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Size of universe in space engine
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| Crozzfire | Date: Monday, 09.12.2013, 00:48 | Message # 1 |
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| I cranked up galaxy magnitude, stars overbright and exposure, and flew to the edge of the universe.
http://i.imgur.com/d2cQmlG.jpg
Measuring from one end to other, it seems like the universe is a 10Gpc cube in space engine right now.
I guess this is because of some mathematical or practical limit to the procedural system?
Is this something that will be changed later?
Edited by Crozzfire - Monday, 09.12.2013, 00:50 |
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| Watsisname | Date: Monday, 09.12.2013, 07:56 | Message # 2 |
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| Hi Crozzfire. Yes, SE procedurally generates galaxies within a 10Gpc cube, centered on Earth. That's about 16 billion light years from the Earth to the nearest points on the edges, so the SE universe is pretty big, comparable in size to the real observable universe!
If I recall right, SpaceEngineer has said that he may try to adopt a closed model, where the edges of the universe meet each other such that you can return to your origin by flying in a straight line. If that's the case then you won't see those edges anymore, and SE will truly be isotropic and homogenous everywhere. 
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| Crozzfire | Date: Monday, 09.12.2013, 21:23 | Message # 3 |
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| Thanks! I did not realize 10Gpc was that big. Certainly enough, but yeah. A repeating or infinite universe would be better than a hard edge. If he's not going to implement multiverses, that is 
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| Billy_Mayes | Date: Tuesday, 10.12.2013, 15:12 | Message # 4 |
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| So, if I calculated this correctly, the volume of the SE universe should be 1000 Gpc, or one octillion parsecs.
Pretty big
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| midtskogen | Date: Tuesday, 10.12.2013, 16:16 | Message # 5 |
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| Cubic parsecs, you mean?
An octillion parsecs is a very long way.
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| Billy_Mayes | Date: Tuesday, 10.12.2013, 16:31 | Message # 6 |
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| Quote midtskogen (  ) Cubic parsecs, you mean?
Oh yes, sorry. I do mean cubic parsecs.
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| SpaceEngineer | Date: Tuesday, 10.12.2013, 19:15 | Message # 7 |
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| With density of 10 galaxies per cubic megaparsec, it have 10 trillion galaxies (1013). Too small, I must make it few billions time bigger in each dimension
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| Billy_Mayes | Date: Tuesday, 10.12.2013, 19:49 | Message # 8 |
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| Quote SpaceEngineer ( ) 10 trillion galaxies -- Too small
You don't hear that kind of sentence very often.
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| Crozzfire | Date: Tuesday, 10.12.2013, 23:04 | Message # 9 |
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| I like the way you think, SpaceEngineer! Of course, just 1 galaxy is too much to ever hope exploring. But it's just nice knowing.. 
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| Hachouma | Date: Saturday, 28.12.2013, 21:17 | Message # 10 |
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| Quote SpaceEngineer ( ) Too small
This is the best thing i ever heard a developer say :D
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| Vinny | Date: Monday, 30.12.2013, 19:36 | Message # 11 |
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| Hi, guys!
I think the size of the universe in SE is about 24 GPC (24,000,000,000 parsecs) from one side of the universe to the other!
Cheers,
Vincent
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| Billy_Mayes | Date: Monday, 30.12.2013, 20:24 | Message # 12 |
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| Quote Crozzfire ( ) the universe is a 10Gpc cube in space
Quote Vinny ( ) size of the universe in SE is about 24 GPC
Vinny, I think you measured it wrong, I checked myself and it seems it's 10 GPC long.
Or were you meaning something else?
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| Vinny | Date: Tuesday, 31.12.2013, 02:48 | Message # 13 |
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| Hi, Billy_Mayes!
Yes, I think you are right, I measured it wrong. So the universe in SE is about 10 GPC (10,000,000,000 parsecs) cube in space. I don't get it, how the universe is measured in cube? Thanks!
Cheers,
Vincent
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| Billy_Mayes | Date: Tuesday, 31.12.2013, 14:02 | Message # 14 |
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| Quote Vinny ( ) I don't get it, how the universe is measured in cube?
The SE universe isn't measured in cube. It is a cube.
A cube's width, height and depth are all equal.
The universes width height and depth are all 10 GPC, which means it is a cube.
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| Vinny | Date: Wednesday, 01.01.2014, 21:42 | Message # 15 |
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| Hi, Billy_Mayes!
After I fly past 10 GPC (10,000,000,000 parsecs), I ended up flying right back where I started, right? Thanks!
Cheers,
Vincent
Edited by Vinny - Wednesday, 01.01.2014, 21:42 |
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