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[astroturfing]

what is this? seems too awesome to be true. even with the randomly generated planets.

i have to check this out and spend many, many hours.

 

[strata8]

It's procedurally generated, but it's still pretty basic. All planets use the same atmosphere/terrain/cloud model so there isn't actually a huge amount of variation.

Still awesome though.

 

[Eteric Rice]

Once the guy is finished with it, it should be mandatory in schools.

 

[Qwomo]

If I can recreate this scene I'm in...

holy shit I loved this movie

 

[NBtoaster]

I set LOD to 1 from -1 default setting, and I still cant see terrain.

Increasing magnitude helps too. Terrain generation is very buggy, sometimes, restarting can have things load properly.

Also make sure you're not trying to see terrain on a gas giant

 

[NBtoaster]

Saturn:

Some random planet:

I suggest using fraps to take screenshots, the in-game screens have a ton of compression.

 

[Teknoman]

I was trying to land on Mars, or is that not possible, only the generated planets?

EDIT: Tried another planet that im guessing is one of the generated ones, Kaus Borealis 8. Seems like the textures just take awhile to load.

 

[lastplayed]

holy shit I loved this movie

It's a classic for sure.

 

[NBtoaster]

I was trying to land on Mars, or is that not possible, only the generated planets?

EDIT: Tried another planet that im guessing is one of the generated ones, Kaus Borealis 8. Seems like the textures just take awhile to load.

Mars looks like this to me, after it's loaded:



It's classed as a cool desert, so you won't have any of the jagged terrain.

 

[Carcetti]

Amazing, thanks for the link! Never heard of the project before.

Are the other such space-themed gems out there? I know of the Orbiter, but it's been ages since I last tried it. I need more stuff where I can absorb in the awesomeness of space.

 

[strata8]

oh shi-

Spoiler

My computer crashed

 

[sankao]

Are there any "exotic" objects ? Black holes, neutron stars, pulsars...

 

[Jeseus]

no voyager

 

[Roche]

This is seriously awesome, I'm exploring while listening to C418's "72 minutes of fame" album, here is a sample for those curious.

Are there any "exotic" objects ? Black holes, neutron stars, pulsars...

I was just checking out the black hole at the center of the Milky Way, you can press F6 for some points of interest.

 

[Teknoman]

Are there any "exotic" objects ? Black holes, neutron stars, pulsars...

Yeah, you wont know you're near a black hole until you see something with a shimmery effect around it. The closer you get the more the stars and light around it starts to warp, and then:

Fraps shot:

Much better.

EDIT: Solved my problem, downloaded it again from the official site. Now i'm getting cloud, ring, and orbit animations.

Had no idea Jupiter had a faint set of rings.

Also search for Mass Effect - Uncharted Worlds. Listening to that while looking through the universe makes it that much better. Also try to zoom out to the edge of the universe (known universe?).

 

[NBtoaster]

Some Terrain:

Hyperspace:

 

[Teknoman]

Heh I see why ctrl g is horrifying...really does give you a realistic "Whoosh" sensation.

 

[Mr_Appleby]

Had no idea Jupiter had a faint set of rings.

ohmy edutainment! :O

getting super-slow download from the main mirror but i'm trying to do some work anyway so hopefully about the time i finish i can chill with this for a bit.

still, just reading about it made me get all nostalgic for Frontier. Sooooooo cool seamlessly flying through space to a star system, picking a planet & flying down to cruise the surface checking out mountains, lakes and clouds. watching a red giant set over the horizon before exiting the atmosphere to make a manual dock with the orbiting space-station.

on a freaking amiga 500.

 

[Kyaw]

Crashed on me with runtime error something.

I'll try it later after the F1.

 

[strata8]

Heh I see why ctrl g is horrifying...really does give you a realistic "Whoosh" sensation.

Click on a star and quickly press G twice.

ohmy edutainment! :O

getting super-slow download from the main mirror but i'm trying to do some work anyway so hopefully about the time i finish i can chill with this for a bit.

I posted a torrent earlier. Should be pretty fast now, and it has a web seed from Dropbox too, so you won't ever get speeds under 80KB/s.

