Matrix Games Forums

 Forums  Register  Login  Photo Gallery  Member List  Search  Calendars  FAQ 

My Profile  Inbox  Address Book  My Subscription  My Forums  Log Out

I would not want to live here :(

 
View related threads: (in this forum | in all forums)

Logged in as: Guest
Users viewing this topic: none
  Printable Version
All Forums >> [New Releases from Matrix Games] >> Distant Worlds 1 Series >> I would not want to live here :( Page: [1]
Login
Message << Older Topic   Newer Topic >>
I would not want to live here :( - 7/26/2010 2:02:35 AM   
Baleur


Posts: 372
Joined: 1/18/2010
Status: offline 		Would you? lolz

Post #: 1
RE: I would not want to live here :( - 7/26/2010 2:54:40 AM   
sidmo001

 

Posts: 2
Joined: 7/26/2010
Status: offline 		With the planet being that close to it's star it should be a massive molten ball of goo twisting and turning and being gradually pulled in to the star.

(in reply to Baleur)
Post #: 2
RE: I would not want to live here :( - 7/26/2010 4:04:31 AM   
the1sean


Posts: 854
Joined: 5/11/2010
From: Texas, USA
Status: offline 		yowza!

(in reply to sidmo001)
Post #: 3
RE: I would not want to live here :( - 7/26/2010 4:21:16 AM   
Igard


Posts: 2282
Joined: 3/29/2010
From: Scotland
Status: offline
quote:

ORIGINAL: Baleur

Would you?


I dunno, after the weather we've been getting here in Scotland, I could do with catching some rays.

(in reply to Baleur)
Post #: 4
RE: I would not want to live here :( - 7/26/2010 7:20:43 AM   
shinobu


Posts: 214
Joined: 12/12/2009
Status: offline 		I went to Alpha Chandrasekhar 1 with my first wife on our honeymoon. I should have known then that it wasn't going to work out...

(in reply to Igard)
Post #: 5
RE: I would not want to live here :( - 7/26/2010 7:57:30 AM   
d.erlemeyer@gmx.de

 

Posts: 17
Joined: 4/30/2010
Status: offline 		I like how the dark side seems to glow even more than the one facing the sun, heh.

(in reply to shinobu)
Post #: 6
RE: I would not want to live here :( - 7/26/2010 11:47:37 AM   
Fishman

 

Posts: 795
Joined: 4/1/2010
Status: offline 		Heh, I don't think any of these things are drawn to scale.

quote:

ORIGINAL: Wellenbrecher

I like how the dark side seems to glow even more than the one facing the sun, heh.
That's because the side facing the sun DOES glow, but you can't see it because the glow is pushed out of the visible spectrum. It's probably glowing quite brightly in UV.

(in reply to d.erlemeyer@gmx.de)
Post #: 7
RE: I would not want to live here :( - 7/26/2010 12:51:32 PM   
WoodMan


Posts: 1345
Joined: 6/2/2010
From: Ol' Blighty
Status: offline 		lol, I think the guy driving that ship took a wrong turn after leaving Alpha Chandrasekhar 1, should have gone to Specsavers...

(in reply to Fishman)
Post #: 8
RE: I would not want to live here :( - 7/26/2010 1:13:46 PM   
Florestan

 

Posts: 227
Joined: 6/5/2010
From: Montpellier, France
Status: offline
quote:

Heh, I don't think any of these things are drawn to scale.

Well, for a start the sun is about 1 400 000 km diameter when the size of the earth, is about 12 000 km, 100 times less...
The earth orbit diameter is about 150 000 000 km (1 au, stands for astronomical unit), yet 100 times the sun's diameter, 10 thousand times earth diameter. Even jupiter, the biggest solar system planet that is "only" 10 times the size of the earth would be annoying to display instead of the sun. And don't forget I speak about 1 dimension measures ; If I was speaking about volume, it would be this power 3.
If the scales were right, seeing the edge of the sun on the screen, even if the earth were at the other edge of the display area, it would be a fifth of a pixel large on a 1920 wide screen... And the sun 20 pixels wide ! Not very fun to play. And this is yet only the earth, or also named Sol 3. You could call it very near from the sun...
Look at these orbits:

And when you quit the solar system, it's yet another scale... Alpha Centauri the nearest star from the sun is at about 270 000 au, or 270 000 times the sun to earth distance...
My thanks to Wikipedia !

