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Hi,
I had exactly the same problem. Simply install the latest Winzip and I think it will work ! You can download at http://www.winzip.com .
Sometimes the latest Winrar version and other programs are still unable to unzip some zip files.
I think then the problems will be gone

Hi, Would it be a big deal to create a function in the solar system browser that shows/selects the nearest objects to the current position ? Similar to the star browser where on can make a list of the nearest stars. It would be really cool if one could see a list of the nearest objects in general, i...

Hi Don, Thank you for the texture it looks really great ! I downloaded and installed :) I also think that the snow on Hawaii is exaggerated. Almost all parts of earth were colder during the ice age, but the tropics about 2°K and polar regions up to 20°K and even more. I found a page http://www.gfdl....

I downloaded up to level 3...and some areas level 4, but it takes much too long to download it entirely -my computer estimated it would still take 8 days. I think DDS has several advantages, since the files are smaller. Additionally already with level 4 resolution the program gets pretty slow using ...

SOLVED !!!! I managed to solve the problem. I was searching for new drivers again and downloaded a complete software packet for my graphic card from www.nvidia.de This software added new menues to the graphic card options. I am able to change Open GL settings now (I wasnt before). Somehow colour dep...

Selden, You are a genius ! If I deactivate the graphic card acceleration the problem is indeed gone. Also when I put to only "basic functions" of the graphic card. Unfortunately the program runs very slow without the graphics card. So probably it is my card broken and only buying a new one will fix ...

Hi, the colour depth is high, I also updated my graphic cards driver, but it didnt help. What I found out is when I start Celestia in Windows Safe mode, this graphic problem doesnt exist and uranus, neptune etc look great ! Just that in this mode I have no stability at all. I also installed Nview an...

Well I also have a medres png version of uranus.. ...I made an example of the png texture : http://stormmann.piranho.com/pnguranus.jpg it looks a bit different from the jpg version...but not really better.. I didnt manage to find a dds file yet, which might fix the problem. At least its cool to know...

I just dont know why especially my computer has this problems. I saw celestia running on other computers and those planets looked great.

Up to now I couldnt find any uranus.dds neptune.dds or venusclouds.dds , it would be great if someone has a link!

Hi, I am using Celestia v.1.3.0 on Windows XP. It bascially works without any problems, the only thing that bugs me is that the textures of several planets seem to have different "zones" of colours. Especially the planets Uranus, Neptune and the Venus clouds. My high res Earth and Mars looks great. ...

I think the graphic Selden made explains the phenomena. When you look at a planet from a bigger distance you are able to see it from Pole to Pole...while when you are close to it with a 45° FOV you see only a part. This is obvious when you look at earth, the American contient for instance ...first f...

There is a bug I dont understand. I splited the window in 2 parts...then I looked at Mercury from a distance of 10 000 km and at Venus from a distance of 10 000 km in order to compare sizes. If I measure the radius of both planets now the one of Venus is about 186 % bigger. But in reality the radius...