UncleJohn wrote:
Ok im thoroughly ticked off.
I dont know how on earth to save the skymap thing its so dang HUGE, that printscreening wont work, and right clicking to save as wont work either, so im totalie helpless since I cant even take a screenie to ask you nice folks for help. *Sighs.* I have been poking at my map ive fourn THREE places that look exactly like what I need but none of the three works. Two are right next to the eyes which seems common, and one is not.
*Sighs.* Guess ill just have to wait tell he adds the dreamer to the mapper guide thing. *thumps head on desk over and over.* I was hoping they would give us a diffrent form of task to do next like mining or somethin.*shrugs.*
We had a hard time finding ours too at first. If you don't mind doing some quick math in your head, the way we solved it - and in just a matter of minutes - was to do some pre-processing of the coordinates data in Excel. Basically, you get the data into Excel and sort it by y-coordinates. The Dreamer constellation has two stars on the same y-coordinate plane, so:
Step 1: Look for two or more stars with the same y-coords. There will probably be more than one set of these (happened to us). [For example, let's say you find two stars with the same y-coord of 100.]
Step 2: Once you find a pair of stars with the same y-coords, take a look at their x-coords. The difference in their x-coords should be 120. Still, there will probably be more than one set of these (also happened to us). [Using the example, a pair of stars like (100, 100) and (220, 100) would fit this criteria.]
Step 3: If the star pair passes those first two criteria, take that shared y-coord and subtract 20. Look on your sorted spreadsheet to see if there is a star with that y-coord. [Using the example, there would have to be a star with the y-coord of 80 to fulfill this criteria.]
Step 4: Take the original shared y-coord again and this time add 40. Look on your sorted spreadsheet to see if there is a star with that y-coord. [Using the example, there would have to be a star with the y-coord of 140 to fulfill this criteria.]
At that point, we had already found our's. If meeting those four criteria still isn't enough, here are two more:
Step 5: There should be a star at the shared y-coords minus 90. [So, at y-coord of 10, using the example.]
Step 6: There should be a star at the shared y-coords plus 60. [So, at y-coord of 160, using this example.]
I think that should be enough to find just about any Dreamer constellation in anyone's star maps. If not, meaning you have more than one set of data that fulfills all 6 of those criteria, it would be time to check x-coords, but I doubt anyone would need to go that far.
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I was right, I found that one before, but I used the little white star for the bottom star instead of the purple one. Thank you again. 
