From 1441fd2da8c2ce5fe0ae797d12d65f1e0967d879 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: AstroChara <jilithespaceboy23@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 23 Dec 2023 12:49:29 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] Normalize point source color

---
 src/celengine/render.cpp | 15 +++++++++------
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/celengine/render.cpp b/src/celengine/render.cpp
index f5cdcedd6b..01d161a05c 100644
--- a/src/celengine/render.cpp
+++ b/src/celengine/render.cpp
@@ -2968,12 +2968,15 @@ void Renderer::renderPlanet(Body& body,
 
     if (body.isVisibleAsPoint())
     {
-        renderObjectAsPoint(pos,
-                            body.getRadius(),
-                            appMag,
-                            discSizeInPixels,
-                            body.getSurface().color,
-                            false, false, m);
+        if (float maxCoeff = body.getSurface().color.toVector3().maxCoeff(); maxCoeff > 0.0f) // ignore [ 0 0 0 ]; used by old addons to make objects not get rendered as point
+        {
+            renderObjectAsPoint(pos,
+                                body.getRadius(),
+                                appMag,
+                                discSizeInPixels,
+                                body.getSurface().color * (1.0f / maxCoeff), // normalize point color; 'darkness' is handled by size of point determined by GeomAlbedo.
+                                false, false, m);
+        }
     }
 }