Illustrating David Weber's Books

Contents

0: Introduction.
1: Web sites.
2: Gallery.
3: Addons for Celestia.

3.1: hip666665: Safehold.
3.2: Safehold v2.
3.3: Honorverse Map.
3.4: Manticore Star System .


A.0: Appendices.

A.1: Signature.
A.2: Admonishment.
A.3: Disclaimer.


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See also:
• Selden's List of Resources for Celestia
• Celestia home page

0.0 Introduction.

David Weber has written several series of well-received science fiction books. Here are some illustrations developed using Celestia in collaboration with "Ensign Re-read"

Celestia is a free real-time 3D astronomical visualization program for Windows, MacOS and Linux. For more information, please see the Celestia home page.

1.0 Web sites.

• Weber Forum
  http://forums.davidweber.net/


• Safehold Wiki
  http://safehold.wikia.com/wiki/Safehold_Wiki


• Honorverse Wiki
  http://honorverse.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page


• Honorverse Glossary
  http://honorverseglossary.wikispaces.com/

2.0 Gallery.

The thumbnails below link to much larger screengrabs from Celestia.

Safehold Addon
Safehold in the Kau-Zhi system.	Cel:// url for this viewpoint: Safehold in orbit
Honorverse Map Addon
A map of Honorverse	Cel://url for this viewpoint: Honorverse map
Manticore System Addon
The planetary systems of Manticore AB	Cel://url for this viewpoint: Manticore AB
Sphinx and its moons	Cel:// URL for this viewpoint: Sphinx & Moons

3.0 Addons for Celestia.

3.1: hip666665: Safehold.
3.2: Safehold v2.
3.3: Honorverse Map.
3.4: Manticore Star System .

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3.1 hip666665: Safehold.

• hip666665_v1-1.zip v1.1 (6-Oct-11; updated 23-Dec-11 -- 3.8MB, expands to 4.3MB)
• safehold_ssc_v1-1.zip v1.1 (23-Dec-11 -- 2KB)

This Addon for Celestia provides the planet Safehold, orbiting the star Kau-zhi. It was updated to v1.1 to fix some typos which prevented Safehold from rotating properly.

You only need to download and extract one of these two Zip files:

• If you previously downloaded hip666665.zip, then you only need to download safehold_ssc_v1-1.zip and use it to replace your current copy of safehold.ssc.

• If you do not already have v1.0 of the Safehold Addon, download only hip666665_v1-1.zip and restore its contents into the extras folder of your copy of Celestia. For additional installation details, please read the file install_readme.txt, which is included in the ZIP archive.

  For usage instructions, please see the included text files hip666665_readme.txt and
  Safeholder's Not-So-Quick-Start Guide to Celestia_v1-0-7.txt

This Safehold addon was developed by Ensign Re-read of the Weber Forum, with some help by Selden Ball. Detailed credits are included in the Addon's readme file.

This Addon is copyright © 2011. All rights reserved. It may be freely redistributed for educational purposes, but may not be used for commercial gain without written permission from the authors.

• Inventory

  Archive:  hip666665_v1-1.zip
    Length     Date   Time    Name
   --------    ----   ----    ----
          0  12-23-11 13:05   hip666665/
       1472  12-23-11 13:14   hip666665/hip666665_readme.txt
        917  10-05-11 22:06   hip666665/install_readme.txt
        824  10-05-11 22:00   hip666665/Kau-zhi.stc
          0  10-06-11 15:14   hip666665/models/
       1659  12-23-11 11:37   hip666665/safehold.ssc
          0  12-22-11 11:39   hip666665/textures/
          0  10-06-11 15:14   hip666665/textu665/textures/lores/
          0  12-22-11 11:39   hip666665/textures/medres/
    4361010  10-05-11 21:50   hip666665/textures/medres/safehold.jpg
       1472  12-23-11 13:14   hip666665_readme.txt
        917  10-05-11 22:06   install_readme.txt
      18785  10-06-11 15:02   Safeholder's Not-So-Quick-Start Guide to Celestia_v1-0-7.txt
   --------                   -------
    4387056                   14 files
  
  
  Archive: safehold_ssc_v1-1.zip
    Length     Date   Time    Name
   --------    ----   ----    ----
       1659  12-23-11 11:37   safehold.ssc
        853  12-23-11 13:12   safehold_ssc_v1-1_readme.txt
   --------                   -------
       2512                   2 files
  
  


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3.2 Safehold v2.



