On 2/22/2015 1:39 PM, Alain wrote:
> Le 15-02-18 01:17, Mike Horvath a écrit :
>> I have curved the solar panels and agridomes. They look a lot more sleek
>> now.
>>
>> I am also still working on a solution for the viewport flickering. I've
>> at least reduced it somewhat by making the spindles in the outer shell
>> thinner. I don't like how this looks, but maybe adding a few more curves
>> here and there will make it look better.
>>
>> Lastly, I'm still trying to figure out how to reflect sunlight onto the
>> agridomes. I'm considering a paraboloid directly "above" them (from the
>> standpoint of someone standing inside the agridome), but space is tight.
>
> To reflect light to the agridomes, a set of flat mirors is probably the
> best solution.
> You don't realy need to concentrate the light, there is no athmosphere
> filtering it.
> It's easier to orient flat mirors as needed depending on your
> orientation relative to the sun or nearest star.
>
>
> Alain

I got some very good suggestions in this post:

https://forum.geogebra.org/viewtopic.php?p=139143#p139143

The problems now are that:

1. Should I collect the light from the direction the ship is heading, or 
extending from the rotating ring? The ship will not be facing the sun 
100% of the time.
2. I'm running out of room to place the mirrors.

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