OMG Nebula with Ice Asteroids?! Yes Please!!! [VIDEO]

[Obsidian Ant]

[video=youtube;cA3uxJiS0ns]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cA3uxJiS0ns[/video]

Popped into an Ice Asteroid field over near Bernard's Loop - I was so surprised by the scenery that I had to put together this video straight away!

 

[Greebie]

Video says it's private, you might want to change that!

 

[planthe]

Well when I try to view it, it says "This video is private"... you are a tease!

 

[Obsidian Ant]

Fixed, its now public.

 

[Schrödingers Katze]

Haha... funny coincidence. I was just watching a video of this ObsidianAnt guy over at Youtube and browsing the Elite forums as I came over this thread and got interested in this video. So I stopped the video from this ObsidianAnt guy and started watching this one here at the thread. First thing that came to my mind: "Funny. This guy sounds like the one from the previous video." Guess what...!

 

[Matt Dickinson]

Cool stuff, I've found similar systems in this region when we were looking at some of the recent improvements The Californian nebula looks quite pretty too if your over that way.

 

[Cmdr Eagleboy]

Very nice

 

[Hamerstein]

I never realised that Michael Caine played ED....

Great video, thanks

 

[ICO_hr]

Cool stuff, I've found similar systems in this region when we were looking at some of the recent improvements The Californian nebula looks quite pretty too if your over that way.

I'm heading there.Only hope my poor Hauler will survive the trip.

 

[Caspar]

[video=youtube;cA3uxJiS0ns]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cA3uxJiS0ns[/video]

Popped into an Ice Asteroid field over near Bernard's Loop - I was so surprised by the scenery that I had to put together this video straight away!

I propose Nebular Watch as a replacement to Spring Watch.

 

[wstephenson]

I notice that there are now two light sources illuminating the asteroids - the system star and the light of the nebula.

Does this mean that planets will be illuminated by the light of both/all stars in multiple star systems? What about moonlight?

 

[kwik]

now we just need a mission to take a group sightseeing in an orca in this region of space

 

[Matt Dickinson]

I notice that there are now two light sources illuminating the asteroids - the system star and the light of the nebula.

Does this mean that planets will be illuminated by the light of both/all stars in multiple star systems? What about moonlight?

We generate an irradiance map for the location you currently are at. If that location has a bright background such as the galactic plane or a brightly coloured nebula then that's reflected in the lighting If you manage to find a spot between several different coloured nebula then the system should reflect those in the lighting. We don't simulate bounce light between stellar bodies at the moment

 

[Koshinator]

We generate an irradiance map for the location you currently are at. If that location has a bright background such as the galactic plane or a brightly coloured nebula then that's reflected in the lighting If you manage to find a spot between several different coloured nebula then the system should reflect those in the lighting. We don't simulate bounce light between stellar bodies at the moment

One question, when there are 2 stars close to each other, are both stars supposed to illuminate the surrounding space/planetary bodies/your ship? Because at the moment, we only get one set of shadows on/in the ship, and i've seen a few examples of close by planets being illuminated by only one sun (usually ending up with a dark side of the planet in full view of the other sun, yet still in pitch darkness).

 

[Artie]

We generate an irradiance map for the location you currently are at. If that location has a bright background such as the galactic plane or a brightly coloured nebula then that's reflected in the lighting If you manage to find a spot between several different coloured nebula then the system should reflect those in the lighting. We don't simulate bounce light between stellar bodies at the moment

Excellent! I also hope there were fixed colors of light emitted for some stars. Especially brown/red dwarfs and similar were purely white instead of (infra)red. (I ignore "infra" here, as it is little bit problematic to display in visible spectrum)

 

[Renideo]

That's gorgeous, I hope a lot of people get to see this.

 

[Dejay]

We generate an irradiance map for the location you currently are at. If that location has a bright background such as the galactic plane or a brightly coloured nebula then that's reflected in the lighting If you manage to find a spot between several different coloured nebula then the system should reflect those in the lighting. We don't simulate bounce light between stellar bodies at the moment

Awesome! So does this work for multiple stars?

I also haven't seen any "reddish sundown" in the atmosphere scattering around planets. It seems monochrome. Hope it gets another pass sometimes.

 

[hologramix]

I never realised that Michael Caine played ED....

Great video, thanks

Ahaha, I was thinking the same thing.

 

[covo]

That is really nice! rep + for the video. Thanks!

 

[Obsidian Ant]

Cool stuff, I've found similar systems in this region when we were looking at some of the recent improvements The Californian nebula looks quite pretty too if your over that way.

I noticed the Californian Nebula last night in the distance...this one and the Running Man Nebula are new for Gamma 2.0 right? Very impressive work on all the nebulas I must say! Will keep me occupied out here for days...