Make Space Engine Look Better & Realistic [Full Guide]

[@japp3playzz]

Its great that someone creats hight quality tutorials for this great space tool!

[@SpaceCinemaYT]

my pleasure (:

[@tuneboyz5634]

you're awesome little Jappy :)

[@canalbrzitow]

Hi, I came here because of your post on Reddit. Thanks for the recommendations, they really make the Space Engine more beautiful than it already is. I wish you success with your youtube channel :)

[@SpaceCinemaYT]

Thanks so much and glad I could help you!

[@Ozymandias664]

@@SpaceCinemaYT Hi! i have a question. Which addon transforms Jupiter as it is in your video?

[@space_cinema_corp]

@@Ozymandias664 probably some texture redetailing or just reshadeing it

[@Ozymandias664]

@@space_cinema_corp okay

[@space_cinema_corp]

@@Ozymandias664 a year after ! youtube community is sure a real gem d:)

[@Orbit_3_astronomy]

What is position one keybind?

[@SpaceCinemaYT]

I think I made a mistake in the video. I am german and position one is the equal of the "home key" on english keyboard. Im sorry, that was my fault. But thanks for asking!

[@Orbit_3_astronomy]

@@SpaceCinemaYT Thanks!

[@SurgutPictures]

I've had the same question lol

[@sidon42]

@@SpaceCinemaYT wtf is home key

[@sidon42]

@@founntain ive got a 60% but i found it

[@CosmicNeighbors]

Thank you for this. This just made an awesome program that much better! Thanks!

[@ayubraissouniahajjam849]

it was so good that my pc crashed but it was worth it tbh lol

[@DmrsES]

I don't feel safe doing this...

[@SpaceCinemaYT]

Since many asked: My PC Specs are now linked in the description. 🙃

[@netheex]

Can you post or share down your ReShade settings? I tried to open same options you've turned on but it's no way close of that look on 3:38 the Jupiter we see. And how did you get that landscapes while none of the Jupiter moons has a sharp landscape like that?

[@lynkwolfe3241]

I would like help to find out why my spaceengine mods are not working. I tried every thing I can.

[@netheex]

@@lynkwolfe3241 I assume you have to enable them at your steam library. Right click on the "Space Engine" you see on your library. Click to "Properties" then go to "Workshop" you will see the mods you've had subscribed if you had any. Check if they're ticked. Same goes to your DLC section as well.

[@lynkwolfe3241]

@@netheex How do i check if its ticked?

[@netheex]

@@lynkwolfe3241 After you clicked "DLC" you will see status section shows if it's ticked or not. Same doesn't go for the "Workshop" though you can only unsubscribe from there. Btw it depends on which kind of mod you have downloaded since some of the mods are found via different places

[@Gobal_Defense_Organization]

step 1 : AH MY EYES! step 2 : oh its getting pretty good

[@Hellmood_CZ]

TOP G is back!

[@dream.machine]

I subscribed! Very beautiful transformation! I'm just starting to get on Space Engine myself.

[@SpaceCinemaYT]

Wow thanks! Love to inspire more people to work with this insane software. Good luck (:

[@Mats947s-Music]

i just downloaded space engine yesterday but at first i started with a kinda eatrh like planet but with rings and a few moons so then i figured out how to move to earth, at first of playing i felt a bit scared cuz deep space a bit scary for me but now im more confident but im always scared somehow when i go inside a black hole, but im a bit more confident for exploring space out but im a bit scaredto go inside a gas giant like jupiter, saturn, uranus, and neptune, idk why but im just scared but im confident about exploring space rather.

[@ozhinz]

@@Mats947s-Music it’s a game 💀

[@Mats947s-Music]

@@ozhinz for me, things are different, even some people also are scared to death when they tp next to a black hole, for me, it aint just a game, its more like space exploration. and i still feel scared to death and have the same opinions like before.

[@elisoreall]

@@Mats947s-Music space engine is literally nightmare fuel if you really think about it, you can just observe the entire universe and interact with it which for some reason is horrifying, we'll never get close to being able to just zoom across the universe like we can in space engine

[@ozhinz]

what are the specific properties you are using on reshade? such as the different settings for vibrance, LumaSharpen, etc..?

[@MrTexan78897]

good video, the settings alone really helped!

