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| AlessiaCristallooo | Date: Wednesday, 26.12.2012, 16:36 | Message # 481 |
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| (vosk_010858) Please, change your user icon to SE screenshot.
Why?! You even reduced my reputation! I won't change it because I like it!
Edited by AlessiaCristallooo - Wednesday, 26.12.2012, 16:42 |
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| Hati | Date: Wednesday, 26.12.2012, 16:47 | Message # 482 |
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| I'm liking whats going on with the flares. Can't say I enjoy the default ones too much, sorry. But with thew music, is there going to be an option to turn the music down? I like SE as a silent game.
Edited by Hati - Wednesday, 26.12.2012, 16:48 |
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| Frostbreath | Date: Wednesday, 26.12.2012, 19:05 | Message # 483 |
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| (Hati) I'm liking whats going on with the flares. Can't say I enjoy the default ones too much, sorry. But with thew music, is there going to be an option to turn the music down? I like SE as a silent game.
Almost every game out there has an option to turn down any sound or music volume, so I wouldn't see why a space sim like SPace Engine won't have it. 
Amateur astronomer. Owner of a Celestron C8 telescope and, of course, Space Engine. Translator for Dutch.
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| Flynn | Date: Wednesday, 26.12.2012, 20:12 | Message # 484 |
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| (vosk_010858) AlessiaCristallooo Sorry, SpaceEngine uses only musics.
P.S. Please, change your user icon to SE screenshot.
Yes, why does he need to change his avatar to something SE related? Many members have a variety of Avatars from all different origins. Not just Space Engine.
(vosk_010858) SpaceEngineer SpaceEngine has no constellations. Example, Eyes on the Solar System from NASA, constellation segments provided by Stellarium.
Please, add Constellations.
I was actually thinking of this a little bit ago myself. While primarily useless, aside from having a Stellarium in SE, having the ability to view star constellations in real-time would be fantastic.
To be able to view a constellation from Earth and then travel to another star system and observe what it looks like from there would be... well... just amazing! (In my opinion). I was also thinking; in addition to having a known Stellarium, would it be out of the question to ask if we could make our own constellations? On our own galaxies/planets we have discovered. Again, it would be "useless" in the sense of gameplay but I would be overjoyed to be able to map out my own constellations on my favorite planets I have discovered. Especially when the database idea goes live and we can share our stuff on the wiki.
Something like the below picture would look nice.
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Edited by Flynn - Wednesday, 26.12.2012, 20:13 |
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| HarbingerDawn | Date: Wednesday, 26.12.2012, 20:37 | Message # 485 |
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| (Antza2) SpaceEngine does have constellations.
No, SE does not have constellations. And given how little time is spent near Earth and how arbitrary and terracentric the constellations are, I don't think that adding them should be a priority.
(Hati) But with thew music, is there going to be an option to turn the music down? I like SE as a silent game.
Of course. Whether you use the music or not is entirely up to you, you control if and how it plays.
vosk_010858, you've been harassing members of this forum since before I joined it, and I'm not so sorry to say that you're done. SpaceEngineer explained to you that you were on thin ice and needed to stop this, and I'm sorry to see that you didn't. Goodbye.
All forum users, please read this!
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| Kimb | Date: Wednesday, 26.12.2012, 20:53 | Message # 486 |
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| It is agreed that vosk_010858 went WAY out of line with his actions; lowering AlessiaCristalano's rep simply for disliking her avatar. Truly one's avatar IS one's own choice. In response I have RAISED her rep a point in interest of support and solidarity.
And didn't vosk also try recently to RUSH THE ENGINEER HIMSELF (!) on the .97 release? If so, he forgot that quality work can NEVER be rushed. The COMMERCIAL software world has had examples of rushed programs; they were very buggy; one game (title forgotten) was practically unplayable.
Edited by Kimb - Wednesday, 26.12.2012, 21:02 |
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| smjjames | Date: Wednesday, 26.12.2012, 21:07 | Message # 487 |
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| As for the constellations, go more than a few light years from earth and the constellations will begin to look more and more distorted. The exoplanets app illustrates this very well when you turn constellations on.
