File:Cim.gsagostinho.SystemFeatures.Rings.oxz

System Features: Rings

Version: 2.4

Required Oolite Version: 1.84

Author: cim, Gilberto Agostinho (gsagostinho)

License: CC-BY-SA 3.0

About

This OXP adds some dust rings to a few planets in each galaxy. Whether those rings are traditional gas giant rings or debris rings from industry or long-past battles depends on your planet texture OXP. A shader-supporting graphics card is required, the more recent the better. Older shader-supporting cards may be too slow to render the rings at an adequate framerate.

Version history

24/07/2017 - Version 2.3:

- code cleanup.

- rings fade into blue when entering the atmosphere (such as when using PlanetFall).

20/07/2017 - Version 2.2:

- smaller ring bands and grains only visible at closer distance.

- improved the issues with moire pattern, in particular at lower resolutions.

20/07/2017 - Version 2.1:

- the large gaps in the rings are now randomized making each system more unique.

- the colour gradient function is also randomized for more unique rings.

- renamed the effect script.

19/07/2017 - Version 2.0:

- rings now have different relative sizes to the planet.

- they also have different radial length.

- applied a slight yellow tint.

- applied ambient light.

- shadows are darker.

- changed the spawning algorithm which, among other things, make the rings more common.

- ring now uses a colour gradient instead of a texture (which is now only used to generate noise).

Version 1.2:

- use 1.80 features, repackage.

Version 1.1:

- improved ring texture and appearance contributed by ZygoUgo.

Version 1.0:

- initial non-beta release.