It is my understanding (probably too much discovery channel but what the hey) that the asteroids in the asteroid belt are actually hundreds of miles apart. This being the case i don't see the benefit of depicting it in game.
I've seen quite a lot of asteroid belts in systems currently available in the Beta. Can we access them in any way (find bodies being part of them)? I must admit I was intrigued by them but too lazy to actually go searching. Most of them seem to appear right next to the star.
It is my understanding (probably too much discovery channel but what the hey) that the asteroids in the asteroid belt are actually hundreds of miles apart. This being the case i don't see the benefit of depicting it in game.
Even with more than one-half million asteroids known (and there are probably many more), they are still much more widely separated than sometimes seen in Hollywood movies: on average, their separation is in excess of 1-3 million km (depending on how one calculates it).
Are you talking about the ones appearing in the system maps? I think you'll find they're not asteroid fields per se, but the rings around certain planets. That's why they're always named things like "Alpha C Ring", meaning the ring around the third planet (C) circling the star named "Alpha".
I'm curious. How does FDEV plan to depict the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter? Will it be a realistic rendition, or will it be the typical high density 'can't move for blimmin' rocks everywhere' type of approach?
Does anyone have the low down how they plan to do this yet?
I assume you're talking about the Oort Cloud or Kuiper Belt?
Well, the rocks in this belt are so far scattered that you'll never notice that you're in it. So it would be pointless to implement it except you want to have a random single rock spawn every 10 years you drop out of SC somewhere in the area of that belt.
..the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter?
If I recall, there's actually very little material in this region. It's not like you see in the films with loads of asteroids shoulder to shoulder. I suspect with most of them, they're so far apart, one can't even see another.I'm curious. How does FDEV plan to depict the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter? Will it be a realistic rendition, or will it be the typical high density 'can't move for blimmin' rocks everywhere' type of approach?
Does anyone have the low down how they plan to do this yet?
If i were FD i would hang on until the DAWN probe reaches Ceres in 2015 and checks out what it really looks like before putting that in game. Would love it to be there though.