gm_earthorbit
THIS IS NOT AN INFMAP
Exactly as it says on the tin – a simple map for posing, screenshots, movies, or whatever you can think of. You are orbiting 500 kilometers above Earth, taking about 90 minutes for a full rotation. The skybox doesn’t rotate – this is a limitation of Source, so there is no day/night cycle unfortunately.
Credit for the Earth textures goes to NASA’s Blue Marble Next Generation project, and the skybox was created with SpaceEngine Pro.
Adjust the Earth’s rotation speed with "ent_fire earth_rot setspeed" and then a number from 0 to 1, 0.001 is the default value.
There is zero gravity for both players and props, and air drag is disabled. If gravity is still disabled when loading different maps, do sv_gravity 600.
The Earth model consists of 8 4096×4096 textures, which was the highest I was reasonably able to get it without having to split the model into multiple pieces.
♫ There’s a starman waiting in the sky
He’d like to come and meet us
But he thinks he’d blow our minds
There’s a starman waiting in the sky
He’s told us not to blow it
‘Cause he knows it’s all worthwhile ♫
