{"id":6624,"date":"2026-08-19T13:16:57","date_gmt":"2026-08-19T20:16:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/universesandbox.com\/blog\/?p=6624"},"modified":"2026-08-19T13:16:58","modified_gmt":"2026-08-19T20:16:58","slug":"crashing-craters-update-36-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/universesandbox.com\/blog\/2026\/08\/crashing-craters-update-36-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Crashing Craters | Update 36.3"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.universesandbox.com\/media\/update-36-3-feature-gif.gif\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Collision craters form and combine together more realistically. You can also duplicate objects, watch black holes evaporate, and explore a simulation of a newly discovered exosatellite.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"650\" height=\"366\" src=\"https:\/\/universesandbox.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Update-36.3-Feature-Still-650x366.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6636\" srcset=\"https:\/\/universesandbox.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Update-36.3-Feature-Still-650x366.png 650w, https:\/\/universesandbox.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Update-36.3-Feature-Still-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/universesandbox.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Update-36.3-Feature-Still-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/universesandbox.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Update-36.3-Feature-Still.png 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Creating Craters<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Craters from collisions with moons and small rock fragments alike are more realistic, blending naturally and better respecting an object\u2019s elevation range and topography. Larger impacts now leave behind complex craters with a central peak.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.universesandbox.com\/media\/update-36-3-crater-collilsion-before.gif\" alt=\"\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Before<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.universesandbox.com\/media\/update-36-3-crater-collision-after.gif\" alt=\"\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">After<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Duplicate Objects Duplicate Objects<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Duplicate selected object with the new Duplicate button, or use the Copy and Paste keyboard shortcuts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>On Windows, use Ctrl+C and Ctrl+V. On Mac, use \u2318C and \u2318V.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Detailed surface data is not yet copied, so local surface features like liquid depth and temperature variations will be distributed evenly across duplicated surfaces and may need to be resettled<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/universesandbox.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Duplicate-Object-Button.gif\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6628\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Adding a copy of the Moon with the new Duplicate button.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/universesandbox.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Duplicate-Object-Keyboard-Shortcut.gif\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6629\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Duplicating the Moon after selecting it with the keyboard shortcuts Ctrl+C and Ctrl+V.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Object Holograms<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Objects now smoothly fade in and out of existence when an object is added to or removed from a simulation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.universesandbox.com\/media\/update-36-3-hologram-fade-in-out-before.gif\" alt=\"\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Before<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.universesandbox.com\/media\/update-36-3-hologram-fade-in-out-after.gif\" alt=\"\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">After<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>More Highlights<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Check out the recently discovered exosatellite that challenges the definition of an <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Exomoon\">exomoon<\/a> in our new simulation, <em>Exosatellite Companion of Brown Dwarf CD-35 2722 b<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"650\" height=\"366\" src=\"https:\/\/universesandbox.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Exosatellite-Simulation-650x366.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6631\" srcset=\"https:\/\/universesandbox.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Exosatellite-Simulation-650x366.png 650w, https:\/\/universesandbox.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Exosatellite-Simulation-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/universesandbox.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Exosatellite-Simulation-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/universesandbox.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Exosatellite-Simulation.png 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Black holes now realistically lose mass and evaporate due to <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hawking_radiation\">Hawking radiation<\/a>. This primarily affects tiny black holes, but all black holes experience some mass loss.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.universesandbox.com\/media\/update-36-3-black-hole-evaporation.gif\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Graphs now stay open and retain their data, rather than closing, when the object they are tracking is destroyed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.universesandbox.com\/media\/update-36-3-graphs-stay-open-before.gif\" alt=\"\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Before<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.universesandbox.com\/media\/update-36-3-graphs-stay-open-after.gif\" alt=\"\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">After<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>See material-specific data views, like Earth\u2019s oxygen-only Gas Pressure data view, in 3D. Previously, these views were only available in 2D.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"650\" height=\"366\" src=\"https:\/\/universesandbox.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/3D-Material-Data-View-650x366.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6633\" srcset=\"https:\/\/universesandbox.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/3D-Material-Data-View-650x366.png 650w, https:\/\/universesandbox.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/3D-Material-Data-View-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/universesandbox.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/3D-Material-Data-View-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/universesandbox.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/3D-Material-Data-View.png 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/universesandbox.com\/whatsnew\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/universesandbox.com\/whatsnew\">Check out the full list of What&#8217;s New in Update 36.3<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Please report any issues on our <a href=\"http:\/\/steamcommunity.com\/app\/230290\/discussions\/1\/\">Steam forum<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/discord.gg\/us\">on Discord<\/a>, or in-game via Home &gt; Send Feedback.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Collision craters form and combine together more realistically. 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