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I simply refer to the 2 nebulas I see in space, and I know their positions in new eden because I wandered across ALL the regions and know, more or less, wher e those are located.

The pool of radiance or vapor sea (don't wknow what is its name) is visible from Khanid, from Period Basis and from Curse, that means it's west of Curse.

so as i understand it every region has its own nebualae ? sounds good to me, as long as they strongly differ from each other, so if u change region u immediatly see the visual difference and say : "oh now im an other region" . that will give each region a "personality", because now , to me atleast, regions are all the same visually, nearly no difference. and after a time, with nebulae for each region, u will have a stronger feeling for where u are and that u are "somewhere else in eve" . all in all, very nice.

First: the new space scenes are beautiful. CCP, you did an excellent job here.

But I got to add my voice to one issue.
The goal CCP voiced of having the nebulae give us a feeling of moving through space as we fly from star to star is not really there.

You jump, no difference. Jump, no difference. Jump, no difference. Jump, no difference. Jump, no difference. Jump BIG change.

How to fix? Having a backdrop for each system would take too much artist time and too much disk space. A better option would be to have the client construct the backdrop for each system as needed. The client could start doing this as soon as you warp to a stargate: get the background for the new system ready before you even jump into it. (Or if you warp to a POS with a jump gate, or if someone in your fleet lights a cyno. Don't wait for the actual session change, pre-contruct the new backdrop as soon as some indication of where the player is going is known.)

This would actually be easiest for null sec. The nebulae are small and don't overlap. Having the client slightly adjust their size and position on a per system basis could be done with little of the distortion issue mentioned by a DEV above. In high sec it could also be done for the farther nebulae.

But the close ones, the ones that fill the screen or wrap around you....simple scaling would fail. Here maybe break the nebula up into parts that can be scaled as needed. Another option would be to improve the algorithm used to make a backdrop form the 3D model of the nebula to the point the client can do it.

Another issue: I was in Paragon Soul and saw one small nebula and alot of clear space. Then I jumped to Period Basis and saw two. Why could I not see the second from Paragon? It could not have been hidden behind something, after all I can see all the way to the main galaxy! It seems to me that all nebulae should always be visible unless hidden behind another nebula, just maybe small and dim. So from null, off in the distance would be small versions of all the high sec nebulae.

Then there are the stars. One way to give the feeling of moving through space as we jump would be to have the stars shift, jump by jump. Having the client construct the background by just adding stars to the nebulae scene would not be that big an effort. So as you went down the pipe from Jita to Korsiki with every jump you would see the Korsiki red giant getting closer and closer.

Would it be possible to put the new nebulae and landmarks on the star map?

Happened across this little issue while roaming around admiring everything.

http://i.imgur.com/J98rg.jpg

These are all very nice.

I also picked up my new wallpaper while flying through Aridia entirely by accident.

The new ranis against the Aridian nebula with the star perfectly illuminating the duvolle laboratories logo on the wing. Just upon exiting warp for no distortion and undeployed turrets.
http://i.imgur.com/KbEoW.jpg

+1 to this work CCP, masterful look. Yes, as some of the other posts have mentioned there are few things to adjust, but overall huge improvement to the overall ambiance.

Well, I have traveled from Jita to Amar, then to Rens, than took off tu Curse and then turned to Delve and visited every region in that part of space (total 9 regions so far).

I sould say that one background for whole region isn't good idea. Some regions are wast, you travel lots of LY and the background doesn't even move! It's riddicilous and leaves a feeling that someone made a joke on you. I do not say that every constelation should have it's own background - some constalation pockets are small and it looks fine. Other regions have constalations greatly apart and the positioning of the phenomena should change. I understand that's a lot of work and sometimes new rendering to do, but as I understood you have thouse 3D objects and probably someting can be done in game so that the game can change dimensions on the fly?

Anyway, please think this through. I urge you to fit an interceptor, plot a course on the map and then just travel 7-10 regions and compare distances on the map. I guarantee there will be a feeling of a cognitive dissonance at some point.

The new backdrops are a pleasing change, but a bit overdone. Four nebulae?? They now look crowded-in. Thin the herd.

For once I check in on SISI and smile (well almost). I had just been thinking how dry and boring the old backdrops had become, and more importantly how difficult it was to read the routing information when some bright object was behind it. I decided to write a suggestion, but there it was on SISI,

Wonderful static backgrounds to the routing systems, viewable AT ANY TIME. That's the great change I see, and worthy of the time to post for sure.

Still there is overview silliness, and camera distance isn't saved during zone changes either, but that routing improvement was badly needed.

Now if the static DED1 & DED2 were still around, I cannot believe CCP falls for removing them so that the 'players' farming them for the last year can triple the prices. That will kill off the best frig/desy fits for everyone but THEIR alliance. You've been trivially social engineered if those 1s & 2s get removed. Think a Gisti-B Small Shield Booster is expensive now? Just wait until the complexes require good scanning skills, watch the isk cost triple to 150M. Kill the volume, jack the price -- pretty basic.

Outer ring seems to have a large grey line going through part of the "sky".

http://i.imgur.com/36G8M.jpg