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<r>Let me ask a rather provokative question: Isn't combat in space completely pointless? I mean if a ship has the energy capacity of doing hyperspace jumps it for sure has the necessary amount of energy to immediately destroy enemy ships. On the other hand, those enemy ships do have the energy of ...

ah sh*t. should've read the whole story - never mind

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See, that would be believable if we had a really good idea of what minimum velocity meant. When you start the game, you're already travelling at 30km/s relative to the system, and you're parked on a pad.<br/>
I think it would make sense if it was the velocity in ...

I would go for it. Looks much better

<t>Thanks s2odan for the detailed answer!<br/>
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As I was kind of sitting on the fence, as on one hand that terrain does look more authentic and run a bit faster, but on the other its far less detailed and has a lot less variation between continents, when I say its less detailed, I ...

<t>just one question @ s2odan:what exactly did you change on the terrain generation code when you made this video on youtube? Is it just more detail? i have the feeling that the colors look much more realistic and that the terrain is less scattered than in the recent version of pioneer. i am just ...

<r>...and this is where the trouble begins. I would love to come up with some great screenshots but i have the feeling that my computer is messing up the whole graphics. I know this video <YOUTUBE id="WeO28VBTWxs"><s>[media]</s>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WeO28VBTWxs<e>[/media]</e></YOUTUBE ...

<r>hey guys,haven't played this one for some time now and came back to check out the newest nightly build. the new galaxy map is great so far. but for me, navigation got very complicated now. i think we need a good navigation system that shows the shortest (and optional safest) route from one system ...

Great idea! So your first owned ship will be something like this interplanetary shuttle then. I always liked the idea of not being able to leave your homesystem in the first few hours of the game before stepping out in infinite space!

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Subzeroplainzero wrote:<br/>
Perhaps I could apply some filters to the backgrounds to make them fit the style of the faces more.<br/>
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Just blur them.<br/>
Sounds good to me. I'll do just that then <E>:)</E><br ...

It's obvious that this project still has a long way to go. However, he started this one 2 years ago and look at the result. If somebody can do it, then he's the one.

http://en.spaceengine.org/load/core/spaceengine_0_94_full_version/2-1-0-3there you go

Here are some other screens to show the planetary engine:[attachment=803:scr00000.jpg][attachment=804:scr00002.jpg]earth is implemented in high quality (with heightmap) too, watch the date: apollo 17 view [attachment=805:scr00005.jpg]

<r>obviously nobody has ever been able to see infinity's engine on his computer. however, when you compare space engine to infinity's demo video on youtube i'd say: yes. It is definitely comparable. I suggest you to check this out: <YOUTUBE id="8_LZN4-dpto"><s>[media]</s>http://www.youtube.com/watch ...

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Hey guys, version 0.94 is out!some screenshots i made are attached![attachment=797:scr00005.jpg][attachment=798:scr00013.jpg][attachment=799:scr00023.jpg]

<r>It is going to be a Noctis-Sytle gameplay. Given the fact how awesome this engine already is and given these ( http://en.spaceengine.org/forum/14-27-1 ) features this game will be the pinnacle of infinite awesomeness. <E>:shock:</E> <E>:shock:</E> <E>:shock:</E> Indeed, it already IS breathtaking ...

<t>Dude, Egosoft consists of about 30 full-time developers. They earn money by coding the whole damn day. It took these guys 3 years to make X3. So, we all know now what you'd like to see in the game, that is fine and would be fun, for sure. However, there is no sense in bringing up this topic again ...

s2odan, your canyons are awesome. amazing work dude. [attachment=676:canyon.JPG]

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robn wrote:<br/>
Oh, and I can't help feeling that "jumpgate" type mechanisms might be interesting for making deep-space trade/exploration feasible. That might be another discussion though.<br/>
That point is a good one. What the game - as did Frontier - is lacking is a feeling for ...