City lights on The Moon?

[crashman1390]

I found this while roaming the Solar System 

[DaniheltheMage]

Wait.. whut?

Maybe those are craters or brighter areas in the moon? They really do look like city lights though.

[Cryo]

Congratulation's the inhabitants of your simulation have successfully colonized the moon HERES A COOKIE

[wubbzy301]

Congratulation's the inhabitants of your simulation have successfully colonized the moon HERES A COOKIE

They are look like craters or burning lands (lava?).

[Lord DC]

City lights, may be a secrit feature GA is testing out

[Breakfestbacon]

I think it is an impact site. Cooled molten rock. Not city lights :p

[Cryo]

those are diffidently lights, crater's dot look like that

[Breakfestbacon]

I opened up a simulation and spawned a moon... It does appear to be city lights. I wonder my they added this..

[PrimeMinisterTom]

I found this while roaming the Solar System 

If I were Dan, I would've classified the moon as a terrestrial planet (considering the solid elements of the moon) and therefore you would infer that there is a civilisation (capable of) living on it

Basically, it's normal.

[Breakfestbacon]

I found this while roaming the Solar System 

If I were Dan, I would've classified the moon as a terrestrial planet (considering the solid elements of the moon) and therefore you would infer that there is a civilisation (capable of) living on it

Basically, it's normal.

I think this might be a very possible hypothesis. Although, wouldn't that mean all of the planets in the solar system are rendered with city lights?

[PrimeMinisterTom]

I think this might be a very possible hypothesis. Although, wouldn't that mean all of the planets in the solar system are rendered with city lights?

There were reports like this one, except with Mars, Venus and other similar planets. So yeah, I guess so.

[WitheHole18]

all the rocky planets have the lights..

[Xriqxa]

I think this may be a bug with the heightmaps and lighting system. If they were city lights I don't think Georg would've made them so dim and scarce.

Plus, I'm sure Dan would've said something about it in the changelog.

[Cryo]

He could have , i have a theory to answer that, as you know if we where be suspended above the our current location's and watch time play in reverse we'd see that the cty or town is getting smaller over time maybe this is a city still growing

[Xriqxa]

Erm, your engine seems to be running on wishful thinking now.

Why exactly would Georg make the starting point at such a certain level to confuse us all? Honestly, if I were in charge of city light level default I would've made it a lot higher for it to be actually passively notciable.

I am extremely confident in saying that this may be a small bug with low dips/rips in the heightmap in which the starglow is leaking through. 

unless GA is conspiring with extraterrestrials and know about alien bases on the MÜÜÜÜÜÜN!!!

[Cryo]

lol

[Cryo]

the more i read this  more i think it's a bug.... but i like it...

[DaniheltheMage]

Yeah this looks cool. Maybe they accidentally added it into Alpha 8? I really hope that it's not a bug because this looks REALLY cool

[Breakfestbacon]

Yeah this looks cool. Maybe they accidentally added it into Alpha 8? I really hope that it's not a bug because this looks REALLY cool

This is most likely a bug. Maybe they will add an option to add city lights to a planet in the future.

[DouglasSiqueira]

This is a crater

[Breakfestbacon]

This is a crater

Actually it's a glitch with the height maps and lighting. A new planet without creators still renders this bug.

[DouglasSiqueira]

This is a crater

Actually it's a glitch with the height maps and lighting. A new planet without creators still renders this bug.

Can this be a failure of texture hopefully correct it in Alpha 8

[Breakfestbacon]

Alpha 8.1 is already out.

[DouglasSiqueira]

Alpha 8.1 is already out.

Well I have not received the code yet, I think the first group have already received and the group will get maybe 2 on Monday

[Breakfestbacon]

C7 said you will get your codes after we have a chance to test alpha 8 for you guys to make sure that it's stable.

[DouglasSiqueira]

C7 said you will get your codes after we have a chance to test alpha 8 for you guys to make sure that it's stable.

Hopefully I get the code I'm just looking forward to testing the Alpha 8

[Xriqxa]

Tried to recreate a planet from my fiction website. These are definitely city lights:

[Dan Dixon]

City lights, may be a secrit feature GA is testing out

Or a momentarily forgotten one...

If they were city lights I don't think Georg would've made them so dim and scarce.

Nice catch. Added a bug about this.

There shouldn't be lights on the moon, normally... and yeah, they're way too dim.

[PrimeMinisterTom]

I think this may be a bug with the heightmaps and lighting system. If they were city lights I don't think Georg would've made them so dim and scarce.

Plus, I'm sure Dan would've said something about it in the changelog.

I go to the Alpha and I see city lights on coastlines of Earth. :/