Found another potential bug. Has to do with star browser. When I'm using the filter function, and I set minimum temperature at 50ºF and maximum temperature at 80ºF, the filter shows me results that contain the planet type I searched for, but the temperature is not what I wanted. I have the browser set to display results by filter. My search parameters are as follows: main star: main sequence/G/any parent sun: main sequence/G/any Sun count: 1 Moon count: any object to search: planet only planet parameters/any/terra temp:50F-80F atmosphere: 0.7-1.3 Include aurorae exclude rings exclude tidal lock Organic life: multicellular/any biome
Maybe I just don't understand the star browser filter function correctly.
The temperature you search for is only the planets average temperature. At a specific point in the orbit it may be higher or lower due to eccentricity and since you chose a narrow temperature range the temperature will almost always go out of bounds at some point in the orbit.
The temperature you search for is only the planets average temperature. At a specific point in the orbit it may be higher or lower due to eccentricity and since you chose a narrow temperature range the temperature will almost always go out of bounds at some point in the orbit.
The oceans allow for easier movement. Water has the effect of grease in an engine, where plate tectonics may work without it but it has to be specially made and would be quite rare, because water allows the plates to not grind against each other as much, causing movement to occur faster and easier.
Alek, I never heard of this "feature" of the oceans. Can you cite some article or source from which you brought this information?
Alek, I never heard of this "feature" of the oceans. Can you cite some article or source from which you brought this information?
Honestly, I don't remember where I got it, though I don't think it's my own idea and even if it was, it's still logical due to what Bells_Theorem pointed out, and same thing for Mars (since the water it has is very scarce or in the ice caps which wouldn't help plate tectonics any )
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I have a problem with the skybox export. Whenever I am close enough to a planet for it to show my latitude and longitude the clouds disappear. This only happens in 0.9.7.4, and only when using the skybox exporter. In earlier versions it is fine.
This is a graphical glitch which occurred, when I was trying to build accretion disks. It happened when I switched from FOV 45 to FOV 60. Unfortunately, I have not been able to repeat it. Could it be repeated, it should be kept.
Well, after exploring many deserts and terras, I can safely say that, starting from v. 0.9.7.4 p3, mountains, in deserts, are more frequent and higher than those on terras. Terras, in other words, are flatter than the deserts.
In version 0.9.7.x up to version 0.9.7.4 p02 this was not the case. It's a deliberate feature or a mistake?
Some pictures to show what I mean
Tipical "Terra" in 0.9.7.1
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Place "Temperate terra with life" { Body "RS 1190-414-7-958981-0 B4" Parent "RS 1190-414-7-958981-0 B" Pos (1.558081501817042e-010, -6.381976674560419e-011, 1.739664456327367e-010) Rot (0.7450868809080748, -0.09708859640029299, 0.3598912295674376, -0.5530801453931747) Date "2018.04.28 00:16:40.33" Vel 1.2233133e-010 Mode 1 }
Tipical "Terra" in 0.9.7.4 patch 7
This Terra is 90% flat. Just some little hills ...
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Place "Temperate terra - * FLAT *" { Ver 974 Body "RS 1420-42-8-4809567-510 4" Parent "RS 1420-42-8-4809567-510" Date "2152.04.12 09:15:51.37" Pos (+00000000000CC1C5B417F0F1E5E1B800 +000000000091894DEC8778ECB9EBDF5D -000000000082E89B0808D3B609734029) Rot (-0.4522217608324234 0.6086299091607668 -0.6301943725815737 -0.1670932837402386) Vel 4.3010942e-011 Mode 1 }
Note: atmosphere and clouds are disabled in order to show in a better way the ground.
Place "Temperate terra with life - * FLAT *" { Ver 974 Body "RS 1420-42-7-601195-534 6" Parent "RS 1420-42-7-601195-534" Date "2152.04.14 00:53:43.47" Pos (+00000000000CC1C72157388300EE149E +000000000091894E896465C3E97B0652 -000000000082E89E0EA70E3B4DD5F844) Rot (0.6907530492720257 0.3207333179893024 -0.597495864600045 -0.2509762049255191) Vel 7.7274666e-011 Mode 1 }
Note: atmosphere and clouds are disabled in order to show in a better way the ground.
IMHO, mountains of the old version 0.9.7.1 were the best ...
Indeed o_O I haven't really noticed any new differences between deserts and terras myself, but if terras are flatter now I'd say it's probably a feature - terras in general have thicker atmospheres and more severe weather, which contributes to faster erosion.
terras in general have thicker atmospheres and more severe weather, which contributes to faster erosion.
But also look at our Earth-- we have lots and lots of mountains!
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