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Post #1by VulcanTrekkie45 » 27.05.2007, 04:05

How do I make custom content for Celestia?

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Post #2by selden » 27.05.2007, 10:41

Create planet, star or deep space catalogs,
create models or
create scripts.

You might take a look at the Web page http://www.lepp.cornell.edu/~seb/celest ... intro.html
It describes some of the things you might try.
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Post #3by t00fri » 27.05.2007, 11:29

selden wrote:Create planet, star or deep space catalogs,
create models or
create scripts.

You might take a look at the Web page http://www.lepp.cornell.edu/~seb/celest ... intro.html
It describes some of the things you might try.


Any reason for sparing out 'custom textures' of celestial bodies? These are neither models nor catalogs.

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Post #4by selden » 27.05.2007, 11:39

As part of creating a catalog, one might create textures. The Addon Web page has many links to many other pages describing many other aspects of Addon creation, too many to mention here.
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Post #5by t00fri » 27.05.2007, 13:45

selden wrote:As part of creating a catalog, one might create textures. The Addon Web page has many links to many other pages describing many other aspects of Addon creation, too many to mention here.


Sorry, but I and many others have created LOTS OF textures that were NOT parts of a catalog... ;-) If one creates a texture one just DOES it. Who cares about catalogs in most cases?

I simply felt that textures should have been included in your list above, OR you should have just given your link...Texture creation is/has been one of the most intense custom activities by users.
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Post #6by VulcanTrekkie45 » 28.05.2007, 00:11

I followed the directions to it, but for some reason it's not working. I put in all the data, but the planet is just not showing up.

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Post #7by selden » 28.05.2007, 00:29

Some likely causes of problems are listed in section 6 of the addon-intro page. Often it turns out to be something "it couldn't possibly be," so be sure to check them all.

http://www.lepp.cornell.edu/~seb/celest ... tro.html#6
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