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Posted Sun 11 Dec, 2016 4:07 PM
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This is just a discussion thread to simply acknowledge the existence of a free, but high-quality universe simulator called Space Engine. I've played SE for many years during its alpha development. Due to its very high potential for experiencing quite realistic celestial exploration, I think any fan of Star Trek would find it worth the time to check out. Below is an excerpt description about it from spaceengine.org:
Space Engine is a realistic virtual Universe you can explore on your computer. You can travel from star to star, from galaxy to galaxy, landing on any planet, moon, or asteroid with the ability to explore its alien landscape. You can alter the speed of time and observe any celestial phenomena you please. All transitions are completely seamless, and this virtual universe has a size of billions of light-years across and contains trillions upon trillions of planetary systems. The procedural generation is based on real scientific knowledge, so Space Engine depicts the universe the way it is thought to be by modern science. Real celestial objects are also present if you want to visit them, including the planets and moons of our Solar system, thousands of nearby stars with newly discovered exoplanets, and thousands of galaxies that are currently known.
The following is a monotage of in-game footage:
There are also ships you can also fly around using realistic physics, speeds, and distance measurements, including ones that come with SE, and mods for Star Wars, Star Trek, EVE, Kerbel Space Program, and many others.
So do you know of Space Engine? What do you think?
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Posted Sun 11 Dec, 2016 5:13 PM
Looks quite nice! Will definitely be giving this a download and a play! Any idea where the mods are located?
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Posted Sun 11 Dec, 2016 5:33 PM
Mods are shared on their forums, under the Mods and Addon's section.
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Posted Sun 11 Dec, 2016 5:47 PM
Well I am downloading both now, sadly my girlfriend's parents' internet is quite terrible so it is taking forever to download 
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Posted Sun 11 Dec, 2016 6:01 PM
Be sure to look over the manual. It doesn't have complicated controls but it also doesn't have any interactive tutorial or anything either.
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Posted Sun 11 Dec, 2016 6:10 PM
Wow, I'm gonna download this
Thanks for the info Proteus !
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Posted Sun 11 Dec, 2016 6:20 PM
Happy to share! The program is all coded by one guy, a russian astronomer named Vladimir Romanyuk, and runs his development based on donation goals.
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Posted Sun 11 Dec, 2016 9:47 PM
I have played around with it briefly, I will need to have a proper play around as I have gotten myself lost... it took me forever to figure out the movement stuff and attempting to warp was difficult, and now I am in the middle of space and have no idea how to get to the nearest system xD
At the same time, it is very well done and clearly incredibly complicated, but could be worth the time if I could figure it all out.
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Posted Sun 11 Dec, 2016 10:50 PM
There is a really well done manual for piloting ships which is linked to from the manual page on the site. It explains how it all works.
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