lasers completion progress

[TRON]

how close are we to having planet melting lasers? from 1% to 100% where are lasers in terms of completion?

[OuijaMawl]

It would probably take forever for a laser to heat up a body of significant size. I'd go with a plasma gun if you wanted to do it quickly.

[TRON]

Originally posted by Callipso:

It would probably take forever for a laser to heat up a body of significant size. I'd go with a plasma gun if you wanted to do it quickly.

the laser power goes really high up to yottawatts https://image.slidesharecdn.com/siunitsandhorsepower-141126010816-conversion-gate02/95/si-units-and-horse-power-17-638.jpg?cb=1416964167 that would be an incredibly strong laser

[OuijaMawl]

Even if you had the power source to create such a powerful weapon in the yottawatt range, which might be difficult to find, if the planet melted it would still be a spherical object held together by gravity. so you'd just have a glowing ball at that point. I think would be nice to cut the planet in half with a plasma torch/gun and see what happens than just heat up an object to a glowing ball. I might even say a plasma railgun or mass driver might even be something cool to shot at venus and mars if this game wants to go all out.

[TRON]

Originally posted by Callipso:

Even if you had the power source to create such a powerful weapon in the yottawatt range, which might be difficult to find, if the planet melted it would still be a spherical object held together by gravity. so you'd just have a glowing ball at that point. I think would be nice to cut the planet in half with a plasma torch/gun and see what happens than just heat up an object to a glowing ball. I might even say a plasma railgun or mass driver might even be something cool to shot at venus and mars if this game wants to go all out.

dont try to argue we will get lasers and if a laser has enough power the planet would heat up so much so quickly it explodes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7g77WN6obk4 keep in mind that alderaan is the size of earth and the death star is smaller than ireland at 160 km across and mass driver you say? look no further than the launch tool in the add objects tab(still, orbit, binary, launch)

[🐋 Syz°.fish 🐬]

Star Wars is sci-fi. It's really not a very good source of comparison with real life parallels. Alderaan exploded because the directors made it so. It is more spectacular for the audience to watch things blow up, not just melt.

Realistically, the scenario Callipso proposes is more likely. An incredibly powerful but concentrated laser will just blast a hole through the planet and out the other side. This could be problematic for internal dynamics and the structure of the planet, but there would likely be no explosion. According to calculations, you need 417 times the power of the Death Star laser to resemble a planetary-wide explosion.

Of course, if the devs wished to replicate a Death Star, then I don't have a problem with a laser being able to blow up a planet.

[TRON]

Originally posted by SyzygySoldier:

Star Wars is sci-fi. It's really not a very good source of comparison with real life parallels. Alderaan exploded because the directors made it so. It is more spectacular for the audience to watch things blow up, not just melt.

Realistically, the scenario Callipso proposes is more likely. An incredibly powerful but concentrated laser will just blast a hole through the planet and out the other side. This could be problematic for internal dynamics and the structure of the planet, but there would likely be no explosion. According to calculations, you need 417 times the power of the Death Star laser to resemble a planetary-wide explosion.

Of course, if the devs wished to replicate a Death Star, then I don't have a problem with a laser being able to blow up a planet.

but at the same time the death star fires a beam of 7 solar luminosity's worth of energy in half a second(1 solar luminosity = amount of energy the sun radiates in a f#cking week) so 7 solar luminosity's in a concentrated beam, the planet would have more energy than it can handle and gravity would not be able to hold it together thus it explodes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dk52mUy10WU here knock yourself out

[TRON]

but to get this thread back on track...what is the progress of our deadly lazers? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KdbI8BwrA1o

[🐋 Syz°.fish 🐬]

Only a seven times increase in the luminosity will make the destruction of a planet's surface much faster, but it will not destroy the planet entirely. A laser is not a force that counteracts gravity. It's just energy. Firing pure energy upon a planet would make the atoms much more energised, but I think you are underestimating the power of gravity of a planet like Earth.

I've already seen that video. More volatile atoms and substances will be lost to space, but a laser at 1 solar luminosity needs 3 minutes just to chuck away a tiny portion of Earth mass. What I'm saying is that even if the Death Star's laser is 7 times more luminous, it only fires for a few seconds, so it would actually create less of an impact than a 1 solar luminosity laser for 3 minutes.

If the devs wish to add a Death Star, then cool, we have a Death Star. As for how realistic the laser is, I don't really mind. I'm just putting the facts out there. To be honest I won't be the type of person to use the laser tool much, as interesting as it is.

EDIT: This reply came out before the page refreshed so I didn't see your previous reply to get the thread on track. I won't post any more of this here so the devs may answer your original question.

[Jar]

We can't give a percentage progress beyond just saying that we're getting closer and they will be here when they're here. And even once we release them in an update, we'll probably want to continue to improve them. Thanks for your patience. :)

[TRON]

Originally posted by Jar:

We can't give a percentage progress beyond just saying that we're getting closer and they will be here when they're here. And even once we release them in an update, we'll probably want to continue to improve them. Thanks for your patience. :)

your'e welcome http://cdn3.meme.am/cache/instances/folder718/500x/73656718/maui-in-moana-what-can-i-say-except-youre-welcome.jpg

[TRON]

i think what we really want to know is how well do they work as of now...do they burn stuff yet? is it entire planet heating or just local area heating like in the alpha 19 preview http://universesandbox.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/Universe-Sandbox-%C2%B2-Earth-Laser-650x358.jpg will it work like that or will the whole planet heat up?