Increasing secondary planet atmosphere

[PG]

Ok, so I've been attempting to reattach myself to TG2s leg with a kinda comet, eclipse render. However, to create the visible corona as normally witnessed in a total eclipse of the sun by the moon, but will in this case simply be the sunlight being projected through the massive clouds of ice, I need to use a secondary planet's atmosphere. Should be relatively simple, I thought, but I can't seem to get anywhere with it.

Is some astronomical value required for ceiling height or am I missing the parameter entirely?

[Henry Blewer]

I can get 'god rays' easily by partially hiding the sun behind a cloud or the terrain. Try increasing the atmosphere samples to 128.

[Oshyan]

Yes, "astronomical" values may be required. After all, these are "astronomical" scales. What values have you tried?

- Oshyan

[PG]

After all, these are "astronomical" scales. What values have you tried?
- Oshyan

Heh. Well Ceiling height is currently 8.83115e+068, with the haze and bluesky heights increased too. I've also added some clouds at an altitude of 5.31454e+008.
I can only come up with this, which has an extremely ugly, hard edge and the sun behind just gives off that pathetic soft glow rather than the tumulous fireshow customary in an eclipse.

[PG]

You wouldn't believe the blind luck I just had.

[Naoo]

Hi

WOW! How?


ciao
Naoo

[rcallicotte]

Looks cool, PG.

[PG]

Cheers. I ditched the negative sun idea I had in my other topic in favour of a secondary planet but I can't remember my settings. I'll let you know when I get home.

[PG]

Here's the TGD, nothing special. Have fun. I have actually added some terrain onto the secondary planet because I wanted to produce a bailey beads effect, you can just delete the power fractal to get rid of that.

[dandelO]

You know that the redsky decay clour of the second atmo in an eclipsed planet will be the colour of the glow from the eclipse? Check this very old one of mine out, 'Arizona Bay'... [attachimg=#]

[PG]

You do love the spacey ones don't you? . It may be possible to create an aurora effect with that.

[PG]

Hey guy, just playing around with that eclipse and managed to do this, not perfect by any means but it's a good start to doing the surface of a star I think.

[domdib]

Thanks for sharing.