Space Engine - 0.97 Update - 129798398239873 Things To Explore (Approximately)

[@Gimilli]

kerbal space program + this game = best experience ever

[@Shinx990]

***** Holy mother of Spode, you'd never finish Spore if Space Stage was on this scale. Considering just one galaxy is the entirety of Spore.

[@toyaloveful]

Spore Space Stag Plus Space Engine Would be amazing!

[@TallestSkilBackup]

Mischief Managed Why not just build it like an RTS, then? Instead of the sheer idiocy of only one ship from your entire civilization actually leaving the home world or colonies, allow thousands of ships to do that. Have scripts to manage the CPU aspects of your civilization (first initial colony, then resource mining equipment, then growth, then couriers between colonies for tech improvements, then building its own ships to colonize elsewhere for you, etc.) and then you personally jump between these areas at your leisure.

[@Taldirok]

Hey ^^+ the occulus !!! EPIC GAME !!

[@BigTylt]

This game + Oculus Rift = "What's an 'Outside'?"

[@SuperNeowiz]

I just discovered this software and I am totally in love with it.

[@scottmanley]

True, although in many cases in astronomy we can figure out the mass but not the size.

[@carteradams43]

the bad thing about this is that it is impossible, at a human's normal lifespan, to see all the planets

[@MrCombineGuy]

This is SO mindblowing. You never really understand the size of the universe until you explore it.

[@scottmanley]

These are my science videos!

[@Airblade101]

Scott, please do more long videos of this. I love astronomy and i got so much entertainment out of watching this.

[@rafaelespinoza6530]

Amen amendment 64 👍♥️ research

[@Slaxbox]

Scott, please do more of these videos. Exploring space is so much more fun when someone else is doing it at the same time.

[@superstarchimp]

Such a lovely game, especially if you love astronomy and anything to do with space! Thanks for showing me this game, I appreciate it loads :D

[@zolikoff]

Seriously, I can't explore solar systems without orbits activated. That way you can actually see what the system looks like as a whole, not just look at individual planets one at a time.

[@ocksee]

Does anyone know if you can see the atomic makeup of all these things in the game? I'd love to see a breakdown with rough weights and/or percentages of each element for all the planets, stars and other bodies you come across. Even for the nebulas, I would find that very interesting. Also are there any mods? I feel like there's so much untapped potential here.

[@cameronbodart7793]

After what seems like an eternity we have a new update to Space Engine which adds new effects like Aurorae, Cometary Halos, Evaporating planets and oblate objects, so I set out to find something interesting in this vast universe. Then I realise I can't remember the names of anything beyond our solar system.

[@jeffreybairstow4077]

Sorry

[@aarpug2080]

The only way this game could get better is if they managed to generate intelligent life and animals.

[@carteradams43]

@TheRaellz and that game is getting better, i hear

[@davidk1308]

Scott! One of the stars you were clicking on had a planet with life (25:02)! And you didn't click on it!

[@SamLovesWispa]

50:29 - 12 Planets, 1 with life.

[@GlucoseYummy]

Scott an hour of this! Thank you so much! 17 minutes in gotta get a drink and enjoy the video now! :)

[@aberosk]

This is wonderful, we need this program in all schools across the globe for children to understand the wonder and beauty of how small everything really is.

[@darkeg8735]

add ships, multiplayer, dogfighting and this would be an awesome ship game.

[@AyshaCyan]

I believe you are referring to EVE Online my friend. ;)

[@crazyobservations3080]

hyperspace, FTL, or warp 10. Science fiction speeds are actually very slow in the expanse of space.

[@McgoganLives]

How is a game so universally (Ha) big able to run on mere desktop computers anyway? Seriously! I would love to know the mechanics of it!

[@trallawan]

What you see is the only stuff being in the memory; the computer never knows about elements not visited by the user. Only extists in an abstract mathematic algorythm.

[@deadlybug]

I also assume that distant nebulas and galaxies are just pictures with a small scale that grow larger in scale as you approach (without changing position), and only when you're close enough it actually renders into a groups of stars. Because they're so far away that if they were any real objects, they would be far beyond any value the z buffer can hold.

[@trulyinfamous]

Things are actually created as soon as you arrive. The game only knows how to do it and the location, and follows the info given in order to generate the systems. This saves on memory, and is more efficent than putting everything into memory at one time. I'm not sure if this is how it really works, but I'm pretty sure it might be.

