Rotate
« Reply #4 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.
« Last Edit: July 09, 2008, 03:33:01 PM by Dan Dixon »
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