Michael Brookes
Game Director
Well thats odd... A 450 Light Year 'Corridor' of stars
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Michael Brookes
Game Director
Michael Brookes
Game Director
It's called Etamin in game. You can search the galaxy map using catalogue numbers like hipparcos to locate stars.
Michael
ollobrains
Banned
Thankyou for the vague reconfirmation, any plans to set a public target say 1, 3, 6 months, 12 months out from now ?
Wow I'm downloading this. I even gave him $20. Kind of wish Elite merged with this.
Michael Brookes
Game Director
I'll provide more details in the dev updates as we progress, but there won't be news on this for a while.
Michael
Michael Brookes
Game Director
Space Engine is pretty cool, their database is a little bit smaller than ours (130,000 compared to 144,000) but it's an excellent package.
Michael
Michael Brookes
Game Director
I think the creator can be had for cheap.
I'm sure everyone wouldn't mind having their saves all reset as we transition to a completely different galaxy model
Michael
Viajero
Volunteer Moderator
I'm sure everyone wouldn't mind having their saves all reset as we transition to a completely different galaxy model
Michael
I dont think we mind the galaxy model as much as the planetary landing and atmospheric flying aspect of it all
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I'm sure everyone wouldn't mind having their saves all reset as we transition to a completely different galaxy model
Carrying over credits and ships to a new galaxy model shouldn't be all that impossible. But I guess you should get the support backlog cleaned up first. ;-)
I'm sure everyone wouldn't mind having their saves all reset as we transition to a completely different galaxy model
Michael
Watch out guys MB in a devilish good mood today
cud be a imperial succubus feeding him grapes
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Ah, thank you Michael. Live long and prosper.
I'm sure everyone wouldn't mind having their saves all reset as we transition to a completely different galaxy model
Michael
Not that what we have right now is lackluster or anything, but I love improvements. I'd happily accept that for an improved galaxy.
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You navigate pretty much like how you navigate in the galaxy map in ED. Bring up the go-to menu to search for specific objects, or just click on a star, galaxy, or whatever and press 'g' to immediately go there.
I was able to figure that out, and how to zoom in and out with both mouse buttons, but I'm not able to fly around. I also want to be able to see the landscapes of planets, but have to find one with an atmosphere first.
I emailed Vladimir and he sent me this link:
[video=youtube;oz-h7y4lPI0]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oz-h7y4lPI0[/video]
Edit: I literally dozed off watching this, and I don't know if flying in this way is for me. Some of you might like it though.
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I think you're missing the point of Space Engine at this point. It's not about flying, it's about exploring and observing a plausible simulation of the universe in a seamless fashion, where you can accelerate time to witness interesting events. Which is why we're comparing it with the simulated galaxy present in ED, and not the gameplay, because as a "game" Space Engine hasn't begun serious efforts on that front considering he wants to build the stuff that... well, makes it possible first.
I don't know why he sent you that video, perhaps to illustrate that technically you can 'fly' a space ship if that's what you asked him. But that's not really worth the effort considering the main appeal of the software package is to go out there and find cool stuff.