[@JAK_X1]

My pc is cookin' fr

[@dishebhchander]

Wonderful Man, Thanks for guide so much

[@SpaceCinemaYT]

my pleasure bro

[@SurgutPictures]

Oh my, even you here! Nice to see you here!

[@Robisquick]

By more realistic do you mean more akin to movies and more photogenic? Cause I feel like we are so used to space as represented in films that we now see real space footage as kinda old-fashioned and canned looking. But doesn't mean it looks actually realistic.

[@AstronomeUK]

Nice! Thanks for the video 😊

[@iliketrains0pwned]

7:28 Man, look at that "red shit" lol

[@SpaceCinemaYT]

😂😂

[@christianlukic4617]

i found the secret space engine . Now you can render reshade real planet and any object into game simulator.

[@OnyxLee]

ReShade’s color correction can’t be rendered. My screen capture (still frame) and video capture (the native SE function for Pro license users) result looks exactly the same as if ReShade doesn’t exist. Any help please?

[@DeMooniC]

Cinematic look ≠ Realistic look Nice video tho!

[@SpaceCinemaYT]

yeah your probably right^^ thanks

[@DownUndah1165]

It didn't work for me, it just got darker, and the planets looked the same except the shader app made them glitch out if I got close to them.

[@jxc3b]

thank you so much this helped me alot ur the best

[@artamg]

Thanks for the help!

[@SpaceCinemaYT]

No problem! Glad I could help you! :)

[@CarlozJacobs]

Man im about to make some screenshots

[@SpaceCinemaYT]

go for it

[@veeche]

Hey, are you planing on making more shader tutorial vids? Like if you find more good settings for this shaders?

[@SpaceCinemaYT]

yeah I could do that

[@Simonspacex]

@@SpaceCinemaYT Please do that

[@justinjerskey]

What do you press to screenshot? Also, what moon did you take that photo of Jupiter form? 3:39

[@SpaceCinemaYT]

reft buttom corner there is a screenshot button

[@justinjerskey]

@@SpaceCinemaYT ok

[@ExplorewithSvetlin]

Amazing video!!! Only one thing gets me mad - what is “position one on your keyboard”? How to open the reshader?

[@SpaceCinemaYT]

home key

[@tuneboyz5634]

thank you my space friend :D

[@SpaceCinemaYT]

no problem my friend :)

[@gavinazprokid9125]

I was looking for this because all the planets' textures were bugged or did not load.

[@mreggs3731]

thanks for setting my PC on fire.

[@SpaceCinemaYT]

My pleasure

[@Gorgo-22056]

no matter what i do, my jupiter looks like a washed out ball of sadness. is that because of the rodrigo mods now missing?

[@deniedprosperity4144]

I don't think you need Rodrigos mod, with simple settings SpaceEngien already looks good

[@NebMotion]

How do u render your animations? Just screen record?

[@facukaku021]

Hello, could you tell me the link to the tutorial for color correction? Another thing I had doubts about, the Rodrigo mod is not available in the steam workshop, they should have removed it. Don't you know where I can download it? The clouds give a much more realistic style when recording the planets. Thank you in advance, it took me a little while to follow the video because it is in English and I am from Argentina, I would appreciate your response, thank you very much

[@BlueDomnio777]

I have the dlcs on but they don't do anything

[@Sanvelio]

Thanks for the guide! How to enable normal landscapes in Space Engine? what soundtrack playing starting at 3:50?

[@SpaceCinemaYT]

normal landscapes? track is "epic space travel by vens adams" on envato elments

[@Sanvelio]

@@SpaceCinemaYT Thanks for the ost title, greetings from the KOSMO channel. I have installed all DLC's for Space Engine, but i have all the landscapes desert/flat of asteroids and planets, unlike what I see on your videos. So I figured there might be a way to change that.

[@SpaceCinemaYT]

@@Sanvelio Kosmo channel? Do you know him? :D Hm, try to scale up the lod quality in the settings and you can edit the planet surface with shift and f2. There try to upscale the "mountains" than it shouldnt be so flat. If it doesnt work, ask in the space engine subreddit.

[@Sanvelio]

@@SpaceCinemaYT I work there, i am video editor/motion designer there. You can check out last our work today about Saturn Rings and moon's, soon we will release it. Thanks for the tip, i will try.

