STC's and mesh files...

[buggs_moran]

I have read through the stc info files and still am in a quandry on how to put a mesh in for a star orbiting a barycenter... I have the code below, and I know the mesh works (I applied it to a planet to make sure). Any ideas... According to what I have read the mesh should take over for the need of a spectral class, magnitude, and semiaxis info...

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Barycenter "hol1"
{
   RA 330
   Dec -15
   Distance 10
}

4 "hol1d" # component d gas cloud
{
OrbitBarycenter "hol1"
Mesh "tidal.cmod"

        EllipticalOrbit {
                Period             300
                SemiMajorAxis      5000   
        }
}



[selden]

The Mesh declaration is in addition to the Magnitude and SpectralType. It defines the shape, not the brightness, color or radius. It replaces the default spherical mesh and optional SemiAxes, which normally don't get specified.

[buggs_moran]

Okay, I added spectral type and magnitude. But no star shows up inside the flare.jpg. It's really bright and there seems to be a star from a distance but when you get close, no star and no mesh.

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4 "hol1d" # component d gas cloud
{
OrbitBarycenter "hol1"
SpectralType "O"
AbsMag -8
Mesh "tidal.cmod"

        EllipticalOrbit {
                Period             200
                SemiMajorAxis      500   
        }

   RotationPeriod 0
}


[selden]

Unfortunately, RotationPeriod doesn't work in an STC file. No star gets drawn if it's included. (I have to consider this a bug.)

Here's a simple STC example that works for me:

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Barycenter "test" {
   Distance 420.86
   RA    0.00863  #   0h0m2.071s
   Dec -51.89355  # -51d53m36.765s
}

Star "testmesh" {
   OrbitBarycenter "test"
   Mesh "cyl.3ds"

   SpectralType "F0V"
   AbsMag 2.5
   
        EllipticalOrbit {
                Period                  200
                SemiMajorAxis      500   
        }

}