[@LuigiCotocea]

@@trulyinfamous yes as you approach a star it dissapear then it appears like it was loaded

[@RossCourtright]

Hey Scott, something I learned when I was trying to find interesting stuff. When select a star & its system by clicking on it, under the number of planets line in the info screen, it will say (x with life) if there are any. Makes finding life a lot easier than flying around trying to happen across it. Also yeah as people have said, hit F6!

[@kenmcferren]

This is a great video, and a really nice program. One thing missing: watching your solar systems in fast forward makes for some really cinematic views. Time controls are in the bottom left of the screen

[@Scotto6UK]

His passion and enthusiasm is really admirable.

[@pqrd3]

This engine is crazy! I especially love the effects when you speed up to +C speeds. Someone needs to make a Startrek game with this!

[@PantsuMann]

Scott I've been in a few black holes. You need to center the cluster and then fly straight into it, and slow down, go back and forth in the center and slow down even more. The black holes are so horribly small you'll easily fly past them without knowing. They got a really cool effect bending all light.

[@TechDragon1]

I love your videos, Scott! I was so excited when you found that Wolf-Rayet star, as I had never heard of that before, had no idea what they looked like, and the name sounded extremely cool! But then you didn't end up going to it. :( Sadface.

[@McN4styFilth]

You have no idea how long I've been waiting for a game like that.

[@Akumo]

At the 50:08 time stamp you clicked on a system with life and you missed it!! haha great videos, keep them coming

[@SeanAubrey]

When I learn something new and more detailed from Scott that I learned in astronomy class or in my own studies, I first wonder if they're actually different forms of the same information, then if I was taught incorrectly, and lastly but almost never, if Scott is incorrect, because come on, it's Scott Manley.

[@scottmanley]

It is, it's just a very complicated procedure :)

[@Stellarnaut]

You are a EXTREMELY interesting guy and easy to listen to, and i love the scotty accent. :D

[@enricocasin]

Love this space engine videos scott, hope to see more in the near future

[@JimPekarek]

Whoa! How have I not known about this program?? This is pretty much the coolest thing ever.

[@DerHerrIstMeineStärke]

Just in the case when you need deterministic random numbers you set the seed yourself instead of setting it according to a system timer, this will give you large sets or pseudo-random numbers that are determined. It's like the Mandelbrot fractal, you can define a point or region of the mandelbrot-fractal with very few numbers, but the complexity and diversity inside it is in some sense infinite.

[@TeamPotatooo]

The coolest thing about space engine is that almost everything you find once you get out of Earth's local area is usually something YOU discovered and no one else will see unless you bring attention to it. The further out you go from Earth, the less likely it is that anyone else will have discovered what you find. Of course, everything that is real was discovered by astronomers, not you or any other player. And Random Stars near real objects are places other people may find as well.

[@stefanpwinc]

There are blackholes and neutron stars, but the black holes are all dormant (no acretion disk or jets yet) and the neutron stars are so far just tiny white stars with a lesser gravitational lens effect, but hopefully in a later version more variety in stellar remnants will be added :)

[@zarblitz]

You checked every planet in the universe to see if it has life or not??? Dang, mad props to you for pulling that off.

[@Tuzszo]

I believe the game you are asking for fits the description of Infinity: The Quest for Earth. A fairly amazing project which should definitely be checked out.

[@karlseaton57]

Thanks for answering my Question Scott, "Scott, when will you play more SpaceEngine?"

[@TheWireFan-ur7wq]

What you should do, as I have done this before, is turn on max brightness and zoom out as far as you can. You will then see that the games universe is shaped like a cube with its length being 13,000,000,000 light years approx. Pretty awesome as you can zoom out a tiny bit more and see just a small cube, that is that BIG.

[@FrostbitexP]

Still the fact that theres so much stuff going on is amazing. Computers have come a looong way. And in the near future(10 years). Stuff like this will be childs play

[@VirtualSuperSoldier]

I wish there was an Oculus Rift compatible version of this.

[@videoboyone]

They're raising money for the development of this game, one of the first goals was to make it Oculus rift compatible and we reached the required money, so It's gonna come, eventually.

[@kenmcferren]

I think the newest version is rift compatible

[@TiSnDd]

That would freak me the fuck out cuz i have some kinda phobia xD

[@simonesilva4835]

TiSnDd Gaming me too but i love space

[@NewMCTutorials]

this is an awesome exploring/universe game! Im getting this right now :) the guy who made this deserves more fame

[@infoexcavator]

Some tips: click a star, press G to travel, press G again to travel really fast. Press F1 to see map, use mouse scroll to zoom out or in. Shift+f3 to search stars around you. CTRL+F4, change graphics options. Most important is the Plant LOD, change it to 1 to get prettier planets, if you have a great computer you could try 2. Press V to simulate the human eye with automatic exposure change.

