Please post here all of your reports about bugs or crashes in SpaceEngine. Before you post any bugs, please follow these steps:
First of all, make sure you updated your video card drivers. This may solve 99% of all issues.
Read the Fixing common issues section below. It is possible that your problem can be solved there.
Read the List of known issues section below and make sure that your bugs are not on in it. You can use your browser's word finder to help search the list.
If the bug is not on the list then please post it in this thread. Attach to your message a screenshot (if possible) and a log file (it's called the se.log and is located in the SpaceEngine/system/ directory). Only the log file will help us to understand your problem and find a solution!
Fixing graphics card-specific issues
If you do not know which graphics card (chip) do you have, open the system/se.log file in the text editor and read the Vendor information in the beginning:
INITIALIZING OPENGL [MT] Vendor: ATI Technologies Inc.
Then look for a solution for you:
Nvidia: Major lag spikes
To prevent major lags with Nvidia, go into Nvidia control panel, and in SpaceEngine's profile set Threaded optimization to off.
Intel HD: Glitchy landscape and textures on planets
Open config/main-user.cfg and change this parameter to true:
Note that this is an experimental feuture and may cause glitches; collision detection also works incorrectly in this mode. Also, read Fixing common issues #3.
Intel HD: Red clouds on Earth
Install the latest driver for Intel HD.
Intel HD: Black screen
Disable comet tails. Go to the main menu, then Settings -> View, and uncheck "comet tails". If you even don't see the main menu, close SE, delete the file config/main-user.cfg, and try again.
Fixing common issues
1) Obsolete or incompatible drivers
These are the most frequent errors found in SE. You will get a popup window with one of these following messages:
- "You have old OpenGL version (2.1.1). Update your graphics card driver or install compatible hardware"
- "You have old GLSL version (1.2). Update your graphics card driver or install compatible hardware"
- "Error loading surface generator shaders. Press YES to run program with procedural planets disabled. Press NO to exit"
To fix that, download and install latest drivers for your video card. If you still get this message, it could be that you have an incompatible video card (see next paragraph).
But you still can try and run SpaceEngine by disabling checking of critical errors at startup. Open main-user.cfg and change value of this parameter to 'true':
IgnoreCriticalCheck true // ignore checking of OpenGL version and critical extensions supporting
NOTE: I can give no guaranties that SpaceEngine will be stable and work correctly if you do make this change.
If you have an "Error loading surface generator shaders" error and press Yes, SpaceEngine can run, but it will not be able to render procedural planetary landscapes.
After updating or rollback of the drivers, you must delete the cache folder in the SpaceEngine directory.
2) Weak system
SpaceEngine needs a modern "gaming" graphics card to run. Weak cards like Intel Graphics (many laptops have it) or 10 year old devices like GeForce 5700 will not run SpaceEngine. There is no way but to update your hardware. There are no plans to make a second version of the engine for weaker systems with simplified graphics, CPU texture generation, etc. It would be like coding another engine from scratch. Once again, I would remind everyone that the minimum system requirements can be found on the Home page, but I will mention it here as well:
CPU - 2.0 GHz RAM - 2 GB Video - GeForce or Radeon with at least 1 GB of dedicated video memory
I stress the special role played by graphics card's onboard memory (VRAM), and 1 GB is the absolute minimum. The engine uses a large amount of data that must be in video memory (textures, meshes etc). The good performance will be only with a dedicated video card with 1024+ MB of onboard memory. Almost all modern $100+ devices can run SE smoothly. CPU power is not so important for SE, but having many cores could improve performance on fast interstellar and intergalactic flights. CPU does not significantly affect the landscape generation speed because it is done completely on the graphics chip.
3) System with hybrid graphics (NVidia/ATI + Intel HD)
If you're running SE on a laptop with dual graphics, make sure SE runs on NVidia or ATI chip instead of Intel HD. You may see it in the beginning of the SpaceEngine/system/se.log file. If it says: Vendor: Intel Renderer: Intel® HD Graphics 4000
then you should open Nvidia Control Panel or ATI Catalyst and force SpaceEngine.exe run on NVidia/ATI chip. If you can't find a SpaceEngine profile there, create a new one.
4) Artifacts on procedural planets
If you get missing landscape blocks, blurry or blinking textures, random spikes sticking out of surface, check out these recommendations here:
a) If you have a laptop with hybrid graphics, read item #3.
b) Make sure that you make a "clean" installation of SE (if it is a full version, not a patch!). If you install a new version overwriting the old one, you may get many bugs and glitches.
c) Just restart SE. It helps in 99% of cases.
5) Frequent crashing while generating planetary surface
If you have frequent crashes on planets, or get an "OUT OF MEMORY" message on screen, or "Unexpected deleting of child node" in the log file, try taking these steps first:
- Close any other programs that can consume the video memory (games, video players, graphics editors, etc.). The video memory is the most important resource for SpaceEngine. It may help to disable the Windows Aero theme too, as it consumes a lot of video memory. - Reduce "Landscape LOD" to -2 in Graphics settings (Ctrl+F4) - Set up the amount of video memory in the config/main-user.cfg file:
VideoMemorySize 2048 // graphics card onboard memory (VRAM) in megabytes
The value must not be less than 1024, but not more than the total amount of physical video memory plus amount of RAM. For example, if you have a graphics card with 1024 MB of video memory, and more than 2 GB of RAM, you can increase VideoMemorySize to 2048.