• Updated map of Safehold (as shown above; without Temple-area overlay). Note: 128 MegaBytes
• Safehold_2700_PROJECT_FILE_for_Gimp.zip multi-layer Gimp .xcf (167MB expands to 225MB).
• Safehold_v2.zip Addon for Celestia (118 MB, expands to 673 MB) May, 2017

Version 2 of the Safehold Addon provides a much higher resolution map than the original version. This new map incorporates regional maps for stories dated ca. 897. Although the Temple Lands are shown at a rather low resolution, Saram Bay, the Northern Front, Gorath Bay and Dohlar are at a much higher resolution. They'll stay sharp even when you zoom in very close.

This Addon makes use of Celestia's "Virtual Texture" feature which uses many small tiles to form a much larger surface map. As a result, it loads only as much of a map as is actually visible. This eliminates one of the long pauses experiended at the startup of the first version of the Addon.

This Addon also includes safehold.html, a Web file which contains Cel:// URL links. They will take you to several viewpoints near Safehold. The very first time you select one of those links, your browser will ask if you really want those links to run an external program. Answer Yes.

In addition to Safehold itself, this Addon includes a moon orbiting around the planet plus a conceptual design for Rakuri, the orbital bombardment system.

For usage instructions, please see the included text files Safehold_brief_readme.txt and Safeholder's Not-So-Quick-Start Guide to Celestia_v1-0-7.txt

This Safehold addon was developed by Ensign Re-read of the Weber Forum, with some help by Selden Ball. Detailed credits are included in the Addon's readme file.

This Addon is copyright © May, 2017. All rights reserved. It may be freely redistributed for educational purposes, but may not be used for commercial gain without written permission from the authors.

Inventory:

Archive:  Safehold_v2.zip
  Length      Date    Time    Name
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     1240  05-25-2017 16:32   Safehold_v2/install_readme.txt
      824  05-24-2017 05:28   Safehold_v2/Kau-zhi.stc
        0  05-25-2017 07:14   Safehold_v2/models/
    21934  04-26-2017 06:33   Safehold_v2/models/col.cmod
   389193  04-26-2017 07:05   Safehold_v2/models/obs.an8
   317216  05-24-2017 06:37   Safehold_v2/models/obs.cmod
   326521  04-26-2017 07:05   Safehold_v2/models/prot.cmod
     2886  05-24-2017 07:14   Safehold_v2/safehold.html
    17821  05-25-2017 16:29   Safehold_v2/safehold.ssc
     3367  05-25-2017 16:37   Safehold_v2/Safehold_brief_readme.txt
    18785  05-24-2017 05:28   Safehold_v2/Safeholder's Not-So-Quick-Start Guide to Celestia_v1-0-7.txt
        0  05-25-2017 07:14   Safehold_v2/textures/
        0  05-25-2017 07:14   Safehold_v2/textures/hires/
  1050925  05-24-2017 05:28   Safehold_v2/textures/hires/moon.jpg
   267547  05-24-2017 05:28   Safehold_v2/textures/hires/moonbump.jpg
        0  05-25-2017 07:14   Safehold_v2/textures/lores/
    19202  05-24-2017 05:28   Safehold_v2/textures/lores/moon.jpg
     4838  05-24-2017 05:28   Safehold_v2/textures/lores/moonbump.jpg
        0  05-25-2017 16:30   Safehold_v2/textures/medres/
      140  05-25-2017 16:12   Safehold_v2/textures/medres/safehold.ctx
        0  05-25-2017 07:15   Safehold_v2/textures/medres/safehold_wtemple_levels/
 [details of level files omitted]
     1568  05-24-2017 05:28   Safehold_v2/Various cities and locations on Safehold - Lat & Long.txt
     1240  05-25-2017 16:32   install_readme.txt
     3367  05-25-2017 16:37   Safehold_brief_readme.txt
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705835766                     1037 files


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3.3 Honorverse Map.