[@SpaceCinemaYT]

@@Sanvelio wow thats so cool, I am a big fan of the channel. if you and your team are ever interested in a cooperation, hit me up. I could provide 360 VR space footage and your team could do the script and narration) could be a successful project :D

[@93id]

HOW I OPEN RESHED MENUE?WHOS BUTTON?

[@sam_xd6574]

yes i have the same question

[@Therangermaster46]

I think space engine pro play a big role in improving the graphics

[@SpaceCinemaYT]

makes no diffference

[@thetopfootycoach]

does reshade still work for you? the menu doesn't load for me, i even tried to change the menu key to ctrl+8 but still doesnt open

[@IndianJimmy1]

How do you hide the menu display side icons

[@wtfucculent]

god i love space

[@TheSpacePlaceYT]

Hey, what is the first track you used for this video?

[@nichjoht]

Can't find the Rodrigos mod, is there any way of finding it outside of Steam?

[@SpaceCinemaYT]

would recommend searching on reddit

[@tjarr88]

yo thank you

[@SpaceCinemaYT]

most welcome

[@TitansRossi]

Please help. I am having an issues pulling up the reshade menu while in space engine. You said press position 1 but it's not pulling up. Am I pressing the wrong key?

[@SpaceCinemaYT]

home key on english key boards

[@TitansRossi]

@@SpaceCinemaYT ty. It's weird. When I press the key. It doesn't bring up anything.

[@mastfamastfa1256]

I need help i downloaded the reshade and everything went well, but in the game i have note that appear in the left top says prese ''home'' to run the tutorial and i don't have home key on my laptop keyboard ??????

[@thetopfootycoach]

go to game folder - find the reshade ini file, go to input section, key overlay, it'll be 36, that corresponds to home, change it to something else

[@MarZ677]

Hello , i have a question , the solar eclipses dont work anymore idk why they just dont work the sun is not getting covered its like behind the object that is eclipsing

[@nexu6801]

I downloaded reshade the same way as you but its only showing like 30% of the boxes that you have in there

[@Brixzel]

It's like you record it in real life

[@simasonas]

Looks legit, but im more surprised that people havent forgotten about this game yet.. which is nice of course

[@randomguy869]

This is simulation not a game But yeah it's great

[@Centaurus_L4]

Where can you find the Rodrigos mod? Whenever I search it up on the steam workshop i cant find it.

[@sidon42]

same

[@Centaurus_L4]

Lol and then installing the solar system HD textures seems to do little to nothing. Not sure if I’m downloading them wrong somehow or something, cuz Pluto still looks extremely blurry lol

[@SpaceCinemaYT]

yup you guys are right, it seems like the creator deleted the rodrigo addon. weird

[@SpaceCinemaYT]

@@Centaurus_L4 the hd texture create a slight improvement. some part of pluto is blurred because space engine is using real footage from probes to create a realistic look. the backside of pluto wasn’t discovered by any spacecraft yet, so the developers blurred the part

[@Centaurus_L4]

Oh ok that makes a lot of sense

[@brackrat5561]

Thank for your work ! I love it ! ^ ^ But I found reshade can't work when I using original game recorder. How to fix it?

[@SpaceCinemaYT]

no fix unfortunately:(

[@Donato1783]

what version u use? the addons of the game doesn't work but the reshade and another yes

[@alvvoss]

How I can create an UIMask from space engine to the colors pluggins UIMaskBottom and UIMaskTop??

[@murinovf1015]

could you help me with something? the planets in the space engine are all "smooth", the earth for example is all blue, if I deactivate the atmosphere it literally disappears, and the planets are active, so I don't know what it is

[@SpaceCinemaYT]

delete the cache

[@spiritform111]

is it possible to render a 4k fish eye from space engine? seems to only render to the set display size.

[@SpaceCinemaYT]

yes

[@EvanS8]

Can you just sit back and let the game roam for you (for hours)? Or do you have to use the controls?

[@SpaceCinemaYT]

not in game but there are “Space Explorations” addons on steam. when you install them, it will roam through the universe and you have to do nothing. check “stargaze” channel, he has a one hour video, where he uses it

[@EvanS8]

@@SpaceCinemaYT thank you!! 👍

[@ddtuzk7899]

sorry but I changed all general settings same as yours, but almost nothing changed and it seems like vanila. Can you help me?

[@SpaceCinemaYT]

sorry to hear that. what version of space engine do you use? did you also install reshade?

