ImO you can not add more than 7 different parts to a sph file (6 sides + atmosphere) - at least i tried it one time but didn’t made it yet - maybe someone had more success and can provide a working draft for it, such as a second atmosphere entry.

But you can put a cmp around the sph - with a tranparent layer it should be possible to create for example moving clouds and other stuff.

It would just become a problem of performance imO, allthough it would create cool possibilities.

For the other, all ready cleared question, simply make a complete texture for the whole planet and let the planet tool create the tiles (saying it for those who may search this thread in the future).

DirtyLittleGirl wrote:
Does somebody know the method to apply lightmap and cloud layers to SPH planets? Searching forums returned for CMP only.

It must be said that the cockpit is drawn in a special way. The game clears its depth buffer and renders the cockpit using modified depth extents so that it’s always rendered in front of the scene and never causes z-fighting. I believe the projection matrix used is also slightly different. Finally, the cockpits have a tendency to slide a lot even though you’re technically in the seat.

All of this compounds the issue that the cockpit feels unnatural.