Not trying to advertise the app (although most of you may have it anyway), it's just the first example that came to mind which shows harbs point.
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| Frostbreath | Date: Wednesday, 26.12.2012, 21:16 | Message # 488 |
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| (smjjames) constellations will begin to look more and more distorted.
This is how it looks like in good old Celestia from the star Alnitak in the constellation of Orion. A bit messy to say the least :P
SO that may be the reason they might not be added at all...
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| werdnaforever | Date: Wednesday, 26.12.2012, 21:30 | Message # 489 |
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| (Flynn) To be able to view a constellation from Earth and then travel to another star system and observe what it looks like from there would be... well... just amazing! (In my opinion). I was also thinking; in addition to having a known Stellarium, would it be out of the question to ask if we could make our own constellations? On our own galaxies/planets we have discovered. Again, it would be "useless" in the sense of gameplay but I would be overjoyed to be able to map out my own constellations on my favorite planets I have discovered. Especially when the database idea goes live and we can share our stuff on the wiki.
I like this.
Some kind of constellation creation mode would be interesting, where you are put in the center of where a planet is and are given a 360 degree view of nearby stars. What's important is that there is some kind of cut-off point (only in this mode). What I mean by this is that you can choose for constellations to be made of stars that are at most X light years away. While ancient civilizations don't really know how far away the stars are, in SE we are portraying the opposite of an ancient civilization. This would be my solution to the distortion problem- it would at least make it much less severe.
(Kimb) In response I have RAISED her rep a point in interest of support and solidarity.
Well, I did raise it back up to zero first. Just sayin'. 
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| Kimb | Date: Wednesday, 26.12.2012, 21:39 | Message # 490 |
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| werdnaforever, I know you were first; I simply was doing what seemed right and show support:)
(off topic!!) Anything new at the Tower of Three?
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| smjjames | Date: Wednesday, 26.12.2012, 21:43 | Message # 491 |
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| The point stars in constellations are usually bright or distinct stars which could be tens or hundreds of light years away, so you can't really have a cut off point that's less than say, a thousand light years off (I might be exaggerating a little with the thousand light years off, I don't know the average or typical distance of all constellation point stars)
A better cut off point would be to use the apparent magnitude with and without the planets atmospheric extinction effect.
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| werdnaforever | Date: Wednesday, 26.12.2012, 22:22 | Message # 492 |
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| (smjjames) The point stars in constellations are usually bright or distinct stars which could be tens or hundreds of light years away, so you can't really have a cut off point that's less than say, a thousand light years off (I might be exaggerating a little with the thousand light years off, I don't know the average or typical distance of all constellation point stars)
A better cut off point would be to use the apparent magnitude with and without the planets atmospheric extinction effect.
I guess you're right. Still, making your own constellations would be cool once ground settlements are implemented.
Personally, I always thought constellations were kind of stupid since most of the times they're depicted 90% of the lines are not even connected to stars. The actual shapes are too ambiguous.
(Kimb) (off topic!!) Anything new at the Tower of Three?
Yes, this is off topic; no, there's nothing new with it.
I usually post new stuff on my website (signature).
Edited by werdnaforever - Wednesday, 26.12.2012, 22:26 |
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| curiousepic | Date: Thursday, 27.12.2012, 18:25 | Message # 493 |
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| Does the comet/aurora particle system mean we might see geysers anytime soon?
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| SpaceEngineer | Date: Thursday, 27.12.2012, 18:26 | Message # 494 |
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| (curiousepic) Does the comet/aurora particle system mean we might see geysers anytime soon?
Yes, but not in 0.97
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| SpaceEngineer | Date: Thursday, 27.12.2012, 18:31 | Message # 495 |
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| Updated graphics settings menu. A lot of settings! It will be expanded a bit before the release. Note the listboxes for choosing the config of the lens flares and ghosts effects.
Lens flare and ghost now are "dynamic" - they will rotate and change their brightness depending on the position of the sun on the screen. All effects are adjustable in the lens flare config.
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