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Tels

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Two problems:

 

How do I change the moon in the tdm_starry_sky_prefab? I wanted to use a full moon instead, but I can't find the place where the moon texture is.

 

Second:

 

The moon image is actually wrong. The shadow on the moon can only stem from a earth shadow on a full moon during a partial/full eclipse.

 

Compare:

 

post-144-1194044269_thumb.jpg

post-144-1194044320_thumb.jpg

 

(the latter from: http://www.raumfahrer.net/forum/cgi-bin/Ya...m=1156586714/45 )

 

The "shadow" on a normal moon is actually the selfshadow of the moon, e.g. the bright part is lit up by the sun. And coming from one side only, the sun can't light up much more than half of the moon as the other side will always be in the shadow of the moon itself (it is a sphere afterall :)

 

So the one we currently have has an impossible shadow on it. :rolleyes:

 

Unless of course, you want to simulate an eclipse - but since these eclipses happen so fast in real-life, this isn't a good idea as the same moon image will be shown during the hours of the map <_<

"The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore, all progress depends on the unreasonable man." -- George Bernard Shaw (1856 - 1950)

 

"Remember: If the game lets you do it, it's not cheating." -- Xarax

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For changing the moon face, go into the tdm_sky_starry prefab box and hide the patches and lights. You'll eventually find a very small brush textured with nodraw. One face of this brush has the moon on it, this is the one you'll want to swap.

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For changing the moon face, go into the tdm_sky_starry prefab box and hide the patches and lights. You'll eventually find a very small brush textured with nodraw. One face of this brush has the moon on it, this is the one you'll want to swap.

 

I thought I hid everything and looked at everything, but I must have overlooked that brush :)

Will do tomorrow after some sleep and then add it to the wki, too. Thanx!

 

Btw, is it possible to "move" the moon by moving this brush, too?

"The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore, all progress depends on the unreasonable man." -- George Bernard Shaw (1856 - 1950)

 

"Remember: If the game lets you do it, it's not cheating." -- Xarax

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Good eye there Tels. It almost looks like a crescent moon though eh?

 

Not to the pedantic nit-picking eye - it looks more like a giant eyeball to me :D

 

Will fix up that moon texture tomorrow, now it is bed time for me :)

"The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore, all progress depends on the unreasonable man." -- George Bernard Shaw (1856 - 1950)

 

"Remember: If the game lets you do it, it's not cheating." -- Xarax

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