why don't sub-zero planets have frozen oceans

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[tons0phun]

Because programmers can't into physics.
Too much time on a screen and not enough time in reality. :P

[ItsDarthChaos]

Originally posted by tons0phun:

Because programmers can't into physics.
Too much time on a screen and not enough time in reality. :P

I mean... would love to see you do better. ;P

[ositodefelpa]

Are you sure the oceans are water? (that's a genuine question - I haven't checked).

[GONDAL]

Originally posted by ositodefelpa:

Are you sure the oceans are water? (that's a genuine question - I haven't checked).

That's the only explanation I got. Maybe they're nitrogen?

[GG]

Originally posted by ahhhh!:

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Antartica doesn't have frozen oceans.

[☕ Grüntherspöth 🍟]

Originally posted by ahhhh!:

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Originally posted by ahhhh!:

Originally posted by ositodefelpa:

Are you sure the oceans are water? (that's a genuine question - I haven't checked).

That's the only explanation I got. Maybe they're nitrogen?

1st yeah, liquids ocean can be "gas"(well... not there, but what we call gas here)

... And... who says you re not walking on those frozen oceans?

[ositodefelpa]

Originally posted by Blaze:

Originally posted by ahhhh!:

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Antartica doesn't have frozen oceans.

That's a good point, although we should be seeing some ice at the temperatures in question. As regards OP's comment about nitrogen, the boiling point is much lower than the temperatures I've seen so far.

[tons0phun]

Originally posted by ItsDarthChaos:

I mean... would love to see you do better. ;P

You don't have to be proficient at something to be entitled to critique it.

Example: I don't have to be a writer/director/cinematographer to point out M.Night Shamyalan's rendition of "The Last Airbender" was absolute garbage.

Similarly
I don't have to be a programmer/coder/designer to point out when a video game has flaws.

[GG]

Originally posted by ositodefelpa:

Originally posted by Blaze:

Antartica doesn't have frozen oceans.

That's a good point, although we should be seeing some ice at the temperatures in question. As regards OP's comment about nitrogen, the boiling point is much lower than the temperatures I've seen so far.

Yeah, they could make some ground transparent and then just put a blue and white hue on it to make ice.

[Nswr42]

On frozen planets there is no chance of oceans forming because frozen liquids are solid and don't fill up ground depressions which might potentially form liquid bodies...

Does this count as the answer?

[Sunago]

Personally I think the base issue you have with answering questions like these is that it's also based on a lot of assumptions. Namely the assumption that everything works the same as it does on earth.

It looks like water so it must be water so it must be frozen because I'm on a frozen planet.

Which are a lot of assumptions.

Even in real life humans don't completely understand how space works. Hell, we don't even completely understand how Earth works.

So in this case I'll answer your question with another question. Are you sure that what you are swimming in is actually water?

[Dave1029]

Planets usually have high concentrations of salt, so large bodies of water on icy planets can still have liquid oceans due to the high levels of salt in the water. Also, while this isn't potrayed in the game yet, oceans that have waves from tidal pull or wind are just harder to freeze.