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Title: Asteroid Belts?
Post by: nvseal on July 01, 2007, 09:53:04 PM
I'm wondering how to make an asteroid belt. I've seen how to do it with a rocks population but I need to get up close to the asteroids and so I am hoping to use a planet population. I tried a test and Terragen shut down so I don't if those really work well yet. Does anyone know how to do this?
Title: Re: Asteroid Belts?
Post by: Will on July 01, 2007, 10:00:00 PM
I don't know, really big rock maybe or have hero objects?
Title: Re: Asteroid Belts?
Post by: rcallicotte on July 01, 2007, 11:15:29 PM
I have been working on an asteroid belt generator as I have had time.  It makes clip files.


Quote from: nvseal on July 01, 2007, 09:53:04 PM
I'm wondering how to make an asteroid belt. I've seen how to do it with a rocks population but I need to get up close to the asteroids and so I am hoping to use a planet population. I tried a test and Terragen shut down so I don't if those really work well yet. Does anyone know how to do this?
Title: Re: Asteroid Belts?
Post by: dhavalmistry on July 02, 2007, 07:54:16 AM
Quote from: nvseal on July 01, 2007, 09:53:04 PM
I'm wondering how to make an asteroid belt. I've seen how to do it with a rocks population but I need to get up close to the asteroids and so I am hoping to use a planet population. I tried a test and Terragen shut down so I don't if those really work well yet. Does anyone know how to do this?

use object population instead of planet population???
Title: Re: Asteroid Belts?
Post by: nikita on July 12, 2007, 07:14:48 AM
I'd use a transparent disc, use the fake stones shader (or a population of real stones) on top of it.
(You can use the built-in disc, which allows you to set the inner radius to a value that is greater than your planet's radius so you get a ring actually.)