Category: Orbiter - Miscellaneous Files
Venus Atmosphere and Surface Enhancement 1.0

File Description:
This addon gives Venus a facelift. As it stands in the current Venus in Orbiter, there is no actual clouds on the planet. In fact, the clouds are actually painted on the surface! If you ever wanted to fly a space probe to explore the surface of Venus, you would be dissapointed. It looks bland with no clouds (in fact, you get perpetual sunshine and clear, stary nights!) and landing on an orange surface with no features at all. This enhancement pack adds the actual cloud layers to the planet and also gives surface features and texture. So now, you get to see what it looks like from underneith the clouds, instead of just landing on them. The real planet is covered with a perpetual cloud cover of carbon dioxide, amonia, and sulfuric acid. Quit inhospitable to both human life and equiptment. This addon also gives a realistic starless nighttime. The amount of light that reaches the surface of Venus is shown to be that of Earth on a heavy overcast day. This addon looks pretty much like it would be if you were actually decending to the surface of Venus. These clouds in the addon are not just "static", they actually drift in about the same speed as on the real planet. If on the surface or looking out in space, accellerate your time to 10,000 or 100,000 and you will see the clouds move!