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Best Sun ever seen!
Posted: 03.12.2006, 16:34
by ElChristou
Yep, this is the best Sun ever rendered on my config...
...too bad it's a bug using scaled disk...
Now as such a rendering is possible (and this is not OGL2.0), why not using it in every paths and star styles? (it would be excellent...)
Posted: 03.12.2006, 17:11
by Malenfant
It does look a lot more realistic... I think that's the trick really - have a pure white star with a limb that is tinted the colour of the star. I dunno if the 'haze/flare' around it is realistic but it does make it a lot more real-looking.
I mean, that actually makes me want to shade my eyes from the glare, unlike the default sun that comes with celestia, that looks like a dim mottled sphere.
Posted: 04.12.2006, 10:18
by Chuft-Captain
Another interesting feature of this image (at least on my laptop screen) is that if I grab the scrollbar and slide it up and down, the image of the sun itself appears to "bob" up and down within the image.
Not sure if this is due to a "lag" in the LCD screen, or in my retina, but freaky either way!
Try it for yourself.
Posted: 04.12.2006, 13:34
by ElChristou
Malenfant wrote:...I mean, that actually makes me want to shade my eyes from the glare...
True, it's what I like with this rendering!
Posted: 04.12.2006, 14:59
by ANDREA
ElChristou wrote:True, it's what I like with this rendering!
Me too!
Is it available somewhere, please?
Bye
Andrea
Posted: 04.12.2006, 15:51
by ElChristou
ANDREA wrote:ElChristou wrote:True, it's what I like with this rendering!
Me too!
Is it available somewhere, please?
No, Andrea, this is a BUG... the Sun in reality is very tiny in relation with this glowing sphere...
Posted: 04.12.2006, 16:15
by Malenfant
ElChristou wrote:ANDREA wrote:ElChristou wrote:True, it's what I like with this rendering!
Me too!
Is it available somewhere, please?
No, Andrea, this is a BUG... the Sun in reality is very tiny in relation with this glowing sphere...
Well, it'd be nice if it was the size it was supposed to be
and looked like that...
Maybe this is one of those accidental useful discoveries, like Penicillin
Posted: 04.12.2006, 16:45
by ElChristou
I'm wondering what are the benefits of the new star rendering (only available under OGL2.0) when such a "not so bad" result can be achieve in older render paths...
Perhaps performances?
Posted: 05.12.2006, 17:52
by chris
ElChristou wrote:I'm wondering what are the benefits of the new star rendering (only available under OGL2.0) when such a "not so bad" result can be achieve in older render paths...
Perhaps performances?
The new star rendering does not require OpenGL 2.0; it does need support for vertex programs and point sprites. Performance is one of the main benefits.
--Chris
Posted: 05.12.2006, 19:22
by ElChristou
chris wrote:ElChristou wrote:I'm wondering what are the benefits of the new star rendering (only available under OGL2.0) when such a "not so bad" result can be achieve in older render paths...
Perhaps performances?
The new star rendering does not require OpenGL 2.0; it does need support for vertex programs and point sprites. Performance is one of the main benefits.
--Chris
Oups, true... point sprites are my problem...
Posted: 06.12.2006, 23:26
by ElChristou
Just a few miliseconds before Saturn was washed out by the Sol Nova...
