Star System from "Homeworld"?

[Borg Collective]

Anybody of you played Real-Time-Strategy game "Homeworld"?
Then you probably know what we are talking about.

We want to create an identical star system from that game and
inport it into "CELESTIA".

Questions:

1) Is it possible to remove all objects that don't belong into our Solar system (stars, exoplanets,...)?
2) Is it possible to put a picture as a background?

[MKruer]

Anybody of you played Real-Time-Strategy game "Homeworld"?
Then you probably know what we are talking about.

We want to create an identical star system from that game and
inport it into "CELESTIA".

Questions:

1) Is it possible to remove all objects that don't belong into our Solar system (stars, exoplanets,...)?

Yes, you need to edit the solarsys.ssc located in the data subdirectory of Celestia. Do a search for information on editing ssc files for more information

2) Is it possible to put a picture as a background?

I dont think so, but i dont knowof anyone that has ever tried

[Borg Collective]

Background is black in the "CELESTIA", we are asking can we replace it with a picture?

[Borg Collective]

This thread has gone too deeply "underground".
Returning to top and asking again:

1) Is it possible to implement a background picture into "Celestia" istead of plain black background?
2) Does anyone knows how to do it?
3) Who can do it (we and programming are really bad combination)?

[Borg Collective]

If it's not possible to replace the black background then can we create a sphere with the graphic around the whole system that will mimic background?

[Buzz]

I've been thinking about this too. I don't think it is possible yet though. It would be nice to show an all-sky panorama like the one here http://canopus.physik.uni-potsdam.de/~axm/mwpan_vr.html if the observation point is "close enough" to the sun...