6) Blurry textures on Solar system planets
This is not a bug. Our Solar system planets and its satellites have no procedural textures, they use real ones with limited level-of-detail. You can download addons with high resolution textures to increase the level of detail of real planets. But don't expect 1 cm level of detail; these addons also have limited size, and thus limited resolution (up to 150 meters per pixel for some bodies).
7) Problems with very high resolution displays
If you're using a very high display resolution and have problems selecting things with the cursor, or your screenshots are being output at a lower resolution than you're using, try the following:
a) Open Windows Control Panel, navigate to Display, and set the DPI scaling to "Smaller - 100% (default)" - it should look like this.
b) If you want to adjust the DPI scaling, click on "Set custom text size (DPI)" in the sidebar and change its value to suit your preference.
List of known issues
Green items have been fixed for the next release
Not real bugs, but effects caused by limitations in the engine:
- Star mode "points" and "sprites" look the same. This is right! This switch changes the rendering technology, not the visual appearance - Star catalog has many errors in star classification, so there are many "giant dwarfs" and "dwarf giants" - Many real binary stars rendered as single, and many single rendered as binary - SE simply have incomplete catalog of binary stars - Galaxy/nebula sprites will rotate when seen from certain angles - Lens flares are distorted by gravitational lensing (black holes and ship warp drive effect) - Solar system moons don't have extremely accurate orbits (requires implementation of custom orbit models, e.g. VSOP-87) - Solar eclipses on Earth, Moon, Jupiter and other real planets are inaccurate (the same as above) - Sunspot distribution is not always realistic - Ocean tag not yet implemented in planet editor - Rounding errors (e.g. 30° in catalog rounds to 29°59'59.99" displayed on HUD) - Many HIP and HD stars do not appear in the search menu, as well as procedural objects (RS xxxx) - Camera sometimes falling through the surface - Collisions detection between ships is not implemented yet; and between ship and planet is inaccurate
Real bugs:
- Lines or junctures are visible on planetary surface of real planets - GUI response issues with some users (interface items glitchy or not respond easily) - Flickering flare color in close binary systems [example] - Auto-exposure does not react when a sun is blocked while diffraction spikes are set to normal or super - Level horizon command (End key) doesn't work properly on oblate objects - Weird behavior of movement keys in tracking mode (T) and after releasing it - If a galaxy model is selected, the camera is not following any object, and the program is in Edit Mode, closing and restarting the program will cause the WASDRF movement keys to behave incorrectly until the camera is set to follow an object - Problems when releasing Left + Right click - Music player will unpause when SE window is minimized and restored, or when entering and exiting the main menu - Switching to fullscreen doesn't work sometimes - 3D water fog sometimes starts above or below the water surface - Visual atmosphere heights are inconsistently and unrealistically generated - Physical atmosphere properties are inconsistently and unrealistically generated, and are not tied to the visual models - Shimmering bloom splotch when very close to the surface of a planet [example] - Lighting errors in system browser when viewing from outside the system - "Sky lighting shadow" in the subsolar region of atmospheres - Problems with the skybox export interface, and with the planetarium after using it, for some users - Camera will be set to 90° FOV when returning from fisheye or cubemap view sometimes - If spacecraft .sss Length is very different from its .cfg length, there may be rendering glitches - VSync doesn't work after usage of Oculus Rift in the Direct mode, sometimes it doesn't work at startup when Oculus Rift is connected.
I downloaded the latest Space Engine, and a strange thing has happened. The star points, instead of having varied sizes and brightness', instead all look around about the same size, as small circles in the sky. I've tried changing the graphics settings and the cfg settings, I've changed just about every single thing and nothing seems to fix it. I have before and after pictures:
// Memory settings Memory { VideoMemoryStrategy 1 // strategy of video memory usage: 0 - limited by VideoMemoryMinSize, 1 - limited by max(physical size, VideoMemoryMinSize) VideoMemorySize 1536 // minimum size of video memory (Mb) to use VideoMemoryReserved 50 // video memory reserved for OS (Mb) CacheSizeLandNode 40000 // limit on the number of terrain nodes in the memory (0 for auto, at least 2100 for LOD 0, 19000 for LOD 2) CacheSizeStarNode 25000 // limit on the number of star nodes in the memory (0 for auto, at least 20000 for central regions of the galaxy) CacheSizeGalNode 10000 // limit on the number of galaxy nodes in the memory (0 for auto, at least 10000 for dense regions of the Universe) CacheSizeGalModels 20 // limit on the number of galaxy subsystem models in the memory CacheSizeGalModelsVRAM 32 // minimum size of video memory (Mb) to use by galaxy models CacheSizeNebModelsVRAM 32 // minimum size of video memory (Mb) to use by nebula models CacheSizeAtmoModels 0 // limit on the number of atmosphere models in the memory (0 for auto) }
