Is there spacecraft interior that acts like Celestial Grid?

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Is there spacecraft interior that acts like Celestial Grid?

Post #1by Liar » 30.07.2008, 06:17

Hey all,

I am aware that there is, somewhere, a Celestia mod that includes a spacecraft interior, which i think just pastes the forward view of an imaginary craft over the Celestia view. I was wondering if it was possible to make something a bit different from that, so that, rather than having the user "control" the craft by pointing it this way and that, the user would be floating inside the imaginary craft, and only altering their own perspective. So if you press "<-" left cursor, you don't turn the "craft" to the left, you actually turn left and end up seeing a view out of the side window of the craft.

What i mean is something like a fixed celestial grid, that is only a few imaginary metres in diameter and which surrounds whatever the current viewpoint is.

The reason for it is that it's easy to get disoriented when you're sitting at a fixed point and just pressing the cursor keys to see all the possible views around your fixed point. (e.g.// I found a really nice "Marsrise" view while sitting beside Deimos, and when i tapped the cursors just to look around, i found that it was ridiculously easy to completely lose track of the original Marsrise viewpoint). A celestial-grid style "craft" might be a fun way to avoid disorientation, if you're just sitting out there. (Yes, you could just use the celestial grid itself to get your bearings, but it doesn't have the same pseudo-realistic aesthetic... the sky doesn't *really* have glowing lines across it.) Does anything like this exist?

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Re: Is there spacecraft interior that acts like Celestial Grid?

Post #2by BobHegwood » 30.07.2008, 14:32

You can already do this with ElChristou's spectacular Atlantis Space Shuttle add-on which can be located HERE.
EDIT: Just install the version which contains the Flight Deck. Absolutely spectacular! :wink:
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Re: Is there spacecraft interior that acts like Celestial Grid?

Post #3by Liar » 31.07.2008, 00:15

Awesome! Thank-you for the pointer.

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Re: Is there spacecraft interior that acts like Celestial Grid?

Post #4by Liar » 31.07.2008, 02:31

I am having trouble getting into the flight deck itself; the "a" and "z" buttons cause me to overshoot the cabin quite a bit. I wonder if anyone has a bookmark located inside the cabin?

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Re: Is there spacecraft interior that acts like Celestial Grid?

Post #5by BobHegwood » 31.07.2008, 05:00

Liar wrote:I am having trouble getting into the flight deck itself; the "a" and "z" buttons cause me to overshoot the cabin quite a bit. I wonder if anyone has a bookmark located inside the cabin?
What you need to do is to get close to the flight deck area first (perhaps through and/or around the windscreens) and then simply press the Home key on your keyboard until you pop inside the Shuttle.
Try it a few times, and you'll see what I mean. Once you get the hang of it, it is a piece of cake. :wink:
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Re: Is there spacecraft interior that acts like Celestial Grid?

Post #6by fsgregs » 31.07.2008, 16:37

Here is a bookmark to go inside the cabin of Atlantis, as you requested. :)

cel://Follow/Sol:Earth:Atlantis/1989-05 ... 38295&lm=0

Once inside, simply press the [4] key or [6] key on the numeric keyboard to look left or right.

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