What is "hires", "medres", "lores"
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What is "hires", "medres", "lores"
What are this, an how can i use it if i had an earth.png as medres and earth16k.dds as hires? what do i have to write in the solarsys.ssc file?
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What is "hires", "medres", "lores"
xyz wrote:What are this, an how can i use it if i had an earth.png as medres and earth16k.dds as hires? what do i have to write in the solarsys.ssc file?
The filname entry in solarsys.ssc determines after which filename Celestia searches. Preferentially the search goes "downward" in resolution (starting in medres), but thereafter also "upward" (hires) if no suitable file is found.
So, if you write Texture "earth16k.dds" in solarsys.ssc, the program only looks for files with exactly that name.
For Unix/Linux users, it is practical to always employ generic names in solarsys.ssc, like e.g. earth.dds, but apply 'symbolic links' to the actual files in the various texture directories. E.g.
medres: ln -s earth4k.dds earth.dds
lores : ln -s earth2k.dds earth.dds
hires : ln -s earth8k.dds earth.dds
This is particularly useful if one is experimenting with different textures. solarsys.ssc always remains the same and you only link different files to that filename in the various directories.
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And can i do something like that in Windows?
I have 2 texture files for earth, one at 16k and one at 2k i think, one cold *.dds and the other cold *.png?
What can I do to use them both and just select them from my program, I think that is the use of those three folders :?: :!: :?
I have 2 texture files for earth, one at 16k and one at 2k i think, one cold *.dds and the other cold *.png?
What can I do to use them both and just select them from my program, I think that is the use of those three folders :?: :!: :?
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Celestia an open source space simulator.
EventGhost an open source PC remote control.
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OpenTTD
xyz wrote:And can i do something like that in Windows?
I'm afraid not.

I'm guessing that this is something that we won't see at least until 1.2.6, although I hope we can propose a more elegant solution to inserting custom data by then. ( something that doesn't require the user to modify any config files )