Hoxxes is a dwarf planet

[BaronVonNapking]

I was playing around with the glitch that let's you exit the space rig with infinite low gravity.

And it would seem that Hoxxes is just a very tiny combination of rock and stone.
I mean Pluto might even be bigger than this planet.

Also the meteor belt is thinner than the belt I'm wearing right now.

[Lochlann]

Hoxxes is probably a lot bigger than it actually is in game, although we really don't know as far as I'm concerned

[RaindropperinG]

It surely is a lot of rock and stone to explore!

[Deadweight]

damn right it's a dwarf planet, this place is OURS WOOOOOO
#dwarvesrule

[BaronVonNapking]

Originally posted by ☥Powerfull:

That's kinda obvious when think about it ain't it? Just look at how many biomes are in the map and the size of the space rig compared to the size of Hoxxes.

It is obvious, but now I have proof

[Powerfull]

Originally posted by LordNapking:

Originally posted by ☥Powerfull:

That's kinda obvious when think about it ain't it? Just look at how many biomes are in the map and the size of the space rig compared to the size of Hoxxes.

It is obvious, but now I have proof

Actually i thought about it a bit more and i think it isn't. The devs just wanted to save some processing by making the planet smaller. Plus we don't know how big the space rig actually is.

[Lochlann]

Either way it probably isn't a massive planet

[Powerfull]

Originally posted by Cosmos:

Either way it probably isn't a massive planet

Ye that's for sure

[BaronVonNapking]

Originally posted by ☥Powerfull:

Originally posted by LordNapking:

It is obvious, but now I have proof

Actually i thought about it a bit more and i think it isn't. The devs just wanted to save some processing by making the planet smaller. Plus we don't know how big the space rig actually is.

While you are correct, and I understand that this method is used in many games, (mostly cutscenes),

I simply like the fact that it is a tiny rock for tiny stoners too much.

Also the space rig is humongus, it is 86 times bigger than I thouht it was, just try and walk out there and see for yourself.

[Lord Of War]

Originally posted by RaindropperinG:

It surely is a lot of rock and stone to explore!

and mine!
By the way, I'm sure you all seen NASA discovery?

NASA confirms mission to explore asteroid that could make everyone on Earth a billionaire

[Powerfull]

Originally posted by LordNapking:

Originally posted by ☥Powerfull:

Actually i thought about it a bit more and i think it isn't. The devs just wanted to save some processing by making the planet smaller. Plus we don't know how big the space rig actually is.

While you are correct, and I understand that this method is used in many games, (mostly cutscenes),

I simply like the fact that it is a tiny rock for tiny stoners too much.

Also the space rig is humongus, it is 86 times bigger than I thouht it was, just try and walk out there and see for yourself.

Yeah now that you mention it i remember seeing how big it was on the intro cutscene. But do we ever see the interdry of Hoxxes? I only remember seeing parts of it.

[BaronVonNapking]

Originally posted by ☥Powerfull:

Originally posted by LordNapking:

While you are correct, and I understand that this method is used in many games, (mostly cutscenes),

I simply like the fact that it is a tiny rock for tiny stoners too much.

Also the space rig is humongus, it is 86 times bigger than I thouht it was, just try and walk out there and see for yourself.

Yeah now that you mention it i remember seeing how big it was on the intro cutscene. But do we ever see the interdry of Hoxxes? I only remember seeing parts of it.

I used infinate low gravity glitch, squeezed my way out of the station, and rocket boosted my way to the planet using flintlock brew.
Went thru the planet, out onto the other side (which isnt obscured by fog), and saw the entire thing.

But no you don't see everything of it normally.

[Powerfull]

Originally posted by LordNapking:

Originally posted by ☥Powerfull:

Yeah now that you mention it i remember seeing how big it was on the intro cutscene. But do we ever see the interdry of Hoxxes? I only remember seeing parts of it.

I used infinate low gravity glitch, squeezed my way out of the station, and rocket boosted my way to the planet using flintlock brew.
Went thru the planet, out onto the other side (which isnt obscured by fog), and saw the entire thing.

But no you don't see everything of it normally.

So since you saw all of it how big is hoxxes compared to the space rig?

[BaronVonNapking]

Originally posted by ☥Powerfull:

Originally posted by LordNapking:

I used infinate low gravity glitch, squeezed my way out of the station, and rocket boosted my way to the planet using flintlock brew.
Went thru the planet, out onto the other side (which isnt obscured by fog), and saw the entire thing.

