Universe Sandbox

Universe Sandbox Legacy => Universe Sandbox 2010 Beta | Discussion => Topic started by: sean2323 on April 25, 2010, 12:05:53 PM

Title: Beta 7 suggestion
Post by: sean2323 on April 25, 2010, 12:05:53 PM

since beta 7 may be the last beta, i think it would be awesome to see the biggest galaxy known to man in it, IC 1101, it is around 70 times the milky ways size and is elliptical.

Title: Re: Beta 7 suggestion
Post by: atomic7732 on April 25, 2010, 12:21:50 PM

Why not in US 2? Can't you wait 5 days!

Title: Re: Beta 7 suggestion
Post by: Dan Dixon on April 25, 2010, 02:29:26 PM

IC 1101 has been added to the next release. It will be one of the galaxy presets in the New Body list of galaxies.

Title: Re: Beta 7 suggestion
Post by: Naru523 on April 25, 2010, 02:37:30 PM

Quote from: Dan Dixon on April 25, 2010, 02:29:26 PM

IC 1101 has been added to the next release. It will be one of the galaxy presets in the New Body list of galaxies.

Cool. And Dan how did you do the galaxies? I mean it's shape, it looks real if zoomed out.

Title: Re: Beta 7 suggestion
Post by: Naru523 on April 27, 2010, 05:05:27 PM

By the way, scientists now says IC 1101 is a lenticar galaxy (Type-cD galaxy http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Type-cD_galaxy) now. (Wikipedia says; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IC_1101)

Title: Re: Beta 7 suggestion
Post by: Dan Dixon on April 27, 2010, 05:48:41 PM

The current implementation of this galaxy is pretty simplistic. I'm not taking this detailed type into account at the moment.

Quote from: Naru523 on April 25, 2010, 02:37:30 PM

...how did you do the galaxies?

The galaxies are based on images in the Universe Sandbox\media folder. I the height data is based on the color/brightness of the image and is only representative and not totally accurate.