// Vendor-specific and debug options Vendor { glVendor "" glRenderer "" glVersion "" glslVersion "" UpdateUserConfig false // if true, main-user.cfg will be updated and this parameter set to false (used at first launch of the new patch) IgnoreCriticalCheck false // ignore checking of OpenGL version and support of critical extensions IgnoreShaderBinary false // disable binary shader cache IgnoreSyncObjects false // disable GL_ARB_sync LoaderAsyncTextures false // use multiple OpenGL contexts for textures LoaderAsyncMeshes false // use multiple OpenGL contexts for models, stars and galaxies LoaderAsyncShaders true // use multiple OpenGL contexts for shaders PlanetHeightmapFormat 13 // format of the terrain heightmap textures: 13 - R32F, 16 - RGBA32F MipmapsMode 2 // mipmaps generation mode: 0 - disable, 1 - default OpenGL function, 2 - SpaceEngine function }
// Window and display settings Display { WindowSizeX 1920 // window width WindowSizeY 1200 // window height WindowPosX 0 // window x position WindowPosY 0 // window y position Maximized true // start with a maximized window FullScreen 0 // 0 - windowed mode, 1 - fullscreen window mode, 2 - hardware fullscreen mode ScreenResX 1920 // screen resolution (width) in the hardware fullscreen mode ScreenResY 1080 // screen resolution (height) in the hardware fullscreen mode RefreshRate 60 // refresh frequency in the fullscreen mode AspectRatio 1 // aspect ratio for displays with non-square pixels }
// Depth buffer options DepthBuffer { DepthBufferMode 0 // Z-buffer mode (0 - standard, 1 - reversed, 2 - log in vertex shader, 3 - log in pixel shader) (remove cache to apply changes) ShipDrawMode 4 // use 1 for DepthBufferMode = 0, and 2...4 otherwise ClipHeight 0.001 // collision detection height in kilometers ClipZNear 0.005 // near plane clip distance (ignored in reversed and logarithmic z-buffer mode) }
// Planet rendering settings PlanetRendering { PlanetLOD -1 // planets surface level of detail (min = -2, max = +2) PlanetMaxLevel 20 // limit terrain subdivision level PlanetVSFetching false // planet mesh rendering mode PlanetMipmaps true // use mipmapping for landscape textures PlanetTextureRes 256 // texture resolution (use only power of 2!) PlanetTextureBorder 2 // texture border PlanetSphereMeshLOD 5 // spherical mesh detail PlanetCubeMeshLOD 5 // landscape mesh detail PlanetRingsSubdiv 16 // planetary rings detail Enable3DWater true // 3D water EnableEclipses true // eclipse shadows EnableNightSideLights true // night side lights EnablePlanetShine true // secondary lighting for planets PlanetShineMode 1 // secondary lighting color calculation mode: 0 (none), 1 (once), 2 (real time) PlanetShineBright 1 // secondary lighting brightness AuroraBright 1 // aurora brightness CometTailBright 1 // comet tail brightness NightSideLightsBright 1 // night side lights brightness PlanetThermEmissShift 0 // thermal emission temperature shift StarCoronaTextures 10 // number of star corona textures (for texture-based corona rendering) AuroraQuality 0 // quality of aurora rendering (0, 1) BlackHoleQuality 1 // quality of black hole warp effect rendering (0, 1, 2) ShipWarpQuality 1 // quality of ship warp bubble effect rendering (0, 1, 2) RealStarBrightness false // real brightness of star surface RealPlanetBrightness false // real brightness of planet surface LightDimmingMagn -15.2 // light source visual magnitude at which lighting starts dimming LightLimitMagn -10 // minimum visual magnitude for secondary light sources }
// Atmosphere rendering settings AtmosphereRendering { AtmoExtinction true // atmospheric extinction AtmoRingsShadow true // rings shadow on sky AtmoAtSeaLevel true // atmosphere bottom at sea level AtmoHeightHarb true // use HarbingerDawn's formula to calculate visual model height AtmoAnalyticTransm true // use analytic transmittance calculations (remove cache to apply changes) AtmoFixHorizon true // fixes artifacts at horizon (remove cache to apply changes) AtmoBottomOffset 0 // shifts atmosphere down to fix artifacts at horizon (in units of atmosphere height) }
// Stars and point objects rendering settings PointRendering { PointScale 1 // point sources scale StarPointMethod 2 // star/galaxy points render: 0 - point sprites, 1 - sprites, 2 - sprites with motion blur, 3 - sprites with motion and rot. blur PlanetPointMethod 1 // planet points render: 0 - point sprites, 1 - sprites, 2 - sprites with motion blur, 3 - sprites with motion and rot. blur MotionBlurLength 0 // length of the motion blur trail, auto = 0 PointOverbright 2.51189 // point sources extra brightness StarGrayBright 1 // stars saturation value PlanetMagnLimit 7 // planets limiting magnitude StarMagnLimit 7 // stars limiting magnitude GalaxyMagnLimit 7 // galaxies, nebulae and clusters limiting magnitude GlowMagnLimit 4 // galaxies and nebulae sprites limiting magnitude PlanetBrightMin 0.03 // planets cutoff pixel brightness StarBrightMin 0.03 // stars cutoff pixel brightness GalaxyBrightMin 0.03 // galaxies, nebulae and clusters cutoff pixel brightness GlowBrightMin 0.006 // galaxies and nebulae sprites cutoff pixel brightness AutoGalaxyMagnitude true // auto increase galaxies magnitude when in intergalactic space StarColorShift 0 // stars color shift ("+" red, "-" blue) StarColorSaturation 1 // stars color saturation StarFrustumClipFOV 30 // max frustum clipping FOV for stars }