(in reply to Fishman)
Post #: 9
RE: I would not want to live here :( - 7/26/2010 1:59:53 PM   
Shark7


Posts: 7937
Joined: 7/24/2007
From: The Big Nowhere
Status: offline 		What? No Warm Fuzzy Feelings on the sun scorched rock?

_____________________________

Distant Worlds Fan

'When in doubt...attack!'

(in reply to Florestan)
Post #: 10
RE: I would not want to live here :( - 7/26/2010 3:27:01 PM   
bigbaba


Posts: 1238
Joined: 11/3/2006
From: Koblenz, Germany
Status: offline 		at least you dont need any heating there.

(in reply to Shark7)
Post #: 11
RE: I would not want to live here :( - 7/26/2010 10:43:57 PM   
the1sean


Posts: 854
Joined: 5/11/2010
From: Texas, USA
Status: offline 		great solar power opportunities as well!

(in reply to bigbaba)
Post #: 12
RE: I would not want to live here :( - 7/26/2010 11:04:40 PM   
DiggyDad

 

Posts: 44
Joined: 6/28/2009
Status: offline 		You definitely wouldn't need to buy a snow blower.

(in reply to the1sean)
Post #: 13
RE: I would not want to live here :( - 7/28/2010 3:01:12 AM   
Xkill

 

Posts: 107
Joined: 5/7/2010
From: Brazil
Status: offline 		I would not want to live there too. Ice would be the desire of the people that may live there!

_____________________________

"If anything just cannot go wrong, it will anyway."

One of Murphy Laws.

(in reply to DiggyDad)
Post #: 14
RE: I would not want to live here :( - 7/28/2010 1:32:32 PM   
Florestan

 

Posts: 227
Joined: 6/5/2010
From: Montpellier, France
Status: offline 		Ice ? You would have to mine it somewhere else ! And use it fast, real fast !

(in reply to Xkill)
Post #: 15
RE: I would not want to live here :( - 7/28/2010 3:45:48 PM   
rk0123msp@mindspring


Posts: 81
Joined: 7/23/2010
Status: offline 		Yowza!

Don't have to worry about building a gas mining station, the gas mining station comes to you!

_____________________________

Not tho' the soldier knew
Someone had blunder'd:
Theirs not to make reply,
Theirs not to reason why,
Theirs but to do and die:

(in reply to Florestan)
Post #: 16
RE: I would not want to live here :( - 7/28/2010 6:19:23 PM   
Baleur


Posts: 372
Joined: 1/18/2010
Status: offline
quote:

ORIGINAL: rk0123msp@mindspring

Yowza!

Don't have to worry about building a gas mining station, the gas mining station comes to you!


In soviet russia, YOU come to the gas mining station!
hmm........ no that joke doesnt quite work here

I found a really wierd solar system the other day though, the second planet from the sun (not that close), had a moon with a huge orbit, resulting in the moon occationally DIPPING INTO the sun. Ouch

(in reply to rk0123msp@mindspring)
Post #: 17
Page:   [1]
All Forums >> [New Releases from Matrix Games] >> Distant Worlds 1 Series >> I would not want to live here :( Page: [1]
Jump to:





New Messages No New Messages
Hot Topic w/ New Messages Hot Topic w/o New Messages
Locked w/ New Messages Locked w/o New Messages
 Post New Thread
 Reply to Message
 Post New Poll
 Submit Vote
 Delete My Own Post
 Delete My Own Thread
 Rate Posts


Forum Software © ASPPlayground.NET Advanced Edition 2.4.5 ANSI

1.391