replacing the earth

[blueberry]

hi everyone

i am trying to replace the earth by a construct that i have designed. adding a 3d model and scripting it so it takes over the properties of the earth seems straightforward. but how can i, first of all, remove earth from my celestia?

answers are greatly appreciated, best -blueberry

[amaury]

Hello blueberry,

the Earth is declared in the data folder, in the solarsys.ssc file, under:
"Earth" "Sol"
if you comment (#) or remove all the lines declaring the properties of a planet, it will disappear from the solar system

you can also use these lines to replace the model or texture used, etc.

Do read the Celestia (and scripting) documentation to go any further...

amaury

[selden]

The easiest way to replace the default spheroid that Celestia uses for the Earth by a model of your choice is to use the SSC directive "Modify." Editing solarsys.ssc is dangerous: errors will cause the rest of the solar system to disappear, too.

You just have to create an SSC file containing the single line

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Modify "Earth" "Sol" { Mesh "name-of-mesh.3ds" }


and put it in your Addon's directory.

This assumes that your model is aligned properly, of course.

[amaury]

oops, didn't know about that one, it clearly is safer.

[blueberry]

hi selden

in my early celestiadays, you suggested "modify" to replace the earth:

You just have to create an SSC file containing the single line

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Modify "Earth" "Sol" { Mesh "name-of-mesh.3ds" }


.

can i use "modify" in conjunction with "beginning" and "ending" to switch a texture or change the radius or expand the atmosphere at a certain time?

[selden]

Yes.

The Modify operator tells Celestia to insert or replace in the old object definition just those parameters declared in the new definition.

Alternatively, you can use the Replace operator, which essentially deletes the old definition entirely, replacing it by the new definition.