So I'm curious to know what everyone's IDEAL Celestia install has added to it, or what mods you've done.
What is your ideal setup for a realistic setting?
What is your ideal setup for a fictional setting?
What do you consider a "must have" add-on?
Ultimate Celestia setup?
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ElChristou
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Not simple questions...
Perso I'm now using 3 levels of configs pointing to 3 different data folders and 3 differents extra folders + 1 more extra folder (see next).
The textures folder is common to all configs with the best textures available for my config.
The Set number 1 is dedicated to a realistic config with the maximum of scientific datas (2M stardatabase, full deepsky, minor moons at full, pulsar catalogues, max asteroids/comets, lots of locations, etc...).
The Set number 2 is used to appreciate models; all catalogues are reduced ones to save calculation for a better confort arounds the models. the default stardatabase is used, a reduced deepsky to our neighbour, no pulsars, no asteroids/comets, no minor moons, no locations etc...
This config is also use to switch between 2 extra folders; one dedicated real stuff, the other for fictional stuff.
The Set number 3 is used for test purpose when I do models or other; here all is to the minimum: a reduced star database, no deepsky, no asteroids/comets/minormoons/locations and extra catalogues, the purpose of this Set is a fast start up because sometime you have to test things and start Celestia over and over so this set is just to keep things very fast.
Concerning the addons, I have almost 2.5 Go stored but actually I don't have so much "active" stuff; in real spacecraft, I keep around Earth a Gemini, an ISS + my actual models; Moon, Apollo; Mars, the Vikings, MER, MGS, MO. For the rest, Cassini, Galileo, Magellan, Mariner, Messenger, Near, stardust and the deepimpact (also Voyager and Pioneer of course).
For Fictional, I have installed all 2001 (Models by Cham), the Eagle, the Entreprise (also by Cham), The Event Horizon, Silent Running, a few from StarWars Some Tintin stuff on the moon.
The rest is stored for now...
Perso I'm now using 3 levels of configs pointing to 3 different data folders and 3 differents extra folders + 1 more extra folder (see next).
The textures folder is common to all configs with the best textures available for my config.
The Set number 1 is dedicated to a realistic config with the maximum of scientific datas (2M stardatabase, full deepsky, minor moons at full, pulsar catalogues, max asteroids/comets, lots of locations, etc...).
The Set number 2 is used to appreciate models; all catalogues are reduced ones to save calculation for a better confort arounds the models. the default stardatabase is used, a reduced deepsky to our neighbour, no pulsars, no asteroids/comets, no minor moons, no locations etc...
This config is also use to switch between 2 extra folders; one dedicated real stuff, the other for fictional stuff.
The Set number 3 is used for test purpose when I do models or other; here all is to the minimum: a reduced star database, no deepsky, no asteroids/comets/minormoons/locations and extra catalogues, the purpose of this Set is a fast start up because sometime you have to test things and start Celestia over and over so this set is just to keep things very fast.
Concerning the addons, I have almost 2.5 Go stored but actually I don't have so much "active" stuff; in real spacecraft, I keep around Earth a Gemini, an ISS + my actual models; Moon, Apollo; Mars, the Vikings, MER, MGS, MO. For the rest, Cassini, Galileo, Magellan, Mariner, Messenger, Near, stardust and the deepimpact (also Voyager and Pioneer of course).
For Fictional, I have installed all 2001 (Models by Cham), the Eagle, the Entreprise (also by Cham), The Event Horizon, Silent Running, a few from StarWars Some Tintin stuff on the moon.
The rest is stored for now...
