How to change a planet texture ?

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How to change a planet texture ?

Post #1by Cham » 16.01.2004, 02:38

Hi,

I downloaded some high resolution texture for mars, from this web site :

http://63.224.48.65/~impulse/Mars_Centr ... ntral.html

The package contains 5 files and no read me :

Thumbs.db
mars_bumples_8k12.dds
8kMarsBump.png
4knew-mars-clouds.png
4kMarsBump.png

How can I use them in Celestia ?

Also, I downloaded the Al Rescha fictive solar system and I want to change the texture of some of its planets. I have those textures files :

pm4night.jpg
pm4cloud.dds
pm4bump.jpg
pm4.jpg

How can I use them ? More specifically, in the alrescha.ssc file, there is this planet description :

"Typhon" "Al Rescha/Teralus"
{
Texture "alrescha_ii-moon_i.jpg"
BumpMap "alrescha_ii-moon_i-bump.jpg"
BumpHeight 3
Color [ 0.48 0.37 0.53 ]
Radius 4454
HazeColor [ 0.28 0.57 0.53 ]
HazeDensity 0.6
Atmosphere {
Height 38.2
Lower [ 0.48 0.37 0.53 ]
Upper [ 0.02 0.29 0.83 ]
Sky [ 0.41 0.24 0.34 ]
CloudHeight 4
CloudSpeed 100
CloudMap "alrescha_ii-moon_i-clouds.png"
}
EllipticalOrbit {
Period 34.55
SemiMajorAxis 105223
Eccentricity 0.1
Inclination 0.001
MeanAnomaly -3
}
RotationPeriod 20.2
Albedo 0.15
}

What can I do with the four above mentionned textures files to wrap them on the Typhon planet ?

Thanks a lot in advance.
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Post #2by RND » 16.01.2004, 13:08

I think its unfortunate it doesnt contain a readme but does contain a useless thumbs.db file :o

If you can find Seldens website there should be instructions there.
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