has anyone considered building a 3D model of Mimas to replace the existing sphere with an object that can better model the giant herschel crater. The 3D model itself can be a simple sphere for the rest of the moon but giving the herschel crater some relief should make it more impressive and better demonstrate it's size.
ron
Mimas & Herschel Crater
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Bjorn Jonsson's Mimas
Bjorn Jonsson (who I think is the author of Celestia's Saturn ring texture) experimented with bump maps and triangle meshes for Mimas in POV-Ray:
http://www.mmedia.is/~bjj/3dtest/
This data could probably be translated into something usable by Celestia. There were some horizontal artifacts apparently generated by his bump-map-extraction method.
http://www.mmedia.is/~bjj/3dtest/
This data could probably be translated into something usable by Celestia. There were some horizontal artifacts apparently generated by his bump-map-extraction method.
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Re: Mimas & Herschel Crater
ron wrote:has anyone considered building a 3D model of Mimas to replace the existing sphere with an object that can better model the giant herschel crater.
Ron,
See the topic at http://www.shatters.net/forum/viewtopic.php?p=27616#27616
for more info and a picture of Mimas as I have it on my version of Celestia.
Take care, Bob
Bob Hegwood
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Windows XP-SP2, 256Meg 1024x768 Resolution
Intel Celeron 1400 MHz CPU
Intel 82815 Graphics Controller
OpenGL Version: 1.1.2 - Build 4.13.01.3196
Celestia 1.4.0 Pre6 FT1