On Saturday 10 January 2004 17:36, David Culp wrote:
> I was flying from Philly to Chicago yesterday morning at O'Dark Thirty and
> saw the Space Station fly by.  It was slightly brighter then the planet it
> was going past (Jupiter? Saturn?), and I assume it was the ISS rather than
> some other satellite.  Anyway, does anyone think an AISatellite class would
> be useful?  I don't know if placing an object in FlightGear at low Earth
> orbit would work.  I don't know if it would reflect the sun, like the real
> satellite does, or whether this would have to be faked by lighting it.
>
>
>
> Dave

Heh - I was thinking about trying to model some Northern/Southern Lights but I 
haven't got into the scenery side of FG yet, and currently, thanks to ATI's 
drivers, FG crashes if I try to fly at night:/.

Using the fade/blend texture & animation methods, it could look quite nice.

LeeE


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