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pip12345

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Worth buying UN2?
« on: August 04, 2010, 07:42:37 AM »
Well, I have enough money to buy it but I wanna know if its worth the money and whats new.
I already saw the new menu's. 

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Re: Worth buying UN2?
« Reply #1 on: August 04, 2010, 09:54:47 AM »
Well, you have a 60 minute trial... You can use that to evaluate whether you want to buy it or not...

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Re: Worth buying UN2?
« Reply #2 on: August 04, 2010, 11:32:50 AM »
Here's a basic list of the new and improved features in Universe Sandbox 2.

Overall, Universe Sandbox 2 is more powerful and easier to use than the former version.

I'm working on a new website for version 2 that will point out many of these new features.

Let me know if you have any questions (or if I'm missing anything).

What's New in Universe Sandbox 2
- Massive UI Overhaul, easier to learn and use, icon based controls
- Now it's easy to create your own solar system
- Tooltips for almost all tools and controls
- Move Tool - Move planets and stars around with ease
- Rotate Tool - Rotate planets and galaxies using easy to adjust rings
- Box select tool - Let's you perform group commands like orbit and delete
- Location Bar - Combines camera focus and find into a single tool
- Planet, Moon, Star palette - Add new bodies from an icon palette.
- Orbital Elements - Use the slider bar to make adjustments orbital elements of planets
- Chart Mode - Now a central feature in version 2
- Wikipedia integration - Click on the (i) next to the name of any body to see the article
- Stars glow
- Center of the Universe - Set all motion relative to any body
- Visual Aids - Habitable Zone, Hill Sphere, Roche Limit
- Adjustable Star Temperature and Luminosity
- Adjust Camera FOV
- Hover over bodies to show their projected paths
- Improved file format for easy sharing of systems (more improvements coming soon)
- New Simulation Mode (RK4) for improved accuracy
- Landing on planets feature (keep zooming in)
- Single time step button
- Lock a body's position
- Adjust numerical values of position and velocity
- Adjustable auto time step control
- All numerical text boxes have control arrows and many have popup menus with common values
- Binary Orbit tool - Easily create binary orbits of stars
- Add Barycenter tool
- Live ring property updates
- International keyboard support
- Buttons and icons fade as you move your mouse over them

What's Improved
- Better support for smaller screen resolutions
- Menu system faster and scales to the size of the screen
- New modes in Chart Mode
- Lagrange point calculations now work as expected
- Tons of fixes and enhancements
- Tutorial system easier to follow and use

What's Coming (for both free and premium users)
- Light from Stars (included in recent update)
- More file save improvements
- More tutorials
« Last Edit: September 25, 2010, 04:59:29 PM by Dan Dixon »

pip12345

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Re: Worth buying UN2?
« Reply #3 on: August 04, 2010, 11:33:23 AM »
I just bought it, Still waiting for my product key to come.

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Re: Worth buying UN2?
« Reply #4 on: August 04, 2010, 11:35:28 AM »
Check your spam folder. I show that one was sent 18 minutes ago.

If not, let me know what email address you used to purchase and I'll send it again.

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Re: Worth buying UN2?
« Reply #5 on: August 04, 2010, 11:42:23 AM »
There was nothing in spam box.
But maybe its because I live in Netherlands it takes longer to arrive.  ;D

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Re: Worth buying UN2?
« Reply #6 on: August 04, 2010, 11:46:50 AM »
It shouldn't take any longer (within maybe a few seconds) to receive an email in the Netherlands than anywhere else in the world. So I doubt that's it.

I sent the key to the email used to purchase again.

Let me know if you get it.


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Re: Worth buying UN2?
« Reply #7 on: August 04, 2010, 11:49:50 AM »
Got it.
Thanks!
I will be playing it after my friends livestream.

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Re: Worth buying UN2?
« Reply #8 on: August 04, 2010, 03:20:18 PM »
Thanks for the purchase. Look for more free updates and features in the near future.