RenderableConstellationLines

Inherits Renderable

Members

Name	Documentation	Type	Description	Optional
File	The path to the SPECK file that contains constellation lines data	File	Value of type ‘File’	No
Colors	The defined colors for the constellations to be rendered. There can be several groups of constellaitons that can have distinct colors.	Table	Table parameters	Yes
Unit	The distance unit used for the constellation lines data	String	In list { m, Km, pc, Kpc, Mpc, Gpc, Gly }	Yes

Inherited members from Renderable

Name	Documentation	Type	Description	Optional
DimInAtmosphere	Enables/Disables if the object should be dimmed when the camera is in the sunny part of an atmosphere	Boolean	Value of type ‘Boolean’	Yes
Enabled	This setting determines whether this object will be visible or not	Boolean	Value of type ‘Boolean’	Yes
Opacity	This value determines the opacity of this renderable. A value of 0 means completely transparent	Double	In range: ( 0,1 )	Yes
RenderBinMode	This value specifies if the renderable should be rendered in the Background,Opaque, Pre/PostDeferredTransparency, or Overlay rendering step	String	In list { Background, Opaque, PreDeferredTransparent, PostDeferredTransparent, Overlay }	Yes
Tag	A single tag or a list of tags that this renderable will respond to when setting properties	Table, or String	Value of type ‘Table’, or Value of type ‘String’	Yes
Type	This tells the type of the renderable	String	Value of type ‘String’	Yes

Table parameters for Colors

The defined colors for the constellations to be rendered. There can be several groups of constellaitons that can have distinct colors.

• Optional: Yes

Name	Documentation	Type	Description	Optional
*		Vector3<double>	Value of type ‘Vector3’	Yes

Asset Examples

local speck = asset.resource({
  Name = "Big Dipper Constellation Files",
  Type = "HttpSynchronization",
  Identifier = "digitaluniverse_constellations_bigdipper",
  Version = 1
})


local BigDipper = {
  Identifier = "BigDipperConstellation",
  Renderable = {
    Type = "RenderableConstellationLines",
    Enabled = false,
    Labels = {
      File = speck .. "bigdipper.label",
      Opacity = 0.3,
      Color = { 0.8, 0.8, 0.8 },
      Size = 14.5,
      MinMaxSize = { 8, 170 },
      Unit = "pc"
    },
    Opacity = 0.3,
    File = speck .. "bigdipper.speck",
    NamesFile = speck .. "bigdipper.dat",
    Colors = { { 0.6, 0.4, 0.4 }, { 0.8, 0.0, 0.0 }, { 0.0, 0.3, 0.8 } },
    Unit = "pc",
    DimInAtmosphere = true
  },
  Tag = { "daytime_hidden" },
  GUI = {
    Name = "Big Dipper",
    Path = "/Milky Way/Constellations",
    Description = [[This item only draws the big dipper, and not the rest of the
      lines of the Ursa Major constellation.]]
  }
}


asset.onInitialize(function()
  openspace.addSceneGraphNode(BigDipper)
end)

asset.onDeinitialize(function()
  openspace.removeSceneGraphNode(BigDipper)
end)

asset.export(BigDipper)



asset.meta = {
  Name = "Big Dipper",
  Version = "1.0",
  Description = "Constellation lines for the Big Dipper",
  Author = "OpenSpace Team",
  URL = "https://www.openspaceproject.com",
  License = "MIT"
}