I installed the version that was posted a few days ago, and I notice now when launch Orrey the "open the crank" indicator that appears is fuzzy and glitching. Not sure if this is an Orrey bug or a Playdate bug?
Hi! I stumbled upon this app (and website? I have no idea where I am tbh) completely by accident but wowie, it really looks amazing! I honestly have zero clue on how this platform works and I'm a little confused on how to open your program... lol
So uhm I'm terribly sorry for my ignorance, but yeah, how do I make it run on my smartphone? It is even made for Androidđ? Should I rename the "main.pdz" file in "main.apk" and just hope for the best? I really only have experience with some *very* basic octave, c++ and HTML, that should tell you on how unexperienced I am...
Anyway, I can already tell from the pictures that this purchase was absolutely worth it! If the worst-case scenario happens (that I completely can't open the file because it's somehow not written for my device?) I'll still be glad to have supported this idea :)
Eager to hear more from you (or anyone that can help), have a nice day!
Apologies, but this software is written for the PlayDate handheld (https://play.date/). There are some great astronomy/astrology apps on the Google Play Store you can get, though!
Hey! This is pretty amazing! I had an idea of a similar playdate app, displaying the earth, and showing part of it that's daylight and night, in a similar fashion, where you could go through time, and look around the planet. Unfortunatly I'm not skilled enough (or at all :p) at coding, so maybe you can have a go?! I'll make sure to buy this app as soon as I receive my playdate (so not so soon ^^)
Just purchased and it crashes my PlayDate every time I go to use the crank. Might be buggy on the newest software version. Just wanted to report the issue
It there a Helliocentric diagram included??It would be very informative as to how other people view the Earth.I hope other features would be added soon.Like a compass if not included.I must say you have a very nice piece of development
Thank you! The Scientific and Diagrammatic modes are both heliocentric, and the Astrological mode is geocentric.
I don't know if it's possible to have a functioning compass on the Playdate. There's an accelerometer, but I'm not sure how I'd figure out which direction north is. In any case, I'll be adding features for viewing other star systems in the future.
Howdy, all! A day 1 bug was discovered that creates a 1-off error at the end of each month. Reviewing my calculations now to get a fix in ASAP. Thanks for your patience!
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Hiya, you need to add an incremented buildNumber in your pdxinfo for this to update automatically through online sideloading.
I see! Didn't realize the version number changes weren't doing this. Should be fixed now. Thanks!
I installed the version that was posted a few days ago, and I notice now when launch Orrey the "open the crank" indicator that appears is fuzzy and glitching. Not sure if this is an Orrey bug or a Playdate bug?
Thank you for the notification! I'll fix that as soon as possible!
Okay, this should be fixed. An SDK update made the crank notification not play well with the draw mode I was using.
Can confirm it's back to working as expected.
Hi! I stumbled upon this app (and website? I have no idea where I am tbh) completely by accident but wowie, it really looks amazing! I honestly have zero clue on how this platform works and I'm a little confused on how to open your program... lol
So uhm I'm terribly sorry for my ignorance, but yeah, how do I make it run on my smartphone? It is even made for Androidđ? Should I rename the "main.pdz" file in "main.apk" and just hope for the best? I really only have experience with some *very* basic octave, c++ and HTML, that should tell you on how unexperienced I am...
Anyway, I can already tell from the pictures that this purchase was absolutely worth it! If the worst-case scenario happens (that I completely can't open the file because it's somehow not written for my device?) I'll still be glad to have supported this idea :)
Eager to hear more from you (or anyone that can help), have a nice day!
Apologies, but this software is written for the PlayDate handheld (https://play.date/). There are some great astronomy/astrology apps on the Google Play Store you can get, though!
Ohhh I understand now!! Thank you a lot ^^ Wish you great success, I'm happy I could support you just a tiny bit! Have a nice day
Hey! This is pretty amazing!
I had an idea of a similar playdate app, displaying the earth, and showing part of it that's daylight and night, in a similar fashion, where you could go through time, and look around the planet.
Unfortunatly I'm not skilled enough (or at all :p) at coding, so maybe you can have a go?!
I'll make sure to buy this app as soon as I receive my playdate (so not so soon ^^)
Hello! I just wanted to report that Orrery crashes as soon as I open it, immediately after the opening animation. Here's the error:
main.lua:1048: attempt to concatenate a nil value (local 'name')
stack traceback:
main.lua:1048: in function 'setSolarSystem'
main.lua:398: in function 'assumeState'
main.lua:589: in function 'setup'
main.lua:2127: in main chunk
This is with the latest version of Orrery, on Playdate OS 1.12.2
Thank you for letting me know! Investigating now.
I'm having a hard time reproducing this. Does clearing your user data for Orrery fix the issue? You can do that in the [System -> Games] menu
That did it! Cleared game data and it starts up just fine, no problems. Thank you for your help!!
hey - I just downloaded an installed your new update on the latest Playdate OS. Sadly it crashes immediately after the title screen:
main.lua:981 attempt to get length of a nil value (local CustomSolarSystemFiles)
Stack traceback:
Main.lua 981 in function âLoadSolarSystemsâ
Main.lua 585 in function âsetupâ
Main.lua 2115 in main chunk
I've managed to revert to the old file but that crashes as soon as I operate the crank.
Thank you for letting me know! Investigating now.
That one was definitely my bad. Should be fixed now.
Just purchased and it crashes my PlayDate every time I go to use the crank. Might be buggy on the newest software version. Just wanted to report the issue
Thank you for notifying me! Investigating this now.
Okay, found a workaround. Please re-download!
hey - I just downloaded an installed your new update on the latest Playdate OS. Sadly it crashes immediately after the title screen:
main.lua:981 attempt to get length of a nil value (local CustomSolarSystemFiles)
Stack traceback:
Main.lua 981 in function âLoadSolarSystemsâ
Main.lua 585 in function âsetupâ
Main.lua 2115 in main chunk
I've managed to revert to the old file but that crashes as soon as I operate the crank.
I seem to be having the same experience.
Should be fixed now. Thank you for your patience!
thank you, it works perfectly now!
This is by far my favorite app i got on the play date, the only thing i want is to get to 14 billion B.C.E. although, that might take to long lol
It there a Helliocentric diagram included??It would be very informative as to how other people view the Earth.I hope other features would be added soon.Like a compass if not included.I must say you have a very nice piece of development
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Thank you! The Scientific and Diagrammatic modes are both heliocentric, and the Astrological mode is geocentric.
I don't know if it's possible to have a functioning compass on the Playdate. There's an accelerometer, but I'm not sure how I'd figure out which direction north is. In any case, I'll be adding features for viewing other star systems in the future.
Howdy, all! A day 1 bug was discovered that creates a 1-off error at the end of each month. Reviewing my calculations now to get a fix in ASAP. Thanks for your patience!
... And fixed!