[@ddtuzk7899]

steam version 0.99 I remember. I installed reshade and setted same ;-;

[@SpaceCinemaYT]

@@ddtuzk7899 mh that’s weird. maybe try to delete to delete space engine and reinstall it, this often helps to prevent bugs.

[@ddtuzk7899]

@@SpaceCinemaYT Thank you!

[@Nerdalert417]

Hey, I did all of these, but no matter what I do, the side of a planet facing its host star is always pure white. How do I fix this?

[@Nerdalert417]

@vibe2501 It works now, turns out I was stupid when I started and had exposure on max, or close to max, at least 12.

[@ponapo9653]

THANKS MAN

[@Cyf1_]

This is Cool

[@WAaviation]

I can’t change my setting to lower it’s just the options with a black screen

[@ThisSteveGuy]

Unfortunately, Rodrigo's mod isn't compatible with the latest version of Space Engine. It doesn't even appear in the workshop anymore.

[@SpaceCinemaYT]

yup unfortunately..

[@SpaceCinemaYT]

New Rodrigos Mod just dropped! Check the workshop

[@jonathanbibi799]

@@SpaceCinemaYT You're honestly such a chad for coming back 4 months later to this comment just to notify him, the fact that you remembered it is crazy lol

[@SpaceCinemaYT]

@@jonathanbibi799just want to support my viewers the best I can but thanks bro

[@Nobby1]

how do i put screen shot mode since when i try to put high or ultra my game just crashes

[@samuelabela7685]

You are the best!

[@mace2534]

I'm having an issue with recording it where the screen recorder doesn't pick up the filters the I enable with ReShade.

[@professoraltamir]

This is Amazing ...

[@SpaceCinemaYT]

(:

[@studentpilot101]

what is the button for disabling gui/ui

[@SpaceCinemaYT]

strg ~+

[@aarushsrivastava8191]

dude what should be the exposure compensation in space engine

[@lyxmf]

By the SpaceCinema, is it ok you can make a video of your sepcific settings on the Reshade mod?

[@SpaceCinemaYT]

yeah maybe in the future

[@lyxmf]

@@SpaceCinemaYT yes thk u i am having a hard time, for ex, the box where you can change settings, graphics and stuff, it looks so blue and rigged, also some nebulae are a lil too colorful, im having a hard time, tho i still love reshade

[@SpaceCinemaYT]

@@lyxmf mh, you can also try to google the issue

[@edwardspiano4493]

nice but how do i reset all of the setting i mean i need the default ones

[@SpaceCinemaYT]

in the menu there is a reset button

[@edwardspiano4493]

@@SpaceCinemaYT the visual ones

[@edwardspiano4493]

i rlly need help

[@SpaceCinemaYT]

@@edwardspiano4493 clear cache?

[@eenvato]

how did you get these amazing textures for jupiter and other planets?

[@SpaceCinemaYT]

Jupiter HD textures and reshade

[@AntiUTTPUnion]

i was able to load reshade, but it didnt list all the settings you have?

[@francescolongo4109]

You didnt like the color correction pack

[@DanielVerberne]

6:55 - "Pressing position 1 on your keyboard". Pardon? What is "position 1"?

[@SpaceCinemaYT]

I am german and position one is the equal of the "home key" on an english keyboard. My mistake!

[@aisxuu]

What are the best settings without mods

[@WahTa]

How do you rotate your camera slow? I cant figure it out 😭

[@Space-Shuttle-Scam]

press 3 on your keybaord or 2, it'll take you into the cinematic modes. 2 doesnt allow you to change the trajectory, whereas 3 lets you by holing left click.

[@WahTa]

@@Space-Shuttle-Scam Alright, thanks :)

[@Space-Shuttle-Scam]

@@WahTa you're welcome :D

[@WahTa]

@@Space-Shuttle-Scam :D

[@Space-Shuttle-Scam]

@@WahTa in my opinion reshade iant needed, the game looks good already. Oh and you can press 1 to go back to the normal camera.

[@quas4rx]

hey i downloaded everything including the hd packs the reshade and even used your preset but for some reason it shows jupiter as like the real life version, how do you get jupiter to look redish whitish like your cinematics?

[@SpaceCinemaYT]

did you adjust the general settings?