But no you don't see everything of it normally.

So since you saw all of it how big is hoxxes compared to the space rig?

I don't know, like 100 times bigger, probably more

Edit: when you compare their sizes the planet wins by a long shot

[Caspian]

Yeah, it's amusing that Hoxxes is actually the size of maybe a small/medium-sized asteroid. I think Dactyl (the moon of asteroid 243 Ida) is probably twice or maybe thrice the size of Hoxxes.

Of course having a humongous planet-sized model just outside the spacerig would be a bit funky so the sizing makes sense considering very few players will ever see the actual scale!

[MrPurple33]

Originally posted by Cosmos:

Hoxxes is probably a lot bigger than it actually is in game, although we really don't know as far as I'm concerned

Yes, agree with this, the Size Scale is slightly off visually because the Devs wanted to show off how Cool the Planet Looks

Hoxxes IS probably on the Small Side, maybe even falling into being on the Large-ish Size of a Dwarf Planet, but it is MOST DEFINITELY NOT as small as an Asteroid or Pluto
(Get Ready- I''m Nerding Out)

Reasons Why-

1- I don't think people Fully Realize How SMALL Pluto is- I'm kind of a Space/Planet Nerd and collect a Lot of Pics and Neat Stuff about Planets, Space, and Galaxies- Pluto is 2/3rd the size of our Moon, it's "Moon" Charon, is almost the same size as Pluto- Some Astronomers want to more closely Look at Pluto and Charon's Orbit and Rotation Rate (which is hard as they are far away) to determine if in fact Pluto and Charon are actually Binary Dwarf Planets- meaning they actually Orbit each other more than Charon being a solely dependent "Moon" that fully rotates around Pluto

This is also why the Long Standing Debate around if Pluto is a Dwarf Planet, or should be Re-Instated as the 9th Planet of our Solar System is Obvious to Me- Pluto has a Way Off Orbit not aligned on the Elliptical Plane of all the other Planets- it was discovered in 1930 when Telescopes and Technology was much Less than it is now- Pluto was and is a Big Discovery, but back then it was confusing and seemed to Fit the definition of what a Planet was- but over the decades what was found that Pluto is one of the Larger Dwarf Planets in the Kuiper Belt Region, far out in our Solar System- Pluto is in Fact the first of many Dwarf Planets- I believe there might be 1 or 2 other Dwarf Planets in the Kuiper Belt that may be as big or Bigger than Pluto, I know Eris is just slightly smaller than Pluto

So it's not a simple matter anymore of if we can go from having 8 Classified Planets back to 9 Planets with Pluto- we'd either have 8 Planets, or shoot all the way up to 17 Planets or More- Eris, Makemake and Haumea are all Dwarf Planets in the Kuiper Belt Large enough as Pluto, then there is my above stated Charon/Pluto might be a Binary Dwarf Planet System- apparently Lots of Other Kuiper Belt Objects also have "Moons", would those also now be Planets? -also the Detection, Assumption, and Search for the Mystery Large Actual Planet that SHOULD be far out and is affecting objects Gravitationaly- the So-Called 'Planet X" which would really be the 9th Planet- also Saturn's Moon Titan is bigger than our Moon and 1/2 the size of Earth, Larger than Pluto- and it has an Atmosphere, which Pluto does not, so Titan more fits the classification of a Planet more than Pluto, yet Titan is clearly a Moon that Orbits around Saturn, not Orbiting around the Sun on its own- and Titan is only the 2nd Largest Moon in our Solar System, Jupiter's Ganymede is Larger- Jupiter's other 3 Large Moons Europa, Callisto, and Io would be considered as well- also two of the Largest Objects in the Asteroid Belt, Ceres and Vesta, are now being considered as Dwarf Planets as well

So we can't go back to the old classification of our Solar System having either 8 Planets or 9-
It would go from 8 to 17-22, something around there

Off on a Tangent there, but Bottom Line, Pluto is SMALL, Hoxxes is Bigger than Pluto

2- Hoxxes is Bigger than our Moon- Our Moon is a nice size, but just a Moon, Hoxxes has 10 Distinct Regions, and those are really only shown on One Side of Hoxxes, they maybe only cover 1/3rd of Hoxxes actually- also there IS that smaller, round, Asteroid/Mini-Moon that is sometimes shown around Hoxxes and by the Space Rig on the "Initializing" Load Up Screen