• honorverse_map.zip v1. (9-Oct-11 -- 392KB, expands to 440KB)

  This Addon for Celestia provides a map of Honorverse, properly oriented in space.

  Restore the contents of the ZIP archive into the extras folder of your copy of Celestia. For additional installation details, please read the file install_readme.txt, which is included in the ZIP archive.

  For usage instructions, please see the included text file honorverse_map_readme.txt

  This Addon includes a map developed by Michał Świerczek and published on the WikiMedia Web site. Detailed credits are included in the Addon's readme file.

  This Addon for Celestia was created by Selden Ball and is Copyright © 2011.

  The Wikimedia Honorverse map and this Addon are licensed under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 or any later. For details, see http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:GNU_Free_Documentation_License_1.2

• Inventory

  Archive: honorverse_map.zip
    Length     Date   Time    Name
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        644  10-09-11 08:59   honorverse_map/honorverse_map.dsc
       2138  10-09-11 09:15   honorverse_map/honorverse_map.html
       1889  10-09-11 09:26   honorverse_map/honorverse_map_readme.txt
       1201  10-09-11 10:04   honorverse_map/install_readme.txt
          0  10-09-11 08:56   honorverse_map/models/
       4044  10-09-11 08:09   honorverse_map/models/map.an8
       9807  10-09-11 08:09   honorverse_map/models/mapfix.cmod
     144370  10-09-11 09:28   honorverse_map/models/The_Honor_Harrington_Universe.jpg
      34492  10-08-11 23:10   honorverse_map/models/The_Honor_Harrington_Universe.PNG
          0  10-08-11 23:25   honorverse_map/textures/
          0  10-09-11 08:57   honorverse_map/textures/medres/
     229999  10-09-11 08:58   honorverse_map/textures/medres/The_Honor_Harrington_Universe.png
       1889  10-09-11 09:26   honorverse_map_readme.txt
       1201  10-09-11 10:04   install_readme.txt
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     431674                   14 files
  


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3.4 Manticore Star System.

• manticore_v1.zip v1. (23-Dec-11 -- 2.8MB, expands to 6.2MB)

  This Addon for Celestia provides the Manticore binary star system, with planets, moons, asteroids, and some very rudimentary spacecraft.

  Restore the contents of the ZIP archive into the extras folder of your copy of Celestia. For additional installation details, please read the file install_readme.txt, which is included in the ZIP archive.

  For usage instructions, please see the included text file manticore_readme.txt. The Manticore addon was developed by Selden Ball and Ensign Re-read, using information from the Web sites listed above and from Jayne's Intelligence Review, Volume 1, by Weber, Buernside & Pope; published by Ad Astra Games. Detailed credits are included in the Addon's readme file.

  This Addon was created by Selden Ball and Ensign Re-read for use with Celestia and is copyright © 2011. All rights reserved.

  This Addon may be freely redistributed for educational purposes, but may not be used for commercial gain without written permission from the authors.

