"ryan constantine" <rco### [at] yahoocom> wrote in message
news:393D8AF3.746C76D4@yahoo.com...
> to all the "dark side is too light" folks:
> i used one light, and ambient is 0.  the media of the atmosphere must be
> doing that.  any suggestions?
>
> "Chris S." wrote:
> >
> > Looks nice.  You're right about the clouds.  Also, there's way too much
> > ambient light.  The dark side of the planet should be completely black.
Try
> > setting ambient to 0 then bring diffuse up until you get the right
effect.

Well, I had some success at creating atmospheres for planets. I wrote a
tutorial about my method. You can check it out at
http://www.crosswinds.net/~dorks35 under the tutorials section.

If you have any specific questions, feel free to contact me directly, or
just post the questions here...

Darcy

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