Requires Windows, Mac, or Linux
This is going to be much easier after the next update. SmileyCurrently you have to modify an existing simulation or save a simulation to a file and then edit that file.Try this:1 - Open Universe Sandbox2 - Open "Earth & Moon"3 - Save the open simulation: from the main menu, click "Save", then "Save Simulation".4 - Press Alt+F to open the file tools5 - Click "Open folder where simulations are saved" in the file tools box,6 - Find the file you just saved.7 - Drag file into the box in the File Tools window.8 - Find & open the folder that was just created.9 - Open the 'objects.xml' file in notepad.10 - Add this line in between the <body> and </body> tags that make up Earth:<texture>jupiter</texture>11- Save the xml file.12 - You can just drag the xml file into the Universe Sandbox window to open it.13 - The Earth now looks like Juptier!14 - To complete the simulation, drag the simulation folder that was created back onto the File Tools square to create a UBOX file with you changes.For a custom texture:A - Copy the texture to:(My) Documents/Universe Sandbox/MediaB - In step 10 above change it to the name of your texture:<texture>Gas Giant</texture>
Here;s some that let you edit textures more easily:http://paint.net/http://www.gimp.org/