Eclipse shadows & night textures

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Eclipse shadows & night textures

Post #1by rjcraig » 27.12.2004, 22:54

(I've searched and not found a specific reference to this; please let me know if I wasn't thorough enough!)

Eclipse shadows do not result in the appearance of the "lights" on a night texture, correct? Is this a bug or simply not implemented (yet)?

I noticed this after applying a night texture to the Moon--wanting to simulate how things might look when we finally get our collective butt in gear and get all the eggs out of one nest; during a total eclipse, the lights on the farside of the Moon are clearly visible, as expected, but the Sun-ward/Earth-ward face remains completely dark. I then checked this on the surface of the Earth as the eclipse shadow passed over heavily populated areas--again no lights visible.

(Mac OS 10.3.3, PB G4, ATI Radeon; Celestia 1.3.2)

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