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Day at Night....

Posted: 06.04.2005, 13:57
by Rich
Or more correctly, full brightness haze on the night side, sometimes with/without bright clouds as well.

It's difficult for me to pinpoint the exact conditions, but it seems to happen when I have the nightside of Earth in full view at the same time the Sun and Moon are also in view. If I rotate my view or even I crop the display window so either the sun or moon are cropped out, the problem stops. When I use Basic or Multitexture paths, it does not happen. When I use any of the other paths, including my usual "NV C+ARB VP", it does happen. It also has happened with other planets and rings....

-Rich

Posted: 06.04.2005, 14:24
by selden
If you can create a Cel:// URL when you see the problem, that would make it possible to recreate it.

I don't see anything like what you describe on my system, which suggests it might be a problem that shows up only on Macs.

System:
512MB, 2.4GHz P4, WinXP Pro SP2
128MB FX 5200, ForceWare v66.81
Celestia v1.4.0pre6

Day6 at night Cel URL

Posted: 06.04.2005, 16:59
by Rich
cel://Follow/Sol:Earth/2005-04-06T14:03 ... 57235&lm=0

This should display the problem. If not, I noticed that adjusting the FOV or zooming in and out will make the problem appear/disappear (it only happens at certain "distance" ranges)

Thanks!
-Rich

Posted: 06.04.2005, 17:41
by maxim
That sounds very similar to display problems that MX cards have since some time, because NVIDIA isn't able to deliver newer drivers that work well with those cards.

maxim