// Lens flare rendering settings LensFlareRendering { EnableLensFlares true // enable lens flares (diffraction spikes) EnableLensGhosts true // enable ghosts LensFlareMode 1 // lens flare mode: 0 (simple), 1 (normal), 2 (super) LensFlareScale 0.354813 // scale of the lens flare effect LensFlarePreset "Astroniki2" // name of the script config file of lens flares effect LensGhostPreset "Astroniki3" // name of the script config file of ghosts effect }
// Render into texture settings TextureRendering { EnableGalaxyFBO true // use framebuffer for galaxy rendering EnableGalaxySkybox true // use skybox for galaxy rendering EnableGalaxyImpostors true // use impostors for galaxy rendering EnableNebulaFBO true // use framebuffer for nebula rendering EnableNebulaSkybox true // use skybox for nebula rendering EnableNebulaImpostors true // use impostors for nebula rendering EnableCometFBO true // use framebuffer for comet rendering EnableCometImpostors true // use impostors for comet rendering EnableAuroraFBO true // use framebuffer for aurora rendering MaxImpostors 8 // max number of impostors MaxSkyboxes 2 // max number of skyboxes (galaxy and nebula rendering) MaxEnvmaps 2 // max number of environment maps (warp effect, reflections rendering) FP32Buffers true // use floating-point impostors FBOResolution 0.333 // frambuffer resolution (fraction of window resolution) ImpostorResolution 0.333 // impostor resolution (fraction of window resolution) SkyboxResolution 0.75 // skybox resolution (fraction of window resolution) EnvmapResolution 0.25 // environment map resolution (fraction of window resolution) SkyboxMaxDimensions 2048 // max skybox/envmap resolution in pixels ImpostorThreshold 0.005 // impostor update threshold SkyboxThreshold 0.0006 // skybox update threshold SkyboxMinFOV 20 // skybox min FOV SkyboxMaxStep 1e-007 // skybox max velocity (normalized on object's radius) LensFlareConvRadius 3 // "super" lens flare convolution radius MipmapsGUI false // use mipmapping for GUI FBO MipmapsFrame true // use mipmapping for scene FBO MipmapsWarp true // use mipmapping for warp effects rendering }
// 3D, VR and projection settings Projection { ProjectionMode 0 // projection mode: 0 - perspective, 1 - cubic, 2 - fish eye, 3 - cylinder StereoscopicMode 0 // stereoscopic mode: 0 - no stereo, 1 - Oculus Rift, 2 - cross eye/parallel, 3 - vertical stereopair, 4 - horizontal stereopair, 5 - active (shutter), 6 - anaglyph StereoscopicModeLast 6 // last used stereoscopic mode InitInShutterMode false // when changing to the hardware shutter stereoscopic mode, program should be restarted with this key set to true StereoInterlaced false // interlace the anamorphic stereopair StereoSwapEyes false // swap left/right StereoIPD 6.4 // Interpupillary distance StereoIPDmax 10 // max Interpupillary distance for slider in the GUI StereoConvergence 1 // stereoscopic convergence depth StereobaseVR 1 // stereoscopic base for VR Stereobase3D 1 // stereoscopic base for 3D displays GUIResolution 1024 // resolution of the GUI texture in the VR or fish eye/cylindrical mode CubeFaceResolution 1024 // rendering resolution of the fish eye/cylindrical mode VRGUILocked false // lock GUI in VR VRGUIDepth 1.94984 // interface depth in VR VRGUISize 1.5 // interface scale in VR VRRenderScale 1 // VR rendering resolution scale VRRenderMirror true // mirror render to main screen in VR AnaglyphLeftHue 0 // left lens hue in anaglyph mode AnaglyphRightHue 0.5 // right lens hue in anaglyph mode FisheyeFOV 180 // lens angle (degrees) FisheyeCrop 1 // circular crop of the field of view FisheyeGUIAngle 0 // angle of GUI center FisheyeZoom 1 // image scale FisheyeOffset ( 0 0 ) // image center position FisheyeWarp ( 0 0 0 ) // off-axis warping FisheyeFlipX false // flip horizontally FisheyeFlipY false // flip vertically DistortInterface false // distort interface ShowBackground false // show background }
// Sound settings Sound { SoundVolume 0.3 // sound effects volume (0.0 - 1.0) MusicVolume 0.2 // music player volume (0.0 - 1.0) MusicRepeatMode 2 // music player repeat mode: 0 (no repeat), 1 (repeat track), 2 (repeat all) MusicOrderMode 1 // music player order mode: 0 (in order), 1 (random), 2 (context) MusicShowTitle true // show on-screen message when soundtrack changed }
// Screenshots, video capture and texture export settings Export { ScreenshotFormat "jpg" // screenshot format (jpg, png, dds, tga, tif) VideoFrameFormat "jpg" // video frames format (jpg, png, dds, tga, tif) (for capture video in screenshots mode) SkyboxFormat "tga" // skybox export format (jpg, png, dds, tga, tif) JpegQuality 95 // jpeg compression quality SaveAlpha false // save opacity in alpha channel (only in png, dds, tga, tif) VideoCaptureInAVI true // capture video mode (AVI or in a set of screenshots) VideoCaptureGUI true // record GUI in the captured video RealTime true // use RealTime mode (velocity not depend on FPS) RealTimeFPS 24 // RealTime mode velocity calibration (FPS for video capture) }
