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Alpha Centauri B for ArcBuilder Universe So Far...

Post #1by Dollan » 05.09.2005, 06:42

Hi all, thought I'd post a few pics. Apologies for the poor image quality, but you get what you pay for sometimes... and I got my video card for free :roll:

Anyway, here they are. Hope you like them....

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This is a view of Baahki with its major moon, Strombolus beyond. Baahki is relatively Earth-like, while Strombolus is also tectonically active, but has never developed life beyond the single-celled stage. Thus I went for a more "dirty" look for it. Baahki, as you can see however, is a nice blue marble.

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And here is a close-up of Strombolus. I might add an underlying haze layer to this cloud map, though, to really emphasize what a volcanically active world it is. The Geological activity is a direct result of tidal interactions with Baahki (and that world is also much more active than a typical Gaian world).

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Baahki from the surface of Strombolus. You can just make out some major volcanic activity on Baahki's night side. The quality of this image is much more poor than what I thought, so I apologize again for that. But I still wanted to share!

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A small, third moon named Aeolus circles both major bodies. It is cratered and relatively dead, but it does give a nice view of the two worlds.

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And finally, a departing shot of the two major bodies. I really like the contrasting colors of these two bodies. Hopefully, once I finish tweaking things, this will make a great replacement for my current Alpha Centauri B add-on at the Motherlode.

Thanks for your time, folks, and have a great rest of the holiday!

...John...
"To make an apple pie from scratch, you must first create the universe..."
--Carl Sagan

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Post #2by Michael Kilderry » 05.09.2005, 06:58

Very nice, but didn't Baahki have a ring before? Did you decide to get rid of it?
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Post #3by Dollan » 05.09.2005, 07:58

Yeah, it had a ring. I decided, though, that a system with two nearly equal members (in size, anyway) was interesting enough. I'll likely have the ring around one of the other worlds in a differnet system.

I'm in the process of remaking the systems that are on the Motherlode, by the way. So look for those updates in the coming weeks!

...John...
"To make an apple pie from scratch, you must first create the universe..."
--Carl Sagan


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