How do I do this?

[infringement153]

It's on the screenshot page.

[atomic7732]

Woah! It's gonna make a dyson sphere.

[Dan Dixon]

You need to add a grid of dust (massless particles), unfortunately the interface necessary to create this grid hasn't been added back into Universe Sandbox 2.

I'll plan to re-include this feature in one of the next few updates.

Sorry about that.

[infringement153]

 

[Chaotic Cow]

I did have some fun with that feature.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eors06VDljU

[Sanduleak]

I did have some fun with that feature.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eors06VDljU

Fascinating!

[Dan Dixon]

I've added the grid particle feature into the Ring creation panel until I have the time to implement it correctly.

This 'hack' works in 2.0.8 and will be removed one the feature is properly implemented.

- Select a body.
- Click on the Add body tool (the planet with the +)
- Click on the ring tab.
- Click on one of the ring options like "Saturn" (doesn't matter which one)
- Press and hold the Ctrl button (for 3D) or Shift (for 2D) and notice how the buttons change.
- Click on one of the buttons to create a grid.

Count effects the grid density, none of the other options have any effect at this time.