Black Holes

overmage · Post by **overmage** » Thu May 21, 2009 5:33 pm

possible?

Screet · Post by **Screet** » Thu May 21, 2009 8:07 pm

overmage wrote:
possible?

Hmmm. Maybe a script that overrides ship movement speed and direction and then destroys it after a short time?

However, such a thing could not exist in any solar system, so it would have to be restricted to misjumps...

Screet

Frame · Post by **Frame** » Thu May 21, 2009 8:21 pm

I guess you could paint a planet black and give it no atmosphere, in interstellar space...

have a world script check certain things, every now and then..

a timer on 30 seconds, getting a list of ships within the killzone, then

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ship.explode

for each object/ship in the list...

That includes the player

Cheers Frame

overmage · Post by **overmage** » Fri May 22, 2009 3:14 am

I was just thinking that it could be really nice eye candy

There are some star systems in real life that are black-hole star binaries. I wonder how far Oolite's sun graphics will have to go before we could depict something like this:

they could be placed near suns... it would be just like the Tianve pulsar

stanley1100 · Post by **stanley1100** » Sat Jun 13, 2009 6:52 am

overmage wrote:

Now THAT would be a nice thing to have in the game!
But not so much if it were right outside the station you happened to be in.

Chaky · Post by **Chaky** » Sat Aug 15, 2009 6:30 am

Screet wrote:
However, such a thing could not exist in any solar system, so it would have to be restricted to misjumps...

Not quite. Any star that is big enough star can become a black hole. In theory, black hole, instead of a star would hold same planet orbits as the star itself (no change in mass = no change in the gravity @ certain distance)

But in reality, it will first become giant meganova and destroy everything in it's solar system.. including the planets.

wackyman465 · Post by **wackyman465** » Fri Aug 21, 2009 12:52 am

I think he's talking about game engine limitations, not physics in RL... those are already out the window in Oolite.

But oolite's sun graphics will need to come a LONG way before that happens.

I'd love to see a version of oolite with crysis like graphics though.. it'd be impressive.

zevans · Post by **zevans** » Fri Aug 21, 2009 1:45 am

Since there isn't really gravity, I agree, a black hole is a bit of leap!

But oolite's sun graphics will need to come a LONG way before that happens.

I'd love to see a version of oolite with crysis like graphics though.. it'd be impressive.

Man, seriously, you have GOT to download trunk before you post any more.

- The sun has a corona.
- Everything's better with shaders.

wackyman465 · Post by **wackyman465** » Fri Aug 21, 2009 6:35 am

Obviously you've never seen crysis screenshots. It's the game that looks more realistic than real life. Besides, will trunk melt my ibook?

Lestradae · Post by **Lestradae** » Fri Aug 21, 2009 6:39 am

wackyman465 wrote:
Besides, will trunk melt my ibook?

Probably, but it will have been worth it.

wackyman465 · Post by **wackyman465** » Fri Aug 21, 2009 6:42 am

Naw i'm not risking it. the cpu on this IDLES at 70c.

Post by **Cmdr James** » Fri Aug 21, 2009 7:11 am

Quite a lot of effort goes into ensuring that newer releases do not have unrealistic machine requirements.

If 'trunk' doesnt perform on your machine then it should be possible to change the configuration, disable shaders perhaps so that it will run. I would still advise you to wait until the next release though.

wackyman465 · Post by **wackyman465** » Fri Aug 21, 2009 7:16 am

Commandee, this machine doesn't support shaders. Is there a version of trunk for mac i can download or do i have to build it!

Chaky · Post by **Chaky** » Fri Aug 21, 2009 7:22 am

wackyman465 wrote:
Naw i'm not risking it. the cpu on this IDLES at 70c.

That is way too hot for idle temp. You should do something about the cooling.

wackyman465 · Post by **wackyman465** » Fri Aug 21, 2009 7:45 am

Naw thats how the older apple laptops run. It idles maybe at 65 then peaks only at 70. I'm just glad it's polycarbonate, not alu, so the heat has a chance to disspate before it gets to my legs or desk.

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