https://wiki.travellerrpg.com/api.php?action=feedcontributions&user=203.87.57.146&feedformat=atomTraveller - User contributions [en]2024-03-28T11:09:58ZUser contributionsMediaWiki 1.35.4https://wiki.travellerrpg.com/index.php?title=Galactic&diff=597862Galactic2019-11-07T04:40:16Z<p>203.87.57.146: /* External Link/s */</p>
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[[Galactic]] is a Traveller star map generator and display program. <br />
* Galactic was written in [[wikipedia:QuickBASIC|QuickBASIC 4.5]].<br />
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Please see the following [[AAB]] [[Library Data]] files for related information: <br><br />
'''[[Astrography]]:'''<br />
* Astrographic History<br />
** [[Legacy Astrographic Data]]<br />
** [[Sunbane]]<br />
** [[T5 Second Survey]]<br />
* Astrographic Software<br />
** [[Astrosynthesis]]<br />
** [[EXPLANATOR]]<br />
** [[Galactic]]<br />
** [[Heaven & Earth]]<br />
** [[World Builder Deluxe]]<br />
* [[Sector File Format]]<br />
** [[ESEC File Format]]<br />
** [[Galactic File Format]]<br />
** [[SEC File Format]]<br />
* [[Stellar Data]]<br />
* [[Traveller Map]]<br />
* [[Traveller RPG:Community Portal]]<br />
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== Description ([[Specifications]]) ==<br />
It was originally written for DOS using QuickBasic and displays on a VGA screen in 16 colors. [[Jim Vassilakos]] has released Galactic into the public domain. <br />
<br />
From the online writeup: <br />
* Allows user to randomly generate sectors, displays the maps in VGA, translates the UWP code to English, and keeps campaign notes in text files which can be accessed directly from the map. The maps all mesh seemlessly. Lots of official & non-official Traveller sectors are included. There's even world mapping and star system mapping software. Contains enough online help that it can be used by someone who has never before played Traveller and is just getting into it.<br />
<br />
=== External Link/s ===<br />
# EXTERNAL LINK: [http://www.travellerrpg.com/cgi-bin/Trav/file/pfile.pl?action=view&itemid=30&h=&s= Galactic 2.3c] - ('''Broken Link''') Download from Traveller RPG Free Library<br />
# EXTERNAL LINK: [http://www.esnips.com/doc/3c49f998-a4f2-4abd-a805-16a6c0ea5590/GAL24C Galactic v2.3c] - Download from [[Jim Vassilakos]] (broken)<br />
# EXTERNAL LINK: [http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/galactic/ Galactic] - Yahoo discussion group about galactic, with latest news and updates<br />
# EXTERNAL LINK: [http://juliahwest.com/Traveller/Peter_Vernon/maps.html Peter Vernon's Print program for Galactic Page w/Download] (not Galactic 2.4, but a program to print subsectors)<br />
# EXTERNAL LINK: [http://www.freelancetraveller.com/infocenter/swlist/winprogs.html Freelance Traveller Galactic Download]<br />
# EXTERNAL LINK: [http://homepage.ntlworld.com/elvwood/Traveller/Supplement12.html Elvwood's Galactic Download] (Defunct)<br />
# EXTERNAL LINK: [https://sites.google.com/site/wingalactic/ Tony De Lyall's WinGalactic Site] (Galactic Resurrected!)<br />
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== History & Background ([[Dossier]]) ==<br />
Despite its obvious technological backwardness and age, it remains a well-used and almost essential piece of Traveller software because of its utility. It is simple to use, runs on many computers (in a Windows DOS box, or under DOSEMU for linux). All of the program data is kept in human readable text files. The formats used for the [[UWP]] data remain a standard in the Traveller star mapping community. <br />
<br />
=== Latest Developments (2007) ===<br />
The latest version (gal23c.zip) contains several galaxies, including maps of the classic era, [[Interstellar Wars]], [[Traveller: The New Era|TNE]], Milieu 0, and two variant Traveller universes. The [[Sector File Formats|format]] of the data is in the [[Galactic File Format]].<br />
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== References & Contributors ([[Sources]]) ==<br />
{{Advanced}}<br />
{{Sources<br />
|S1= [[Traveller Wiki Editorial Team]]<br />
|S2= Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology [[Maksim-Smelchak]] of the [[Ministry of Science]] <br />
}}<br />