// Loader settings Loader { LoaderMode 2 // loader mode: 0 - immediate, 1 - interleaved, 2 - asynchronous PreloadGalaxies true // preload nearby galaxy models PreloadShipTextures true // preload ship textures (do not render ship until all its textures get loaded) PreloadGenShaders 1 // preload procedural generator shaders: 0 - none, 1 - all PreloadDrawShaders 2 // preload renderer shaders: 0 - none, 1 - all, 2 - some LoaderBenchmark false // log loading/creating times LoaderQueueSizeGPU 32 // size of loader request queue (landscape tiles) LoaderQueueSizeCPU 64 // size of loader request queue (all other resources) MaxTilesPerFrame 4 // max landscape textures created per frame ("Loading speed" in Graphics settings menu) MaxTimePerFrame 20 // max loading/creating time per frame (ms) MaxTilesPerFrameVR 2 // max landscape textures created per frame in VR (use lower to reduce jamming) MaxTimePerFrameVR 10 // max loading/creating time per frame (ms) in VR (use lower to reduce jamming) MaxTimePerFrameClean 10 // max memory cleaning time per frame (ms) ReplaceDuplicateMat true // for import from OBJ: replace duplicate materials with existing ones }
// Logging settings Log { LogTimeStamp false // print time stamp into log file LogThreadStamp true // print thread ID into log file
// Level of logging while loading catalogs: // 0 - do not log // 1 - log errors and warnings, using min("CatalogLogLevel" in this config, "LogLevel" in the catalog file) // 2 - log everything, using min("CatalogLogLevel" in this config, "LogLevel" in the catalog file) // 3 - log errors and warnings, ignoring "LogLevel" in the catalog file // 4 - log everything, ignoring "LogLevel" in the catalog file CatalogLogLevel 1
// Level of logging for the *.csv catalog files: // 0 - do not log // 1 - log errors and warnings // 2 - log everything CsvLogLevel 1
// Print a warning into log file if some *.csv catalog is going to update/patch some *.sc catalog CsvPatchWarning true }
// Interface settings Interface { Language "eng" // interface localization Skin "Modern SpaceEngine" // interface skin Mode 2 // text info mode HardwareCursor true // use hardware cursor instead of rendered by engine JournalSize 100 // maximum size of the Journey log BottomInfoHUD false // draw old style bottom HUD then bottom toolbars are hidden MessageTimeout 2 // splash message timeout (seconds) VRInfoTimeout 10 // object info table timeout in VR (seconds) OverlayFadeIn 0.2 // fade in transition duration of interface overlays (orbits, markers etc) (seconds) OverlayFadeOut 0.35 // fade out transition duration of interface overlays (orbits, markers etc) (seconds) SubDwarfClassStyle 0 // 0 - print subdwarf stellar class as "A5 VI", 1 - print as "sdA5" FullConstellationNames true // display full names of constellations instead of abbreviations SelectionRadius false // display radius instead of diameter for the selected object FPS false // show FPS counter }
// Measure units Units { UnitDistLarge 1 // large distance unit: 0 - parsecs, 1 - light years UnitDistMedium 0 // medium distance unit: 0 - AU, 1 - light seconds UnitDistSmall 0 // small distance unit: 0 - km/m, 1 - miles/feet, 2 - nautical miles/feet UnitTemperature 1 // temperature unit: 0 - Kelvin, 1 - Celsius, 2 - Fahrenheit UnitPressure 0 // atmo pressure unit: 0 - atm, 1 - bar, 2 - psi, 3 - inch Hg, 4 - mm Hg, 5 - Pa }
// Toolbars options Toolbars { LockShipPanel 0 // locking mode for the ship control panel LockMainPanel 0 // locking mode for the main panel LockViewPanel 0 // locking mode for the view panel LockNaviPanel 1 // locking mode for the navigation panel LockMagnPanel 1 // locking mode for the magnitude panel }
// Solar system browser options SolarSystemBrowser { DwarfPlanets true // show dwarf planets DwarfMoons false // show dwarf moons Barycenters false // show binary planet barycenters RealSize false // real relative sizes of planets and stars RealBright false // real brightness of planets ViewAngle 120 // preview angle ThumbnailSize 120 // size of thumbnails in pixels }
// Universe map options UniverseMap { Grid true // show grid Lines true // show lines from grid to objects Markers true // show marks around objects and in the grid plane Labels 1 // labels: 0 (off), 1 (brief), 2 (detail) CropOrbits true // crop out planets and orbits }
// Debug options DebugOverlay { ShowGalaxiesOctree false // show catalog galaxies octree ShowCatStarsOctree false // show catalog stars octree ShowGalSysOctree false // show galaxy subsystems octree ShowPlanetsQuadtree false // show planets bounding boxes ShowGalaxiesBBoxes false // show galaxy model bounding boxes ShowNebulaeBBoxes false // show nebula model bounding boxes }
// Controls settings Controls { FOV 45 // startup field of view (degrees) ZoomFOV 20 // middle button click field of view DefaultFOV 45 // default field of view MinFOV 2.7778e-004 // min field of view (max zoom) MaxFOV 120 // max field of view (min zoom) ZoomAccel 0.3 // zoom change speed (mouse wheel sensitivity) MoveKeyAccel 200 // movement keys acceleration time in ms MoveKeyDecel 500 // movement keys deceleration time in ms TurnKeyAccel 200 // rotation keys acceleration time in ms TurnKeyDecel 500 // rotation keys deceleration time in ms TurnSmoothing 0 // rotation smoothing (0 for "hard" camera, ~0.6 for smooth) LongGotoTime 20 // long travel time (seconds) FastGotoTime 3 // fast travel time (seconds) CenterTime 1.5 // center object time (seconds) ZoomTime 1 // zoom time (seconds)
// Our home address (cycled with Shift-h) HomeGalaxy "Milky Way" HomeCluster "" // we are not in a star cluster :) HomeStar "Sun" HomeWorld "Earth" }