 

[strata8]

double post

 

[VoteForPedro]

I can't see terrain for some reason, tried to mess with the settings and still nada. Now I'm sad

 

[NBtoaster]

Not all of this is known facts or random generation, it seems ;o

Pandora, orbitting a gas giant in alpha centauri..

 

[Darklord]

How do I get the land view? The picture says Shift + G but when I do that it just lands on the low textures, not the proper view like shown.

 

[abracadaver]

how does earth look like when you land on it ? how accurate is it ?

 

[DodgerSan]

How do I get the land view? The picture says Shift + G but when I do that it just lands on the low textures, not the proper view like shown.

Same here, or it puts me 'inside' the planet.

 

[PjotrStroganov]

Wow, this looks to be so much better than celestia.

 

[Oppo]

Somebody please bolt this onto a new version of Elite!

 

[Confidence Man]

How do I get the land view? The picture says Shift + G but when I do that it just lands on the low textures, not the proper view like shown.

Just fly down to the surface. It will gradually get more detailed as it loads.

 

[Elfforkusu]

Wow, this looks to be so much better than celestia.

Celestia is a very "science!" program, something like this is built with considerably more artistic sense.

It'd be nice if Celestia would incorporate some of this stuff, though. Just brilliant.

e: I should note, the framerate sucks. A lot.

 

[Rapstah]

If this got some slightly cooler lighting (that didn't dissapear when the source isn't in view) and was fitted as the graphics engine for a slightly more realistic Kerbal Space Program I would never have to buy a game again. But then again it would take years to even get past Mars.

 

[strata8]

Celestia is a very "science!" program, something like this is built with considerably more artistic sense.

It'd be nice if Celestia would incorporate some of this stuff, though. Just brilliant.

e: I should note, the framerate sucks. A lot.

Your PC must be pretty bad. I can't even run Crysis 2 on Medium at 1280x720 but I can run this fine fullscreen.

 

[NBtoaster]

My framerate turns to shit during terrain generation, but it doesn't exactly matter when all you're doing is waiting for it to laod anyway.

 

[Afrikan]

To clarify: Are people saying it's scary due to the scale? The eeriness of space? The complexity of the tool itself?

its funny, when I first started reading the OP.."scared" was the first word that popped up in my mind....and wouldn't you know it, later in the post TC brings up the topic as well..lol.

but for me....its that, this is something I have wanted for a long time....Why I loved watching various Star Trek series, as well as other space movies and series.

so I don't know if I'm ready >_< ...I feel I'd get sucked into this, heck I don't even want to watch that youtube link. Hopefully later this week.

 

[Versipellis]

It reminds me of Noctis IV, another space exploration game from some years ago. SE seem its natural evolution.

 

[Coxy]

I found a couple of planets that said they had life but didnt see anything, pretty cool that you can go down into the seas on some planets though

 

[I NEED SCISSORS]

BioWare needs to use this tech.

 

[PjotrStroganov]

BioWare needs to use this tech.

They'll be right at home with those bugs right?

 

[domlolz]

I don't know why it took me so long to install this game, it's beautiful

 

[Fine Ham Abounds]

Oh man. I don't know how I missed this one. Can't wait to play with this puppy.

 

[kinn]

If I can recreate this scene I'm in...

My memory is a little fuzzy but thats from The Quiet Earth right?

Loved the movie.

 

[Fine Ham Abounds]

Heh I find it funny people were saying this was scary.

Only really scary thing about this is downloading an rar file from a site in Russian.

 

[Izayoi]

This is fucking incredible.

 

[kever0nicas]

Spectacular!!

The youtube video completely blew my mind and immediately grabbed me. Ive always been fascinated with space and have wanted to do explore through software like this.

This on a massive screen would be amazing.

 

[Evershade]

Holy shit. I really want to get home from work now.

 

[PjotrStroganov]

It just doesn't generate planet surfaces. I managed to get it to do it once but never since.

 

[PjotrStroganov]

Sometimes, it doesn't crash.

 

[Lime]

This is the sickest game I have ever played.

 

[Kaako]

This is just fantastic. I've always wanted something like this. Hope they keep implementing on the idea and making it more detailed/expansive and better. I want a fully fleshed out SpaceEngine for the master race!

 

[PjotrStroganov]

Had to go to some local clusters for some of these shots.