Stars in ED, are they 1:1 and model right?

[lysan]

When we come out of super cruise the stars seems the same size, so I imagine that the distance to the star vary.

[video]https://youtube.com/watch?v=Dv6OtEnIAQk[/video]

However I get the notion that stars could get another pass in the model.
VY Canis Majoris doesn't feel like it's mind boggling huge, something is missing and I can't put my finger on what that is?

Anyway, the sound team in ED can take a look at this, we need this in the game.

[video=youtube;h7TfNrIBKGI]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h7TfNrIBKGI[/video]

[video=youtube;IzeJq3CbiZM]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IzeJq3CbiZM[/video]

[video=youtube;e3fqE01YYWs]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e3fqE01YYWs[/video]

[video=youtube;RLs7emtY8So]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RLs7emtY8So[/video]

[video=youtube;5sbrpxmq8yk]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5sbrpxmq8yk[/video]

 

[Zenith]

While the models of the stars are limited, the scale of them isn't.
Jumping into a regular G star drops you out around 4ls away.
Dropping in at a red hypergiant will be hundreds if not thousands of ls away, but still right in your face!

You can hear different sounds if you turn off the in-game music and face different objects. Stations, outposts, planets, even the galactic core all have their own unique audio cues. Click on a planet in system map and just listen. You can make out the sound of bubbling/trickling water for water worlds, gas giants with water-based life and water giants.

 

[Taturo]

VY Canis Majoris doesn't feel like it's mind boggling huge, something is missing and I can't put my finger on what that is?

Your sense of scale is missing, here let me help you:

This is a picture of VY Canis Majoris from the distance of Sun-Neptune:



And this is the star from 12 AU away (for reference, the distance between our Sun and Saturn is 9-10 AU):



Does VY Canis Majoris still not feel huge, when you actually get references?

 

[lysan]

Yeah, I suspected that this was the case, thank you for the clarification.