[@geoffvster]

Don't forget that the universe is also full of A LOT of empty space. The positions of objects are basically 3 numbers that represent X, Y, and Z. So 0(X) 0(Y) 0(Z) will be the center of the universe and our star might sit at 101(X) 250(Y) 399(Z) while Alpha Centauri might sit at 220(X) 490(Y) 900(Z). The program isn't spending a lot of time thinking about those points in space where nothing is. Obviously I'm simplifying a bit, but that's the basic gist of it

[@AlexLashko]

Thanks for the mother's day reminder.

[@DeltaCommando52]

Universe keeps being bigger than I last expected!

[@NukeMyHouse]

There are pulsars, but they are not labeled as such. Occasionally you can find a neutron star with the rotation time in the seconds.

[@QuBrEnT]

Please more of this, I love it Scott!

[@ReelRai]

Imagine this engine, with ships that you could fly/command and with multiplayer, bases and stations around the Universe. That'd be one hell of an game.

[@XFourty7]

Scott, click L to increase time and K to decrease (To watch the aurora or watch planets orbit / rotate)

[@SSHelloKitty]

I haven't played in awhile but the way I found black holes was zooming out to see the entire galaxy and then speed up time and fly toward the center of the galaxy. Slow down when you feel you are starting to get in the center. With time sped up you should start to see a mass of stars circling around an invisible point of gravity. Slow down a little more and you will start to see the light bending around the black hole and there you go!

[@EpicOcrafters]

YOU went to Armagh observatory?! wow!! I live in Belfast, and i went there before to see a show of constolations, wasnt too interesting but its cool to know you've been there!

[@ChefBithead]

Scott, you can hit CTRL G to go to the center of the object selected (IE galaxy, globular cluster)

[@aberosk]

you sir make a fantastic point. Let's work towards changing that as a race of beings with a duty to learn and understand!

[@SolarLiner]

I enjoy going where Scott goes, like while watching the video :D

[@iliekpie1125]

I'd already been told but thank you for telling me another point of understanding it :D

[@SolarLiner]

F9 renders frames in your screenshots/capture folder. You have to take them and convert them to video. They are rendered without the GUI. You can SHIFT+F3 then search to get all solar infos of the closest star systems.

[@ArcticAstrophysics]

Stars come in all different colors or wavelengths of light, but never just one wavelength. They come in an array of colors, and it's not so much the stars fault for not being green, but our fault for not being able to see them in green. Your eyes have cones to see color, the cones see in red, blue, and green light, but if a star emits in green light it still emits in other colors and we see this as white or yellowish light because it is a combination of colors and not just one color

[@Cyberspine]

it would be great if you could build holiday resorts on those planets and chill out :p

[@Mimwing]

Also in that - rather multifunctional - menu under the flag icon are developer bookmarks for cool places, systems around a black hole, multiple star systems, pulsars etc.

[@NukeMyHouse]

It's GPU intensive in the fact that no matter what card you have, when it's generating planets your card will be at %100 GPU load. Also, you need at least 512mb VRAM to run this properly (256 if your lucky) so most integrated graphics won't cut it, meaning most budget computers are out of luck.

[@logitech4873]

You're very lucky, being able to play this without it crashing all the time.

[@_tsweezy_]

Haha, when I try to download it, I get an estimated time of 1-2 Days.

[@Breadbug240]

If you don't have this get it now. I got it and it is one of the greatest programs I have ever seen.

[@fod3er]

I found your video really interesting, Thanks for sharing :)

[@thunderhippiehipp8965]

IT WOULD BE AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! if Kerbal space program was with this!

[@Combinia13]

Hey Scott! If you mouse over the right side of the screen you get a little menu of things to see and not see :P (Orbits, Planet markers, etc)

[@816duncan]

You Should Make More Videos Of This Game Scott It Looks So Awesome. :3

[@StarManta]

On the scale of atoms, or inches, or probably meters, you're right. Gravity is very weak. However, the other, much stronger forces dissipate VERY quickly with distance, where gravity has a lot of staying power. On astronomical scales, gravity utterly dominates the structure of the universe. Gas overcomes the random momentum of its particles when there's a LOT of it, essentially, even if that "lot" isn't yet planet-shaped.

[@JustinThorLPs]

Hey Scott if you go to the overview map mode in Space Engine and span out about to parsecs from earth you'll find a couple black holes. Good luck

[@Jujumatic]

Hey Scott, if you want to find a black hole you can travel to the center of the Milky Way, I remember watching somebody else looking for one and it looked like there was a super dense area of stars near the center of the galaxy, so you can maybe try looking there if you want.

