celestia 1.6

[t00fri]

Concerning the VT,I really would like ready to use high resolution textures and NOT that required the F-TexTools to be done,or in other words,DYI textures.For example,Dione 23k and Enceladus 14k are only available if you have these tools.Almost ALL new textures of saturnian moons REQUIRES this software to produce this and since is based in DOS,IS VERY ANNOYING.Very good high textures maps requires THE F-TexTools and ALSO the nm-tools.Even the Moon,so much visited,don?t have a good normal map BIGGER than 4k...

Daniel,

please don't repeat yourself all over again!

Cartrite has even produced a script for my tools that allows Windows users to do a complete VT "monster" texture set with just a few clicks.

DOS is NOT at all annoying. A large proportion of the PC users of this world has exclusively used DOS for decades. Bill Gates earned a lot of money with DOS

So? Don't be lazy and start practising

Fridger

[selden]

I suspect that Daniel means that he is distressed because it's a command-line program and doesn't have a GUI. Calling a command-line program a DOS program is a common misunderstanding.

Daniel, Is that what you mean?

[t00fri]

I suspect that Daniel means that he is distressed because it's a command-line program and doesn't have a GUI. Calling a command-line program a DOS program is a common misunderstanding.

Daniel, Is that what you mean?

In this case, however, we are indeed talking about DOS 7.1(?) commands , as embedded into a Windows console environment (besides my native <tool>.exe commands, of course) .

Clearly, my tools also work e.g. under CYGWIN within a standard UNIX shell environment, if properly compiled.

Under OSX they also work by default in an UNIX shell environment.

Fridger

[danielj]

When I made my 64K Virtual Texture of Earth,I used a script.But it?s far from perfect,because a thin black line is in the high setentrional latitudes.
But I find no such script for F-textools.I?m talking about executables scripts,of course.If there were,I wouldn?t complain...

[t00fri]

When I made my 64K Virtual Texture of Earth,I used a script.But it?s far from perfect,because a thin black line is in the high setentrional latitudes.
But I find no such script for F-textools.I?m talking about executables scripts,of course.If there were,I wouldn?t complain...

It's all on cartrite's WEBsite, together with his super waterflow texture of Earth.

Fridger

[cartrite]

He He He Ha Ha Ha,
danielj,
I created those scripts long ago with YOU in mind and you never used them?
I guess the saying that "you can lead a horse to water but you can't make him drink" applies.
cartrite

[danielj]

Sorry,I didn?t pay attention .But it?s not only question of lazyness.The fact is the SCRIPT could take 20 HOURS to be completed.And I can?t let the computer on for so much time,cause it?s not me that sleeps in the office and the computer makes a lot of noise.If the script could be paused and resumed,them the problem would be solved...

[cartrite]

The fact is the SCRIPT could take 20 HOURS to be completed

It takes me 20 minutes, 30 tops.
Getting back on topic, sanctus, if you try to use the HDR version, be sure to add the 4 files in the shaders folder to the shaders folder in your installed Celestia folder. If the copy you downloaded from my site doesn't have a shaders folder, download it again. I forgot to put it in when I added the HDR version. I updated it about an hour ago to include the shaders folder.
cartrite

[BobHegwood]

When I made my 64K Virtual Texture of Earth,I used a script.But it?s far from perfect,because a thin black line is in the high setentrional latitudes.
But I find no such script for F-textools.I?m talking about executables scripts,of course.If there were,I wouldn?t complain...

You know, if this command line processing bothers you so much, you CAN convert the commands to a batch file too, you know.
All you need to do is copy the commands and then place them inside a batch (.BAT) file which can be executed within the command line window simply by typing the
.BAT file name and pressing the ENTER key.

This has all been explained under the "Virtual Textures for the Brain-Dead" topic on the Celestial Matters Forum which is located HERE.
If *I* can figure out how to perform these tasks, then even you should be able to do this too.

Come to think of it, you should also be able to execute the batch files simply by clicking on the batch file name(s) while viewing under Windows Explorer.
Of course, your PATH setup must be arranged to get to the appropriate directories too.

EDIT: Sorry, I see that Steve has shown you how to use his scripts in an ealier post. What the Hell do you want?

[t00fri]

Sorry,I didn?t pay attention .But it?s not only question of lazyness.The fact is the SCRIPT could take 20 HOURS to be completed.And I can?t let the computer on for so much time,cause it?s not me that sleeps in the office and the computer makes a lot of noise.If the script could be paused and resumed,them the problem would be solved...

Daniel,

you are again COMPLETELY wrong. I spent a lot of time optimizing the speed of my tools. Don't forget, the main work is done not by slow scripts, but by my tools, which are compiled, highly optimized C++ code!!

A full 64k VT set does not take more than 20-30 minutes with my tools!! (assuming that the scientific raw data have been already downloaded)

Fridger

[cartrite]

danielj,
I think you may have been looking at the WRONG scripts. If you are referring to the scripts that took me 20 hours, they are scripts to create the landmask/watermask. All those scripts create a landmask/watermask. They actually took almost a week running my computer 24/7. I put them on the site so people can see how the landmask file was made. And if they want to try, create a spec map of their own.
The scrips you want are the 64k-bmng-texture-kit.zip.

sanctus,
If you try to use the HDR version, be sure to add the 4 files in the shaders folder to the shaders folder in your installed Celestia folder. If the copy you downloaded from my site doesn't have a shaders folder, download it again. I forgot to put it in when I added the HDR version. I updated it about an hour ago to include the shaders folder.

cartrite

[danielj]

Sorry,the homepage is wrong.
I will be end for now...

[sanctus]

Thanks so much cartrite,great work mate
And thanks for the installation notes also

And t00fri why are you so angry try relaxing a little bit.

[t00fri]

Thanks so much cartrite,great work mate
And thanks for the installation notes also

And t00fri why are you so angry try relaxing a little bit.

I am never angry around here , but I am part of this community since 6.5 years with > 6800 posts. Hence I am sensing undercurrents you will have no idea about

Fridger

[cartrite]

Thanks so much cartrite,great work mate
And thanks for the installation notes also

No problem. Glad to be of help.

Sorry,the homepage is wrong.
I will be end for now...

Got No Idea what this means. But I suspect you'll be complaining again about this someday in the future.
cartrite

[danielj]

To avoid further confusion,I will continue this topic through pm messages.
This is the sentence that provoked confusion:
Warning. Running these scripts will tax your system. The script, batch-newrun-c1, took over 20 hours to run. The other scripts take long too.
Sorry for the misunderstood...

[cartrite]

his is the sentence that provoked confusion:
Warning. Running these scripts will tax your system. The script, batch-newrun-c1, took over 20 hours to run. The other scripts take long too.

That is what I thought. The scripts that build the bmng VT textures and normaps are in the 64k-bmng-texture-kit. They are .bat files.
cartrite

[sanctus]

I just have one question why stars are just disappearing when you get close enough to a star or a planet?

[cartrite]

That is the way it is supposed to work. At least that was what I was told. The theory being that one's eyes will not see that many stars when a bright object is the field of view. And as I said earlier, this code still needs some work. It is still under development.
cartrite

[ElChristou]

I just have one question why stars are just disappearing when you get close enough to a star or a planet?

As said by Cartrite that's how you would see things in reality; because the light of the star or any nearby object is too strong, your iris will shut down and you won't be able to see the dim light of the background anymore...