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Re: Both StarsCal and common sense fail to predict M.T. location Tue, 12 June 2007 04:59 Go to previous messageGo to previous message
PaulCr

 
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The next position predicted would be 1000,1249, rounding could cause it to have been 999,1249 which would take it outside. ie the angle rather than being 78/22 may actually be 78.1/21.9 so you could have had
1780.9,1468.1
1702.8,1446.2
1624.7,1424.3
1546.6,1402.4
1468.5,1380.5
1390.4,1358.6
1312.3,1336.7
1234.2,1314.8
1156.1,1292.9
1078.0,1271.0
999.9,1249.1

Why not try loading 2462 and seeing if it's predicted end point is shown.

Another possibility is that Stars makes the move and then checks to see whether it has exited the universe, it could be checking whether the position is <=1000 to decide whether it has exited rather than being <1000, it may also be that the developers delibrately decided that once it gets within a particular range of the edge it leaves the universe rather than showing a tiny or even non existant path. ie if it had arrived at 1000 and you clicked on it you wouldn't be able to see it's future path.

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