[@NavidIsANoob]

05:40 I found an exceptional planet like that, it basically had 3 sides. A bright one, a dark one, and one in between, litteraly. This simulator can be extremely beautiful sometimes.

[@Patientprescience]

Scott, If you want a Black hole with something cool next to it look for "Wezen B". It's a Black hole Binary system with a White Luminous supergient!

[@UltraK420]

All you need to do is press F2 as soon as you click on a star. Do it before you go there so you can save time by seeing what planets and moons are there in advance if you're looking for something in particular.

[@__soap__]

they seriously need to release some kind of awesome space sim and use this engine for it. That would be AMAZING

[@stefanpwinc]

Actually, VY Canis Majoris is no longer thought to be the largest known star. It's size estimate has been reduced to a "mere" 1400 times wider than the sun. The current star thought to be the largest is NML cygni at 1650 solar radii... but since NML cygni doesn't apear to be in the catalog, go ahead and visit VY canis majoris ;)

[@scottmanley]

It's fine for me....

[@scottmanley]

Not really, I make a bit of money to buy games and hardware, but most of my income still comes from my day job.

[@liveat1823]

Neutron stars with their rotation and nice gravity lens effects are nice to look at PSR B1620-26 A is a good example.

[@propadanda]

Scott, you may have already heard this in the comments below, but F6 brings up a list of preset places to visit, including a black hole :)

[@TheDavidLasher]

To find a black hole in SE, find the central globular cluster of the Galaxy (or search Milky Way and "Go to"), hit "T" to maintain a centered screen on the center of the central Cluster. Zoom in, and slooow down when you reach it. If you pass it while "T" is enabled, the camera will immediately flip around. Once in the center you will see a bunch of stars orbiting one object. Keep going in, slooowly, tada! You'll notice a bend in space-time with warped light around the Event Horizon. Enjoy!! :)

[@Monkeynuts502]

at 45:45 that nebula poking up from the right was terrifying, haha.

[@Epic14Games]

That would be so awesome. Everyone would have a different experience because everyone would have different planets

[@nyxortheultimate9364]

33:38 That "warm Selena" moon would only be about 25 degrees Celsius, so temperature wise it would be pretty habitable (Just Imagine being in a desert)

[@Runetrantor]

There is in fact a black hole in there Scott, it just hard to find, I got to it by going to the nearest globular cluster, and I THINK the black hole had an specific name... It's pretty cool looking how it bends light around it.

[@TheReemus22]

Space Engine is very enthusiastic with the sun/star spots. Looks like crème brûlée

[@leonx40]

9 mins and how many views...scott ur magical :P nice vid by the way!

[@Aureateflux]

I should point out that by "missed" I meant some of the stars you actually clicked on had life on them. Specifically ones at 50:07 and 50:29. It says something like Planets 12 (1 with life).

[@ArcticAstrophysics]

14:15 R136a1! The most massive star known to date! also VY Canis Majoris the largest star known to date, my favorite stars, second to a neutron star because those are just awesome

[@plewis95]

Best update so far ! :)

[@bananaman2157]

Space Engine: Waste time like a professional!

[@MrHyperspaceman]

Scott thers actualy a way to travel to some very cool places (black holes, super-earths, evaporating planets...) from "Locations" menu, to do this just move you coursor to the left edge of the screen and ther will be a buton with a little flag :D

[@GothAlice]

Holy crap that's an amazing bit of software!

[@drygyn]

Scott, you'll want to take a look at RS 8421-6-7-299588-11 2 ... just make sure you zoom out to see it next to it's parent star.

[@frobie54]

My main failure is performing rendezvous maneuvers. If there were a space this big, you could basically just shoot off into space, and probably hit something eventually. XD

[@Mimwing]

In the same vein as my other comments ('cause why stop now, right?), the Milky Way does have a black hole modelled in the centre. To get to it select it as target and move toward the centre, watch the "distance" figure in the upper left and fumble around to get closer until you see it.

[@JCgames101]

This + Universe Sandbox = BEST GAME EVER

[@hellothing]

pause at 0:33 that looks beautiful to me and oddly familiar\ also that most massive star is R136a1 which is in the R136 star cluster which i think is in the Tarantula nebula

[@charleemurphey]

Just got a new subscriber my man!!

[@JessicaTTG]

Scott: "Let's fly towards this nebula!" *flies toward LMC*