PovrayPlanets aims to provide a high resolution texture for every planet in each galaxy - generated/rendered based on seed values in the spirit of Elite/Oolite.
This OXP is split such that the bulk of the scripting is provided by the base OXP , with the textures provided separately via Povray_Planets_GalaxyX_Textures. The aim of this is to allow modifications to behaviour and bugfixes to be released without the burden of another large download.
The PovrayPlanets base OXP is no longer recommended , indeed it is a terrible compatibility hack which needs a lot of work. The galaxy textures work by themselves , provided no other OXP attempts to override main planet textures using javascript.
Edit: October 2020
Update links to assets.povray-planets.org
Edit: December 2013
Guidance for google drive
Edit: November 2012.
The last 4 galaxies were generously rendered and contributed by 'ecraven' - many thanks.
Edit: November 21 2012
Edit: December 3 2012
Removed magnet links, all 8 galaxies now hosted with google, Wiki updated.
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Quoting myself here - slightly rude. Several kind souls have volunteered CPU to complete some more galaxies. Could any other of the 20 lucky downloaders of galaxy 4 provide feedback ?
Thank you. Those textures are great inspiration.. it's on my list to build some more variety into the different planet types. Icy/Arctic planets are missing - as are Fiery or volcanic ones. About 45% of each galaxy is 'Continental' which sort of covers Tropical , though that particular one you have there is very nice. Was that hand painted?
That one was produced by merging a couple of textures using different layer blending options; it was quite a while ago so I can't remember the exact details.
Right, time to download galaxy two...
Download Fighter HUD, Stingray and System Redux from the EliteWiki
Do you have these available at some higher resolutions - they'd make a beautiful screen saver.
Of course - these screenshots are just cropped from the ingame experience .. most of them are probably 1450x900 with the HUD switched off. I'll upload some soon, however - I encourage you to download , explore and play galactic photographer yourself
They are incredible - wish I had a machine that could display them 
