After update 21 has been fully finished and added to Universe Sandbox 2, it will be the right time to have the next version released as Universe Sandbox 3. I do understand that features are being added at "one thing at a time" sequence. Let's get past Alpha first before doing anything of this nature. Procedurally generated surfaces is actually a planned feature and belong to "Universe Sandbox 2. Alpha and Early Access games aren't meant to be stable, this is why it's labelled as such. Universe Sandbox 2 is still in Alpha and has a long way to go. We've come a long way already and we've fixed countless bugs. I don't agree with you on the bugs issue. There's no need to call anything Universe Sandbox 3 at this point in time. We need to get the performance optimized first because there's really nothing that can run universe sandbox without hiccups. Do you know how much work it would take to model planets? One thing at a time. That's waaaay down the list of priorities. The first image is a planet view from "Universe Sandbox 2" and the second image is a planet view from "Space Engine".
This simulator needs to be fully rewritten on OpenGL so that it has a much stronger foundation for much better performance. Universe Sandbox 2 has so many bugs and technical glitches, so when developers fix them, they cause other bugs and errors as well. Space Engine runs on an engine called OpenGL, so I would suggest Universe Sandbox 3 to run on OpenGL as well, because it will have much better performance and run much, much faster with super realistic graphics. When landing on a planet's surface, instead of viewing a fake view on a surface, the planets surface will have fully textured landscapes, like in Space Engine and moving waves on oceans and other bodies of water.Ĭurrently, Universe Sandbox 2 run on an engine called Unit圓D. My suggestion is to have the next release as Universe Sandbox 3 with super realistic graphics. It is time to greatly improve Universe sandbox 2 by releasing another version which will greatly improve its graphics. Cesare Posts: Universe Sandbox 2 is my favourite simulator.
The only bad thing is yes, full price for practically an update for the game we have. The video shows that in the new game, there will be some of what you mentioned that you would like heck we all want pulsars, me i'm more about quasars and darkmatterthey only showed a small demo. But seriously, I like this simulator but I feel that they left out quite a bit and to add achievements calling for a flat out year of real time worth of playing, they need to add more than just gravity physics.ĭid you check the links above. Or even to watch our son expand into a Red Giant with time and eat up the closer planets. Honestly, I would buy it at full price if they add stuff like Supernovas and Pulsars from exploding stars. Only to be sure, in Steam library Universe Sandbox 3 will replace the actual Universe Sandbox, won't it? Disable eist Yeah yeah yeah, take my money, when is it coming out already. Knowing me I'll probably pay for it anyways, I luv me some space sandboxes. Either way, game looks amazing already and I can't wait to get my hands on it. I'm sure it's going to be reasonably priced too. I can totally see the justification for charging for it. I read the forum post and Dan seems like a really cool guy who just wants people to enjoy the game and learn from it. Universe Sandbox 3 looks amazing, I can't wait to play it. But nonetheless it still is a whole new game on its own, Universe sandbox 3 that is. The most recent update for the one you originally purchased is updated to Version 2. Universe Sandbox in Steam doesn't have 2 attached.
Now you can damn the person who invented currency to dark oblivion all you want, but just keep in mind that this group has done so much as to educate young minds in the wonderful field of astronomy and physcis, and were willing to do this at no charge from the start well that's an assumption or at least I know Dan was.
However the unfortunate information, is that it will not be free to those who've purchased Universe Sandbox prior to release of Universe Snadbox 3. Group Giant Army Team of Universe Sandbox has announced a new version of Universe sandbox entirely updated to the utmost level of awesomeness. For many of those who have enjoyed the vast features of this virtual universe, good news as well as bad news about an even better version is coming near.