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davedarkotv Aug 23, 2015 @ 4:57am
Do planets really orbit around stars?
Do they actually really move around them and do they rotate on themselves?
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Ser Cartoon of House Head Aug 23, 2015 @ 4:58am 
Nah not really, eveything in this game is static. Or at least thats how it appears. The stations spin, thats about it.
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Ofan Aug 23, 2015 @ 5:03am 
Originally posted by Q.:
Nah not really, eveything in this game is static. Or at least thats how it appears. The stations spin, thats about it.


That's not correct, planets do orbit, stations do orbit, I don't know if planets rotate to create day night cycles or if it is just limited to things orbiting them. If you stay in a res site long enough it will move from day to night as you orbit around the planet to its night side/day side as will stations
Last edited by Ofan; Aug 23, 2015 @ 5:08am
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Edelweiss ✿ Aug 23, 2015 @ 5:06am 
Originally posted by Q.:
Nah not really, eveything in this game is static. Or at least thats how it appears. The stations spin, thats about it.
Incorrect, they orbit at their specified times you see in the system map.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fMXzhbGuKY0
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Harbinger Aug 23, 2015 @ 5:08am 
The systems orbit in real time, you just can't see it unless you look over longer timeframes. There are many examples using time lapse screenshots to make videos:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fMXzhbGuKY0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DgC6Qz8A7uE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wgo8uyfHxAE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xv287wrlzPI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K1tl6_zc40k

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KDwq1RLwKaM
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Mu77ley Aug 23, 2015 @ 5:27am 
Originally posted by Q.:
Nah not really, eveything in this game is static. Or at least thats how it appears. The stations spin, thats about it.

No, everything orbits correctly. Planets around stars, moons around planets. Even the rings (and therefore the resource extraction sites) orbit the planets.

Watch some of the many, many timelapse videos people have made to see this in action.
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davedarkotv Aug 23, 2015 @ 5:28am 
good to know, I was bummed out at Q's reply, static planets would've been so much anti-immersive, but now you made me a happy cmdr again :)
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Left 4 Shred Aug 23, 2015 @ 5:32am 
I really hate to admit this, but for some reason I thought you were asking if actual planets move around stars. For a moment, I thought you were incredibly ignorant thanks to my own cognitive failure.
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Mu77ley Aug 23, 2015 @ 5:42am 
Originally posted by Dave Darko composer:
good to know, I was bummed out at Q's reply, static planets would've been so much anti-immersive, but now you made me a happy cmdr again :)

The only orbits that are not modelled are the actual star systems orbiting around the galaxy.

Some more cool time lapse footage:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qFW3tkUK6iU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fFJbK5Ryygw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fMXzhbGuKY0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r2UdxucuVpA
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vrseven Aug 23, 2015 @ 5:44am 
Originally posted by Dave Darko composer:
good to know, I was bummed out at Q's reply, static planets would've been so much anti-immersive, but now you made me a happy cmdr again :)
Q is up to his old tricks again. lol
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Ser Cartoon of House Head Aug 23, 2015 @ 5:50am 
Originally posted by Dave Darko composer:
good to know, I was bummed out at Q's reply, static planets would've been so much anti-immersive, but now you made me a happy cmdr again :)

It really makes no difference, and has been stated you do not notice it in the slightest. Just like the painted Milky Way sky box.
Last edited by Ser Cartoon of House Head; Aug 23, 2015 @ 5:51am
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Doc Roley Aug 23, 2015 @ 5:57am 
Nonsense! The planets do rotate & it does of course make a difference. I recently encountered a small metallic world in close orbit to a collapsed star - it was visibly rotating & in orbit. OP you should know that the Q often meddles in the affairs of humanity- rarely telling the truth & never providing comfort or reassurance - pay no attention to it. :yazdwink:
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Harbinger Aug 23, 2015 @ 5:59am 
Originally posted by Q.:
It really makes no difference, and has been stated you do not notice it in the slightest. Just like the painted Milky Way sky box.

lol, you're full of disinformation aren't you? The skybox isn't painted it's dynamic.
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Ser Cartoon of House Head Aug 23, 2015 @ 6:07am 
Originally posted by Harbinger73:
Originally posted by Q.:
It really makes no difference, and has been stated you do not notice it in the slightest. Just like the painted Milky Way sky box.

lol, you're full of disinformation aren't you? The skybox isn't painted it's dynamic.

So you are telling me the game has millions of light year draw distances?
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Yuki Aug 23, 2015 @ 6:18am 
No, usually a few light years. It heavily depends on the stars/objects to display though, nebular are usually visible for a few thousand, bright stars usually in the hundreds.
I really like how you can spot that O type you are aiming for during your voyage through a lot of brown dwarfs-way ahead. There is a light at the end of the tunnel!
Last edited by Yuki; Aug 23, 2015 @ 6:19am
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Tijcker Aug 23, 2015 @ 6:19am 
Even the axis of the planets is dynamic, so by rights Earth should have winter and summer cycles at the same times as we do now…
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