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Bryan martinez

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black earth
« on: November 27, 2014, 09:43:50 PM »
why the earth is black in my universal sandbox2? anyone has a solution?

Gordon Freeman

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Re: black earth
« Reply #1 on: November 27, 2014, 10:18:43 PM »
Do you have Realistic Lighting turned on?

Bryan martinez

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Re: black earth
« Reply #2 on: November 28, 2014, 07:53:00 PM »
hi! i will check that!! thank you!!!

Bryan martinez

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Re: black earth
« Reply #3 on: November 28, 2014, 07:58:11 PM »
Gordon Freeman where Do I find the Realistic Lighting? I can't find it.

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Re: black earth
« Reply #4 on: November 28, 2014, 10:26:40 PM »
>Go to "View" (the eye icon in the lower left corner)
>Select desired lighting mode

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Re: black earth
« Reply #5 on: November 28, 2014, 11:01:31 PM »
Does this happen all the time or just in some simulations?
Are the other planets black?

This might be an issue with your graphics card or driver...


Bryan martinez

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Re: black earth
« Reply #6 on: November 29, 2014, 08:51:22 AM »
Well, The stars and all planets except for Gas giants appeared Black. Gas giants did not appear black. The sun appeared Black too. Thank you for your replies

Bryan martinez

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Re: black earth
« Reply #7 on: November 29, 2014, 09:15:08 AM »
here is a shot!!!

Gordon Freeman

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Re: black earth
« Reply #8 on: November 29, 2014, 10:31:37 AM »
That actually looks pretty nice [can I haz!?], would like to see it as a feature/planet color in the near future.


Anyway, I think, like Dan said, your OpenCL may be incompatible/corrupted or outdated.

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Re: black earth
« Reply #9 on: November 30, 2014, 10:20:57 AM »
The bottom of the earth seems coloured, are you sure you are looking in the luminous face of the earth? (in front of sun)

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Re: black earth
« Reply #10 on: December 01, 2014, 03:31:28 PM »
This is a problem with the shaders (the drawing method) not working... where the clouds are using a much simpler method of drawing on screen than the surface of the planet.

It's also why Gas Giants work, as their drawing method is simpler too.

What kind of video card do you have in that computer?