paul23 Posted October 20, 2019 Share Posted October 20, 2019 Well I just noticed two distinct dots in my flight against the kerbol background. At first I thought it was the Mun & minmus, or maybe eve & moho. But closer inspection showed that the mun & minmus are "behind" me right now. And Moho & Eve are on the opposite of Kerbol Eve/Moho position: https://imgur.com/IA5hDns So what am I looking at? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R-T-B Posted October 20, 2019 Share Posted October 20, 2019 Aliens. Seriously though... Asteroid type bodies, maybe? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul23 Posted October 20, 2019 Author Share Posted October 20, 2019 32 minutes ago, R-T-B said: Aliens. Seriously though... Asteroid type bodies, maybe? Aren't asteroids only loaded after you upgrade the tracking station? (otherwise, at what distance can you still see them?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R-T-B Posted October 20, 2019 Share Posted October 20, 2019 10 minutes ago, paul23 said: Aren't asteroids only loaded after you upgrade the tracking station? (otherwise, at what distance can you still see them?) I really don't know the answer to this. Could they possibly be artifacts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gargamel Posted October 20, 2019 Share Posted October 20, 2019 I don't believe you are using MechJeb, but MJ has COM and other indicators available, and they appear as dots on the the screen. When you enter timewarp, they tend to jump all over the place, outside of the vessel. That's what these look like to me. And until we prove otherwise, we'll leave this thread here as I think it's mod related. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul23 Posted October 21, 2019 Author Share Posted October 21, 2019 Well if it was mechjeb it would've stayed "on screen" position (though I don't have the upgrade to show those things for mechjeb anyways). These two dots "stay in space" (relative to kerbol). I saw them already half an 'hour' before when I was on the other side of kerbin, with a slight different position regarding kerbol (even more to the side). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zer0Kerbal Posted October 21, 2019 Share Posted October 21, 2019 are you using DOE? have you tried to hover your mouse over them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wasml Posted October 23, 2019 Share Posted October 23, 2019 (edited) I believe these are other planets. I think (take with a grain of salt) KSP uses some tricks to make it appear there's a star out there but the illusion breaks down if there's a planet behind the star - it will appear in font and break the illusion. And you do see the planets as you should if they're between you and the star. Edited October 23, 2019 by wasml Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superfluous J Posted October 23, 2019 Share Posted October 23, 2019 31 minutes ago, wasml said: I believe these are other planets. I think (take with a grain of salt) KSP uses some tricks to make it appear there's a star out there but the illusion breaks down if there's a planet behind the star - it will appear in font and break the illusion. And you do see the planets as you should if they're between you and the star. Just eyeballing Moho and Eve in your system map, they do look to be pretty much were those dots are. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul23 Posted October 23, 2019 Author Share Posted October 23, 2019 Yeah I have been following the dots and indeed the dots follow the position of eve/moho. Strange that the game doesn't recognize depth there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superfluous J Posted October 23, 2019 Share Posted October 23, 2019 2 hours ago, paul23 said: Yeah I have been following the dots and indeed the dots follow the position of eve/moho. Strange that the game doesn't recognize depth there. I don't think the game even draws them. Do you have Distant Object Enhancement installed? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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