Hi there, let me join the army of congratulators on a simply amazing program! This thing is fantastic!
I am having lot so fun adding the various sci-fi addons to Celestia and when I read that the 2001 Space Odyssey spacestation, pod, and monolith were all available I was hoping the Discovery would be around as well. Am I missing something or has no one included this very obvious item?
Secondly, I was reading about Larry Niven's Ringworld at
http://www.celestiaproject.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=324
and I'm wondering if there's any way to put the ring around another star somewhere else? I'd like to leave my solar system intact if possible.
Here's a wishlist of other sci-fi objects (I don't know how to make these things myself):
Leonov including rotating hub (2010 Year We Make Contact), Moonbase Alpha (Space 1999), Classic 60's Enterprise, Battlestar Galactica (perhaps heading toward Sol?), Babylon V, Rama (from Arthur C Clark's Rendesvous with Rama), Valley Forge (Silent Running)
lots of 2001 but no Discovery?????
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Yes, you are right : no-one has included the Discovery. However you can probably find one on the internet - I know there's a t least one site dedicated to 2001 3D models. I believe someone/some people are working on Ringworld - search the forums. Also, the ring-shaped space station from 2001 is available from Bruckner's Celestia add-on repository. As for the other models, I am working on an original Enterprise model right now, ('cept I have problems with the materials), and the Rama model would be very, very simple - just a smooth black cylinder (with a small stain on it, I think). I could make it this instant if I could get materials working.....grrr.....
Moonbase Alpha was actually on the Moon, wasn't it ? If so, I don't think there's any way to put buildings in Celestia. As for the others, I don't have any clear idea what they look like, but I'm sure some far more capable modeller/more devoted sci-fi fanatic can make/get hold of them for you
! Try searching the net for 3D si-fi models - make sure they're in 3Ds format.
(Mad Boris)
Moonbase Alpha was actually on the Moon, wasn't it ? If so, I don't think there's any way to put buildings in Celestia. As for the others, I don't have any clear idea what they look like, but I'm sure some far more capable modeller/more devoted sci-fi fanatic can make/get hold of them for you
! Try searching the net for 3D si-fi models - make sure they're in 3Ds format.
(Mad Boris)
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Topic authorEquinox
got some of them now
Thanks for the info, actually I have located some of these items now.
Ringworld is at http://sourceforge.net/project/showfile ... e_id=91975
and it looks very good, had to turn off the green Planets labelling though cuz it looked wrong that way.
60's Enterprise I got from http://trekmeshes.starfleet.ch/ in their meshes section and I modified the ssc file of a spacestation to put the Enterprise in a distant orbit, HOWEVER this Enterprise 3ds file has a separate jpg for the top saucer section and since I don't know how to combine two jpg's onto one 3d object in the ssc file my Enterprise has an invisible saucer section. Anyone got any ideas on how to fix that?
Ringworld is at http://sourceforge.net/project/showfile ... e_id=91975
and it looks very good, had to turn off the green Planets labelling though cuz it looked wrong that way.
60's Enterprise I got from http://trekmeshes.starfleet.ch/ in their meshes section and I modified the ssc file of a spacestation to put the Enterprise in a distant orbit, HOWEVER this Enterprise 3ds file has a separate jpg for the top saucer section and since I don't know how to combine two jpg's onto one 3d object in the ssc file my Enterprise has an invisible saucer section. Anyone got any ideas on how to fix that?