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NEW addons (download links)

Postby Cham on Sun Mar 08, 2009 10:30 am

I finally have access to a good file server (thanks to Frank). So I'll post links to new addons here. Take note that I'll update the first message of this thread from time to time with some new links, so stay tuned. Expect LOTS of addons from here ! :)

TRANSLATION NOTICE : All my addons are using some French strings (SSC, STC, DSC, and CELX files). I don't have time to translate everything to any other language, so it's the responsability of the user to edit the files by himself. Don't forget to open/save the files under the UTF-8 file format. Translation is up to you. The addons are free, so translation is a small fee to pay :wink:

All the addons published here were made with Celestia 1.6 in mind. Many of them are using the "layers" and "multi-layers" concept that I introduced some times ago, so the addons may not work properly with an older version of Celestia.

DISCLAIMER : I'm in no way responsible for any troubles you may experience on your computer, file lost, etc. Use at your own risk.

COPYRIGHT : All the addons published here are copyrighted works. You may NOT use the files from the addons for ANY commercial activities. The addons are available freely for personal uses and educational activities only.

Of course, feedback, opinions and suggestions are welcome here.

Have fun !

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Billboard presentation of the galactic center :
http://fsgregs.startlogic.com/Public_Fi ... ctique.zip (47.1 MB)

Toggle script included. Previews :
CG1.jpg

CG2.jpg

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Solar magnetism :
http://fsgregs.startlogic.com/Public_Fi ... l_Cham.zip (13.7 MB)

Toggle script and "Live" Sun included (plasma motion on the surface). Preview :
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WMAP :
http://fsgregs.startlogic.com/Public_Fi ... m/WMAP.zip (3.1 MB)

Preview :
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SLOAN :
http://fsgregs.startlogic.com/Public_Fi ... /SLOAN.zip (2.2 MB)

Preview :
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Millennium simulation :
http://fsgregs.startlogic.com/Public_Fi ... ennium.zip (16.1 MB)

Preview :
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VIRGO simulation :
http://fsgregs.startlogic.com/Public_Fi ... /VIRGO.zip (3.2 MB)

Preview :
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Billboard presentation of the Carina nebula :
http://fsgregs.startlogic.com/Public_Fi ... Carina.zip (31.6 MB)

Preview :
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Billboard presentation of the Orion nebula :
http://fsgregs.startlogic.com/Public_Fi ... _Orion.zip (14.6 MB)

Preview :
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The galactic center and its black hole
http://fsgregs.startlogic.com/Public_Fi ... m/SgrA.zip (7.9 MB)

Preview :
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Some reference spherical and planar grids :
http://fsgregs.startlogic.com/Public_Fi ... sGrids.zip (1.6 MB)

Preview :
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Dipolar magnetic field of the planets :
http://fsgregs.startlogic.com/Public_Fi ... netism.zip (9.2 MB)
(includes several charged particles typical paths)
Preview :
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Pulsars database :
http://fsgregs.startlogic.com/Public_Files/Cham/

Preview :
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Andromeda black hole :
http://fsgregs.startlogic.com/Public_Files/Cham/M31.zip (6.7 MB)

Preview :
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Cygnus X-1 black hole :
http://fsgregs.startlogic.com/Public_Fi ... nusX-1.zip (14.8 MB)

Preview :
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Pyramids of Egypt : (O well, I coulnd't resist !)
http://fsgregs.startlogic.com/Public_Fi ... /Egypt.zip (2.4 MB)

Preview :
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61 Cyg B black hole :
http://fsgregs.startlogic.com/Public_Fi ... 61CygB.zip (12 MB)

Preview :
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Light deviation around a Schwarzschild black hole :
http://fsgregs.startlogic.com/Public_Fi ... iation.zip (5.8 MB)

Preview :
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Hubble galactic classification layer :
http://fsgregs.startlogic.com/Public_Fi ... Hubble.zip (500 KB)

Preview :
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Habitable zone (solar system and galactic) :
http://fsgregs.startlogic.com/Public_Fi ... leZone.zip (200 KB)

Preview :
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An observer's horizontal grid : The observer's location can easily be edited in the main SSC file.
http://fsgregs.startlogic.com/Public_Fi ... alGrid.zip (14.6 MB)

Preview :
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Billboard presentation of the M31 (Andromeda) galaxy :
http://fsgregs.startlogic.com/Public_Fi ... lboard.zip (9.9 MB)

Preview :
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Klypin-Kravtsov simulation of the large scale structure of the Universe :
http://fsgregs.startlogic.com/Public_Fi ... avtsov.zip (17.4 MB)
Use the script to rotate through the animation of 10 3D frames. Each frame is using 100 thousands of sprites.
Preview :
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Klypin-Kravtsov simulation of the large scale structure of the Universe (LARGE model for z = 0) :
http://fsgregs.startlogic.com/Public_Fi ... _large.zip (17.2 MB)
WARNING ! This model is LARGE ! It's a 40.1 MB ASCII CMOD file with 1 million of sprites ! It may put your video card on its knees, so use at your own risk. Please, give some feedback here and state the performances you get on your machine (frame rate, OS version and video card model).
Preview :
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Last edited by Cham on Sat Mar 21, 2009 8:38 am, edited 27 times in total.
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Re: NEW addons (download links)

Postby t00fri on Sun Mar 08, 2009 11:02 am

Cham wrote:COPYRIGHT : All the addons published here are copyrighted works. You may NOT use the files from the addons for ANY commercial activities. The addons are available freely for personal uses and educational activities only.


