How to add a planet to a star ?

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How to add a planet to a star ?

Post #1by Cham » 08.02.2004, 02:43

I want to add a fictious planet to a star : 44 Psc, which is in the Celestia default starnames.dat database (HIP 2006). I tried by copying many other addons, but it don't work at all. No planet around 44 Psc.

I made a "Solaris" folder inside my extras folder. In this folder, there is a Solaris.ssc file, a model folder and a textures folder. In the textures folder, there's a medress folder with the planet's texture, and a proper model.3ds file in the models folder. My Solaris.ssc file read like this :

#44 Psc

"Planete X" "44 Psc"
{
Texture "mshashnatext.dds"
Color [ 0.7 0.7 0.7 ]
Emissive True
BlendTexture true
Radius 4212
HazeColor [ 0.40 0.20 0.1 ]
HazeDensity 0.0

EllipticalOrbit {
Period 0.3761
SemiMajorAxis 0.5240
Eccentricity 0.0001
Inclination 0.0002
MeanAnomaly 330.67
}

Atmosphere {
Height 600
Lower [ 0.43 0.52 0.65 ]
Upper [ 0.26 0.47 0.84 ]
Sky [ 0.40 0.6 1.0 ]
Sunset [ 1.0 0.6 0.2 ]
}

Obliquity 5.82
Albedo 0.6
}


"Solaris" "44 Psc/Planete X"
{
Class "spacecraft"
Mesh "Solaris.3ds"
Radius 1
RotationPeriod 0.0

EllipticalOrbit {
Period 0.11
SemiMajorAxis 9850
Eccentricity 0
Inclination 50
AscendingNode 74
ArgOfPericenter 131
MeanAnomaly 43
}

Albedo 0.10
}

So what's wrong ? Why can't I see any planet there ?
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Post #2by jestr » 08.02.2004, 03:25

Try changing the capital T for a small t in the Emissive True line.It worked for me,Jestr

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Post #3by Cham » 08.02.2004, 03:31

O YESSS ! It worked ! Thanks a lot !! :)

How small things can be difficult to find !

Thanks again !
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Post #4by Cham » 08.02.2004, 03:34

By the way, do you have a suggestion for a nice atmosphere for Solaris, something like in the movie, with huge lightnings ? Also, I'm searching for a nice space station model like the one in the movie. Any idea ?
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