Rascal Nag Posted July 7, 2012 Share Posted July 7, 2012 So, it finally got released! http://en.spaceengine.org/For those who don\'t know what this is, it\'s a program that lets you explore the entire universe (no, not the virgo supercluster anymore. As of .96, it\'s the whole universe), From galaxies to nebulae to stars and planets of all sorts. Most of it is procedurally generated. But maybe the most impressive thing is that this whole thing was made by one Russian... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iamwearingpants Posted July 7, 2012 Share Posted July 7, 2012 Oh. My. God. Downloading now, I\'ll post screenies when it\'s done. (GODDAMNIT GO FASTER) Here\'s some stuff from the earlier versions: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mincespy Posted July 7, 2012 Share Posted July 7, 2012 Oh wow. Oh wow. I need that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bandit4910 Posted July 7, 2012 Share Posted July 7, 2012 The person/people that made the game should really upload to mediafire or similar. Cause downloading it from there servers takes about an hour and a half. Will get after this stupid heatwave is over. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sordid Posted July 7, 2012 Share Posted July 7, 2012 Oh hell yes. Can\'t wait to get my grubby paws on it. C\'mon, download faster! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rascal Nag Posted July 7, 2012 Author Share Posted July 7, 2012 The person/people that made the game should really upload to mediafire or similar. Cause downloading it from there servers takes about an hour and a half. Will get after this stupid heatwave is over.I was experiencing the same issue, but he also has it up for torrent, that took only a few minutes for me.Edit: Thought I might share some of my screenshots from .96The Universe.Scorched Selena.A spiral galaxy, with all the galaxies of the Universe in the background. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bandit4910 Posted July 7, 2012 Share Posted July 7, 2012 Is the torrent from the US? I can\'t get a good download speed from other countries(For some reason its mainly russia that my internet throws a fit with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rascal Nag Posted July 7, 2012 Author Share Posted July 7, 2012 I\'m pretty sure that torrents don\'t work like that. It\'s not hosted in Russia, it\'s not really 'hosted' at all, at least not in a traditional sense. If all of the seeders were in Russia, well, that would be a slow process I suppose, but that\'s doubtful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sordid Posted July 7, 2012 Share Posted July 7, 2012 *collects jaw from floor* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rascal Nag Posted July 7, 2012 Author Share Posted July 7, 2012 Just found this black hole while wandering around a galaxy. It wasn\'t in the center or a globular cluster either, it was just out here. Pretty cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bandit4910 Posted July 7, 2012 Share Posted July 7, 2012 @rascal(can\'t quote on tablet.) The black hole kinda looks like a sea serpants mouth. I really wish it wasn\'t 103°f here. Guess he made it look like that to make it noticable. Do they have the milky way galaxies black hole?(If they even have the milky way.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rascal Nag Posted July 7, 2012 Author Share Posted July 7, 2012 Yes, it\'s got the milky way (in fact, it\'s got most of the known objects in the universe, only the stuff we don\'t know of is procedural. Which is a lot, actually) and its black hole. And it doesn\'t normally look like that, with all the light and stuff. This star system has 2 stars, 1 brown dwarf and this black hole. I\'m viewing the black hole in such a way that it\'s distorting the light from the stars by being in front of them.Edit: New pic, I like this one a lot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sordid Posted July 7, 2012 Share Posted July 7, 2012 Wait, what? You found a binary of a star and a black hole? Name of object, please? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rascal Nag Posted July 7, 2012 Author Share Posted July 7, 2012 Well, it\'s a quadruple system. There are two stars orbiting each other at one point, and then a brown dwarf and a black hole orbiting each other at the other point. These two binary systems orbit around each other.Here\'s the planet that was orbiting the black hole and brown dwarf barycenter:RS 0-8-14725181-244-7-5-16365-375 AA1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lordherrmann Posted July 7, 2012 Share Posted July 7, 2012 Made a similiar.A Shuttle approaching the ship. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orbital Rook Posted July 8, 2012 Share Posted July 8, 2012 Wow, this looks fascinating. How do the ships work? