Remove the ugly colored orbs around planets.

[Daniel L.]

As of now i dont see much use for them, And according to this old dev trailer they werent always a part of the game.
http://www.moddb.com/games/star-made/videos/starmade-dev-trailer#imagebox
It actually looks pretty darn cool without those orbs doesnt it? And it will look even better in the current dodecahedron form.

Also. Dont you hate it when you fly up to a planet and while the size of its distance mesh never changes the planets own size is not generated till you get close which can result in a tiny planet popping into existence with the mesh still behind it or a massive planet suddenly devouring the mesh. Please devs it should be too hard to have the game quickly estimate the size of a planet and scale the distance mesh accordingly. All you need to do really is randomize a number.

 

[dwwojcik]

I don't think removing the atmosphere effect from planets would be a good change. That's what you're talking about, right? They could probably use some improvement, but I like they way they look.

 

[Daniel L.]

I don't think removing the atmosphere effect from planets would be a good change. That's what you're talking about, right? They could probably use some improvement, but I like they way they look.

What i mean is how from a distance every planet is encapsulated in this shiny sphere that really doesnt have a purpose, Real atmospheres look nothing like that and it would be more acceptable just to have no distance effect at all until the devs can make some sort of gradient underlay that actually works.

 

[dwwojcik]

Oh, I see what you mean. Yeah, from far away. Those do need some work.

 

[Andem]

The planets are dodecahedrons... the planetary atmospheres are spherical... shouldn't they also be dodecahedrons?

 

[Spartan4845]

The planets are dodecahedrons... the planetary atmospheres are spherical... shouldn't they also be dodecahedrons?

The planets cores are spherical as well.

 

[Andem]

In that case, make the planet cores spherical as well.

 

[Winterhome]

The planets cores are spherical as well.

planet cores are dodecahedrons

 

[Comr4de]

"It can even handle large objects colliding"

oh, falser words were never spoken

 

[Spartan4845]

planet cores are dodecahedrons

I apologize then, could have sworn they were round.

 

[jayman38]

Maybe the atmospheres could fade at a distance, so they aren't so... distracting. Or maybe make them very very small, to simulate the twinkle of a distant stellar body.

 

[nightrune]

It is a bit odd you can see them from so far away.