![]() Volumetric 3D models of galaxies and nebulae with interstellar dust clouds.ģD landscapes of planets and stars: for many solar system bodies actual data from space probes is used, for uncharted and procedural planets the surface is generated procedurally on the GPU. Showing of orbital paths of celestial objects, their rotation and motion vectors, labels and markers, celestial grid, current selection pointer and user velocity vector. The orbital motion of planets and stars is calculated in real time, with the ability to accelerate, decelerate, or reverse the flow of time. Possibility of renaming and describing of any object, including procedural ones. Saving locations and autopilot's journal.īuilt-in Wiki system with descriptions of many known objects and ability to extend by user. Scalable map of the Universe and a planetary system browser. "Select and fly" autopilot: just click on any object with the mouse and hit the 'G' key to automatically go directly to the object.Īutomatic binding of the observer to the moving object and automatic selection of optimum flight speed. Movement with inertia is made possible in Spacecraft mode or Aircraft mode. The observer can move around in space using the WASD keys, like in First Person Shooters. Uncharted regions of space feature procedurally generated objects: galaxies, stars, star clusters, nebulae and planetary systems. Known celestial objects are represented using data from the catalogs: galaxies (NGC/IC), stars (HIPPARCOS), star clusters, nebulae, planets (our Solar system data and known extrasolar planets). Transition between any celestial body and any scale occurs seamlessly. The observer is free to move around the universe. I would kill if Mass Effect or something used this for a basis of a game.Įdit: Excerpt on the Program/Capabilities:Īll types of celestial objects are represented: galaxies, nebulae, stars and star clusters, planets and moons, comets and asteroids. It let's you fly around the universe basically. This Russian programmer created the observable universe as a free 3D space simulation and made it available online. If you're into this sort of game you should check out this free program. I see it's the community choice for the time being and wanted to share something.
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