High-resolution textures bring Venus's surface into sharp focus in this simulation addon for SpaceEngine. It upgrades the planet's level of detail far beyond the default setup, using cleaned and upscaled Magellan elevation data at 65536x32768 resolution for 0.66 km/pix effective detail. The albedo map, drawn from false-color radar imagery, hits 131072x65536 to deliver 0.29 km/pix clarity on PC.
Space simulation fans get a closer look at Venusian terrain through these indie-crafted enhancements. Credits go to John van Vliet's surface map and SpaceEngineer's elevation base, refined for casual exploration. Enthusiasts of detailed planetary rendering will appreciate the high-frequency surface modulation.
This Venus HD DLC (addon) contains high-resolution textures for Venus. It improves level of detail of the Venusian surface compared to the default SpaceEngine installation.
Credits:
Based on John van Vliet's surface map and SpaceEngineer's elevation map used in SpaceEngine 0.980.
Source data:
Elevation map: Magellan GTDR, Magellan C1-MIDR
Image resolution: 8192x4096 (improved: 65536x32768)
Effective resolution: 4.6 km/pix (improved: 0.66 km/pix)
Magellan elevation map was cleaned, restored, upscaled to 65536x32768, and modulated by the surface map data to add high-frequency details.
Surface albedo map: Magellan C1-MIDR
Image resolution: 168960x84480 (reduced to 131072x65536)
Effective resolution: 0.225 km/pix (reduced to 0.29 km/pix)
This is a false-color radar albedo map
