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I was wondering, whats the most accurate map of the Solar System out there, as far as SEIV is concerned.

Maybe we should get together and make a map of the Solar System in SEIV? It would be a one-system map, to be used as a template for any Map-Makers who would want it.

Of course, this raises some problems.

Should earth be a CO2, or an O2 planet(Technically its mostly CO2, but we use the O2, at least I think its mostly CO2).

Should there be 8, 9, or 12 planets?

How many moons should be included? Would Phobos and Deimos be included, or would they be considered asteroids?

I would also suggest we leave the Warp-Points out. That would be for the Users to add themselves.

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Originally posted by Lord Kodos:
I was wondering, whats the most accurate map of the Solar System out there, as far as SEIV is concerned.

Maybe we should get together and make a map of the Solar System in SEIV? It would be a one-system map, to be used as a template for any Map-Makers who would want it.

Of course, this raises some problems.

Should earth be a CO2, or an O2 planet(Technically its mostly CO2, but we use the O2, at least I think its mostly CO2).

Should there be 8, 9, or 12 planets?

How many moons should be included? Would Phobos and Deimos be included, or would they be considered asteroids?

I would also suggest we leave the Warp-Points out. That would be for the Users to add themselves.

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Umm, Earth has about 70% Nitrogen, 23% Oxygen, and only a small % Carbon Dioxide - but since N is not a big factor for advanced life on the planet, I'd say go with O2.

I'd go with 9 planets and only major moons. That means ours, the 5 big moons around Jupiter, and a couple around Saturn (Titan and Mimas come to mind), Triton for Neptune, perhaps Miranda for Uranus, and Cheron for Pluto.

Ill go with the flow, but I realy dont think we should include Pluto or Charon. Simply too small. The Moon is larger then them IIRC. And Varuna, Quaor, and Ceres are all just as large if not larger then Pluto as well, IIRC. See the article about Naming Contraversy someone posted here(sorry, dont remember who and I am too lazy to check at the moment! ^_^).

And who would make the map anyway? Im suggesting it, but Im realy not familiar enough with the Solar System, and I also lack the patiance for SEIVs map editor.

Of course, I realy like the idea, and if no one else does it, I will. I imagine ill even include it in LR mods extras.

Moose. Moose. Moose.

the nitrogen is mostly a balancing agent so we don't have to much oxygen.

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Originally posted by narf poit chez BOOM:
the nitrogen is mostly a balancing agent so we don't have to much oxygen.

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Where did you hear that?

i think you said something like that. plus other places.

I think you are remembering a post wrong, as I never said that.

Well, too high a partial pressure of oxygen -is- poisonous (same for carbon dioxide, actually). But I don't think I've read anything like Narf's statement.

Heh...

Too much oxygen is poisonous because we've evolved in this atmosphere which is 70 percent+ nitrogen. A (nearly) pure oxygen atmosphere would not necessarily be impossible for life to exist in, though unlikely in 'real life' because free oxygen is chemically unstable. It's the presence of life that maintains the current percentage of oxygen in Earth's atmosphere now. It would all be soaked up in chemical compounds within a few million years without constant renewal by plants. Many simpler life forms on Earth today could handle a nearly pure oxygen atmosphere, though.

It's much the same for CO2. We humans would die in an atmosphere of more than 4 or 5 percent CO2, as I recall. This is not a universal constant but simply a function of how human physiology turned out. Lots of simpler animals can handle more than 4 or 5 percent CO2.

You want to map the sol system only??? Got 10 minutes to spare? Now if you want to map the closest 100 systems that would be a really cool project! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif (one I've thought about doing myself but that map editor http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon9.gif ... <shudder> )