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    • Camera behaviors
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        • Object IDs
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      • Loading catalogs
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      • Managing datasets
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    • Stereoscopic (3D) mode
      • Stereoscopic profiles
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        • MPCDI
        • Gaia Sky configuration file
      • Re-projection shaders
    • Panorama mode
      • Configuration
      • Creating panorama images
        • Injecting panorama metadata to 360 images
      • Creating spherical (360) videos
    • Orthosphere view mode
    • Bookmarks
    • Bounding shapes
      • Adding bounding shapes
      • Removing shape objects
    • Location log
    • Debug panel
    • External views
    • Connecting Gaia Sky instances
      • Configuration
      • Configuration: replica instance(s)
      • Configuration: primary instance
      • Caveats
    • Camera paths
      • Camera path file format
      • Recording camera paths
        • Real time recording
        • Keyframe editor
          • Keyframe and camera files
          • Creating and editing keyframes
          • Keyframes preferences
      • Playing camera paths
    • Scripting
      • Quick start
        • Requirements
        • Running a test script
      • The scripting API
        • Using the API remotely
        • API documentation
      • Writing scripts for Gaia Sky
        • Logging to Gaia Sky and Python
        • Method and attribute access
        • Strict parameter types
        • Loading datasets from scripts
        • Synchronizing with the main loop
        • More examples
      • Running and debugging scripts
    • REST API server
      • Using the REST API server
      • Debug
    • Capturing videos
      • Frame output system + ffmpeg
      • OpenGL/Screen recorders
        • Linux
        • Windows
    • Taking screenshots
      • Screenshot modes
    • SAMP integration
      • Implemented features
      • Unimplemented features
    • Procedural planetary surfaces
      • Surface generation process
        • Seamless (tilable) noise
        • Noise parametrization
      • Cloud generation process
      • Descriptor files
        • Randomize all
        • Surface description
          • Color look-up table
          • Noise parameters
        • Cloud description
        • Atmospheric parameters description
      • Procedural generation at runtime
    • System logs
      • Session log
      • Crash reports
  • Advanced topics
    • Performance
      • Maximum heap memory
        • Heap memory on Linux
        • Heap memory on Windows
        • Heap memory on macOS
        • Heap memory when running from source
      • Graphics performance
      • CPU performance
        • Multithreading
        • Limiting FPS
        • Draw distance (levels of detail)
        • Smooth transitions
    • Graphics performance
      • Graphics quality setting
      • Dynamic resolution
      • Star brightness
      • Star groups
        • Billboards
        • Labels
        • Velocity vectors
      • Model detail
      • Bloom, lens flare and light glow
      • Antialiasing
    • Internal reference system
      • Description
      • Internal units
    • Data format
      • Where are the data files defined?
        • $data/[dataset-name]/dataset.json example
        • default-data/dataset.json example file
      • Data loaders
      • Catalog formats
        • Star catalogs
          • Regular star catalogs
          • Level-of-detail star catalogs
      • JSON data format
        • Top-level objects
        • Model objects
          • Coordinates
          • Rotation
          • Model
          • Clouds
          • Atmospheric scattering parameters
        • Mesh objects
        • Orbits
        • Grids and other special objects
      • Creating your own catalog loaders
      • Loading data using scripts
    • Star rendering
      • Pseudo-size determination
      • Star shader and rendering
    • Level-of-detail catalogs
      • Data format
        • Metadata file
          • Version 0
          • Version 1
        • Particle files
          • Version 0
          • Version 1
          • Version 2
      • Catalog processing
        • Distances
        • Magnitude/color corrections
    • Defining an extrasolar system
      • Initial set up
      • Defining the objects
        • Stars
        • Planets
    • Cubemaps
  • Gaia Sky VR
    • Running Gaia Sky VR
      • Pre-requisites
        • Windows
        • Linux
    • Getting the data
    • Controls
    • Caveats
    • Common problems
    • More info
  • Tutorials and workshops
    • Video tutorials
    • Written tutorials/workshops
      • Video production tutorial (2020)
        • Before starting…
        • The User Interface of Gaia Sky
        • Loading datasets
        • Camrecorder: recording and playing back camera files
          • Keyframe system
        • Frame output system
        • Scripting
      • Gaia Sky tutorial (DPAC 2021)
        • Before starting…
        • Basic controls
          • Movement
          • Selection
        • The User Interface
          • Control panel
          • Quick info bar
          • Debug panel
        • Time controls
        • Camera modes
        • Special render modes
        • Toggle visibility of components
          • Velocity vectors
        • Visual settings
        • Loading external datasets
          • Working with datasets
        • External information
        • Camera paths
          • Keyframe system
        • Frame output system
        • Scripting
        • Conclusion
  • Frequently Asked Questions
    • Q: What is the base-data package?
    • Q: Why do you have two different download pages?
    • Q: Why so many Gaia-DR catalogs?
    • Q: Gaia Sky crashes at start-up, what to do?
    • Q: I’m running out of memory, what to do?
    • Q: I can’t see the elevation data on Earth or other planets!
    • Q: What is the internal reference system used in Gaia Sky?
    • Q: Can I contribute?
    • Q: I like Gaia Sky so much, can I donate to contribute to the project?
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