Ok, here it is:
The Ringworld for Celestia.
The Ringworld is designed to work on Celestia 1.5 and 1.6.
This release is relatively light. You should not have any trouble using it even on a very moderately spec computer. And there are two versions:
- The Hi-Res version, at 119 MB for higher-end machines
- The Lo-Res version, at 29,5 MB for lower-end machines
What are the differences?
First of all, graphics resolution: the lo-res version has *much* lower resolution graphics (surface and cloudmaps, but also texture-mapped CMODS)
Next, the Lo-Res do not have much detail for the actual ring (for example, the ramjets is omitted, since they are the most complex meshes, and also the clouds at surface-level). The Lying Bastard is also very simplified in this version (most of the interior + the passengers and cargo is taken out). And finally, only Nessus is on the surface, while the Hi-Res version has all the characters.
In general, the Hi-Res version has more detail all around, even moving clouds.
But don?t expect a huge scenario like Memory of the Waves, say; i have chosen to keep even the Hi-Res version simple. This is because the scenario is so huge that including everything would require a high-end monster PC to run it. I have experimented a lot with this (at one time, i even had the entire city of Hotrufan - using 128k VTs - embedded in the surface. Had to take it out, the framerate went to syrup with a 256 MB nvidia card.
So, my Ringworld only depicts the main characters and locations from the original, first novel. Neither are there any scripted journeys - the starship, flycycles and the flying house just follows simple elliptical orbits close to the locations of the events in the book. And of course, the Ocean Map of Known Space is included, with a fairly high-resolution Earth.
Instead of all manners of detail, there is a little bonus:
I have also put up a cookbook, and included ALL my source files together with a detailed walkthrough of how everything is put together. So, you can take my scenario as a jump-off point, and extend it yourself. Even release it as your own after any modifications you might want to do, should you wish to.
The cookbook goes through each element of the SSC file, and highlights some interesting peculiarities of Celestia. It is also a simple recipe for changing the Ringworld.
At the moment, you can download it here:
http://www.celestialmatters.org/users/r ... ringworld/
I will also put it up on the Motherlode shortly.
Special thanks to ElChristou,who helped me cut the ring right.
- rthorvald
Awesome work!!!
