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Commander McLane
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by Commander McLane » Thu Mar 10, 2011 10:10 pm
I'd like to be able to script something like that.
However, the truth about suns is: they are disks, not spheres. Which means they can't erupt into the third dimension.
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by Kaks » Thu Mar 17, 2011 9:35 pm
You kind of can, in a 'boring' looking way.
On the nova mission you will get the sun's corona to flare up at irregular intervals, and it does make sun skimming a more 'interesting' proposition than usual...