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My workflow leans pretty heavily on the fork and main repository relationship, not that it necessarily has to for everyone, but that...

There is one other possibility to render a planet into a texture, let's say 512x512, and then render the texture on screen in smaller...

@CaptainSwag101 and @Max-Q have both done some extensive testing building NASSP against OO and flying missions. Their input would be...

Lot of time has passed since previous Orbiter release so it might be good idea to push forward with a new release Orbiter 2024. I...

With UV spheres you run out of precision near the poles. There is another way to map topologies: Which is how space engine can do...

Yes, a big thank you from my side as well there. :) Maybe we should know which ideas where there, before we decide on which we won't...

Would something like Voronoi noise work? maybe with the right gradient applied to it. On the main subject of this thread: how long do...

It would be possible to improve the sun rendering but it would require an artist to create sun surface textures and there's also the...

Don't worry, I only do that at night.

I'm not sure the API prevents this, implementing a 3D sphere in VStar.cpp instead of a billboard may be possible already (as long as you...

Would it be possible to give sun a volume in the course of the planet refactoring? AFAIR, its still a point in Orbiter.

Here's my current API cleanup plan: Removal of the DirectX7 based renderer and DX7 compatibility requirements. Those very awkward mesh...