Upcoming Unity3d v5

[StratoK]

Hey there!

I recently stumbled upon the preview video of Unity3D v5 (Link).

Some of the best features are:

-64 bit Unity Editor (So, maybe x64 for other Platforms than Linux?)

-Physical Effectors

As for #2: One of them is the Point Effector/Attractor and I couldn't help but notice that they resemble some sort of Gravity.

Also one can see in the video that they use 3 of them acting on the player.

With that in mind one might think "Is this some sort of n-Body Gravity?" and I say "Well, more or less"

These Effectors only work in 2D. But then again, all Celestial Bodies in KSP orbit on a flat (tilted) plane (also in RL, because that's how Gravity Works ).

So, if Squad upgrades to Unity 5 in the (far) future, do you think they could use this as the new Gravity system for the game./?

~Cheers

[KasperVld]

The 64 bit editor is just for the editor. It won't bring 64 bit builds of KSP closer. Well, it may, but not because of the new editor build.

[StratoK]

That sounds reasonable. But it is indeed one step closer, isn't it?

[comicbstudeo]

not really. the 64 bit editor just means squad can work a bit more efficiently also the only physics limitatiosn at the moment are processing power and stability. the effectors probably will not make N-body easies

[comicbstudeo]

but not to be a pessimist unity 5 still looks like it will bring really nice things

[R0cketC0der]

N-Body gravity is already possible, but squad won't implement it, because that would make some things too complicated.

[StratoK]

Anyways, the shaders look nice

[NovaSilisko]

(also in RL, because that's how Gravity Works ).

That's not how gravity works at all, the "deformation on a 2d plane representing spacetime" is a very simplified approximation, not everything in the solar system is on a flat plane http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2003_EH1

[comicbstudeo]

The issue i have with unity is that i am terrible at using it. only worked out creating sky boxes (from paint-game) yesterday

[StratoK]

That's not how gravity works at all, the "deformation on a 2d plane representing spacetime" is a very simplified approximation, not everything in the solar system is on a flat plane http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2003_EH1

Thanks! The more you know...