Some video hardware will work OK with images with different image dimensions, but many will not display properly, suffer vastly reduced frame rates, and even crash the computer. IMPORTANT: Make sure all textures have dimensions which are integer powers of 2, i.e. If you are having problems, posting to the forums is a good way to get some advice. To find out more about how to create a landscape, see the Stellarium User Guide, and examine existing landscapes.

Please include a location section in your landscape.ini file with the longitude, latitude, altitude and planet for the location of the landscape (see one of the pre-existing landscapes for an example).

Make thumbnails 200x114 pixels to fit with the rest of the page. Please feel free to contribute your own custom landscapes here. zip file in the landscapes directory (if it's done right, a sub-directory should be created for each landscape).

Create a sub-directory called landscapes in your user directory (if it doesn't exist).

Browse to your User Data Directory, which varies according to your operating system.

If you are using an earlier version of Stellarium, you can follow this procedure to install a landscape package: Landscape packages created without this feature in mind may contain other files, such as alternative textures in different sizes. Note that while this makes installing landscapes easier, it may also cause you to overlook what else is included in the ZIP archive. It also lists the user-installed landscapes and allows you to remove them.

When you press it, the 'Add/remove landscapes' window will appear.

The 'Add/remove landscapes' button is at the bottom of the 'Landscape' tab.

Open the 'Sky and viewing options' window by clicking on the appropriate button in the left button bar (or press the F4 key).

If you have Stellarium 0.10.6 or later version, you can use the 'Add/remove landscapes' feature to install landscapes automatically: zip file for a landscape from this page, you need to install it in Stellarium.

Stellarium landscapes