// Planetary system generator probabilities SolarSystemGenerator { ProbBinaryStar 0.5 // binary system probability - 50% of all systems ProbTripleStar 0.11 // triple system probability - 11% of binary systems ProbQuadrupleStar 0.22 // quadruple system probability - 22% of triple systems ProbWolfRayetStar 0.05 // probability of Wolf-Rayet star among all O-class stars ProbCarbonStar 0.08 // probability of Carbon/Zirconium star among all red giant stars ProbPlanemo 0.45 // probability of planemo (rogue planet) among all systems at the last octree level ProbSolitaryWD 0.033 // probability of solitary white dwarf among all systems at the last octree level ProbSolitaryNS 0.00025 // probability of solitary neutron star among all systems at the last octree level ProbSolitaryBH 3e-005 // probability of solitary black hole among all systems at the last octree level ProbCompanionWD 0.01 // probability of companion white dwarf among all binary systems ProbCompanionNS 0.005 // probability of companion neutron star among all binary systems ProbCompanionBH 0.0075 // probability of companion black hole among all binary systems ProbBrownDwarf 0.025 // brown dwarf probability ProbGasGiant 0.36 // gas giant probability ProbHotGasGiant 0.012 // hot gas giant probability ProbDryOceania 0.1 // probability of turning oceania into terra ProbBinaryPlanetMoons 0.4 // probability of outer moons around binary planet }
// Life generator probabilities LifeGenerator { ProbLifeTerra 0.3 // probability of origin of life on terra ProbLifeOceania 0.3 // probability of origin of life on oceania ProbLifeDesert 0.02 // probability of origin of life on desert ProbLifeIceWorld 0.05 // probability of origin of life on ice world (under ice) ProbLifeTitan 0.1 // probability of origin of life on titan (exotic) ProbLifeGiantOrg 0.01 // probability of origin of life on gas giant (floaters) ProbLifeGiantExo 0.002 // probability of origin of life on gas giant (floaters) ProbPanspEjectTerra 1 // Probability of organic life spores ejection on asteroid impact on terras (surface & ocean) ProbPanspEjectOceania 0.01 // Probability of organic life spores ejection on asteroid impact on oceanias (ocean) ProbPanspEjectDesert 1 // Probability of organic life spores ejection on asteroid impact on deserts (surface) ProbPanspEjectIceWorld 0.005 // Probability of organic life spores ejection on asteroid impact on ice worlds (subglacial) ProbPanspEjectTitanOrg 0.002 // Probability of organic life spores ejection on asteroid impact on titans (subglacial) ProbPanspEjectTitanExo 1 // Probability of exotic life spores ejection on asteroid impact on titans (surface) ProbPanspEjectGiantOrg 0.0001 // Probability of organic life spores ejection on asteroid impact on gas giants (atmosphere) ProbPanspEjectGiantExo 0.0001 // Probability of exotic life spores ejection on asteroid impact on gas giants (atmosphere) ProbPanspInsertTerra 0.1 // Probability of organic life spores insertion on asteroid impact on terras (surface & ocean) ProbPanspInsertOceania 0.2 // Probability of organic life spores insertion on asteroid impact on oceanias (ocean) ProbPanspInsertDesert 0.04 // Probability of organic life spores insertion on asteroid impact on deserts (surface) ProbPanspInsertIceWorld 0.001 // Probability of organic life spores insertion on asteroid impact on ice worlds (subglacial) ProbPanspInsertTitanOrg 0.0003 // Probability of organic life spores insertion on asteroid impact on titans (subglacial) ProbPanspInsertTitanExo 0.08 // Probability of exotic life spores insertion on asteroid impact on titans (surface) ProbPanspInsertGiantOrg 0.05 // Probability of organic life spores insertion on asteroid impact on gas giants (atmosphere) ProbPanspInsertGiantExo 0.05 // Probability of exotic life spores insertion on asteroid impact on gas giants (atmosphere) LifeOrgAgeUni 0.6 // mean value of system age to develop unicellular organic life (in billion years) LifeOrgAgeUniDisp 0.25 // dispersion of system age to develop unicellular organic life (in billion years) LifeOrgAgeMulti 3.5 // mean value of system age to develop multicellular organic life (in billion years) LifeOrgAgeMultiDisp 0.7 // dispersion of system age to develop multicellular organic life (in billion years) LifeOrgAgeComplex 4 // mean value of system age to develop complex ground organic life (in billion years) LifeOrgAgeComplexDisp 0.5 // dispersion of system age to develop complex ground organic life (in billion years) LifeExoAgeUni 1.5 // mean value of system age to develop unicellular exotic life (in billion years) LifeExoAgeUniDisp 0.4 // dispersion of system age to develop unicellular exotic life (in billion years) LifeExoAgeMulti 4.5 // mean value of system age to develop multicellular exotic life (in billion years) LifeExoAgeMultiDisp 1 // dispersion of system age to develop multicellular exotic life (in billion years) LifeExoAgeComplex 6.5 // mean value of system age to develop complex ground exotic life (in billion years) LifeExoAgeComplexDisp 1.5 // dispersion of system age to develop complex ground exotic life (in billion years) }