[@quas4rx]

@@SpaceCinemaYT yea i did that and it still didnt look like it

[@fssdasmr]

How do i fix the stars looking like black holes?

[@neo_doeswartycoon]

welp i don’t need the 4. im just here cuz i want to make my space engine to look pretty

[@canaldoinfinitooficial]

Requires: A NASA computer.

[@SpaceCinemaYT]

not really

[@canaldoinfinitooficial]

@@SpaceCinemaYTcompared to my computer it is

[@timkos6635]

Every time i rejoin the game, the setting go to default. I redownloaded the space engine but it still doesn't work

[@SpaceCinemaYT]

same bro. its seems that this is another bug, that needs to get fixed...

[@sherafati]

Thanks man. But how do i revert the effects of the "reshade" program? Simply by uninstalling it? Will it mess with the game files?

[@SpaceCinemaYT]

just press the "num" button on your keyboard :)

[@sherafati]

@@SpaceCinemaYT Thanks. Also the effects are not impelemtes when capturing images with the camera tool that is in SE. Is there a fix for that?

[@SpaceCinemaYT]

@@sherafatiUnfortunately, they removed that. Dont know why, but I dont know any fix for that. Sorry!

[@CowpokeVR48]

How make rings rocks and not image

[@amazighkbayli3112]

Vidéo title: how to turn your computer into a tnt

[@rommarmalabanan7310]

is it gonna work on planetarium?

[@dsgdhanitha]

I don't have the latest version of the space engine, the version that I have is version 0.980 (It was coming up in 2016) Is it possible to make realistic the older version of the simulator?

[@amandabrunsperger3726]

Me too.

[@alexpalacios4521]

What version of SE are you using??

[@SpaceCinemaYT]

steam version and the most recent one

[@edaviss._]

how come I can't download ReShade? whenever I try to it doesn't let the site open and just says "this site can't be reached". does it think its a virus or something? like no matter what I do I can't download reshade

[@SpaceCinemaYT]

hey, I checked it and I got the same issue. seems like the download link is down. you have reddit? maybe I could share you the file.

[@theternal]

Are there any Music/Ambient or Atmosphere mods for Space Engine?

[@SpaceCinemaYT]

I think music mods exist

[@qneironaut]

I followed all the directions but yet Jupiter still doesnt look like what it does in the video. Not sure what I'm doing wrong.

[@SpaceCinemaYT]

also installed reshade?

[@67loewe]

same

[@Centaurus_L4]

What are your pc specs?

[@ron2ie26]

make a new tutorial: how do you go back to normal time if you dont have the button on screen

[@JExetor]

in my space engine all the stars are black, so are the planets. i cant fix it

[@JExetor]

I fixed it.

[@Phoenixel]

When trying to film with shaders the shaders do not actually apply to the video. anything on this?

[@SpaceCinemaYT]

mine too, seems like a bug

[@NeonPumpkin]

I think Rodrigo's Mod got removed or something, I can't find it.

[@SpaceCinemaYT]

yup it got removed but no clue why

[@sebbastiann]

For example the jupiter in ur video isn't like mine, i followed all of ur steps

[@SpaceCinemaYT]

reshade?

[@garrysmodpopsicle5054]

My space engine background is entirely grey, Is there anyway to fix it?

[@SpaceCinemaYT]

reinstall

[@miguelnuial]

I'm new user... today i download the space engine and hd an ultra pack, and i follow step by step tu puto this file in the correct folder... whenrun the app i can see in the splash windows thar load this packs... but the settings menu is a very different... the hd or ultra resolution only works in a pay version?

[@SpaceCinemaYT]

yes the hd resolutions are only available for the steam version.

[@miguelnuial]

@@SpaceCinemaYT thk a lot

[@betelgeuse2639]

how did you hide the sidebar?

[@SpaceCinemaYT]

on each sidebar there is a small icon, when you click it the sidebar disappears and opens when you go over it with your mouse

[@lyxmf]

i love this vid

[@SpaceCinemaYT]

Glad to hear that! :)

[@JCB11231]

the rodriogs dlc doesnt show up when i search it on the workshop

[@SpaceCinemaYT]

it has been removed :/

[@JCB11231]

@@SpaceCinemaYT another question how do i remove the shaders and use default space engine?

[@SpaceCinemaYT]

@@JCB11231 just we a keybind you can select in the reshade menu