Unstable orbits.

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robly18
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Unstable orbits.

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Upon generous amounts of fine tuning I managed to manage doing the following:

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Re: Unstable orbits.

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Woah. That's cool. I never could get a two star planet anywhere near that stable. But can you do the same with stars orbiting each other? :P

Though it it *that* unstable? The orbit line appears thick, so there looks like there's some oscillation. (Unless it's slowly falling apart?) (Edit: The latter appears to be the case. It's still unstable!)
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Re: Unstable orbits.

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Yes, it's still unstable. Which is why I'm fine tuning it. You gotta get to a "good enough" value someday!
Also, my next goal will be to make this with moving stars. Should prove to be a worthy challenge
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Re: Unstable orbits.

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Neat!

As for doing it in a more complex way -- good luck! Chaos is a cruel mistress. Though, if anyone can fine tune some co-orbiting planets, I'm sure it's you...
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