Why are the suns soo small?
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Viajero
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Not really. This conversation has been had here numeorus times!
If the hyperspace jump didnt drop you always pretty much at the same proportionally larger or smaller distance form the star based on its size then you would have a comparative appreciation of scale difference based on each arrival.
It's more a thing of your mind because they look almost the same when you come out of Hyperjump. If you are 1000Ls (or even 5000Ls I saw in a youtube video) away from the star when jumping into the system, it's big. Like really big. Usually you come out at a few Ls.
Viajero
Volunteer Moderator
Not really true. We could get a comparative view of lone stars by comparing them each time we arrive to a new one from Hyperspace. It would suffice to stop making us drop at always more or less the same proportional distance based on the star size. Make that drop distance ratio much less linear and we would be in business.
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https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php?t=99229, have a close look at the picture in the OP.
There is nothing wrong with the current sizes.
There is nothing wrong with the current sizes.
@OP
In the pics below I am 3000LS away from the Betelgeuse, that is 6 times the distance from Earth to our sun. Have flown to plenty of other Supergiants on my travels. Always look at the distance from the star, even the smaller ones are incredibly far away when scooping.
The little dot targeted in the pics is a tiny scorched planet, you can't get close enough to actually see it, despite being so far away from the star
In the pics below I am 3000LS away from the Betelgeuse, that is 6 times the distance from Earth to our sun. Have flown to plenty of other Supergiants on my travels. Always look at the distance from the star, even the smaller ones are incredibly far away when scooping.
The little dot targeted in the pics is a tiny scorched planet, you can't get close enough to actually see it, despite being so far away from the star
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It's not linear. You should try some exploring, the ship has to drop out much further away or your ship would fry.
Just wait until you pop out at a neutron star..
"Aww isn't that little fella cute.. HOLY JESUS! MY SHIP IS ON FIRE! ERMAGERHD!!"
"Aww isn't that little fella cute.. HOLY JESUS! MY SHIP IS ON FIRE! ERMAGERHD!!"
What I've noticed is this; when we pop out in front of a star, the level of detail on its surface will change depending on the size of the star. Smaller stars will not have as much boiling stuff on the surface and those areas will appear to be quite large. On a much bigger star, this boiling areas will appear much smaller with many many more of them.
It really does give a sense of scale. Go take a look see.
Rafe Zetter
Banned
In the great words of father ted, "they're not small, they're far away"
Oh I miss father ted![video=youtube;dS12p0Zqlt0]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dS12p0Zqlt0[/video]
I love how there are planets orbiting Betelgeuse that are in the Fuel Scooping zone!
It's very hard to determine how big things are in space. There's no atmospheric haze to give you distance clues, and your brain hasn't evolved to comprehend those sizes anyway. This is evident from other discussions, e.g. stations too small, ships too small, everything is always too small — sometimes with interjections by devs providing actual numbers (and in at least one case, someone going ‘I don't believe you’ in response.
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