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[Elfforkusu]

Just wanted to add: You can turn off the procedurally generated stuff in the F4 "Show Objects" menu, if you're a purist. Or you want the framerate to go a little faster.

 

[noah111]

As an avid Celestia user, I can't wait to try this out. No Mac version yet. This reminds me of that game in development 'Infinity', anyone remember that amazing tech demo vid a while back?

 

[Bad_Boy]

this should be PS4's music visualizer.

 

[Veritas_]

I can't play with this and listen to music through my headphones at the same time. The constant runtime errors startle the hell out of me.

That said, I still haven't seen a planet surface yet.

Edit: Ah, setting the VRam from 90 to 50 seems to have fixed the planet load crashing. Still takes a year and a half to load one, but it works.

 

[Mr_Elysia]

Man. Yes. Yes. Thank you for this.

 

[kokujin]

This program reminds me of the first time I saw Mass Effect galaxy map videos.

 

[lilltias]

OK.

This + Mass Effect 2 OST.

Univegasms.

 

[Thunderbear]

Wow, thanks for sharing!

 

[rollingstart]

this is really cool

 

[Lime]

Sorry about the large gif, but I'm having so much fun with this "game":

 

[Disorientator]

New version is out. (Video)


Speechless......

 

[PjotrStroganov]

Just discovered .95 is out. Trying it out.

 

[ChoklitReign]

It keeps crashing with the new patch...

 

[AshMcCool]

Hey: Is it possible to accurately computer simulate faster than light travel, even though its physically impossible?

And where is my Astronaut Simulation Game?

 

[DCharlie]

I want Elite 4 to look like this so so so bad

 

[CabbageRed]

Argh. As is always the case with these games/sims, the moment I hit space I start to feel a weird combination of vertigo and claustrophobia. As always, I will eventually suck it up, tool around for awhile, and then find a black hole, at which point I will experience a dizzying dread.

It does not help that this game started me off on a planet very near another planet that was partly covered by a huge shadow, causing me to alt-tab away instantly (the only known way to escape a black hole at the proximity with our current technology).

Edit: Graphics issue, low FPS, and a crash. Both a space and an X3 sim it seems.

 

[Disorientator]

SpaceEngine 0.96 is out - looking better than ever!!


(Main Menu and Universe Map - last 2 random)

Some highlights from changelog:

What's new

• A new coordinate system and camera
• The Map of the Universe
• The console, various console commands allow you to change settings, there are also commands that duplicate the functions of the autopilot
• Updated catalog of dwarf planets, exoplanets, nearest stars, etc.
• Some new galaxies models, new textures for some Solar system bodies
• Significantly improved performance in dense regions of galaxies (the nucleus and spiral arms)
• Collision detection of camera with all planets
• Spacecrafts: motion control, gravity forces, collisions with planets
• Procedural galaxies with large-scale structure of the universe and the redshift effect
• New forms of landscape on planets
• A new interface design
• The "game" style of the Main Menu

 

[Despera]

SpaceEngine 0.96 is out - looking better than ever!!


(Main Menu and Universe Map - last 2 random)

Some highlights from changelog:

What an awesome coincidence!

I just remembered this thing today and decided to try it out. Thanks for the update.

 

[Disorientator]

SpaceEngine 0.97 Preview

Those auroras

 

[Lime]

game of the forver right here.

Seriously, I sometimes get scared and overwhelmed by the size and scale of the universe when playing this.

 

[metareferential]

SpaceEngine 0.97 Preview

Those auroras

It almost made me cry.

 

[maniac-kun]

That update looks great got to try this again

 

[Metrotab]

Really have to try this again.

 

[Disorientator]

Just a heads-up that Space Engine 0.97 is -finally- available guys.

Huge list of fixes/updates.

Changelog/Download - 0.97 Video

 

[PjotrStroganov]

Nice! I'll download and try.

Wow that trailer is something else. It seems that guy has some significant strides towards something awesome.

 

[Lime]

Wow at that gif.

 

[SteveWinwood]

I wanna bump this as I rediscovered it again tonight.

It's still the greatest thing in the world.

And .972 came out: http://en.spaceengine.org/forum/20-2614-1#46952

With oculus rift support which would probably destroy my brain.

And here's a cool video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MaetH-DXwIc

 

[Mengy]

Yeah, .972 is great, it's been out for a bit now. I cruise around in Space Engine now and then just sightseeing and taking pics. I use the pics as a screensaver for my PC. Sometimes this simulator can be breathtaking and inspiring:

 

[doomquake]

i think the time has come to play with this.
glad theres a thread for it! gonna use some of your tips.

i guess theres a way to import space ship models into this?

 

[More_Badass]

Discovered this today due to a mention in a No Man's Sky thread

Wow...this is just incredible

 

[luca_29_bg]

crash at start with windows 10....:/

 

[Mengy]

crash at start with windows 10....:/

Version .972 (the newest version) works great for me in Win 10. No issues at all here.

 

[luca_29_bg]

Version .972 (the newest version) works great for me in Win 10. No issues at all here.

there's a patch that i have installed, 0.9.7.3, anyway don't works very well, don't load properly the planets, with whatever level of detail choosed. I must try without the patch!

 

[Zojirushi]

Been playing around with this a little bit and it's pretty fascinating.

One question though: I'm not sure what determines how detailed the surface of a planet/moon will be.

I've been "landing" on random moons in the Andromeda Galaxy and I see mountains and everything, I tried going to Mars or Earth and it's pretty much one giant low-res texture.
Other planets are a a total mess of stuff where I'm not sure what the game is even trying to do or generate.

Am I doing something wrong?

 

[Mengy]

Here is a good Space Engine video, really shows off what it's capable of!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1fZNJlyDVrU

 

[Mengy]

Looks like version 0.9.8.0 came out a few months ago, I hadn't even realized:

http://en.spaceengine.org/load/core/spaceengine0980/2-1-0-32

Very cool trailer for 0.9.8.0