Flare addon for other stars?

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Tleilax
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Flare addon for other stars?

Post #1by Tleilax » 14.04.2005, 21:42

I have the smaller 'Potrait of The Sun' addon by Runar and I'ne been trying to use the flares to put on other stars. I have tried several times and they have all failed. What could I be doing wrong? :?
Nothing suffocates you more than
the passing of everyday human events
Isolation is the oxygen mask you make
your children breath into survive

- Marilyn Manson

Don. Edwards
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Post #2by Don. Edwards » 15.04.2005, 08:24

I was able to easily add them to HD 28185. Here is how I have the whole thing coded.

"HD 28185" "HD 28185"
{
Texture "th_sun.*"
Emissive true
Radius 739100 #celestia Sol : 695705.371
Oblateness 0.009

EllipticalOrbit {
Period 1e10
SemiMajorAxis 1e-10
Eccentricity 0.00
Inclination 0.00
}

Atmosphere {
Height 1925410
Lower [ 0.9 0.70 0 ]
Upper [ 0.62 0.5 0 ]
Sky [ 0.9 0.65 0 ]
CloudHeight 600
CloudSpeed 1015
CloudMap "th_suncover.*"
}

# RotationPeriod : the actual rotation rate varies with
# latitude L as: ( 14.37 - 2.33 sin2 L - 1.56 sin4 L ) deg/day

RotationPeriod 609.6 # 601.25h @0 deg or 609.6h @16 deg lat
Obliquity 7.25
EquatorAscendingNode 75.62
InfoURL "http://www.thorvaldsen.net/celestia/"
}





Location "Sunspot" "HD 28185/HD 28185"
{
LongLat [ 3.1 -1.1 500 ]
Importance 50000
Type "XX"
Size 1000
}





"_sunflare1" "HD 28185"
{
Mesh "th_placeholder.3ds"
Radius 250000
Emissive true
Oblateness 0.5

EllipticalOrbit
{
Period 9E10
SemiMajorAxis 0.00383
Inclination 90
MeanAnomaly 90
}

Atmosphere {
Height 0
CloudHeight 10
CloudSpeed 1000
CloudMap "th_sunflare1.png"
}

RotationPeriod 0.009
Obliquity 45
}





"_sunflare2" "HD 28185"
{
Mesh "th_placeholder.3ds"
Radius 280000
Emissive true
Oblateness 0.4

EllipticalOrbit
{
Period 9E10
SemiMajorAxis 0.003599
Inclination 180
MeanAnomaly 90
}


Atmosphere {
Height 0
CloudHeight 100
CloudSpeed 1000
CloudMap "th_sunflare2.png"
}

RotationPeriod 0.0092
Obliquity 25
}





"_sunflare3" "HD 28185"
{
Mesh "th_placeholder.3ds"
Radius 210000
Emissive true
Oblateness 0.4

EllipticalOrbit
{
Period 9E10
SemiMajorAxis 0.0041
Inclination 0
AscendingNode 90
MeanAnomaly 45
}


Atmosphere {
Height 0
CloudHeight 100
CloudSpeed 0
CloudMap "th_sunflare3.png"
}

RotationPeriod 0.0075
Obliquity 225
}






"_sunflare4" "HD 28185"
{
Mesh "th_placeholder.3ds"
Radius 180000
Emissive true
Oblateness 0.7

EllipticalOrbit
{
Period 9E10
SemiMajorAxis 0.0045
Inclination 25
}

Atmosphere {
Height 0
CloudHeight 70
CloudSpeed 1000
CloudMap "th_sunflare4.png"
}

RotationPeriod -0.0095
Obliquity 90
}






"_sunflare5" "HD 28185"
{
Mesh "th_placeholder.3ds"
Radius 250000
Emissive true
Oblateness 0.2

EllipticalOrbit
{
Period 9E10
SemiMajorAxis 0.0044
Inclination 90
MeanAnomaly 90
}

Atmosphere {
Height 0
CloudHeight 100
CloudSpeed 0 #111000
CloudMap "th_sunflare5.png"
}

RotationPeriod 0.007
Obliquity 45
}

You will notice that you must go through and rename everything that says SOL to whatever star name you are trying to use. If you copy most of the above and just change the name HD 28185 to what you want it should work.

Godd luck and let me know how you fair.

Don. Edwards
I am officially a retired member.
I might answer a PM or a post if its relevant to something.

Ah, never say never!!
Past texture releases, Hmm let me think about it

Thanks for your understanding.

Topic author
Tleilax
Posts: 44
Joined: 22.03.2005
With us: 19 years 8 months
Location: Colorado Springs

Post #3by Tleilax » 16.04.2005, 03:29

SUCCESS!!! I had totaly forgoten that the flares were considered an ssc. file and not an stc. file. Something so simple I have troubled over...LOL.
Thanks for your help.
Nothing suffocates you more than

the passing of everyday human events

Isolation is the oxygen mask you make

your children breath into survive



- Marilyn Manson


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