[nbos] [AS] possible new features? From new guy David Gordon.

[NBOS Support]

Hi David,

 >First of all, how can I become a beta tester for you?

I usually post an announcement to this list when its time for a wide beta test.

 >AS1 -Is there an export function where we can export the data from a .sector

No, there's export in v1.  Best that can be done is hacking at the HTML 
based report, or reading the file directly with an external program.

 >AS2 -Is there a way of preventing stars from being moved?  I locked down the

No, just the 'lock systems' option.

 >AS3 - I suppose there's no way of making a starmap display like the
 >following?
 >http://anzwers.org/free/universe/50lys.html  This type of display would be
 >very useful to print out or provide for illustration and gaming.

You know, thats something I'd like to be able to create, but dont know if 
I'll have the time to do that in this version.  I've seen maps like that in 
the past, and you're right, they're good for prints.

 >Regarding FWE - is there a way that we can get some of the functionality of
 >ProFantasy's Fractal Terrain Pro?  I'd prefer not to have to shell out for

I really wasnt planning on adding much more major functionality FWE.  If I 
was going to get into the projections or some of the other advanced things 
that FT does, I'd probably have to make it into it's own seperate product 
as well.

 >Database of Solar System Flat maps.  I've searched the web for flat maps for
 >all of the planet pictures for Solar system planets (such as Jupitor, etc).
 >Do you already have this or would you like me to provide this for download?

If you'd like to.  For copyright reasons, I dont want to get into 
distributing such images.  But there's a lot of those types of planet maps 
available online.

Ed