FYI: for me, saturn does not render properly unless I go to options and turn off "render ring shadows".
Posted by T. Analog Kid (Member # 381) on :
too cool
Posted by popatr (Member # 1334) on :
For anyone who hasn't discovered the time manipulation keys, that's what's really fun for me. The J key toggles which direction time is flowing, in case you want to see an eclipse path repeated or something. The L key speeds up time by a factor of 10, and K slows it down by a factor of 10. Things in motion look cool.
And you can click on and go to any of the stars you see. Thousands.
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Some of you might prefer orbiter. You actually fly spacecraft (often the shuttle) out to various orbits or to other planets. My brother in law sucessfully planned a trip out to mars on some fancy theoretical ship. He was superproud of his accomplishment.
Although this is a super program in a lot of ways, it isn't near as user-friendly as celestia. And it focuses less on watching the scenery and more on space flight. So there is a steep learning curve when learning to operate shuttle controls &c. Also, unless they have rectified the situation since I installed it, the main install doesn't even come with the textures! You have to install them into the proper place manually, afterward.