EARTH CENTRAL v2.0

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Don. Edwards
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EARTH CENTRAL v2.0

Post #1by Don. Edwards » 31.07.2003, 11:18

Well all things considered I have had a very busy night. I have just finished rebuilding Earth Central to version 2. I have been working this over for about 9 hours on and off. Here is a shot of the top of the page.
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This is also were you can download my new 16k texture as it is ready for public consumption. Big thanks go out to all the forum members that gave me a hand with the testing of this beast. Your input made it possible to get things ready to roll allot faster than if I had to do it all by myself.
This is the version 1.0 of the texture with a second version to replace it be summers end hopefully. I have taken what a few of you have suggested and split most of the textures up by sizes. I no longer build in the specmap into the texture due to size issues so you will have to use a suitable specmap with these textures. There are a couple ready for download at the site. I also posted the Northern-Winter cloudmap for a separate download as that has been asked for as well. The Northern-Summer cloudmap is being reworked so I hope to have it ready for a parallel release with version 2 of the 16k texture.
I have a few last things to wrap up on the NASA educational Mars Terraforming project than I can get back to work on the Earth 18000 BCE texture. So you can get all the goodies over at the new Earth Central
http://63.224.48.65/~impulse/Earth_Cent ... ralv2.html
Enjoy!

Don.
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I am officially a retired member.
I might answer a PM or a post if its relevant to something.

Ah, never say never!!
Past texture releases, Hmm let me think about it

Thanks for your understanding.

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Thanks!

Post #2by guest » 31.07.2003, 18:11

That's great, Don!
I use several of your textures, and can't thank you enough for the enjoyment you've added to my Celestia experience!
Good luck with the new projects!
Ron

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Post #3by Gordon » 31.07.2003, 20:50

Hi Don,

First of all : thanks for all your textures, they are fantastic. 8O

Second : why do you change your page links when you upgrade version ? :twisted: :wink: I have to redo all the link on the add on database and I beleive all the people linking to you have to do so (at least Selden, Billybob, JeamTag, ...). You probably don't imagine what you did there ! :wink:

So, the question : Iis it possible for you to keep the same address for your page ?
Gordon

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Post #4by Don. Edwards » 01.08.2003, 00:35

I will fix the links tonight. I never even gave that a thought.
Sorry.

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Ah, never say never!!
Past texture releases, Hmm let me think about it

Thanks for your understanding.

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Re: EARTH CENTRAL v2.0

Post #5by don » 01.08.2003, 02:52

Don. Edwards wrote:Well all things considered I have had a very busy night.

Hey Don, that's the understatement of the century (so far) :lol:
3:18 am is definately a long night!

I absolutely love your textures and will be using them a lot. The 16K Earth texture adds so much detail that it's almost real! Any more detail and I'd be looking for bridges and buildings :D

Here's a great big THUMBS UP on all your hard work Don!
-Don G.
My Celestia Scripting Resources page

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Post #6by Don. Edwards » 01.08.2003, 23:44

All links fixed!!!
I am officially a retired member.
I might answer a PM or a post if its relevant to something.

Ah, never say never!!
Past texture releases, Hmm let me think about it

Thanks for your understanding.


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