3D Solar System
A Director movie showing the orbits of the planets around the sun in the solar system. The planets were modelled in Lightwave, textures in Photoshop, and the textures and animation applied in Director 8.5 using the 3D engine and Lingo. Man, Director is fantastic!
So far the relative speeds of the orbits are correct, as are the relative spins of the planets and sun. Still to do:
- get the proportions of the planets' sizes and distance to the sun right (hey, this is complex maths!)
- add switchable cameras so you can choose your view. (Also thinking of having a user-controlled spaceship fly around, but will drop it if the thing slows it down horribly...)
- If I feel really ambitious, and have lots of time on my hands (;-p), I might even have a stab at some elliptical orbits and pluto's tilted orbit...
Click on the link to see the movie, bearing in mind it currently weighs about 295kb :-)
