Visuals Tab

The Earth's Visuals tab, showing the Layers section

The Visuals tab in an object's properties panel displays properties and actions related to the object's visual appearance, including its colors and view options for the object's trail and orbit. Not all of the following properties and settings will appear for each object type:

• Surface

• Layers
  • Atmosphere
    • Atmosphere Opacity
    • Opacity
    • Hide Atmosphere on Surface Lock
  • Clouds
    • Cloud Speed
    • Map 1
      • Rotational Period
      • Speed at Equator
    • Map 2
      • Rotational Period
      • Speed at Equator
    • Coverage
    • Opacity
    • Hide Clouds on Surface Lock
  • Heat Glow
  • Snow
  • Ice
  • Water
    • Edit
  • City Lights
    • Illuminate
    • Light Map
    • Random Seed
  • Vegetation
    • Grow
    • Map
  • Base Color (For Terrestrial Planets and Planetoids only)
    • Source
    • Map
    • Colors
  • Elevation (For Terrestrial Planets and Planetoids only)
    • Edit Data
    • Exaggerated Terrain
  • Bands (For Gas Giants only)
    • Colors
  • Photosphere (For Stars only)
  • Gravitational Lens (For Black Holes only)
  • Tint (For Human-Scale Objects only)
  • Surface (For Fragments only)

• Properties
  • Enhance Surface Detail
  • Interface Color
  • Trail
  • Orbit
  • Clear Trail Center
  • Trail Mode