why can't we go into planet's orbit?

[alien_tickler]

wouldn't it be cool to use our ship on a planets orbit to go around it?

[alanc9]

Not sure I'd want to sit there looking at the planet for an hour or so.

[Gravity 🌌]

When you see your ship flying, you are always in orbit around a planet or moon. If you want to travel around the planet you can also do that but it takes a very long time. I think there are mods to speed that up.

[PortalShifter]

Originally posted by alien_tickler:

wouldn't it be cool to use our ship on a planets orbit to go around it?

The planets don't exist. They're just a flat PNG image linked with an instanced map that you can find 2 or 3 things on.

[Silverlight]

Yes it would be cool. Oh well.

[ZombieHunter]

Originally posted by PortalShifter:

Originally posted by alien_tickler:

wouldn't it be cool to use our ship on a planets orbit to go around it?

The planets don't exist. They're just a flat PNG image linked with an instanced map that you can find 2 or 3 things on.

The planets don't exist in any game, even if they are 3D.

[PortalShifter]

Originally posted by ZombieHunter:

Originally posted by PortalShifter:

The planets don't exist. They're just a flat PNG image linked with an instanced map that you can find 2 or 3 things on.

The planets don't exist in any game, even if they are 3D.

That's a fascinating insight.

[Dagtag]

Originally posted by PortalShifter:

Originally posted by alien_tickler:

wouldn't it be cool to use our ship on a planets orbit to go around it?

The planets don't exist. They're just a flat PNG image linked with an instanced map that you can find 2 or 3 things on.

Sigh… no, they aren’t png’s… they are spherical models with a texture slapped on them. That is not the same as a png.

Where is all this misinformation coming from? Seriously, where did you get that idea from?

[4kBuddz]

You think there is a spoon, but, there is no spoon.

[amperage]

Originally posted by alien_tickler:

why can't we go into planet's orbit?

Not sure if that's the question you meant to ask...

When you lift off from a planet surface, there's a cut-scene and control resumes with you in high orbit.

When you travel to a planet in the same star system, there's a cut-scene and control resumes with you in high orbit.

When you travel to a planet in a different star system, there's a grav-drive cut-scene and control resumes with you in high orbit

What you can't do in this game is significantly alter your orbit. You can't go from what appears to be a synchronous equatorial orbit to a pole to pole slicing orbit for example. Neither can you leave orbit in a real time controlled trajectory, which would be fun, but would quickly get boring given the time scales involved.

[Dryspace]

Originally posted by amperage:

...Neither can you leave orbit in a real time controlled trajectory, which would be fun, but would quickly get boring given the time scales involved.

It looks like the Star Citizen demo showed that this can be done. It would obviously work the same way it would in reality --- if the necessary tech were available. Speed and drive mechanism would be adjusted for the intended distance.

[Krash Megiddo]

Originally posted by ZombieHunter:

Originally posted by PortalShifter:

The planets don't exist. They're just a flat PNG image linked with an instanced map that you can find 2 or 3 things on.

The planets don't exist in any game, even if they are 3D.

NMS planets are real! I can watch them rotate

[CrEaToXx]

You actually can. It just takes a very long time to do so.

[SparkzMentalz]

Another backwards decision from Bethesda.

From what I've seen in other space games (No Man's Sky, Star Citizen, Elite Dangerous etc.) Starfield seems to be the only one with no atmospheric flight.

All the planets and moons you see are just 2D place holders for loading screens to trigger procedural generation.

[Lt.Lee Roy]

Originally posted by ZombieHunter:

Originally posted by PortalShifter:

The planets don't exist. They're just a flat PNG image linked with an instanced map that you can find 2 or 3 things on.

The planets don't exist in any game, even if they are 3D.

Yes it does. Outer wilds. Great game. One of the best tbh. Made by a studio that eh....Isnt as big as bethesda? ;)

[Hobo Jack]

Originally posted by Dryspace:

Originally posted by amperage:

...Neither can you leave orbit in a real time controlled trajectory, which would be fun, but would quickly get boring given the time scales involved.

It looks like the Star Citizen demo showed that this can be done. It would obviously work the same way it would in reality --- if the necessary tech were available. Speed and drive mechanism would be adjusted for an intended distance.

You can already do that and take a train in a city or many things immersive. SC gameplay loop is far more enjoyable than any quest on SF which is a shame.
I enjoy big updates from SC, and there is enough content to stay many hours..