Hi res earth textures for mac

[bh]

I was wondering if I could just transfer my hires earth VT (dds) (Walton's) to my new mac (yes...I've switched!)? I tried moving the textures folder and the ctx but I don't get an Alternate texture option from the menu.

Is there a faq for mac?

[Cham]

What new machine did you got ?

[bh]

Hello Cham...I got a mini...specs are:
Intel Core Duo 2
1.88 Ghz
1 GB ram
120 GB HD
Open GL 2 (I now get ring shadows on Saturn!).

[Cham]

If you're using a DDS texture on the latest version from CVS, I suspect it wont work. It's a bug with DDS textures.

Did you used a proper SSC file to activate the texture, like this ?

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AltSurface "Name" "Sol/Earth"
{
   Texture "file name"
        NormalMap "file name"
}


[bh]

Thanks for that Cham...it's a start...I now have the Alt tex option but a white sphere.
Not only am I a mac noob but also a Celestia one it seems!

Edit: Got it...thanks!

[Chuft-Captain]

I think I read somewhere that "S3TC texture compression" is required on your graphics card in order to handle DDS's. Not 100% sure about this, although this PDF seems to imply I'm right.
( I hope you checked this before your purchase )

Try googling "S3TC texture compression DDS"

[bh]

dds textures are working well so far, thanks for your help skips.

[ElChristou]

Hey welcome abord Bob! hope you will have a big pleasure using your new Mac

[bh]

Thanks Chris...a very pleasant experience so far...