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posted May 07, 2010 11:01 AM         

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oh yes, if it doesn't come up in english, you can change the language in the settings section on the left.

no problems

have a look at some pics I took from it...

I played with it and I came up with weird pics/views.

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posted May 07, 2010 11:02 AM         

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posted May 07, 2010 11:04 AM         

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ENJOY!!!

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posted May 07, 2010 11:09 AM         

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OMG! I can not wait to get home and download this on my laptop.

like koi, then I know what I see with telescope. I dearly love looking at the galaxy! Thank you Pire! I can't believe this is a free program! Kudo's!

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posted May 07, 2010 12:09 PM         

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Just an unnecessary computer clarification note:

When you are downloading a program, the first program you download is one that guides the installation. Clicking 'Open' will allow you to start the installation immediately once it's downloaded, so it's not necessary to save it (by clicking the Save button).

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posted May 07, 2010 12:54 PM         

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This is also going to be a great tool for homeschooling. I haven't had much chance to play with it yet, though it lokos like so much fun

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posted May 07, 2010 07:26 PM         

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cpn, yeah, free...! glaucus mentioned this page brothersoft.com once. there are other free similar programs there but this one is the best.

I hope starkiss sorted it out, AG, we make it sound easy don't we? but yeah, I didn't know what you said here. starkiss, any progress?

AD, if your kids are interested in astronomy, they will soon show you all you can do with it. better than a videogame

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posted May 07, 2010 09:17 PM         

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Pire ♥

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posted May 08, 2010 03:17 PM         

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Complete failure. Downloaded it but comp refuses to open it and goes into a hissy fit.

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posted May 10, 2010 11:26 PM         

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Starkiss, what kind of a hissy fit does your computer throw? Does it lock up?

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posted May 11, 2010 02:10 AM         

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Musette,
It goes into weird images and freezes . Then I have to switch it off and when I switch it on again it tells me "the system recovered from a serious error".

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posted May 11, 2010 02:17 AM         

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Hmmmm.... It could be a graphics card issue. Do you have the latest drivers installed for your graphics card?

Just to be clear, were you able to install it at all - or is it freezing when you open the installation file?

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posted May 11, 2010 08:34 AM         

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It freezes when i try to open installed Stellarium file. I stopped trying now as I got nowhere with 4 attempts.

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posted May 11, 2010 08:46 AM         

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Okay, so you do have it installed? If so, you can try this to get it to work:

Download a patch from here: www.ziddu.com/download/9672634/stel_patched.rar.html

Inside the Stallarium folder on your computer there is a config.ini file. Find it and open it with any text program (Word or Notepad, etc.). Underneath [main] type this: use_qpaintenginegl2 = false (to replace use_qpaintenginegl2 = true). Save the edited config.ini file.

Try starting the program again. If it works, great!

If not, you can try to download and install one of the earlier versions of Stellarium, like 0.10.2 which is available at http://sourceforge.net/projects/stellarium/files

Good luck!

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