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When they move the sun, that moon in the horizon it's an actual moon and the light it's all in real time... and you can fly there and walk on the surface. Not the first game to do that but pretty amazing if you think about
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Still not convinced.
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About?
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How procedural planets and moons with real time lighting are "amazing".
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Well, actually the fact that it's a full scale universe is proably the more amazing. It's the equivalent of taking off from an airfield in FSX and flying up into orbit and then departing orbit and flying out to the rings of Saturn... without any actual transitional loading.
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Yes. Especially since seamless transitions from planetary surfaces to orbit and beyond are already possible (Orbiter, Kerbal Space Program(!), No Man's Sky).
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Only, there really isn't the possibility of starting at the moon (or any other celestial body) and drilling down to individual blades of grass in any of our current sims.
Of the more modern ones mentioned that do have the capability, the only one with the true to life scale necessary for a Flightsim so far is Outerra.
This video was taken just before Outerra added a life-sized moon at the correct distance to the program.
Of the more modern ones mentioned that do have the capability, the only one with the true to life scale necessary for a Flightsim so far is Outerra.
This video was taken just before Outerra added a life-sized moon at the correct distance to the program.
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And more important,. Do we need all those details in a FlightSim?
I mean... having a single leaf or blade of grass rendered in front of our Cessna looks cool for some artistic photos and maye one or two videos... but we really donn't need those details in the world.
Outerra looks cool, but their world is empty. I like to see big cities, all the different roads and how they blend with the terrain, bridges and railroads, powerlines, small towns and settlements, farmlands and swamps.
Do we need that realistic moon? I say yes, because we can have a realistic night lighting when the moon is full or maybe we can tu fly at very high altitude and see the shadow of the moon over the terrain during an eclipse, that would be soooo cool... but again, it's just eyecandy
I mean... having a single leaf or blade of grass rendered in front of our Cessna looks cool for some artistic photos and maye one or two videos... but we really donn't need those details in the world.
Outerra looks cool, but their world is empty. I like to see big cities, all the different roads and how they blend with the terrain, bridges and railroads, powerlines, small towns and settlements, farmlands and swamps.
Do we need that realistic moon? I say yes, because we can have a realistic night lighting when the moon is full or maybe we can tu fly at very high altitude and see the shadow of the moon over the terrain during an eclipse, that would be soooo cool... but again, it's just eyecandy
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Not so empty as it once was......... 
They just recently used Osm to import a city and all of that country's road network. They are also apparently aiming for up to 5million buildings with a negligible framerate hit.......
Not really pushing Outerra specifically here, as they have far to go, but I suspect very few people here are keeping track of what they are up to.
In the meanwhile, yes, I'm very bullish on procedural generation, Volumetric clouds, etc.
https://twitter.com/outerradev
They just recently used Osm to import a city and all of that country's road network. They are also apparently aiming for up to 5million buildings with a negligible framerate hit.......
Not really pushing Outerra specifically here, as they have far to go, but I suspect very few people here are keeping track of what they are up to.
In the meanwhile, yes, I'm very bullish on procedural generation, Volumetric clouds, etc.
https://twitter.com/outerradev
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