Stars removed in the last blender release, help!

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So I just updated to the newest Blender yesterday, I had made a scene using the stars option the day before in the world tab (under mist).

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I was first pleasantly surprised by the UI changes, then I noticed the stars weren’t rendering.

I looked through the git logs quickly and found that they were being removed: http://git.blender.org/gitweb/gitweb.cgi/blender.git/commit/b0ea93aa9d74d09833fa19fcff4b1f04365906ac

SO… anyone have any tips on how to make a cheesy star field (blender render engine)?

Thanks!

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I’d do a big particle system. Make a large cube and set it as a volume particle emitter.

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Grab a star image texture, throw it on a plane in the background

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Get three plane images and set them at different distances and angles to the camera

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Thanks everyone, I’ll give the idea’s a shot