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[Mod] Terraformed Planets (Venus Added!) Nov 30, 2016 16:25:19 GMT qswitched, Durandal, and 7 more like this

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Post by tukuro on Nov 30, 2016 16:25:19 GMT

Update 01/12/2016: Added Mars, Moon. Added High Res version of Earth
Update 02/12/2016: Added Venus (Links Below)

After deciding that the solar system looked rather dreary (Especially Earth!), I've started work on a terraformed solar system.

The above map is an (almost) ice free post-Global Warming Earth. Perhaps realised a few hundred years after the events of the game, or a distant alternate future. It's based on a map by Robert Johnston (Link). The cloud layer is based on the default clouds.
Once I'm more skilled at this I will make a fully original version using only the heightmap as a base.

I'm aiming to terraform almost every planet in the solar system up to Triton.

Download links:
Earth (High Res version):
s16.postimg.org/cchoxex8z/earth.jpg
s16.postimg.org/5ajrb7tn7/earth_specular.jpg

Mars V2:
s13.postimg.org/knllk7mhh/marsv2.jpg
s13.postimg.org/4o2y0nqfp/mars_specularv2.jpg

Moon:
s13.postimg.org/kijeirxo5/luna.jpg
s13.postimg.org/jhj5tngol/luna_specular.jpg

Venus:
s14.postimg.org/9h34mrnhb/venus.jpg
s14.postimg.org/nostbf067/venus_specular.jpg

Just drop these in your Steam\steamapps\common\Children of a Dead Earth\Resources\Textures folder.
For Mars and the Moon make sure you delete the normals of each texture.

Last Edit: Dec 2, 2016 17:28:49 GMT by tukuro

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tukuro Full Member I like to make pretty things Posts: 241	[Mod] Terraformed Planets (Venus Added!) Nov 30, 2016 19:08:35 GMT svm420 likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by tukuro on Nov 30, 2016 19:08:35 GMT Mars WIP: SPOILER: Click to show
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n2maniac Senior Member Posts: 385	[Mod] Terraformed Planets (Venus Added!) Dec 1, 2016 6:30:42 GMT bigbombr, tukuro, and 1 more like this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by n2maniac on Dec 1, 2016 6:30:42 GMT Children of an Undead Earth?

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[Mod] Terraformed Planets (Venus Added!) Dec 1, 2016 13:02:34 GMT Crazy Tom likes this

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Post by tukuro on Dec 1, 2016 13:02:34 GMT

Mars: (Finished version)

Download link:
s13.postimg.org/knllk7mhh/marsv2.jpg
s13.postimg.org/4o2y0nqfp/mars_specularv2.jpg

Make sure you delete mars_normal.jpg or the texture quality will suffer.

Next up: The Moon!

EDIT: Updated the texture with more land details
EDIT: Fixed the link

Last Edit: Dec 1, 2016 15:28:31 GMT by tukuro

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tukuro Full Member I like to make pretty things Posts: 241	[Mod] Terraformed Planets (Venus Added!) Dec 1, 2016 17:56:30 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by tukuro on Dec 1, 2016 17:56:30 GMT Moon: Link: s13.postimg.org/kijeirxo5/luna.jpg s13.postimg.org/jhj5tngol/luna_specular.jpg As with the Mars texture, make sure you delete the normal.
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[Mod] Terraformed Planets (Venus Added!) Dec 1, 2016 20:45:25 GMT

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Post by lieste on Dec 1, 2016 20:45:25 GMT

Mars might be doable, but Luna isn't feasible. There is no magnetosphere so no protection for any added atmosphere, and this is and the low gravity is why there is no atmosphere to speak of there. (Only miniscule outgassing from the lithosphere, reabsorbed by re-freezing 'over night' if not lost to the solar wind.

Pttg Senior Member Worshipper upon the altar of 3D-Graphine. Posts: 344	[Mod] Terraformed Planets (Venus Added!) Dec 1, 2016 23:27:02 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Pttg on Dec 1, 2016 23:27:02 GMT I remember reading a book a while back where a lunar terraforming project just kept throwing in fresh volatiles every couple centuries. Sure it wasn't stable, but neither is Florida.

erik New Member Posts: 34	[Mod] Terraformed Planets (Venus Added!) Dec 2, 2016 5:36:53 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by erik on Dec 2, 2016 5:36:53 GMT Ganymede does have a magnetic field so I think its likely the 2nd most viable target for terraforming efforts after Mars, despite having slightly lower surface gravity than Moon.
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[Mod] Terraformed Planets (Venus Added!) Dec 2, 2016 7:08:29 GMT

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Dec 1, 2016 20:45:25 GMT lieste said:

Mars might be doable, but Luna isn't feasible. There is no magnetosphere so no protection for any added atmosphere, and this is and the low gravity is why there is no atmosphere to speak of there. (Only miniscule outgassing from the lithosphere, reabsorbed by re-freezing 'over night' if not lost to the solar wind.

Lets see, escape velocity of... 2.4km/s at the surface. Yea, the atmosphere is going to leave at a nontrivial rate. Get to ~1500K in the exosphere and nitrogen's average molecular velocity will hit escape velocity. Anyone have a good idea of how quick that process is, given it is probably vacuum UV solar driven?

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[Mod] Terraformed Planets (Venus Added!) Dec 2, 2016 17:26:08 GMT

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Dec 1, 2016 20:45:25 GMT lieste said:

Mars might be doable, but Luna isn't feasible. There is no magnetosphere so no protection for any added atmosphere, and this is and the low gravity is why there is no atmosphere to speak of there. (Only miniscule outgassing from the lithosphere, reabsorbed by re-freezing 'over night' if not lost to the solar wind.

What about speeding up it's rotation? The moon has a (partially) liquid iron core, which means it would increase the strength of the magnetic field. And it's already been calculated that it's feasible to do for a planet the size of Venus.
Another benefit of breaking the tidal lock is that shortens the days to the point where you wouldn't need to worry about the atmosphere freezing.

Also: New update!

Venus:

I feel like this is the best one yet. Sadly Venus takes forever to rotate which means you'll probably only see one side during a skirmish. You can of course fix this by editing celestialbodies.txt and changing SiderealRotationPeriod_s to something like-80000.

Link:
s14.postimg.org/9h34mrnhb/venus.jpg
s14.postimg.org/nostbf067/venus_specular.jpg

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newageofpower God Commencing Orbital Battleship Manouvers, standby Posts: 1,173	[Mod] Terraformed Planets (Venus Added!) Dec 4, 2016 2:30:12 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by newageofpower on Dec 4, 2016 2:30:12 GMT Venus is potentially terraformable. Luna, definitely not. Even Mars is iffy. It's weak gravity means the atmosphere simply cannot be at a density which unmodified humans can breath, long term.
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The Astronomer God Astronomer Starmaker Posts: 1,926	[Mod] Terraformed Planets (Venus Added!) Dec 5, 2016 6:41:14 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by The Astronomer on Dec 5, 2016 6:41:14 GMT I think I will need a version without clouds, so I can replace those happy blue ocean with realistic ocean color. I think I will also need normal Earth (with normal ice caps and normal sea level).
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