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Richard C Hoagland believes that Phobos is a spaceship . . .

I remember this addon crashed on me too. I think to fix I removed a folder in it labeled data. It was the files in that folder that made it crash. :) That was one of the fixes that worked for me, too . . . :arrow: It was a data folder in a folder named Zet_ships - when it was removed, I was able to...

ajtribick wrote:Unfortunately I do not have a copy of this add-on myself so can't do much testing on my side.

It is a huge file - but I use the two systems for my Poser pictures a lot . . . ! Thanks for all of your help with this . . . !

Fenerit wrote:

Gojira2006 wrote: I have no idea what the heck .xyz files are . . .

xyz are time stamps relevant to the SampledTrajectory SSC's directive. It's like a "morph" orbit.

http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Celestia/Trajectories

Thanks for that information . . . !

Try CTRL+V several times to cycle through the various options. Also try turning off various rendering options (e.g. atmospheres, ring shadows, cloud shadows). Unfortunately I do not have a copy of this add-on myself so can't do much testing on my side. :) Going through the various options with CTRL...

If it is this add-on you are talking about, it may be that your graphics card is not sufficiently powerful to handle the add-on. One thing to test is whether it works with all render paths. Try changing render path (CTRL+V) before going to Zeta Ret. :) If you mean just do CTRL+V, & then go to Z...

ajtribick wrote:If you try removing the add-ons, does that prevent the crashes? If so, try putting them back one at a time to see which add-on is causing the issue.

I completely removed Celestia, re-installed the 1.6 version, then added only Zeta Reticuli, & - it crashed & shut down . . .

Which operating system are you using? Do you have any add-ons installed, and have you made any modifications to Celestia's datafiles? :) Windows XP - with add-ons . . . It doesn't happen with Celestia 1.3.2, but it does occur with 1.6 . . . I didn't touch the data files with 1.6, or 1.3.2, for that...

Why, do you imagine, would Celestia 1.6 lockup & shutdown when I try to go to either of the Zeta Reticuli systems . . . ? This does not occur in Celestia 1.3.2 . . .

bh wrote:heh... that's great.

Thanks - I miss David Tennant . . .

Here's a recent Bryce render (I know... it looks familiar). It's much cleaner... http://bob.pinkmirrors.com/wallpapers/ipads.jpg :) I like the streak effects in the sky, there, bh . . . ! 8) I use Bryce primarily for creating backgrounds - this is a mixture of Bryce, Poser & lots of Photoshop (...

I haven't got the hang of the render settings yet, my renders are coming out a bit noisy, I think I prefer the speed and cleanness of the Bryce renders. Although i think Vue tends to be a bit more realistic, clouds, rays, water etc. Render times are a drag however! http://bob.pinkmirrors.com/celest...

bh wrote:No Gojira... still on ver 6... I've been trying out Vue.

God bless you - I could never get the hang of Vue . . .

bh wrote:

Reiko wrote:Oh thank you! I've been trying Bryce today and it's perfect.

Hi Reiko... glad you're enjoying Bryce... I've used it for years!

Have you tried 7 yet . . . ?

Fenerit wrote:Yeees!!!

If that's for my modest efforts, Fenerit, thanks . . . !

bh wrote:Very nice Gojira... super.

Thanks, bh . . . I've been using Poser in its various editions for almost nine years, & i'm still learning so much . . . !

I love Celestia - it's a dream-come-true for creating cool spacey backgrounds in Poser & Bryce & other 3D applications -







I used some Jupiter captures for this series . . .

bh wrote:He's shrugged off his mortal coils.

I don't know whether to laugh or to cry . . . !

That is a pretty cool trailer, there . . . !

No. I simply recalled reading the history of a planet in either Orion's arm or Arcbuilders, where a global conflict "escalated to the nuclear scale three times," setting society back technologically each time. :arrow: That reminds me of the theme of Walter R. Miller's classic science fict...