// Procedural planets generator settings PlanetGenerator { PlanetMsiniResolve 0 // method to compute planet mass from M sin i: 0 - using actual or procedural inclination, 1 - average inclination, 2 - inclination of 90 degrees PlanetCloudsTerra 3 // max number of cloud layers for terrestrial planets PlanetCloudsGasGiant 4 // max number of cloud layers for gas giant planets PlanetDetailCraters 3 // approx. min radius of craters on terrestrial planets (kilometers) PlanetDetailTerra 0.01 // approx. per vertex detail on terrestrial planets (kilometers) PlanetDetailAsteroid 0.001 // approx. per vertex detail on asteroids (kilometers) PlanetDetailClouds 0.1 // approx. per vertex detail on clouds (kilometers) PlanetDetailGasGiant 0.1 // approx. per vertex detail on gas giant planets (kilometers) PlanetDetailSun 1 // approx. per vertex detail on stars surface (kilometers) PlanetDetailTexScale 16384 // scale of detail textures PlanetDetailTextures true // use detail noise textures (remove cache to apply changes) PlanetSpecularWater 0.65 // specular spot brightness on the water/liquid surface PlanetSpecularIceTerra 0.85 // specular spot brightness on the ice on terras PlanetSpecularIceDesert 0.5 // specular spot brightness on the ice on deserts PlanetSpecularIceTitan 0.1 // specular spot brightness on the ice on titans and iceworlds PlanetSpecularIceSpace 0.03 // specular spot brightness on the ice on airless worlds ProbRingsThin 0.2 // Probability of a thin/transparent rings (Jupiter-like) ProbRingsNarrow 0.2 // Probability of a narrow rings (Neptune-like) ProbRingsSparse 0.3 // Probability of a sparse rings (Uranus-like) ProbRingsContrast 0.2 // Probability of a hi-contrast color rings ProbCloudsVenus 0.66 // probability of opaque cloud layer on Hot and Warm Deserts ProbCloudsTitan 0.66 // probability of opaque cloud layer on Titans and Ice Worlds ProbCloudsUranus 0.07 // probability of a cloudless frozen gas giant and ice giant (Uranus-like) }
// Procedural stars generator settings StarGenerator { StarMaxAppMagn 10 // max apparent magnitude of procedural stars while looking from Solar system StarMinDistNormal 2.5 // min distance from the Sun to procedural stars (except brown dwarfs and stellar remnants) StarMinDistBrownDwarf 2 // min distance from the Sun to procedural brown dwarfs StarMinDistRemnant 3 // min distance from the Sun to procedural black holes, neutron stars and white dwarfs StarDensityInGalaxy 1 // procedural stars density in galaxies StarDensityInCluster 1 // procedural stars density in star clusters StarProcBifurcation false // enable procedural bifurcation of solitary catalog stars }
// Procedural star clusters generator settings ClusterGenerator { ClusterCatMaxAppMagn 8.1 // max apparent magnitude of catalog clusters while looking from Solar system ClusterMaxAppMagn 8.1 // max apparent magnitude of procedural clusters while looking from Solar system ClusterGlobDensity 1 // globular clusters density correction ClusterOpenDensity 1 // open clusters density correction ClusterGlobRadius 30 // globular clusters mean radius (pc) ClusterGlobRadiusDisp 10 // globular clusters radius dispersion (pc) ClusterOpenRadius 2 // open clusters mean radius (pc) ClusterOpenRadiusDisp 2 // open clusters radius dispersion (pc) ClusterGlobLum 60000 // globular clusters mean luminosity ClusterGlobLumDisp 10000 // globular clusters luminosity dispersion ClusterGlobLumMin 10000 // globular clusters min luminosity ClusterGlobLumMax 1e+007 // globular clusters max dispersion ClusterOpenLum 10000 // open clusters mean luminosity ClusterOpenLumDisp 1000 // open clusters luminosity dispersion ClusterOpenLumMin 500 // open clusters min luminosity ClusterOpenLumMax 25000 // open clusters max dispersion }
// Procedural nebulae generator settings NebulaGenerator { NebulaMaxAppMagn 6.1 // max apparent magnitude of procedural nebulae while looking from Solar system NebulaDiffDensity 1 // diffuse nebulae density correction NebulaPlanDensity 1 // planetary nebulae density correction NebulaSNRDensity 1 // SNR nebulae density correction NebulaDiffRadius 3 // diffuse nebulae mean radius (pc) NebulaDiffRadiusDisp 1.5 // diffuse nebulae radius dispersion (pc) NebulaPlanRadius 0.001 // planetary nebulae mean radius (pc) NebulaPlanRadiusDisp 0.01 // planetary nebulae radius dispersion (pc) NebulaSNRRadius 0.1 // SNR nebulae mean radius (pc) NebulaSNRRadiusDisp 0.2 // SNR nebulae radius dispersion (pc) NebulaDiffLum 10000 // diffuse nebulae mean luminosity NebulaDiffLumDisp 2000 // diffuse nebulae luminosity dispersion NebulaDiffLumMin 1000 // diffuse nebulae min luminosity NebulaDiffLumMax 1e+010 // diffuse nebulae max luminosity NebulaPlanLum 10 // planetary nebulae mean luminosity NebulaPlanLumDisp 2.5 // planetary nebulae luminosity dispersion NebulaPlanLumMin 0.1 // planetary nebulae min luminosity NebulaPlanLumMax 100 // planetary nebulae max luminosity NebulaSNRLum 5 // SNR nebulae mean luminosity NebulaSNRLumDisp 1.2 // SNR nebulae luminosity dispersion NebulaSNRLumMin 0.1 // SNR nebulae min luminosity NebulaSNRLumMax 100 // SNR nebulae max luminosity }
// Procedural galaxies generator settings GalaxyGenerator { GalaxyEllipticalScale 1.2 // scale factor for E galaxies models GalaxyEllipticalColor ( 6 5.4 4.2 1 ) // color of the E galaxies models (RGBA) }
Unfortunately my graphics card drivers are already at their latest. Plus the old version of Space Engine still works fine. I suppose there's no way to have a solution without getting a new graphics card?
I am trying to tweak the SolarSystemGenerator settings in main-user.cfg, however they seem to have no effect, such as increasing the ProbDryOceania. I set it to 99.0, and the ratio of terras to oceanias remains the same as when the parameter is default (0.1). Bug?
Edit: Clearing the cache doesn't help either.
Upon further experimentation, this issue affects the life generator probability section as well. The system age probabilities still work however.
