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Title: Planets
Post by: MrTAToad on 2014-Jun-04
This started out as an update for my Bouncing Lines program, but in 3D, but as I started adding bits to it, it ended up as a rewrite of a very old DGSDK program I wrote a very long time ago.

Use the mouse to turn and buttons to move backwards and forwards.  There are some differences between this and the original :

A) No TARDIS floating around
B) No monolith around Jupiter

However, this version is better scaled, in size, planetary movements and distance from each other.  It also has asteroids in!  It doesn't have satellites though...

Quick video : http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x1yee7p_planets-2014-06-04-01-22-26_videogames (http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x1yee7p_planets-2014-06-04-01-22-26_videogames)

Title: Re: Planets
Post by: mentalthink on 2014-Jun-05
HI MrT the App it's nice... I loved the Meteorites... the another graphics I think you have to review a bit...

Take a look here!!!
http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/3d_resources/index.html

I'm not sure if it's open source but if they leave download , I think can be use... I'm not sure but I think here I wacth sometime ago, images about all planets in High Resolution... I watch a Satellite...

Here you have a bunch of sattelites, and I think them are Real.
http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/3d_resources/models.html
Title: Re: Planets
Post by: matchy on 2014-Jun-05
That's great!  :good: =D

Does everything need to been on the same plane?
Title: Re: Planets
Post by: erico on 2014-Jun-05
Add a cobra mkIII ;)
Title: Re: Planets
Post by: MrTAToad on 2014-Jun-05
Would be a bit unrealistic!

QuoteDoes everything need to been on the same plane?
No, but it was easier to do that way!
Title: Re: Planets
Post by: erico on 2014-Jun-05
The asteroids are nice, the background image looks low res compared to the rest?
Title: Re: Planets
Post by: MrTAToad on 2014-Jun-05
Its stills 1024 x 1024 - its just textured over a very large sphere...
Title: Re: Planets
Post by: erico on 2014-Jun-05
Is it possible to tile that image wrapped on the sphere?
Title: Re: Planets
Post by: MrTAToad on 2014-Jun-05
Most likely - haven't really used AC3D enough to find out how though...
Title: Re: Planets
Post by: matchy on 2014-Jun-06
Yeah...that background needs to be sharper!  :zzz: So it's an educational app then?  :-[
Title: Re: Planets
Post by: MrTAToad on 2014-Jun-06
Oh no, it's just a quick example program!