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rascal Nag Posted July 8, 2012 Author Share Posted July 8, 2012 To get one, bring the cursor over the the left of the screen to slide out the menu and click the icon with the spaceship (or just press ctrl-f3), click the one you want, and click 'teleport here'. Then, if the ship isn\'t already selected (you\'ll know if it is because info on the ship should show up in the top left), click on it, then press 4 for game mode (alternatively, bring up the menu again, select the ship you just teleported to you, and click 'switch to'). You\'ll move behind the ship, facing where the ship is facing. WASD move it forward, left, backwards and right respectively. R and F move it up and down respectively. The mousewheel or numpad + or - keys make the acceleration of WASD maneuvers greater or lesser. Numpad keys 4 and 6 turn the ship left and right respectively. 8 and 2 turn it up and down respectively. 7 and 9 roll left and right respectively. Pressing 5 will stop all rotation (hold it, it may take a few seconds). I puts you in hyperdrive mode, but that doesn\'t do anything yet as far as I know. P toggles orbit drawing, just click the body you want your orbit to be drawn in reference to. F1 brings you the map, in which you can see your orbit (as well as look at the entire universe, it\'s not just for orbits).I think that\'s everything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vanamonde Posted July 8, 2012 Share Posted July 8, 2012 How is this thing like/unlike Universe Sandox, Celestia (I think it\'s called), etc.? Can you manipulate things, or only fly around them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bandit4910 Posted July 8, 2012 Share Posted July 8, 2012 How is this thing like/unlike Universe Sandox, Celestia (I think it\'s called), etc.? Can you manipulate things, or only fly around them?I believe it\'s kind of like celestia and orbiter, the orbiter part of it being the spaceships and celestia part is the roaming around the universe. I also it was made because celestial is abandoned. (pretty sure of this.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NovaSilisko Posted July 8, 2012 Share Posted July 8, 2012 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ddavis425 Posted July 8, 2012 Share Posted July 8, 2012 Billions of light years from home and the view is still incredible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mincespy Posted July 8, 2012 Share Posted July 8, 2012 ...67% of file downloaded...HURRY UP, I WANNA PLAY SPACE ENGINE 0.96! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ddavis425 Posted July 8, 2012 Share Posted July 8, 2012 After zooming way, waaay out, I found out that the universe is not infinite in the game, but shortly afterwards the program crashed :I Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orbital Rook Posted July 8, 2012 Share Posted July 8, 2012 To get one, bring the cursor over the the left of the screen to slide out the menu and click the icon with the spaceship (or just press ctrl-f3), click the one you want, and click 'teleport here'. Then, if the ship isn\'t already selected (you\'ll know if it is because info on the ship should show up in the top left), click on it, then press 4 for game mode (alternatively, bring up the menu again, select the ship you just teleported to you, and click 'switch to'). You\'ll move behind the ship, facing where the ship is facing. WASD move it forward, left, backwards and right respectively. R and F move it up and down respectively. The mousewheel or numpad + or - keys make the acceleration of WASD maneuvers greater or lesser. Numpad keys 4 and 6 turn the ship left and right respectively. 8 and 2 turn it up and down respectively. 7 and 9 roll left and right respectively. Pressing 5 will stop all rotation (hold it, it may take a few seconds). I puts you in hyperdrive mode, but that doesn\'t do anything yet as far as I know. P toggles orbit drawing, just click the body you want your orbit to be drawn in reference to. F1 brings you the map, in which you can see your orbit (as well as look at the entire universe, it\'s not just for orbits).I think that\'s everything.Wow, thanks! That was more info than I expected! Can\'t wait to try it tomorrow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rascal Nag Posted July 8, 2012 Author Share Posted July 8, 2012 After zooming way, waaay out, I found out that the universe is not infinite in the game, but shortly afterwards the program crashed :IWell, the universe isn\'t infinite in real life either. There is a finite amount of galaxies in the universe, eventually you\'ll pass all of them and be completely alone. It is also finite in terms of space, except it is continuously expanding. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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