3- With Plaguefall, this Infected Comet is being drawn to and parts of it are breaking off and Gravitationally Pulled toward Hoxxes- That's a bigger Gravitational Pull than our Moon has- Asteroids and Meteors can and do slam into the Moon, its why the Moon as all those Craters- but Objects just happen to have the accidental trajectory to hit the Moon, we don't see Near-Earth Asteroids or Comets drawn to the Moon (but allowing maybe Earth's Larger Size and Gravity is pulling Objects to it instead of the Moon) - Anyway, the Moon doesn't seem to Gravitationaly Attract Objects- Hoxxes Does

4- Hoxxes has an Atmosphere and is Tectonically Active- Yes, Saturn's Moon Titan has an Atmosphere, and Jupiter's Moon Io is the Most Tectonically Active Object in the Solar System (WAY MORE than Earth) -But both those Moons are Greatly Affected by their Proximity to Saturn and Jupiter- Gas Giants with Large Gravitational Forces- There is No Gas Giant Hoxxes is Near, I don't believe there is even a Single Gas Giant in the Hoxxian Solar System, at Least not mentioned

5- On that note, Hoxxes is Technically and Correctly Hoxxes IV - so the 4th Planet, at Least in the Hoxxes Solar System- So there are at Least 3 other Inner Planets, and maybe 1 or more outer Planets- All Orbiting a Star, assumingly on the same Elliptical Plane
(Maybe the STAR is actually called Hoxxes and the Planets around it just have numerical designations)

6- Because DRG has Explored it, and even (dangerously I believe) Cracked a Large Chunk of Hoxxes' Crust away, Hoxxes has a Layered Geology- an Outer Crust, Mantle, and Core- I'm not 100% sure if the Magma "Core" Region is In Fact the Molten Core of Hoxxes, of just the Layer of Mantle Like Earth's is, but there is definitely a Layered Geology to Hoxxes IV, an Atmosphere, and it's Tectonically Active- Also Hoxxes harbors and developed Life Forms- and Hoxxes also at Least HAD Water, the Salt Pits area is proof of that, and there is Moisture and Water Vapor in Some Form, as there are Plants and Fungus in the Bogs, Azure Weald, Dense Biozone, and causes Snow and Ice in the Glacial Area- and I'm guessing Hoxxes currently has Large Bodies of Water somewhere- In Game Developing Water is just Very Hard to Simulate, especially for Procedurally Generated Games- The Devs and us Players, WANT to have some Water Areas, but so far it's Too Restrictive to do

Anyway- all those Features would determine that Hoxxes has Many Varied Planetary Features- even though they are Strangely Inverted- The Biomes are underneath the Crust and "Inside" Hoxxes, at Least under the Crust yet Above the Mantle/Magma, Not on the Surface

7- Hoxxes' Gravity- Yes, besides those Strange Areas with Lighter Gravity and Low Oxygen, Hoxxes's Gravity is Strong Enough that everything "Falls Down" - that is Hoxxes' Gravity "Pulls" everything towards it's Central Mass- We Fall and get Hurt, we don't Bounce and Bound Around Like on the Moon (with again, those Low Gravity Alamalous Areas were we Do Indeed Bound About)- I'm guessing Hoxxian Gravity is close to Earth's for the Effects we see- somewhere between 0.8 and 1.2 Earth Gravity, but that's just a guess- Bottom Line Hoxxes has Substatial, Observable Gravitic Effects Much Greater than the Moon or Pluto, so it's Reasonable that Hoxxes is Much Larger than the Moon or Pluto




So there you go- Science and Reasoning to Back Me Up-
Even though there are MANY Areas of Argument and Discussion about the Specifics and
True Size of Hoxxes IV, it's Regions, and Ecosystems, as We are still Exploring It-

I'd Guess Hoxxes is Smaller than Mars, say, 3/4ths-75%
But Definitely Larger Than Pluto, and Not a Dwarf Planet (in size)

Because-

Originally posted by Deadweight:

damn right it's a dwarf planet, this place is OURS WOOOOOO
#dwarvesrule

This is VERY MUCH TRUE
An Extra Rock and Stone to Deadweight for this
and an additional -award sent- from Me