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[[File:EarthView with night lights.jpg|thumbnail|left|Earth from 6000km with night-side lit up by city lights.]] | [[File:EarthView with night lights.jpg|thumbnail|left|Earth from 6000km with night-side lit up by city lights.]] | ||
=== Night lights for EarthView === | === Night lights for EarthView === | ||
FG's orbital rendering engine | FG's orbital rendering engine [[Earthview]] has received an update of night lights. Many may have seen the stunning photographs by ISS astronauts, showing the city lights at night. Earthview can do the same now.<br /> | ||
Using the alpha-channel of earth's textures, the shader now shows the night lights of earth:<br /> | Using the alpha-channel of earth's textures, the shader now shows the night lights of earth. | ||
Currently, in FGData are textures of 2k resolution to reduce disk-space. However, 4k and 8k resolutions are also available! | |||
You can download hires textures here: http://wiki.flightgear.org/Earthview#Customization<br /> | |||
(Keep in mind, that too high a resolution might bring you graphics card to its knees. Also, loading such huge textures takes some time, so expect some stutter. If, after loading, the framerates are inacceptably low, the you should use lower resolutions.) | |||
== Community news == | == Community news == | ||