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http://img5.imageshack.us/img5/7286/exo2.th.jpg Here is version 2 of my textures. I have tweaked some of the issues that were brought up by ajtribick . I believe classes I and II are okay enough. I have made the lines of class III nearly gone. Please do not mistake them for clouds, the line differe...

The rationale behind why I made the textures the way I did was because they are intended to be generic - the planets themselves will likely have a wide range of different appearances thanks to varying rotation rates, orbital eccentricities, and compositional differences. You made them?? I wouldn't ...

I have been working on this for a while now, but I wanted to bring it up into the public to see how you think they are. The current textures for extrasolar planets are really good for a start, but do have limitations. For instance, they are so small that they give very little to the imagination, and...

Reiko wrote:I'm curious but did Mr. Barlowe know about Celestia before you contacted him?

That is funny that you mention that. I had to explain to him what Celestia was. But not to many people know of it, so I can't blame him.

OMG, WOW hes like my favorite artist, i loved his visions of hell, aliens and his book gods demon, i cant believe hes taking time to help in this (how great) (fan talking sorry). Really, mine too :lol: And if you think him helping us makes you sound jittery, imagine actually e-mailing him. Also, I ...

I just got back a message from Wayne Barlowe (the author of Darwin IV). He said that he is going to help us out

I couldn't find the book but I found this. This site gives some detailed information on Darwin IV and its solar system. http://dsc.discovery.com/convergence/alienplanet/expedition/game/AlienPlanet_m2.html OMG... thank you so very much! This does help me out to a great level. However, it fails to me...

selden wrote:You might consider contacting the author of the book. Sometimes they can be quite supportive of efforts like yours.

... why didn't I think of that I didn't even know that was possible.

I have also been working on the system's planetary and stellar files. If you don't mind me saying, I placed the Darwin system in Aquarius (Charles Darwin's sign). I have not only made the data for Darwin IV, but also Darwin I, II, and III. Here is how my planet texture looks so far: http://img218.im...

I just wanted to know how to do it.

Is there a way to make asterisms around other stars?

Is there something I can download that has the DSC files separated into several pages?

That code looks to complicated for me to currently work on. Is there any way that you can post the code you used?

Is there a code to place a star in another galaxy?

I am truly sorry. I just got anxious that on one has written to me (like I was alone). Please don't take it seriously, I could never get mad at something so stupid like that

OK, now I am getting annoyed. I don't mind if this code can never work, I just want a reply after a week! Sorry, but I get annoyed

0 "Sol:Sun" { OrbitBarycenter "SSB" SpectralType "G2V" AbsMag 4.83 RotationPeriod 609.12 # 25.38 days Obliquity 7.25 # correct orientation relative to ecliptic EquatorAscendingNode 75.77 # RotationOffset 23.00 # standard meridian EllipticalOrbit { Period 579.914 SemiMa...

I am working on a fictional version of our solar system, in which the sun is part of a far binary system. I am making the "SSB" the barycenter of both stars. However, when I try to start up Celestia, the program crashes. I have tried everything imaginable. I have checked and double checked...

Thank you, Selden. I manually altered DEL Tri, and now there is only the two stars of the system (no duplicates). Since we are on the discussion of DEL Tri, I thought I'd mention and show my code that I made for the system. This is the correct data for the two stars. This includes the proper distanc...

I coded this awhile ago. It's probably not accurate (but I do not know the proper data for this star system). I pretty much "Christmas treed" all the data I couldn't find. I made system "A" further from each other (in comparison to system "B"), so any planets around st...