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I use the ImageMagick command line utility "convert" to change image resolutions (and to do many other image manipulations). It can do a whole directory of images with just one command, although it'll take a while. ImageMagick is free. http://www.imagemagick.org/ I haven't downloaded your...

the asteroid belt is currently visible from any point in the solar system. i like this because it looks kinda cool from the surface of an inhabited planet, but it is highly unrealistic. but who knows, this is a fictional system and it's my imagination so i could say that the "asteroid" bel...

i edited my start.cel and oddly enought it makes my celestia load like a million times faster. that's weird. but im not complaining lol

selden wrote:250MB is a bit big. For initial "beta" releases, you might consider including only lores textures, since you know you'll be replacing them.

dude i was just thinking about that... but there are alot of textures how would i get them all to lores? did u download it?

this is the system so far with recycled textures obviously. most everything is in place, i am going to add two new comets soon, Geri and Freki. and the big part is making my own textures. that will take the most time, so for placeholders, i'm just using some nice textures from other addons i have in...

when i test something i open the start.cel edit it save then i can go right to it now a cell url is VERY precise go to a specific location at a specific time with a specific field of view ... and so on the start.cel is mostly a "rough " setting but if all you need is to go to that star ,t...

i have gimp but i haven't come across any "clone" type functions yet. i'll have to mess with it when i wake up. ???? what There are three 1)clone 2)perspective clone 3)and heal screenshot Gimp 2.6.11 - stable ( not the 2.7 TESTING ) http://thumbnails55.imagebam.com/15512/dc0b2f155118932.j...

john Van Vliet wrote:why not just temporarily edit the "start.cel"

that is what i do

so just edit it with a notepad app? then save it as .cel file extension right.? alright i'll try that thanks.

daerokos that is because it was not wrote to run on a Microsoft Operating System To run on windows it had to be ported and frankly it is WAY easier to install a Linux OS than use set up MinGW the old Windows build dose run on win7 premium 64 bit and using windows cmd.exe read the README and copy/pa...

that was literally the most confusing thing i've ever read. i don't understand how this can be so complicated. why would you want to go through all that trouble just to make a simple fractal terrain generator? is it better somehow? does it make the terrain look more realistic?

Ok, here's the ring used around our Sun (just as a test) : EDIT : And the sprites may even be used as special markers, or even billboards floating always face-on in space. Sadly, the sprite size appears to be limited (can't be bigger than on this picture). billboard.jpg [/quote] so i downloaded your...

There are already LOTS of ring and accretion disk models available on the forum. Why don't you use the search button to find them ? thank you i like your suggestions. but i don't think i want to have such a heavy thing in my system. it might make my computer lag out too much. i just want a 2d ring ...

You don't need to spend money to get a decent paint program. Paint.net is reasonably good. Gimp is a more sophisticated paint program, but somewhat harder to learn. i will try paint.net thank you i have gimp but i haven't come across any "clone" type functions yet. i'll have to mess with ...

wow dude you're awesome thank you very much for clarifying that for me. every time i have a problem you're helpin me out!

awesome instructions thank you very much i'm going to pass out now and get some sleep as soon as i wake up i will try this out and let you know how it worked!

Odin, named after the major god in norse mythology a very good name :D and good luck on with this brilliant solar system :D thank you sir! i noticed you are a fellow na'vi. smon niprrte'! i like your signature links. i have been working on this addon for the better part of the past few weeks. every...

You can use a CelX script to remap just about any key. I prefer to create a .HTML file containing URLs of several favorite viewpoints. Clicking on a Cel:// URL will take Celestia to that viewpoint immediately. If Celestia isn't running, it'll start Celestia, too. (Type a Ctrl-C while Celestia is ru...

Rings only go around planets. You can place a planet at the center of the Sun (SemiMajorAxis 0) and make large rings around that. However, Celestia's rings are continuous. They aren't made up of lots of tiny objects like you'd expect to see in a dense asteroid belt. You might need to consider creat...

how would i get a ring texture to go around a star? i tried to do it but idk. i want it to look like an asteroid belt. but i dont want a real cmod asteroid belt cuz my comp sucks. i just want a nice ring of stuff flying around my fictional star. with planets inside and outside the orbit of the ring....

i recently created a new fictional star system and whenever i load celestia i'm instantly going there to work on it and such. i don't mind starting at earth, or typing in the new star's name to get there. not a big deal. just wondering if i could get celestia to either start in/at my new system, or ...

I use cygwin to do compilations under Windows, but it does require some familiarity with Unix and linux conventions. Yes, I've created a few Addons myself. Some are on the Motherlode, some are elsewhere, some are still in progress after many years of not being able to get them just right... i've tr...