Planets... or billiard balls?

[Captain Kwok]

If you've got the power to run the game faster, than just increase the planet sizes. It makes it more interesting not knowing what might be behind a planet...

[Phoenix-D]

It is interesting that you can survive ramming ships (or, sometimes, STARS) but ussually not asteroids.

I was totally inside a star once. Not sure what happened, because when I circled around to do it again I hit and died.

[jimbob55]

sphere for planet.
translucent sphere for atmoshpere...

texture both and set the outer one spinning to get some cool storm / cloud effects

[Wydraz]

That works in 3D programs, but can you make a planet translucent in SESF?

I like SJ's idea of using a star's halo, if you can make it a lot dimmer. Otherwise it might look like a system full of stars...

[ September 25, 2003, 06:19: Message edited by: Wydraz ]

[Instar]

Good ideas for the atmosphere... I wish I came up with it during the beta. Maybe a patch will add it in, it probably is not that hard to do I hope.

[DeadZone]

wot would be good is if you could go into the atmospheres (ok maybe if the planets were a thousand times bigger)
............
Now that has given me a mod idea

How about having a map for sol with one planet in each system that is really big wit atmosphere or something that wont kill you and instead of warp points taking you to different systems they could be warp points that take you to different parts of one system (those who have played Earth and beyond will know wot I mean)
This way we have the big planets and can have the atmosphere (no pun intended) of a HUGE sol system

Wotcha all think, if this is reasonable and I get the full Version then this will be my first mod

[Wydraz]

Sounds like an interesting idea. Maybe you could even have cities on the planets that launch missiles! Too bad you won't be able to land, tho.

[ September 25, 2003, 16:39: Message edited by: Wydraz ]