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{{MET|Astrography|Software}}</div>203.87.57.146https://wiki.travellerrpg.com/index.php?title=Galactic&diff=597861Galactic2019-11-07T04:39:01Z<p>203.87.57.146: /* External Link/s */</p>
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<div>[[File:Comp-Prog-Dav-R-Deitrick-Starter-Trav-Page-16 16-July-2018a.jpg|right]]<br />
[[Galactic]] is a Traveller star map generator and display program. <br />
* Galactic was written in [[wikipedia:QuickBASIC|QuickBASIC 4.5]].<br />
----<br />
Please see the following [[AAB]] [[Library Data]] files for related information: <br><br />
'''[[Astrography]]:'''<br />
* Astrographic History<br />
** [[Legacy Astrographic Data]]<br />
** [[Sunbane]]<br />
** [[T5 Second Survey]]<br />
* Astrographic Software<br />
** [[Astrosynthesis]]<br />
** [[EXPLANATOR]]<br />
** [[Galactic]]<br />
** [[Heaven & Earth]]<br />
** [[World Builder Deluxe]]<br />
* [[Sector File Format]]<br />
** [[ESEC File Format]]<br />
** [[Galactic File Format]]<br />
** [[SEC File Format]]<br />
* [[Stellar Data]]<br />
* [[Traveller Map]]<br />
* [[Traveller RPG:Community Portal]]<br />
----<br />
<br />
== Description ([[Specifications]]) ==<br />
It was originally written for DOS using QuickBasic and displays on a VGA screen in 16 colors. [[Jim Vassilakos]] has released Galactic into the public domain. <br />
<br />
From the online writeup: <br />
* Allows user to randomly generate sectors, displays the maps in VGA, translates the UWP code to English, and keeps campaign notes in text files which can be accessed directly from the map. The maps all mesh seemlessly. Lots of official & non-official Traveller sectors are included. There's even world mapping and star system mapping software. Contains enough online help that it can be used by someone who has never before played Traveller and is just getting into it.<br />
<br />
=== External Link/s ===<br />
# EXTERNAL LINK: [http://www.travellerrpg.com/cgi-bin/Trav/file/pfile.pl?action=view&itemid=30&h=&s= Galactic 2.3c] - ('''Broken Link''') Download from Traveller RPG Free Library<br />
# EXTERNAL LINK: [http://www.esnips.com/doc/3c49f998-a4f2-4abd-a805-16a6c0ea5590/GAL24C Galactic v2.3c] - Download from [[Jim Vassilakos]] (broken)<br />
# EXTERNAL LINK: [http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/galactic/ Galactic] - Yahoo discussion group about galactic, with latest news and updates<br />
# EXTERNAL LINK: [http://juliahwest.com/Traveller/Peter_Vernon/maps.html Peter Vernon's Galactic Page w/Download]<br />
# EXTERNAL LINK: [http://www.freelancetraveller.com/infocenter/swlist/winprogs.html Freelance Traveller Galactic Download]<br />
# EXTERNAL LINK: [http://homepage.ntlworld.com/elvwood/Traveller/Supplement12.html Elvwood's Galactic Download] (Defunct)<br />
# EXTERNAL LINK: [https://sites.google.com/site/wingalactic/ Tony De Lyall's WinGalactic Site] (Galactic Resurrected!)<br />
<br />
== History & Background ([[Dossier]]) ==<br />
Despite its obvious technological backwardness and age, it remains a well-used and almost essential piece of Traveller software because of its utility. It is simple to use, runs on many computers (in a Windows DOS box, or under DOSEMU for linux). All of the program data is kept in human readable text files. The formats used for the [[UWP]] data remain a standard in the Traveller star mapping community. <br />
<br />
=== Latest Developments (2007) ===<br />
The latest version (gal23c.zip) contains several galaxies, including maps of the classic era, [[Interstellar Wars]], [[Traveller: The New Era|TNE]], Milieu 0, and two variant Traveller universes. The [[Sector File Formats|format]] of the data is in the [[Galactic File Format]].<br />
<br />
== References & Contributors ([[Sources]]) ==<br />
{{Advanced}}<br />
{{Sources<br />
|S1= [[Traveller Wiki Editorial Team]]<br />
|S2= Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology [[Maksim-Smelchak]] of the [[Ministry of Science]] <br />
}}<br />
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{{MET|Astrography|Software}}</div>203.87.57.146https://wiki.travellerrpg.com/index.php?title=Galactic&diff=597860Galactic2019-11-07T04:38:39Z<p>203.87.57.146: /* External Link/s */</p>
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<div>[[File:Comp-Prog-Dav-R-Deitrick-Starter-Trav-Page-16 16-July-2018a.jpg|right]]<br />
