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Galactic Map and some questions
« on: September 28, 2011, 05:19:55 PM »
I've got a game going in which I've found about a dozen systems, finally started the process of colonising adjacent ones now that I've build a couple of jump gates.

Whenever I open the Galactic Map, I get two errors (though in the end I can still load the map, sorta):

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Error 76 was generated by Aurora
Path not found: Ships/EnterpriseA.gif
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Error 53 was generated by Aurora
Path not found: Flags\

And then both of them refer me to 'http://aurora2.pentarch.org/viewforum.php?f=11'. This I imagine is a relic that wasn't updated when the forums moved or something recently?

And about those errors, what can I do?

My other question, and it might be related to the errors I have. My Galactic Map shows 3 systems, two of which are groups overlaid over each other, like so:


How do I move them around so I can get a good idea of what links where?

Thanks
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Re: Galactic Map and some questions
« Reply #1 on: September 28, 2011, 05:32:03 PM »
Shift click and drag the systems to the new location. In the menu at the top there is a button, which I believe is called sys pos. It's in the bottom left. Click it and then there will be a side bar with the buttons align to grid and save system positions.
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Re: Galactic Map and some questions
« Reply #2 on: September 28, 2011, 10:40:48 PM »
The Ships and Flags path not being found means you havn't installed aurora correctly. The base game zip has the following folders: Flags, Medals, Planetjpeg, Races & Ships. Copy + Paste these folders into your current install of aurora (contains Aurora & stevefire.mdb) Your game should then be able to correctly find and display the images contained within each of the folders.
 

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Re: Galactic Map and some questions
« Reply #3 on: September 28, 2011, 11:06:15 PM »
The Ships and Flags path not being found means you havn't installed aurora correctly. The base game zip has the following folders: Flags, Medals, Planetjpeg, Races & Ships. Copy + Paste these folders into your current install of aurora (contains Aurora & stevefire.mdb) Your game should then be able to correctly find and display the images contained within each of the folders.

Well, that fixed it for everything except the flags! I mean, this specific issue strays into tech help, but is the reason that I'm getting the error about flags in the OP because there's the \ ? If so, where would I go to correct this error?
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Re: Galactic Map and some questions
« Reply #4 on: September 28, 2011, 11:19:25 PM »
Well, that fixed it for everything except the flags! I mean, this specific issue strays into tech help, but is the reason that I'm getting the error about flags in the OP because there's the \ ? If so, where would I go to correct this error?

Bring up your race info, Ctrl-F2 I believe and select a flag and save.

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Re: Galactic Map and some questions
« Reply #5 on: September 29, 2011, 12:05:10 AM »
That didn't appear to work. But the thing is, when I go to the Galactic Map, I get

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Error 76 was generated by Aurora
Path not found: Flags\

six times in a row, then I see the map. When I try to see a flag of the one alien race I've encountered, I get just a blank white space where the flag should be.
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Re: Galactic Map and some questions
« Reply #6 on: September 29, 2011, 07:35:50 AM »
That didn't appear to work. But the thing is, when I go to the Galactic Map, I get

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Error 76 was generated by Aurora
Path not found: Flags\

six times in a row, then I see the map. When I try to see a flag of the one alien race I've encountered, I get just a blank white space where the flag should be.

Sounds like you don't have all the flag gifs in the flags directory.
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Re: Galactic Map and some questions
« Reply #7 on: September 29, 2011, 09:42:18 AM »
Might be that one of the NPRs does not have a flag set to it.

It happened to me before, you can check in the DB if you have the password, but I am at work and can not remember the exact table.
 

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Re: Galactic Map and some questions
« Reply #8 on: September 29, 2011, 01:35:23 PM »
Sounds like you don't have all the flag gifs in the flags directory.

I think I do. There're 389 of them, eh? And they're supposed to be in a separate folder as in the installation stuff, eh?

Might be that one of the NPRs does not have a flag set to it.

It happened to me before, you can check in the DB if you have the password, but I am at work and can not remember the exact table.

Would that explain that I get six of those error messages before it loads the map? And I don't have a password for said database, I reckon.
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Re: Galactic Map and some questions
« Reply #9 on: September 29, 2011, 05:56:48 PM »
The only way i solved was moving all the folders and starting a new game. This wasn't too important for me because I was learning the game and wasn't invested in my current game. While not a solution for your current game future ones should be free of the flags issue.
 

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Re: Galactic Map and some questions
« Reply #10 on: September 29, 2011, 06:22:02 PM »
Beautiful, I'll give it a shot once I'm done with this game. Thanks for the advice!
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