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Moosey

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Sphere Planning Tool
« on: February 01, 2010, 01:49:11 pm »
Struggling to construct that perfect Arcology dome or dwarven Death Star?  Fret no more!  Presenting the Sphere Planning Tool:

Download: http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?hwnmyoqzoyy

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This is a self-contained JavaScript application in a single HTML file.  Just download and run in your web browser of choice.

The tool displays layers from a spherical dome.  Just input how many z-levels you want the half-sphere to span, and the ratio of x and y units to z (for viewing in VisualFortress with default settings, this would be 2.0).  Then you can select which z-level to view, and it shows you a grid indicating which squares fall inside and outside the dome at that level.  For a full sphere rather than a dome, just mirror the levels going up the dome below as well.  The blue lines are marked once every ten squares, which lines up with the shift+arrow jumps in DF.
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Re: Sphere Planning Tool
« Reply #1 on: February 01, 2010, 02:31:46 pm »
I would just like to say that this is very nice. I always have issues approximating spheres in grid-based systems, and this looks perfect for the job.
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Re: Sphere Planning Tool
« Reply #2 on: February 01, 2010, 02:33:36 pm »
Nice! Thank you very much!
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Re: Sphere Planning Tool
« Reply #3 on: February 02, 2010, 10:29:52 am »
Downloading this right now! I always try to use circular shapes and I always mess them up somehow. This will be v. handy!
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Re: Sphere Planning Tool
« Reply #4 on: February 06, 2010, 01:39:03 am »
This. is. awesome.

From those of us who Dwarf on a Mac, many thanks for making this Javascript instead of Yet Another Windows Application. :)
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Re: Sphere Planning Tool
« Reply #5 on: February 06, 2010, 06:10:41 am »
All we need to do now is export it to Quickfort et al ;)

Considering I spent an hour yesterday writing a square counter on a graphics calculator to do just what this does, I applaud your timing.

Good work.

Edit: You should put this on DFFD.
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Re: Sphere Planning Tool
« Reply #6 on: February 06, 2010, 12:35:22 pm »
god damn thats handy i now i make my hanging sphere Fort!
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Re: Sphere Planning Tool
« Reply #7 on: February 06, 2010, 03:39:50 pm »
Im using it on my Bridge to Nowhere fort. The main entrance on the island side is a dome
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Re: Sphere Planning Tool
« Reply #8 on: April 07, 2010, 01:15:09 pm »
Necro-bumping; mediafire is dead. Does anyone still have this tool who can upload it to DFFD?
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Re: Sphere Planning Tool
« Reply #9 on: April 07, 2010, 01:23:44 pm »
If necessary I can, though it's gonna be awhile, the files are stored on another computer.
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Re: Sphere Planning Tool
« Reply #10 on: April 07, 2010, 02:14:26 pm »
I have a Python script which creates sphere patterns.  I have uploaded it to DFFD here:

http://dffd.wimbli.com/file.php?id=2023

This is not the sphere planning tool previously posted, but a utility I wrote independently that does pretty much the same thing.  You need Python 2.6 to run this file, and you need to rename it from .txt to .py because DFFD doesn't allow .py files to be uploaded.
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Re: Sphere Planning Tool
« Reply #11 on: April 07, 2010, 07:38:10 pm »
Quote from: Calhoun on April 07, 2010, 01:23:44 pm
If necessary I can, though it's gonna be awhile, the files are stored on another computer.
It's necessary. I don't have python. My fortress is stalled until I get this.
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Re: Sphere Planning Tool
« Reply #12 on: April 07, 2010, 07:53:09 pm »
i would like to have this as well.
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Re: Sphere Planning Tool
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Re: Sphere Planning Tool
« Reply #14 on: April 07, 2010, 08:25:19 pm »
Just so you know, it is better to run that in the windows command prompt, python instantly quits after the script is done running, so you never get to see it :P
You do have to increase the buffer size, in the properties of command prompt, so that you can see all of it.
Properties->Layout->Screen Buffer Size->Height
Also, somebody put up that original sphere planning tool D:
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