• Inventory

  Archive:  manticore_v1.zip
    Length     Date   Time    Name
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       1187  12-11-11 08:31   manticore/install_readme.txt
       5038  12-21-11 16:50   manticore/manticore.html
       1780  12-21-11 07:35   manticore/manticore.stc
       7950  12-23-11 07:51   manticore/manticore_readme.html
       7327  12-23-11 07:58   manticore/manticore_readme.txt
      40708  12-21-11 14:59   manticore/manticore-a.ssc
     101564  12-21-11 15:28   manticore/manticore-b.ssc
       4252  12-19-11 15:07   manticore/manticore-wormhole.ssc
          0  12-23-11 07:54   manticore/models/
    2359982  12-08-11 22:28   manticore/models/battleship.cmod
     763361  12-13-11 15:36   manticore/models/domed_city.cmod
     351458  12-08-11 22:28   manticore/models/fort.cmod
     358303  12-08-11 22:56   manticore/models/lac.cmod
      95208  12-05-11 07:56   manticore/models/solar-power-mirror.cmod
     118422  12-05-11 07:56   manticore/models/solar-power-xmt.cmod
      28554  12-06-11 12:07   manticore/models/wormhole.cmod
          0  12-23-11 07:54   manticore/scripts/
       5106  12-21-11 16:20   manticore/scripts/manticore_viewpoints.celx
       9826  12-10-11 17:53   manticore/scripts/manticore-A_system_tour.celx
       9826  12-10-11 17:51   manticore/scripts/manticore-B_system_tour.celx
          0  12-23-11 07:54   manticore/textures/
          0  12-23-11 07:54   manticore/textures/medres/
     129425  12-03-11 22:51   manticore/textures/medres/gryphon.jpg
      50094  12-03-11 22:51   manticore/textures/medres/gryphon-bump.jpg
     257546  11-17-11 07:31   manticore/textures/medres/gryphon-clouds.png
      96784  12-03-11 22:51   manticore/textures/medres/gryphon-spec.jpg
     122317  12-03-11 22:32   manticore/textures/medres/manticore.jpg
      56438  12-03-11 22:31   manticore/textures/medres/manticore-bump.jpg
     247965  11-17-11 07:29   manticore/textures/medres/manticore-clouds.png
      77543  12-03-11 22:31   manticore/textures/medres/manticore-spec.jpg
     135478  11-26-11 08:16   manticore/textures/medres/sphinx.jpg
      75874  11-26-11 08:16   manticore/textures/medres/sphinx-bump.jpg
     276668  11-17-11 07:31   manticore/textures/medres/sphinx-clouds.png
      77106  11-26-11 08:16   manticore/textures/medres/sphinx-spec.jpg
      14800  11-21-11 21:02   manticore/textures/medres/tgasgiant.jpg
      39273  11-20-11 14:16   manticore/textures/medres/trock1.jpg
      78214  11-20-11 14:16   manticore/textures/medres/trock1-bump.jpg
      40385  11-20-11 14:16   manticore/textures/medres/trock2.jpg
      81440  11-20-11 14:16   manticore/textures/medres/trock2-bump.jpg
      41139  11-20-11 14:16   manticore/textures/medres/trock3.jpg
      81803  11-20-11 14:16   manticore/textures/medres/trock3-bump.jpg
      40709  11-20-11 14:16   manticore/textures/medres/trock4.jpg
      82023  11-20-11 14:16   manticore/textures/medres/trock4-bump.jpg
      40638  11-20-11 14:16   manticore/textures/medres/trock5.jpg
      81931  11-20-11 14:16   manticore/textures/medres/trock5-bump.jpg
       1187  12-11-11 08:31   install_readme.txt
       7327  12-23-11 07:58   manticore_readme.txt
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    6503959                   47 files
  

Contents

0: Introduction.
1: Web sites.
2: Gallery.
3: Addons for Celestia.

3.1: hip666665: Safehold.
3.2: Safehold v2.
3.3: Honorverse Map.
3.4: Manticore Star System .


Appendices.

A.1: Signature.
A.2: Admonishment.
A.3: Disclaimer.


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See also:
• Selden's List of Resources for Celestia
• Celestia home page

A.0 Appendices.

A.1: Signature.

This Web page is maintained by Selden Ball at Wilson Lab.

A.2: Admonishment.

Please send any questions, comments or corrections to seb1@cornell.edu
Alternatively, you can post a message (anonymously or otherwise) on Celestia's Web Forum or use its Private Message page.

If you don't tell me that something's missing, unclear or wrong, I can't improve it.

A.3: Disclaimer.

The author disclaims all liability and endorsement.
Copyrights may apply.
For details, please read the full text of his disclaimer.