Posts by trappistplanets

by trappistplanets
12.11.2022, 19:22
Forum: Modelling
Topic: Problem with material in CMOD file (done)
Replies: 6
Views: 20900

Re: Problem with material in CMOD file (done)

if so it is too complex a UV mapping to work for a cmod than is it possible to bake it into a cylintrical texture, just like how i can bake orthographic views of an object into a flat map using blender if one is able to do it with a sphere or irregular shape from orthographic view, than in theory i...
by trappistplanets
19.10.2022, 11:08
Forum: Textures
Topic: Grand Tour Pluto and Charon
Replies: 2
Views: 6370

Re: Grand Tour Pluto and Charon

EarthMoon wrote:Pluto isn't a planet, it's a dwarf planet
....lets not start a planethood debate....in his heart its a planet, but yours maybe not, but those are opinions, no reason to debate
by trappistplanets
06.10.2022, 11:26
Forum: Add-on releases
Topic: Real Exoplanetary Maps in Celestia
Replies: 2
Views: 3389

Re: Real Exoplanetary Maps in Celestia

how tf did u do this?

Kepler-7b map will be EXTREAMLY usefull for me (grand voyage...oh yeah..need to get back into that)
by trappistplanets
23.09.2022, 14:12
Forum: Celestia Users
Topic: ReShade preset for Celestia
Replies: 5
Views: 9642

Re: ReShade preset for Celestia

how do i install this john?
by trappistplanets
30.08.2022, 10:57
Forum: Celestia Users
Topic: Pictures from Celestia
Replies: 979
Views: 2967172

Re: Pictures from Celestia

MrSpace43 wrote:My take on what Makemake looks like:
nice usage of Astra's crater brushes, came out real nice, one question though if you don't mind, is this color the spectra derived color? (haven't looked at Makemake's spectra derived color's in a very long time)
by trappistplanets
08.08.2022, 10:59
Forum: Modelling
Topic: New models of Nix and Hydra
Replies: 3
Views: 5825

Re: New models of Nix and Hydra

Askaniy got done a grey-scale map of Nix
nix1.png
by trappistplanets
07.08.2022, 18:40
Forum: Modelling
Topic: New models of Nix and Hydra
Replies: 3
Views: 5825

Re: New models of Nix and Hydra

a map of Nix from Askaniy is in the works right now, can't wait for askaniy to stitch together the images and color this john
by trappistplanets
06.08.2022, 11:44
Forum: Modelling
Topic: New models of Nix and Hydra
Replies: 3
Views: 5825

Re: New models of Nix and Hydra

The models replace the Hydra one and add a Nix one. They are based on scientific studies of them as seen in the readme. Currently there is no way to align these correctly as both of them tumble "IE Do not have permanent axial poles" because of gravitational torques caused by the Pluto Cha...
by trappistplanets
01.08.2022, 16:03
Forum: Add-on releases
Topic: 25m Uranus Ring System
Replies: 9
Views: 4703

Re: 25m Uranus Ring System

Okay for the radius, I understood the trick. I downloaded the modified files but I still don't see the rings. I thought of another possibility, I modified the textures into .jpg files and here is the result: NEVER TURN PNGs WITH TRANSPARENT BACKGROUNDS INTO JPG, it absolutely borks it up, JPG does ...
by trappistplanets
26.07.2022, 13:29
Forum: Add-on releases
Topic: EarthMoon's Addons [latest addon: Partial solar eclipse of Oct 25, 2022]
Replies: 11
Views: 9743

Re: EarthMoon's Addons [latest addon: Partial solar eclipse of Oct 25, 2022]

John Van Vliet wrote:that looks like one of my asteroids that you used
yeah it does
EarthMoon wrote:Fictional Jupiter moon "Galileos":
please don't forget to credit people who made anything you than used in the addon
by trappistplanets
24.07.2022, 12:49
Forum: Add-on releases
Topic: TheLostProbe's Celestia Addons
Replies: 14
Views: 12733

Re: TheLostProbe's Celestia Addons

TheLostProbe wrote:HAT-P-11 is now available for download! It is linked in the original post
that planet's weather doesn't look nice, would not like to go there for vacation
by trappistplanets
24.07.2022, 12:29
Forum: Add-on development
Topic: Exoplanet Systems Collection
Replies: 46
Views: 26377

Re: Exoplanet Systems Collection

DaveBowman2001 wrote:- Red = Grand Voyage
i also did a grand voyage for 51 Peg, you only mentioned PK's addon though

also...i should release some more systems
by trappistplanets
20.07.2022, 17:12
Forum: Add-on releases
Topic: Arrokoth, new mesh, new map
Replies: 3
Views: 4248

Arrokoth, new mesh, new map

recently a new Arrokoth mesh came out here associated paper is this so i made a CMOD of the mesh, and a natural color map using a Wikipedia image, this process involved in map making Blender, the new mesh, and Askaniy's TrueColorTools, did final cleanups in GIMP arrokoth.jpg (code below is originall...
by trappistplanets
19.07.2022, 17:54
Forum: Utilities
Topic: Updated cmod plugin for Anim8or
Replies: 1
Views: 4757

Re: Updated cmod plugin for Anim8or

SevenSpheres wrote:thanks to trappistplanets
Cubic sent it to me all the way back on 10/29/2020 (holy....its been that long...)
by trappistplanets
19.07.2022, 14:22
Forum: Add-on development
Topic: Sunlen, a fictional planetary system (IN DEVELOPMENT)
Replies: 53
Views: 35579

Re: Sunlen, a fictional planetary system (IN DEVELOPMENT)

EarthMoon wrote:The moons and planets names sounds like names from solar system
i knew it someone would notice and mention it, i noticed it but decided to not pipe up anything about it
by trappistplanets
19.07.2022, 14:20
Forum: Add-on development
Topic: Project Thunderclap
Replies: 4
Views: 6116

Re: Project Thunderclap

so for names, its like this (if a system is by me)?
PTC-TP 1?
by trappistplanets
16.07.2022, 17:18
Forum: Add-on releases
Topic: TOI-237 (remastered)
Replies: 1
Views: 2534

Re: TOI-237 (remastered)

the auroras look a bit big, modify there radii a bit and make em smaller so it looks correct
by trappistplanets
13.07.2022, 12:14
Forum: Physics and Astronomy
Topic: JWST's first images
Replies: 3
Views: 9415

JWST's first images

And for the images: a tool that compares the Webb images to images to the Hubble images of the same objects: https://johnedchristensen.github.io/WebbCompare/ stacked together the JWST and hubble images of the quintet from that tool in gimp its such eye-candy, best time to be alive right now for spa...
by trappistplanets
10.07.2022, 16:08
Forum: Textures
Topic: Mapping the minor moons of saturn
Replies: 3
Views: 7272

Re: Mapping the minor moons of saturn

more coverage i found on OPUS added to Telesto
telesto.png

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