Multi-Directional Cloud Maps?

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BobHegwood
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Multi-Directional Cloud Maps?

Post #1by BobHegwood » 14.04.2008, 02:05

It's me again... :wink:

Just very curious to know if there is (or maybe will be) some way to add cloud textures which can oppose each other in the directional sense?

I'm specifically thinking of Jupiter and its opposing cloud movements. Any way to replicate this within the current Celestia? Any plans for such a thing? One can easily see these fascinating movements while watching time-lapse photography of the giant planet's surface, and I have already got one set of cloud maps moving eastward on Jupiter. Again, is it possible to add an opposing set of clouds to Jupiter's definition?

Sorry if this is the wrong forum here, Selden. Didn't know where else to place it. Mayhap this is a feature request?

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Re: Multi-Directional Cloud Maps?

Post #2by Hungry4info » 14.04.2008, 13:05

What I did was to give the cloud rotation period, or planet rotation period, equal to the other, but one is negative. This causes the clouds to orbit in the opposite direction. If you do it right, on a gas planet, this can look pretty nice.

Rather than multidirectional cloud maps, perhaps the ability to define two cloud maps for an object could be easier.
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