Celestia 1.4.1 with sound/overlay/SBbc Galaxy (patch1)
Posted: 28.02.2006, 20:43
Hi all,
Boux and I have been working on a new release that integrates improvements of the galaxy and comet rendering in Celestia. These changes have been added to the last Celestia_patch version.
Here are the links to download the new Celestia_1.4.1_patch release :
- Windows (6.7 Mo): http://vincent.gian.club.fr/celestia/ce ... _patch.zip
- Modified Source files for compilation (6.1 Mo): http://vincent.gian.club.fr/celestia/ce ... _patch.zip
Here are the changes from the official 1.4.1 version :
*** Improvement of comet tail rendering
*** New SBbc Hubble type declaration for the Milky way
*** New SBbc.pts model for the Milky Way based on a photo of the SBbc type M109 Galaxy.
*** New Galaxy color rendering with a bit more saturation
*** Sound playback function (Victor's sound patch)
*** Image overlay function (Boux's updated patch)
*** Semi-transparent constellations rendering (Boux's patch)
*** Start/finish dates display for spacecrafts (Doctorjoe's patch modified by Vincent)
This celestia_1.4.1_patch version is completely compatible with the 1.4.1 official version (the 2 versions can co-exist in the same folder) :
- celestia_patch.cfg is set as the default configuration file -> No need to modify the default celestia.cfg file anymore !
- celestia_patch.cfg reads data from deepsky_patch.dsc -> No need to modify the default deepsky.dsc file anymore !
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INSTALLATION FOR WINDOWS
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With this new release, you don't have to modify any of your default files.
- Just unzip the Celestia_1.4.1_patch.zip file directly in your celestia main folder. None of your default files will be replaced/modified !
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COMPILATION
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- Download the official celestia-1.4.1.tar.gz sources from : http://www.celestiaproject.net/celestia/download.html
- Untar and make a copy of the Celestia-1.4.1 default folder to save it.
- Unzip celestia_1.4.1_patch.zip and paste the content of the Celestia_1.4.1_patch folder in the Celestia-1.4.1 folder
*** Windows users :
- The OpenAL library files for Windows are already included, so you don't need to download them.
- You still have to download other libraries here : http://www.celestiaproject.net/celestia/files/winlibs-new.zip
- Unzip, copy the content of the "winlibs-new" folder and paste it into your celestia root folder.
- Copy the "libpng1.dll" and "zlib.dll" files from the default Windows installation folder and paste them into your compilation celestia root folder. Celestia.exe will not run without them.
- Make sure your "celvars" contains the following lines (if not, the compiler won't find the OpenAL/Alut library files) :
(You have to replace "C:\celestia-1.4.1" with your own path/folder)
*** Linux/Mac users :
- Download the OpenAL library files for your OS at : http://www.openal.org/downloads.html
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NAVIGATION
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- Windows users : run Celestia from the celestia_1.4.1_patch.exe file
- To test the sound function : open the scripts/soundtest2.cel file from the File Menu
- To test the overlay texture : Press the F9 key
Here's a screenshot of the new rendering of the Milky Way :
Here are 2 screenshots of the same view of comet Wild 2. The first one was taken with celestia 1.4.1, the second one with Celestia 1.4.1 patch. You can notice there is absolutely no FPS drop.
- Celestia 1.4.1 screenshot :
- Celestia 1.4.1 patch screenshot :
Enjoy !
Boux and I have been working on a new release that integrates improvements of the galaxy and comet rendering in Celestia. These changes have been added to the last Celestia_patch version.
Here are the links to download the new Celestia_1.4.1_patch release :
- Windows (6.7 Mo): http://vincent.gian.club.fr/celestia/ce ... _patch.zip
- Modified Source files for compilation (6.1 Mo): http://vincent.gian.club.fr/celestia/ce ... _patch.zip
Here are the changes from the official 1.4.1 version :
*** Improvement of comet tail rendering
*** New SBbc Hubble type declaration for the Milky way
*** New SBbc.pts model for the Milky Way based on a photo of the SBbc type M109 Galaxy.
*** New Galaxy color rendering with a bit more saturation
*** Sound playback function (Victor's sound patch)
*** Image overlay function (Boux's updated patch)
*** Semi-transparent constellations rendering (Boux's patch)
*** Start/finish dates display for spacecrafts (Doctorjoe's patch modified by Vincent)
This celestia_1.4.1_patch version is completely compatible with the 1.4.1 official version (the 2 versions can co-exist in the same folder) :
- celestia_patch.cfg is set as the default configuration file -> No need to modify the default celestia.cfg file anymore !
- celestia_patch.cfg reads data from deepsky_patch.dsc -> No need to modify the default deepsky.dsc file anymore !
------------------------------------
INSTALLATION FOR WINDOWS
------------------------------------
With this new release, you don't have to modify any of your default files.
- Just unzip the Celestia_1.4.1_patch.zip file directly in your celestia main folder. None of your default files will be replaced/modified !
--------------------------------
COMPILATION
--------------------------------
- Download the official celestia-1.4.1.tar.gz sources from : http://www.celestiaproject.net/celestia/download.html
- Untar and make a copy of the Celestia-1.4.1 default folder to save it.
- Unzip celestia_1.4.1_patch.zip and paste the content of the Celestia_1.4.1_patch folder in the Celestia-1.4.1 folder
*** Windows users :
- The OpenAL library files for Windows are already included, so you don't need to download them.
- You still have to download other libraries here : http://www.celestiaproject.net/celestia/files/winlibs-new.zip
- Unzip, copy the content of the "winlibs-new" folder and paste it into your celestia root folder.
- Copy the "libpng1.dll" and "zlib.dll" files from the default Windows installation folder and paste them into your compilation celestia root folder. Celestia.exe will not run without them.
- Make sure your "celvars" contains the following lines (if not, the compiler won't find the OpenAL/Alut library files) :
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Set INCLUDE=C:\celestia-1.4.1\inc;%INCLUDE%
Set LIB=C:\celestia-1.4.1\lib;%LIB%
*** Linux/Mac users :
- Download the OpenAL library files for your OS at : http://www.openal.org/downloads.html
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NAVIGATION
------------------
- Windows users : run Celestia from the celestia_1.4.1_patch.exe file
- To test the sound function : open the scripts/soundtest2.cel file from the File Menu
- To test the overlay texture : Press the F9 key
Here's a screenshot of the new rendering of the Milky Way :
![Image](http://img502.imageshack.us/img502/8114/mw4nw.jpg)
Here are 2 screenshots of the same view of comet Wild 2. The first one was taken with celestia 1.4.1, the second one with Celestia 1.4.1 patch. You can notice there is absolutely no FPS drop.
- Celestia 1.4.1 screenshot :
![Image](http://img136.imageshack.us/img136/817/comet17nn.jpg)
- Celestia 1.4.1 patch screenshot :
![Image](http://img136.imageshack.us/img136/7766/comet25lp.jpg)
Enjoy !