[[Galactic]] is a Traveller star map generator and display program. <br />
* Galactic was written in [[wikipedia:QuickBASIC|QuickBASIC 4.5]].<br />
----<br />
Please see the following [[AAB]] [[Library Data]] files for related information: <br><br />
'''[[Astrography]]:'''<br />
* Astrographic History<br />
** [[Legacy Astrographic Data]]<br />
** [[Sunbane]]<br />
** [[T5 Second Survey]]<br />
* Astrographic Software<br />
** [[Astrosynthesis]]<br />
** [[EXPLANATOR]]<br />
** [[Galactic]]<br />
** [[Heaven & Earth]]<br />
** [[World Builder Deluxe]]<br />
* [[Sector File Format]]<br />
** [[ESEC File Format]]<br />
** [[Galactic File Format]]<br />
** [[SEC File Format]]<br />
* [[Stellar Data]]<br />
* [[Traveller Map]]<br />
* [[Traveller RPG:Community Portal]]<br />
----<br />
<br />
== Description ([[Specifications]]) ==<br />
It was originally written for DOS using QuickBasic and displays on a VGA screen in 16 colors. [[Jim Vassilakos]] has released Galactic into the public domain. <br />
<br />
From the online writeup: <br />
* Allows user to randomly generate sectors, displays the maps in VGA, translates the UWP code to English, and keeps campaign notes in text files which can be accessed directly from the map. The maps all mesh seemlessly. Lots of official & non-official Traveller sectors are included. There's even world mapping and star system mapping software. Contains enough online help that it can be used by someone who has never before played Traveller and is just getting into it.<br />
<br />
=== External Link/s ===<br />
# EXTERNAL LINK: [http://www.travellerrpg.com/cgi-bin/Trav/file/pfile.pl?action=view&itemid=30&h=&s= Galactic 2.3c] - ('''Broken Link''') Download from Traveller RPG Free Library<br />
# EXTERNAL LINK: [http://www.esnips.com/doc/3c49f998-a4f2-4abd-a805-16a6c0ea5590/GAL24C Galactic v2.3c] - Download from [[Jim Vassilakos]]<br />
# EXTERNAL LINK: [http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/galactic/ Galactic] - Yahoo discussion group about galactic, with latest news and updates<br />
# EXTERNAL LINK: [http://juliahwest.com/Traveller/Peter_Vernon/maps.html Peter Vernon's Galactic Page w/Download]<br />
# EXTERNAL LINK: [http://www.freelancetraveller.com/infocenter/swlist/winprogs.html Freelance Traveller Galactic Download]<br />
# EXTERNAL LINK: [http://homepage.ntlworld.com/elvwood/Traveller/Supplement12.html Elvwood's Galactic Download] (Defunct)<br />
# EXTERNAL LINK: [https://sites.google.com/site/wingalactic/ Tony De Lyall's WinGalactic Site] (Galactic Resurrected!)<br />
<br />
== History & Background ([[Dossier]]) ==<br />
Despite its obvious technological backwardness and age, it remains a well-used and almost essential piece of Traveller software because of its utility. It is simple to use, runs on many computers (in a Windows DOS box, or under DOSEMU for linux). All of the program data is kept in human readable text files. The formats used for the [[UWP]] data remain a standard in the Traveller star mapping community. <br />
<br />
=== Latest Developments (2007) ===<br />
The latest version (gal23c.zip) contains several galaxies, including maps of the classic era, [[Interstellar Wars]], [[Traveller: The New Era|TNE]], Milieu 0, and two variant Traveller universes. The [[Sector File Formats|format]] of the data is in the [[Galactic File Format]].<br />
<br />
== References & Contributors ([[Sources]]) ==<br />
{{Advanced}}<br />
{{Sources<br />
|S1= [[Traveller Wiki Editorial Team]]<br />
|S2= Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology [[Maksim-Smelchak]] of the [[Ministry of Science]] <br />
}}<br />
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{{MET|Astrography|Software}}</div>203.87.57.146https://wiki.travellerrpg.com/index.php?title=Galactic&diff=597859Galactic2019-11-07T04:36:31Z<p>203.87.57.146: /* External Link/s */</p>
<hr />
<div>[[File:Comp-Prog-Dav-R-Deitrick-Starter-Trav-Page-16 16-July-2018a.jpg|right]]<br />
[[Galactic]] is a Traveller star map generator and display program. <br />
* Galactic was written in [[wikipedia:QuickBASIC|QuickBASIC 4.5]].<br />
----<br />
Please see the following [[AAB]] [[Library Data]] files for related information: <br><br />
'''[[Astrography]]:'''<br />
* Astrographic History<br />
