{"id":2993,"date":"2018-03-07T17:22:06","date_gmt":"2018-03-08T01:22:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/universesandbox.com\/blog\/?p=2993"},"modified":"2021-05-26T14:59:58","modified_gmt":"2021-05-26T21:59:58","slug":"update-20-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/universesandbox.com\/blog\/2018\/03\/update-20-5\/","title":{"rendered":"They Put a Car in Space, We Upgraded Our Engine | Update 20.5"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div style=\"width: 640px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-2993-1\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" loop autoplay preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"https:\/\/media.giphy.com\/media\/8cgqPHmA9S4kXCTiSs\/giphy.mp4?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/media.giphy.com\/media\/8cgqPHmA9S4kXCTiSs\/giphy.mp4\">https:\/\/media.giphy.com\/media\/8cgqPHmA9S4kXCTiSs\/giphy.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div><br \/>\n<em><br \/>\nRun Steam to download Update 20.5, or buy Universe Sandbox \u00b2 via our <a href=\"http:\/\/universesandbox.com\">website<\/a> or the <a href=\"http:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/230290\/\">Steam Store<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><br \/>\n<\/em><em>March 14: Update 20.5.2 is a small update that fixes a few bugs, including problems with volume settings and camera control.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Update 20.5 features:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A Tesla Roadster in Space<\/li>\n<li>The Ultimate Engineered System<\/li>\n<li>An&nbsp;Upgrade of Our Game Engine to Unity 2017.2<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This is a small update in terms of content, but there have been some significant under-the-hood changes with&nbsp;the upgrade of our game engine to Unity 2017.2. As with past under-the-hood changes, it\u2019s a sign we\u2019ve transitioned well if you can\u2019t see any differences.<\/p>\n<p>But also: there\u2019s a car in space! (And conversely, this car doesn\u2019t even have an engine under its hood.)&nbsp;On February 6, 2018, SpaceX performed a successful <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Falcon_Heavy_test_flight\">test launch<\/a> of their Falcon Heavy rocket, the most powerful rocket currently in use. The launch was intended as a demonstration of the Falcon Heavy\u2019s ability to launch a payload into an orbit that could reach Mars. SpaceX also successfully landed two of the Falcon Heavy&#8217;s reusable booster engines, although the central core crashed during its attempted landing.<\/p>\n<p>As part of the test, the Falcon Heavy rocket carried a dummy payload to demonstrate that it could launch a large mass onto the required orbit. For this launch, SpaceX chose an unusual dummy payload: a Tesla Roadster electric car belonging to SpaceX and Tesla CEO Elon Musk. In a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.spacex.com\/sites\/spacex\/files\/falconheavypresskit_v1.pdf\">press statement<\/a> released before the launch, SpaceX explained that it wanted a payload that was &#8220;fun and without irreplaceable sentimental value.&#8221; While the Roadster will not land on or orbit Mars, its current elliptic orbit around the Sun will take it beyond the orbit of Mars at its farthest point.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\nCheck out the&nbsp;Roadster sims in Universe Sandbox \u00b2:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Home &gt; Open &gt; Tesla Roadster in Space<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Home &gt; Open &gt; Where in Space is the Tesla Roadster<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\nUpdate 20.5 also includes <strong>a database refresh<\/strong> for objects in our Solar System, a few other new sims (<strong>including the <a href=\"http:\/\/nautil.us\/blog\/-i-built-a-stable-planetary-system-with-416-planets-in-the-habitable-zone\">Ultimate Engineered System<\/a><\/strong>), improved supernova visuals, and a number of smaller improvements and bug fixes.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/u\/1\/d\/1TTsJL-ddM_i5RjfnQV5_R-hocRCin6hxAiCuVlytRtA\/view\">Check out the full list of What\u2019s New in Update 20.5<\/a><\/p>\n<p>We are making great progress on Update 21, but we unfortunately can\u2019t provide a release date yet. Update 20.5 is just a step on the way to make sure everything is running smoothly. Thank you for your patience while we continue to work on Planet Grids and Lasers.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3011\" style=\"width: 660px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3011\" class=\"size-large wp-image-3011\" src=\"https:\/\/universesandbox.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Universe-Sandbox-\u00b2-Ultimate-Engineered-System-650x366.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"366\" srcset=\"https:\/\/universesandbox.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Universe-Sandbox-\u00b2-Ultimate-Engineered-System-650x366.png 650w, https:\/\/universesandbox.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Universe-Sandbox-\u00b2-Ultimate-Engineered-System-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/universesandbox.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Universe-Sandbox-\u00b2-Ultimate-Engineered-System-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/universesandbox.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Universe-Sandbox-\u00b2-Ultimate-Engineered-System.png 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-3011\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Ultimate Engineered System, as <a href=\"http:\/\/nautil.us\/blog\/-i-built-a-stable-planetary-system-with-416-planets-in-the-habitable-zone\"> described by astronomer Sean Raymond <\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"twitter-follow-button\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/universesandbox?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" data-show-count=\"false\" data-size=\"large\">Follow @universesandbox<\/a><script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none; overflow: hidden;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/page.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FUniverseSandbox%2F&amp;tabs&amp;width=340&amp;height=70&amp;small_header=true&amp;adapt_container_width=true&amp;hide_cover=false&amp;show_facepile=false&amp;appId\" width=\"340\" height=\"70\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Run Steam to download Update 20.5, or buy Universe Sandbox \u00b2 via our website or the Steam Store. March 14: Update 20.5.2 is a small update that fixes a few bugs, including problems with volume settings and camera control. Update 20.5 features: A Tesla Roadster in Space The Ultimate Engineered System An&nbsp;Upgrade of Our Game [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2993","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-development","category-update"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/universesandbox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2993","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/universesandbox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/universesandbox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/universesandbox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/19"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/universesandbox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2993"}],"version-history":[{"count":26,"href":"https:\/\/universesandbox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2993\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4716,"href":"https:\/\/universesandbox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2993\/revisions\/4716"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/universesandbox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2993"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/universesandbox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2993"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/universesandbox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2993"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}