How about Frank's commercial activities?? ;-) . Are you saying that he's not allowed to use your add-ons when selling his Celestia-EDU stuff? Or did you grant him a special deal in exchange of hosting your add-ons?

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Re: NEW addons (download links)

Postby scaddenp on Tue Mar 10, 2009 4:44 pm

t00fri wrote:How about Frank's commercial activities?? ;-) . Are you saying that he's not allowed to use your add-ons when selling his Celestia-EDU stuff? Or did you grant him a special deal in exchange of hosting your add-ons?

Fridger


As far as I can see, Frank's "commercial activities" consist of charging for posting Celestia-EDU on DVD/CD and posting it to you. Since it can be downloaded for free if you dont want that, I fail to see that Celestia-EDU in itself is a "commerical activity".
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Re: NEW addons (download links)

Postby t00fri on Tue Mar 10, 2009 5:03 pm

scaddenp wrote:
t00fri wrote:How about Frank's commercial activities?? ;-) . Are you saying that he's not allowed to use your add-ons when selling his Celestia-EDU stuff? Or did you grant him a special deal in exchange of hosting your add-ons?

Fridger


As far as I can see, Frank's "commercial activities" consist of charging for posting Celestia-EDU on DVD/CD and posting it to you. Since it can be downloaded for free if you dont want that, I fail to see that Celestia-EDU in itself is a "commerical activity".


Since we had this at length before, just a brief reminder about Frank's licensing scheme, including school and district-wide licenses, for example

For single use on up to five classroom
or teaching computers
: $49.00
Choose CD Set or DVD
For use in a school computer lab or server
on up to 30 computers
: $69.00
Choose CD Set or DVD
For a total school license on an unlimited
number of computers
: $89.00
Choose CD Set or DVD

For District-wide license, email for pricing at: fsgregs@comcast.net.

While this is not a lot of money, such a detailed licensing scheme clearly constitutes a commercial actiivity.

If you read my formulation well, it should become clear that I was NOT claiming that Celestia-EDU in itself is a "commerical activity".

Please note also that I have refrained from making any comments about what I think about this activity.

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Re: NEW addons (download links)

Postby Cham on Wed Mar 11, 2009 1:05 pm

Just to say that the first message has been edited with lots of addons. Much more to come during the following days and weeks. Expect an avalanche of addons ! :)
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Re: NEW addons (download links)

Postby ElChristou on Wed Mar 11, 2009 1:08 pm

Cham wrote:Just to say that the first message has been edited with lots of addons. Much more to come during the following days and weeks. Expect an avalanche of addons ! :)


Cool stuff! :D
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Re: NEW addons (download links)

Postby Slaverstudent on Wed Mar 11, 2009 5:10 pm

SgrA.zip is password protected. :roll:
What's the password please?
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Re: NEW addons (download links)

Postby Cham on Wed Mar 11, 2009 6:56 pm

Slaverstudent wrote:SgrA.zip is password protected. :roll:
What's the password please?


After downloading it myself, I don't find it asking for a password. Another one confirm this anomaly ?
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Re: NEW addons (download links)

Postby Chuft-Captain on Thu Mar 12, 2009 1:19 am

Cham wrote:After downloading it myself, I don't find it asking for a password. Another one confirm this anomaly ?


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Re: NEW addons (download links)

Postby ElChristou on Thu Mar 12, 2009 3:36 am

Cham wrote:
Slaverstudent wrote:SgrA.zip is password protected. :roll:
What's the password please?


After downloading it myself, I don't find it asking for a password. Another one confirm this anomaly ?


No pas here but I guess the * may cause problem on Windows...

BTW Cham, you should perhaps think in releasing textures in dds; DW's SquishDDS do the job and very well!
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Re: NEW addons (download links)

Postby BobHegwood on Thu Mar 12, 2009 5:30 am

Just wanted to say Thank You for making these spectacular (and realistic) add-ons
available here Martin. :D

Much appreciated by the Brain-Dead :wink:
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Re: NEW addons (download links)

Postby Cham on Thu Mar 12, 2009 6:02 am

I've changed the SgrA.zip file, so download again, and tell if it now decompress correctly.
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Re: NEW addons (download links)

Postby Cham on Sat Mar 21, 2009 8:36 am

The first message has been updated.
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Re: NEW addons (download links)

Postby Vincent on Sat Mar 21, 2009 10:54 am

Cham wrote:Klypin-Kravtsov simulation of the large scale structure of the Universe (LARGE model for z = 0) :

WARNING ! This model is LARGE ! It's a 40.1 MB ASCII CMOD file with 1 million of sprites ! It may put your video card on its knees, so use at your own risk. Please, give some feedback here and state the performances you get on your machine (frame rate, OS version and video card model).


Martin,

I just tried the large version of your Klypin-Kravtsov simulation model.
It took about ten seconds to load on my system, and then, I could
easily navigate both inside and outside the model. I got nearly 20 fps.
This is a great addon ! Thanks. :D
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Re: NEW addons (download links)

Postby t00fri on Sat Mar 21, 2009 12:07 pm

The add-on looks OK for any rendering path EXCEPT OGL 2, where the sprites are BIG reddish squares. This must be a bug in the code (not the add-on).

For non-OGL 2 rendering, I get even 40 fps with my old machine while travelling through the cube. However there is a large amount of flickering which again should not happen.

This could be so much better done at the C++ code level...my old dream...

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