** [[Legacy Astrographic Data]]<br />
** [[Sunbane]]<br />
** [[T5 Second Survey]]<br />
* Astrographic Software<br />
** [[Astrosynthesis]]<br />
** [[EXPLANATOR]]<br />
** [[Galactic]]<br />
** [[Heaven & Earth]]<br />
** [[World Builder Deluxe]]<br />
* [[Sector File Format]]<br />
** [[ESEC File Format]]<br />
** [[Galactic File Format]]<br />
** [[SEC File Format]]<br />
* [[Stellar Data]]<br />
* [[Traveller Map]]<br />
* [[Traveller RPG:Community Portal]]<br />
----<br />
<br />
== Description ([[Specifications]]) ==<br />
It was originally written for DOS using QuickBasic and displays on a VGA screen in 16 colors. [[Jim Vassilakos]] has released Galactic into the public domain. <br />
<br />
From the online writeup: <br />
* Allows user to randomly generate sectors, displays the maps in VGA, translates the UWP code to English, and keeps campaign notes in text files which can be accessed directly from the map. The maps all mesh seemlessly. Lots of official & non-official Traveller sectors are included. There's even world mapping and star system mapping software. Contains enough online help that it can be used by someone who has never before played Traveller and is just getting into it.<br />
<br />
=== External Link/s ===<br />
# EXTERNAL LINK: [http://www.travellerrpg.com/cgi-bin/Trav/file/pfile.pl?action=view&itemid=30&h=&s= Galactic 2.3c] - ('''Broken Link''') Download from Traveller RPG Free Library<br />
# EXTERNAL LINK: [http://www.esnips.com/doc/3c49f998-a4f2-4abd-a805-16a6c0ea5590/GAL24C Galactic v2.3c] - Download from [[Jim Vassilakos]]<br />
# EXTERNAL LINK: [http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/galactic/ Galactic] - Yahoo discussion group about galactic, with latest news and updates<br />
# EXTERNAL LINK: [http://juliahwest.com/Traveller/Peter_Vernon/maps.html Peter Vernon's Galactic Page w/Download]<br />
# EXTERNAL LINK: [http://www.freelancetraveller.com/infocenter/swlist/winprogs.html Freelance Traveller Galactic Download]<br />
# EXTERNAL LINK: [http://homepage.ntlworld.com/elvwood/Traveller/Supplement12.html Elvwood's Galactic Download] (Defunct)<br />
# EXTERNAL LINK: [https://sites.google.com/site/wingalactic/] Resurrected!<br />
<br />
== History & Background ([[Dossier]]) ==<br />
Despite its obvious technological backwardness and age, it remains a well-used and almost essential piece of Traveller software because of its utility. It is simple to use, runs on many computers (in a Windows DOS box, or under DOSEMU for linux). All of the program data is kept in human readable text files. The formats used for the [[UWP]] data remain a standard in the Traveller star mapping community. <br />
<br />
=== Latest Developments (2007) ===<br />
The latest version (gal23c.zip) contains several galaxies, including maps of the classic era, [[Interstellar Wars]], [[Traveller: The New Era|TNE]], Milieu 0, and two variant Traveller universes. The [[Sector File Formats|format]] of the data is in the [[Galactic File Format]].<br />
<br />
== References & Contributors ([[Sources]]) ==<br />
{{Advanced}}<br />
{{Sources<br />
|S1= [[Traveller Wiki Editorial Team]]<br />
|S2= Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology [[Maksim-Smelchak]] of the [[Ministry of Science]] <br />
}}<br />
<br />
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{{MET|Astrography|Software}}</div>203.87.57.146https://wiki.travellerrpg.com/index.php?title=Talk:Galactic&diff=597855Talk:Galactic2019-11-07T03:55:19Z<p>203.87.57.146: None of the links work</p>
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<div>All gone. None of those links work!</div>203.87.57.146https://wiki.travellerrpg.com/index.php?title=Talk:Ton&diff=574966Talk:Ton2019-09-18T01:58:09Z<p>203.87.57.146: </p>
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== Links (2019) ==<br />
# EXTERNAL LINK: [https://www.facebook.com/groups/travellerrpg/permalink/1573310622787107/ Why does traveller use displacement tons?]<br />
# EXTERNAL LINK: [http://members.tip.net.au/~davidjw/tavspecs/maint/q&a_11.htm David's DGP: Traveller Q&A: Official Answers To Your Questions]<br />
# EXTERNAL LINK: [https://www.facebook.com/groups/travellerrpg/permalink/2028966640554834/ What does 1 ton of space means in square metres?] <br />
: - [[User:Maksim-Smelchak|Maksim-Smelchak]] ([[User talk:Maksim-Smelchak|talk]]) 17:40, 3 February 2019 (EST)<br />
