[Sc2-cvs] SF.net SVN: sc2:[3781] trunk/sc2/src/uqm/planets/calc.c

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Revision: 3781
          http://sourceforge.net/p/sc2/code/3781
Author:   meep-eep
Date:     2013-03-28 12:36:56 +0000 (Thu, 28 Mar 2013)
Log Message:
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Insight from James Scott.

Modified Paths:
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    trunk/sc2/src/uqm/planets/calc.c

Modified: trunk/sc2/src/uqm/planets/calc.c
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--- trunk/sc2/src/uqm/planets/calc.c	2013-02-19 03:23:27 UTC (rev 3780)
+++ trunk/sc2/src/uqm/planets/calc.c	2013-03-28 12:36:56 UTC (rev 3781)
@@ -166,6 +166,11 @@
 // have the colour you'd expect based on the true temperature.
 // (eg. Beta Corvi I). I don't know what the idea behind this is,
 // but the if statement must be there for a reason. -- SvdB
+// Update 2013-03-28: The contents of the if() block is probably there to
+// model a greenhouse effect. It seems that it is taken into account when
+// calculating the actual temperature (when landing or scanning), but not
+// when determining the colors of the drawn orbits. (Thanks to James Scott
+// for this insight.)
 static SIZE
 CalcTemp (SYSTEM_INFO *SysInfoPtr, SIZE radius)
 {

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