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Hi, I've downloaded an 8M DDS Normal Map for the earth, but I don't know how to make Celestia use it. I wrote the texture name after "Bumpmap" on the solarsys.ssc file, but it don't work. Should I add a "Normalmap" line ? Does Celestia work with DDS Normal Maps ? (since it doesn't work with DDS Bumpmaps)

hear take a look at part of my solsys.ssc file
this is for earth


also make shure that the normal map name is the same

a file in medres must have this name--- EarthNormal.png
for this example to work

Allright, that's what I thaught (add a NormalMap line), thank you. And it works with DDS Normal Maps. Maybe DDS Bumpmaps works too with Celestia 1.40 !

you can use a .dds normal map BUT they will look very very bad because of the losy compresion
i recomend that you use a .png for the normal map and then ( if you want) a .dds for the texture

Hi there John! I downloaded your .png textures for earth (level 0-5) as well as the NormalMap equivalent (Fantastic job you've done)

I have the regular textures working and I was just wondering as well how to get the NormalMap to work...I've added the live to the solarsys.ssc file like you have above.

just wondering...where do I stick the .ctx file? do I place the EarthNormal folder (containing normalmaps) in the hires folder? is there anything else I need to add or rename? sorry for all the questions. I just need to know al the steps for the first time i do something like this.

Thanks!

first make shure that your solarsys.ssc for earth looks somthing like this ( yours will be a bit diff.)
hear is a dir listing for the hires folder that i use ( you do not have to fallow it)

and place the .ctx in hires