by Phillip Ponchot (4 Submissions)
Category: Complete Applications
Compatability: Visual Basic 5.0
Difficulty: Advanced
Date Added: Wed 3rd February 2021
Rating: 
(3 Votes)
Using the rmcontrol ocx, it displays full screen a
sun and planets revolving around it. The bmps were cut
from pictures at the Public Domain site, NSSDC Photo Gallery
who asks that the are recognized as the source of any use of
their pictures. The water planet and water planet with green
came from the vbcoders.com (A 3d spinning world
with text) by Dustin Davis whose original source code is the
foundation of this sample). Any of the planets bmps not
already mentioned came from Yohkoh Public Outreach Project,
another public domain site). The solid color bmps were created
with my handy/dandy MS. Paint Program. The truth be known, as
an artist, I would starve.
The reason that I used so many timers to change
the background is that each "star" is a bmp and
any changes to more than 4 "stars" at a time causes
degradation in the motion of the planets.
If anyone could tell me how to paste a starfield into
the backgroound instead of having to code each star, I
would certainly appreciate it.
Assumes
You must obtain the rmcontrol.ocx to run this
program. As my understanding, it came with
directx7 and is on Planet-source-code.com.
Side Effects
dizzyness, vomiting and motion sickness.
Download Spinning Solar System (165 KB)
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