Click Here
home features news forums classifieds faqs links search
6071 members 
Amiga Q&A /  Free for All /  Emulation /  Gaming / (Latest Posts)
Login

Nickname

Password

Lost Password?

Don't have an account yet?
Register now!

Support Amigaworld.net
Your support is needed and is appreciated as Amigaworld.net is primarily dependent upon the support of its users.
Donate

Menu
Main sections
» Home
» Features
» News
» Forums
» Classifieds
» Links
» Downloads
Extras
» OS4 Zone
» IRC Network
» AmigaWorld Radio
» Newsfeed
» Top Members
» Amiga Dealers
Information
» About Us
» FAQs
» Advertise
» Polls
» Terms of Service
» Search

IRC Channel
Server: irc.amigaworld.net
Ports: 1024,5555, 6665-6669
SSL port: 6697
Channel: #Amigaworld
Channel Policy and Guidelines

Who's Online
29 crawler(s) on-line.
 103 guest(s) on-line.
 1 member(s) on-line.


 RobertB

You are an anonymous user.
Register Now!
 RobertB:  45 secs ago
 OlafS25:  50 mins ago
 Bruce72:  52 mins ago
 Rob:  1 hr 23 mins ago
 MEGA_RJ_MICAL:  1 hr 39 mins ago
 t0lkien:  1 hr 44 mins ago
 amigakit:  2 hrs 5 mins ago
 OneTimer1:  2 hrs 18 mins ago
 Troels:  3 hrs 19 mins ago
 Gunnar:  3 hrs 35 mins ago

Software News   Software News : 3D Stars Released
   posted by BillE on 24-Dec-2009 20:55:55 (2694 reads)
Forget Hyperions's most ambitious project there is something much more exciting right here right now.

Yes, 3D Stars has been released and is available on OS4 Depot and Aminet.

Using accurate stellar distance data derived from the Hipparcos satellite, you are able to make an interstellar journey at warp speeds far beyond the solar system.




If you happen to have any red-blue or red-green 3D glasses then switch to stereo viewing mode to view your stellar neighbourhood in glorious 3D.


Download 3D Stars from
OS4 Depot and Aminet.


For further information visit http://www.digitaluniverse.org.uk/3dstars


Note: Users of "The Digital Universe" will automatically have a registered version enabled.
    

STORYID: 5230
Related Links
· More about Software News
· News by BillE


Most read story about Software News
UBoot 2010.06.04 for Sam460ex available

Last news about Software News
Hollywood APK Compiler 4.0 released
Printer Friendly Page  Send this Story to a Friend

PosterThread
Dwyloc 
Re: 3D Stars Released
Posted on 25-Dec-2009 3:35:28
#1 ]
Super Member
Joined: 30-Mar-2005
Posts: 1052
From: Glasgow, Scotland

Thanks

As a registered DU owner 3D stars is a nice x-mas present :)

I look forward to trying it out in the morning.


_________________
Sam440ep 667mhz, 512MB, 120GB 2.5" HD, OS4.1FE
WinUae 3.0.0, OS 3.9, BB3, Catweasel MkIV
Amiga 1200, Blizzard 040/40 (BlizzardPPC 060/200 with SCSI removed at present), mediatorSX pci, Voodoo3, PCI network card os 3.9BB2
4MB Minimig with ARM addon boar

 Status: Offline
Profile     Report this post  
robo-ant 
Re: 3D Stars Released
Posted on 25-Dec-2009 4:16:11
#2 ]
Regular Member
Joined: 3-Feb-2008
Posts: 205
From: The anthill to the west of the silver maple

Wow, Bill, thank you very, very much! Great Christmas present!

And yes, I do have red-blue 3D glasses. This'll be fun!

Merry Christmas!

 Status: Offline
Profile     Report this post  
ChrisH 
Re: 3D Stars Released
Posted on 25-Dec-2009 9:49:29
#3 ]
Elite Member
Joined: 30-Jan-2005
Posts: 6679
From: Unknown

I only played with it for a bit, and barely looked at the readme, but it does look kinda of nice. Pity there is no mouse control (?), and also I seemed to run out of stars very quickly (not that you can help the latter, without generating fake stars).


_________________
Author of the PortablE programming language.
It is pitch black. You are likely to be eaten by a grue...

 Status: Offline
Profile     Report this post  
BillE 
Re: 3D Stars Released
Posted on 25-Dec-2009 13:56:22
#4 ]
Super Member
Joined: 14-Nov-2003
Posts: 1195
From: Northern Scotland

@ChrisH

You can add more stars from the Reset Window but the more you model the slower and more jerky things get.

The best thing is not to accellerate too much, once you have attained the speed you want let go of the key, its not like a car when you have air resistance and terminal velocities. You do not need to keep accellerating as you do not lose speed, sit back put on your 3d glasses and watch it do its thing.

Using the mouse I think would not be intuitive as the key presses model thrust in a particluar direction. Using the mouse would just confuse things.

If you have any sideways or up/down motion, try experimenting with the Viewpoint forward and backward keys, you can then get the stars rotating in front of you.

 Status: Offline
Profile     Report this post  
Hypex 
Re: 3D Stars Released
Posted on 26-Dec-2009 14:29:58
#5 ]
Elite Member
Joined: 6-May-2007
Posts: 11180
From: Greensborough, Australia

Thanks. I'll give it a shot. Downloading now...

Just wondering, is the Hipparcos satellite running some custom version of AROS? Called ARCOS perhaps?

 Status: Offline
Profile     Report this post  
[ home ][ about us ][ privacy ] [ forums ][ classifieds ] [ links ][ news archive ] [ link to us ][ user account ]
Copyright (C) 2000 - 2019 Amigaworld.net.
Amigaworld.net was originally founded by David Doyle