Orbiter Screenshot Thread

[donatelo200]

There was a nice tutorial written by QuietlyConident on the SE forums. Here is the link.
http://en.spaceengine.org/forum/11-2427-1

 

[T1234]

Made Despina and Proteus,they are high poly at 100,000!.Not slowing fps though.

 

[donatelo200]

I was wondering how this looked. I'm trying to make an exotic desert planet based off Darwin IV.

 

[Malky]

It looks amazing, would like to visit

 

[jedidia]

Craftsmanship looks great, as for the planet design, I'm not sure how there could be such a huge polar icecap bordering immediately on a desert. But I'm not having enough data about the planet, as it doesn't neccessarily have to be water ice, and the atmosphere density would play a role (still, there seems to be liquid water at some places, so there should be liquid water around the icecaps... unless what I think is liquid water isn't water. As I said, not enough data to go on).

 

[ISProgram]

Craftsmanship looks great, as for the planet design, I'm not sure how there could be such a huge polar icecap bordering immediately on a desert. But I'm not having enough data about the planet, as it doesn't neccessarily have to be water ice, and the atmosphere density would play a role (still, there seems to be liquid water at some places, so there should be liquid water around the icecaps... unless what I think is liquid water isn't water. As I said, not enough data to go on).

If he's really basing the planet off Darwin IV, then most of its liquid water is indeed gone. However, its atmosphere is denser than ours on account of it being saturated with water vapor.

There are also few free-standing bodies of water. That patch of water is actually the Amoebic Sea (or at least, it fits the criteria for being it).

As a watcher of Alien Planet, the speculative planet donatelo200 is making visually represents Darwin IV and is based off it, so I'm assuming it has many of the same feature. A small detail that wasn't in Alien Planet, but was I Expedition, is the fact that Darwin does indeed have ice caps. Not sure if there would be melt water around it, but I'm just not sure.

 

[jedidia]

If he's really basing the planet off Darwin IV, then most of its liquid water is indeed gone. However, its atmosphere is denser than ours on account of it being saturated with water vapor.

Then the planet probably is a lot colder than I suppose (common misassociation to think "hot" when you hear "desert") and average temperatures are only above freezing in the equatorial regions. That would explain the size of the icecap as well as the absence of abundant liquid water near it. It remains to be wondered how there would be so much water vapour in the air... Would be a breeze to terraform, though.

 

[ISProgram]

Then the planet probably is a lot colder than I suppose (common misassociation to think "hot" when you hear "desert") and average temperatures are only above freezing in the equatorial regions. That would explain the size of the icecap as well as the absence of abundant liquid water near it. It remains to be wondered how there would be so much water vapour in the air... Would be a breeze to terraform, though.

Actually, in Alien Planet, one of the first things said after Leo (one of the s) lands, is that the temperature is 70 Fahrenheit. I should note however, that this is probably the equatorial temperature, since the landing eclipse of both Leo and Ike (another ) was near the Amoebic Sea, which is itself situated near the equator.

 

[Donamy]

RapidScat has been attached.

 

[boogabooga]

Soyuz 10 and Salyut 1. Hopefully, a bit better luck than in real life:














The textures and meshes are gorgeous. :tiphat:
IMHO, the historical Soyuz deserves its own dll, not that it's easy.

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Jarvis dll is likewise a very photogenic add-on:



BTW, does anyone know if the Salyut above is in a proper orientation ? Is it "upside down?"

 

[Pipcard]

The simplest space station: one pressurized orbital module that a crew vehicle performs a rendezvous and docks with.

 

[Donamy]

:idea: So much so, the Chinese copied it.

 

[PhantomCruiser]

Yep.

 

[boogabooga]

Spacecraft separation confirmed:

 

[jroly]

Been trying XR5 unpowered landings, gear keeps collapsing

 

[PhantomCruiser]

I used to do that a lot. It just takes a lot of practice.

 

[ionif]

Perfect day on the Saturn orbit

 

[Mojave]

 

[ionif]

 

[Cosmic Penguin]

The picture didn't show up so here it is: