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| werdnaforever | Date: Friday, 13.07.2012, 23:09 | Message # 91 |
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| Quote (HarbingerDawn) I can think of many video games in which going off one edge of the map would bring you out at the other side seamlessly (Star Fox 64 comes to mind), so it probably isn't all that difficult.
Star Fox 64? That had a limited playing field in "all range mode"- if you fly too far away then your ship automatically turns you around. In "corridor" mode you are stuck in a fixed area as you fly through the level.
Back to SE discussion...
A closed universe creates some weird issues to contemplate. I'm curious about how the selection pointer (or whatever you call the X around selected bodies) would work in SE's closed universe. If I select Earth and travel a gigaparsec away from it, the X around Earth will still be visible. I appreciate that it remains visible- it shows the importance given to a selected object is universal, and its a nice way to reference where you are in the cosmos.
Suppose in a closed universe SE I select Earth and go to what would currently the face of the cube of galaxies in .96. Well, around this point I can look in six different directions and see where Earth is. In fact, theoretically I should see an infinite number of Xs in a tiled closed universe.
Will there be multiple Xs? Perhaps there will always be six; the brightness of the selection pointer would be based upon it's distance from the player- where the closest is the brightest. Maybe there could be a limited distance from which a pointer will be viewed. I suppose you would only need to show one at a time- and usually the others would be so irrelevant (therefore, invisible), but I think the X should slowly brighten as it becomes more relevant. If the X starts to flipflop its position (like many politicians!  ) it would be a little annoying. This could be done really well if it's subtle.
It sounds minor (especially since it's no issue in an open universe), but I disagree- something as basic as selecting an object is going to be a bit different if you change the shape of the universe itself.
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| HarbingerDawn | Date: Saturday, 14.07.2012, 06:14 | Message # 92 |
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| Quote (werdnaforever) Star Fox 64? That had a limited playing field in "all range mode"- if you fly too far away then your ship automatically turns you around. In "corridor" mode you are stuck in a fixed area as you fly through the level.
I was referring to multiplayer.
As for the selection pointer, in the simplest way of showing a closed universe, without any odd 4D topologies or such, there would only be 1 X. If you reach the edge of the universe "bubble" and go though it then you appear at the other side, and even though you can see the other side before you actually get there, the engine does not consider you to be there until you actually cross over. It's like in Google maps, where if you zoom out enough you can see multiple full maps, but your pointers and icons will only appear on the one that you're currently directly over, and when you move past the boundary, then they snap to the next one.
Or that's my understanding of how it might be implemented anyway...
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| apenpaap | Date: Saturday, 14.07.2012, 09:48 | Message # 93 |
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| ^That would lead to very strange effect when you've selected a bright galaxy near the border, though: the pointer would switch to the other one while you can still see the galaxy...
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| SpaceEngineer | Date: Saturday, 14.07.2012, 11:14 | Message # 94 |
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| Selection pointer will just point to the object in the direction of a shortest path to it. It is simple to implement, and most relevant to navigation I think.
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| SpaceFan | Date: Monday, 16.07.2012, 07:11 | Message # 95 |
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| I found a bug - when you trying to add location you cant move and location is not saved.
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| j0KeR | Date: Monday, 16.07.2012, 07:16 | Message # 96 |
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| Quote (SpaceFan) I found a bug - when you trying to add location you cant move and location is not saved.
Yep its been there for a while i think SpaceEngineer knows about it and it will be fixed you have to press "Esc" and try again the only workaround i found so far(if you are using 0.96)
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| SpaceEngineer | Date: Monday, 16.07.2012, 11:42 | Message # 97 |
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| This is not a bug! When you press the "Add" key, SE suggests you rename the new location: the added line is highlighted and can be edited. Of course you cannot move, because the keyboard is captured in edit form. You may simply press 'Enter' if you agree with the default name, or type a new one and then press 'Enter.'
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| j0KeR | Date: Monday, 16.07.2012, 12:19 | Message # 98 |
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| It occurs also after you have closed the window , also if you forget to rename and close the window it happens again
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| aryoseno11 | Date: Monday, 16.07.2012, 14:03 | Message # 99 |
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| why there is no city lights????
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| Donatelo200 | Date: Monday, 16.07.2012, 16:32 | Message # 100 |
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| Night lights have not been implemented yet. But they will be in time.
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| aryoseno11 | Date: Tuesday, 17.07.2012, 15:30 | Message # 101 |
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| Quote (Donatelo200) Night lights have not been implemented yet. But they will be in time. smile
ok! 
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| Talisman | Date: Tuesday, 17.07.2012, 22:03 | Message # 102 |
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| Slightly weird question here but does the 0.961 patch change the universe seed from 0.96? Like are the procedural planets the exact same in 0.961 as they are in 0.96? I'm still using 0.96 with no issues, and don't feel like patching yet. Unless of course everything is changed. 
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| SpaceEngineer | Date: Friday, 27.07.2012, 23:55 | Message # 103 |
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| The patch 0.9.6.2 is ready!
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| werdnaforever | Date: Saturday, 28.07.2012, 01:59 | Message # 104 |
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| Support for more than 2GB of ram:
Thank you!
Now I can use the 12 GB of ram I have.
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| DoctorOfSpace | Date: Saturday, 28.07.2012, 02:10 | Message # 105 |
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| Quote (werdnaforever) Now I can use the 12 GB of ram I have.
Still only hits 3.5GBs of use though, its not 64 bit.
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