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'''Why is the 'ton' used to measure both displacement (volume) and physical weight? For example, the G-Carrier discussed in Grand Census displaces less than 9 'tons', yet weighs 72 'tons' when empty. Is starship performance affected by cargos of excessive weights, even though they fit in the ship? - J. N.'''<br />
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MegaTraveller craft design clarifies the definition of the various types of tons on page 57 of the Referee's Manual.I agree with you that the terms can be confusing - which is why I tried to get away from using "tons" for volume, and using kiloliters instead for vehicle and spacecraft design. Our preference here at DGP is to clearly specify when we are talking about a displacement ton. For example: a Scout/Courier has a size of 100 displacement tons. To recap, here's the definitions given in MegaTraveller:<br />
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'''Tons Displacement:''' A widespread method of specifying a space vessel's size is to give its volume in terms of the amount of liquid hydrogen it would displace (as if it were immersed in a vast sea of liquid hydrogen). Tons displacement is not to be confused with the craft's weight in metric tons (that is, its actual mass). A starship that displaces 100 tons may actually weigh over 1,000 metric tons. A displacement ton is a measure of volume rather than weight; one displacement ton equals 13.5 kiloliters of volume.<br />
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'''Volume:''' A craft's volume is the amount of space it takes up. Volume is measured in kiloliters - a kiloliter equals one cubic meter. Thus a cube that is one meter on a side has a volume of one kiloliter. A kiloliter contains 1,000 liters; 13.5 kiloliters equals one ton of displacement.<br />
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'''Weight:''' A craft's weight is measured in metric tons. One metric ton equals 1,000 kilograms.<br />
To answer your question about excessive cargo weight affecting starship performance, in MegaTraveller, loaded weight is computed using the mass of a cargo hold totally filled with water (i.e., 1 metric ton per kiloliter). This, clearly, is more massive than a typical cargo load.<br />
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Clarifying the distinction between displacement and mass has several interesting effects on the MegaTraveller craft design system. MegaTraveller ship performance (agility) is based on true ship mass, not displacement, so ship performance is realistically affected by changes in the ship's mass. I think this makes starship design in MegaTraveller both more fun and more challenging.<br />
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For example, if you want to armor your ship's hull to the hilt, you'll pay the price. Your ship's mass is going to sky-rocket, and your ship's agility will suffer. The ship's displacement remains unaffected. <br />
: - Joe D. Fugate Sr.<br />
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== Links (2018) ==<br />
# EXTERNAL LINK: [https://www.facebook.com/groups/travellerrpg/permalink/1759026734215494/ What is the history and reasoning behind the dTon in Traveller?] <br />
: - [[User:Maksim-Smelchak|Maksim-Smelchak]] ([[User talk:Maksim-Smelchak|talk]]) 19:45, 25 July 2018 (EDT)<br />
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== Volume should be 14.114m<sup>3</sup>? ==<br />
The volume of a dTon is normally specified as between 13.5m<sup>3</sup> and 14m<sup>3</sup>. The density of <span class="plainlinks">[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liquid_hydrogen Liquid Hydrogen]</span> is given as 70.85g/l or 70.85kg/m<sup>3</sup>. One thousand kilograms (aka a tonne) of liquid hydrogen would therefore occupy 14.114m<sup>3</sup>. &nbsp;&nbsp;(Liquid hydrogen is light!)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Anyway, 14.114m<sup>3</sup> is way off 13.5m<sup>3</sup>.&nbsp;&nbsp;And this doesn't include any containering, pressure vessels, pipes, etc.&nbsp;&nbsp;Am I missing something?<br />
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Tim</div>203.87.57.146