Specs: Dell Inspiron 5547 (Laptop); 8 gigabytes of RAM; Processor: Intel® Core™ i5-4210U CPU @ 1.70GHz (4 CPUs), ~2.4GHz; Operating System: Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit; Graphics: Intel® HD Graphics 4400 (That's all there is :( )
So I got a new system i7, GTX 1070 8GB, 16GB Ram, etc. So got the latest update and everything seems to work fine. After about 20 or so mins sometimes, I get in the galaxy map flickering planets or suns, or planets/suns not even displaying while others flicker and other ones are fine. This always then proceeds to a crash usually withing about 5 or so mins.
I'm not sure what the value I should be using for my VideoMemorySize in the main-def.cfg if that's even the issue here. I have the LOD up to 1 if that matters, but it still will do this at lower settings...
azbest, is your installer around 1GB? If not try downloading again. Check if your antivirus is blocking the execution of the file. Right-click on the file then "run as administrator".
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Below are the test results trying out different conditions.
CARRIER: Harmony IIb SHUTTLE: Skylone (Docked Bay 1) Travelling 30KMS Reference: Solar System Not controlling craft - in FREE MODE.
(Following means the camera is set to following as opposed to rotating with or tracking)
V-Sync ON Following: Docked Skylone Distance <1 KM SUCCESS: SKYLONE STILL DOCKED ON RELOAD
V-Sync ON Following: Harmony IIb Distance <1 KM **GAME CRASHED TO DESKTOP - RELOADED**
(RE-TEST) V-Sync ON Following: Harmony IIb Distance <1 KM SUCCESS: SKYLONE STILL DOCKED ON RELOAD
V-Sync ON Following: Docked Skylone Distance: 10 KM SUCCESS: SKYLONE STILL DOCKED ON RELOAD
V-Sync ON Following: Harmony IIb Distance: 10 KM SUCCESS: SKYLONE STILL DOCKED ON RELOAD
V-Sync ON Following: Harmony IIb Distance: 100 KM FAILED: SKYLONE loaded almost 140km behind the Harmony IIb.
V-Sync ON Following: Skylone Distance: 100 KM SUCCESS: SKYLONE STILL DOCKED ON RELOAD
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V-Sync Off Following: Harmony IIb Distance: 100KM FAILED: SKYLONE loaded almost 60km behind the Harmony IIb.
(1/3 of test of this setting) V-Sync Off Following: Harmony IIb Distance: 10 KM FAILED: SKYLONE was in docking position BUT was not 'Docked'. 'Take Control' docked the sklone right away.
(2/3 Test with this setting) V-Sync Off Following: Harmony IIb Distance: 10 KM SUCCESS: SKYLONE STILL DOCKED ON RELOAD (Unexpected result...)
(3/3 TEST with this setting) V-Sync Off Following: Harmony IIb Distance: 10 KM FAILED: Skylone was 6KM behind the Harmony IIb (Hanged on game re-load?)
Thats all the tests i can do for moment its been an hour lol
V-Sync 'ON' seems to have the better results up until I am around 100+ KM away, from then on the simulation fails to keep the shuttle docked UNLESS I am 'following' the skylone, if I am following the Carrier instaed and reload at this distance the shuttle ends up loading behind the carrier.
So the best way to keep a ship docked when reloading is to make sure before you exit that:
1) V-sync is ON 2) You are less than 10KM away from the carrier and 3) Set the camera to 'follow' mode on the DOCKED SHIP
Though even then it still seems touch and go weather ships will remain docked on reload or not...
I want to re-test again with several ships docked trying at short ranges. will try that tomoz or later this week at some point.
I have a problem. First off I apologize for hijacking this thread but I can't post here. I can only reply. Anyway, I searched for the answer to my question but the answer is wrong for some reason. I have version .980 and I am trying to export color map, normal map, and height map of earth. When I export I have no idea where the exports go. The answers I have found say they are in the cache/exports folder. I have a cache folder but no exports folder. Is the export different for this version?
Good to see 0.9.8.0 is out! nice work! ;) Anyway, still having issues with ships not remaining docked when reloading SE so decided to do some tests.
SE loads ships docking state correctly only if both ships are renderable (ie visible on screen and larger than 1-2 pixels, or selected, so model is loaded from disk). Ship class don't have information about docking ports until model is loaded. I will change that system in future updates.
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I have a problem. First off I apologize for hijacking this thread but I can't post here. I can only reply. Anyway, I searched for the answer to my question but the answer is wrong for some reason. I have version .980 and I am trying to export color map, normal map, and height map of earth. When I export I have no idea where the exports go. The answers I have found say they are in the cache/exports folder. I have a cache folder but no exports folder. Is the export different for this version?
You can't export textures of real planets, only of procedural ones. Earth and other real planets already have textures stored in files, so exporting them back have no sense.
The answers I have found say they are in the cache/exports folder. I have a cache folder but no exports folder. Is the export different for this version?
The 'export' folder is now directly in the 'SpaceEngine' installation folder.
SE loads ships docking state correctly only if both ships are renderable (ie visible on screen and larger than 1-2 pixels, or selected, so model is loaded from disk). Ship class don't have information about docking ports until model is loaded. I will change that system in future updates.
Thx for reply! Did not know if it was a unknown bug or just a problem my end.
So basically exiting the game close to the carrier ( <10 km) with the docked ship selected (i.e following) is kind of a temporary fix for now (Also I'm not sure if vsync has anything to do with it, but the ships do seem to remain docked more often with vsync ON - can just turn it off once sim is loaded and turn ON before exit.)
Anyhow I will save myself the pain of testing further then! lol. thx again.
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