Project "Celestia Origin", release dated August 30, 2019

[Janus]

I am considering making ready to run packages for the latest version of celestia origin.
My current thought is Core, Medium and 'My machine can sim the universe' versions.
Currently planning with just the VS2015 static linked exe.
I am having trouble getting the current commit to compile with QT, and I don't like QT anyway.

Anyone have any thoughts.


Janus.

[SpaceFanatic64]

Yes, please. Since I don't use install.bat because I'm not an administrator account on my computer, it's a pain to copy and delete files over.

[Art Blos]

Despite that there is a high-res texture pack, I think I will stick with the medium-res pack just to conserve space and have better performance.

The collection is divided to give the user a choice.

[SpaceFanatic64]

The collection is divided to give the user a choice.

True. You should've seen my surprise when I saw that almost all the textures were virtual textures now! (except for the stars of course, because there's no way to assign virtual textures to them.)

[Art Blos]

except for the stars of course, because there's no way to assign virtual textures to them.

It is not true. I even created a trial version of VT for the red dwarf. I did not add this because there was no time to create textures for all spectral classes.

[SpaceFanatic64]

Oh! Well um.. sorry..

[Lafuente_Astronomy]

Hello

I'm currently downloading Celestia Origin. I noticed that it came in three packs that I can unpack. There's the Hires and Medres packs, and I'm asking: Is it ok to put both of them into my Celestia Origin or do I have to choose one only?

[SpaceFanatic64]

Is it ok to put both of them into my Celestia Origin or do I have to choose one only?

Well, here's a basic breakdown. The core package contains the lores textures and everything else. Notice that in the core package there are medres and hires folders, but they are both empty. The other textures are contained in the separate archives. When you get them, unpack the textures in their respective folders.

[Lafuente_Astronomy]

Well, here's a basic breakdown. The core package contains the lores textures and everything else. Notice that in the core package there are medres and hires folders, but they are both empty. The other textures are contained in the separate archives. When you get them, unpack the textures in their respective folders.

So, essentially, I have to put both?

[SpaceFanatic64]

So, essentially, I have to put both?

The hires textures aren't necessary, but the medres textures, yes. They contain virtual textures for planets, moons, and star textures. Without it, they will most likely appear as white textureless spheres.

[Lafuente_Astronomy]

Alright.

I noticed that since incorporating Croc's Lua Universal Tools (LUT), the stability part of the Planetarium Mode is not present. The stability part is that feature in which whenever I look around the sky in Planetarium Mode, the screen adjusts and corrects itself to make the surface level of the horizon remain level, meaning that no matter how much I move, the horizon remains horizontal at all times. Though since I'm still new to this version, perhaps there's a way to activate that stability or perhaps it may be part of the upcoming version.

[SpaceFanatic64]

Still hoping that the Stardust that used to be in Project Echoes could still be implemented...

[Art Blos]

Still hoping that the Stardust that used to be in Project Echoes could still be implemented...

I remember this request. The trajectory was already started to create, but then there was not enough time and other tasks appeared. Maybe get lucky this time.

[SpaceFanatic64]

Hopefully...

[toutatis]

Still hoping that the Stardust that used to be in Project Echoes could still be implemented...

XYZV-Trajectory for Stardust I made in the last year ( in the moment of Planet and comets encounters used step 10 minutes to avoid errors to minimum )... was used 3 models ( with a closed capsule, with an open capsule, and without capsule)... today I updated SSC-file (added COSPAR ID and something else)...

During 6 hours I will present an updated Stardust add-on...

[Art Blos]

toutatis < Thank you, but if possible, I create all SSC and XYZV files myself. "Stardust" will not be an exception.

[toutatis]

Well, I use Celestia Origin, but a folder "Spacecrafts" created by myself... as and SSC and XYZV-files for spacecrafts...

[Art Blos]

Well, I use Celestia Origin, but a folder "Spacecrafts" created by myself... as and SSC and XYZV-files for spacecrafts...

Then no problem. Simply each developer has their own working methods.

[toutatis]

Then no problem. Simply each developer has their own working methods.

for sure!

[Lafuente_Astronomy]

I wanted to take some screenshots of certain nebulae so I enabled the "Nebulae" addons, and even my view options has "Nebulae" enabled. But when I came to the Nebula itself, I see nothing. Is this a bug or did I fail to do something to make it visible?