Space Engine Exploration Simulator (many images)

[mechanic]

Has anyone played around with this? It's really quite awesome.

http://en.spaceengine.org/load/core/spaceengine_0971/2-1-0-18 - d/l for free here

What it is in a nutshell is a 3D map of known space that you can explore for eternity and never even get close to finding everything. Here are some screen shots I took in the first few hours of playing with this.

A brief moment as Io partially eclipses Jupiter's giant red storm


Sol distorted by Saturn's rings



Random alien planets I chanced upon while cruising the galaxies















Binary system in a massive globular cluster



Sunrise on a scorched planet orbiting those two stars



Binary orange giant system



Another binary system with a gas giant in orbit




I have to stop posting pics now or the thread will go on endlessly. This is well worth downloading for anyone interested in this sort of thing. It's FREE.

[glzsqd]

It's beautiful   

[BaldEagl]

Looks cool.  I might have to give it a go over the holidays.   

[Swoop]

looks nice but KSP is more fun....

[mechanic]

yes, yes it is!

but this is a different thing, this is an encyclopaedia of actual reality mapped in accurately in 3D. Not really a game.

[katanaso]

Cool stuff.

Don't deny it -- some of those landscapes had you thinking about the cliff diving or a freefall...

[DEECONX]

Very cool, had not seen this one before.

I have spent a long time playing with this though....get lost in a space trance.... http://stars.chromeexperiments.com/

[mechanic]

haha! even getting out of the shower or making a bacon sandwich makes me think of freefall

That's pretty cool Dee, what a great age of computing we live in. Still new enough to amaze us but developed enough to be so stunning. In 100 years people will take it all for granted.

[Nathan60]

thank you for sharing this always been interested  In things like this

[Volron]

looks nice but KSP is more fun....

As far as I am aware, Vanilla KSP doesn't let you travel around beyond Kerbal home system.  I know there are MODs that allow you to do this to an extent, but from what I've seen, not on this scale.

[Swoop]

You're absolutely right, it doesn't unmodded....

But I'm quite happy building my solar system wide network of keythane refuelling stations and doing a grand tour....

[Nathan60]

couple planets I've found so far

Desert Planet with  Binary Stars:


Watery planet(with not much land but huge mountains where there is land) looking at Horsehead and flame Nebula through atmospheric Aurora


I have no problem with this thread going on endlessly lots of cool things out there to share.

[pipz]

Desert Planet with  Binary Stars:

"Mos Eisley spaceport. You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy."

[Coalcat1]

"Mos Eisley spaceport. You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy."

Lol was thinking the same thing

[caldera]

Has anyone played around with this? It's really quite awesome.

http://en.spaceengine.org/load/core/spaceengine_0971/2-1-0-18 - d/l for free here

What it is in a nutshell is a 3D map of known space that you can explore for eternity and never even get close to finding everything. Here are some screen shots I took in the first few hours of playing with this.

Awesome pics!  More please. 

"Mos Eisley spaceport. You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy."

I read that in Alec Guiness' voice.