[guide-user] Missing planet features
Bill J. Gray Feb 19, 2000
Hi folks,
Regarding 'missing features': yes, you _do_ need to have the
check-box set for 'show features' in the Options dialog. Another item
to check was mentioned several messages ago (far enough back that many may
have forgotten, given how busy this list has been lately), when people
asked why Alt-. and Alt-; weren't working. I'll plagiarize myself:
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"...What I'd not realized is that it's common for the initial
[planetary] feature density to be zero. In that case, hitting Alt-.
enough times just adds 50% to zero. (Sound of head banging into wall)
Until I post an update, the 'workaround' is to edit our old pal,
STARTUP.MAR, and find this line:
79 pl contr 50 214 0
Change that '0' at the end to '60'. That's a good starting value for
the density of planet features. And after that, too, you'll be able to
hit Alt-. and Alt-; and add and subtract 50% from a non-zero value."
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-- Bill