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Parallaxed stars?
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Permanent 8
The Nephilims
#1 - 2011-12-09 07:07:30 UTC
Just a simple question for the devs / everybody. Why are the starts / nebula not Parallaxed?
It seems the in space experience could be greatly improved from just a little parallax 'scrolling'.
I'm not sure how you guys handle the 'skyboxes' when moving in systems but it seems you could just have a smaller skybox with some transparencies?

But what do I know.

Anybody got any answers?
Vicker Lahn'se
Republic Military School
Minmatar Republic
#2 - 2011-12-09 07:39:42 UTC
Permanent 8 wrote:
Just a simple question for the devs / everybody. Why are the starts / nebula not Parallaxed?
It seems the in space experience could be greatly improved from just a little parallax 'scrolling'.
I'm not sure how you guys handle the 'skyboxes' when moving in systems but it seems you could just have a smaller skybox with some transparencies?

But what do I know.

Anybody got any answers?



Because the change would be so small you would need advanced scientific instruments to detect it?

Think: how much do the constellations in the sky change over the course of six months? The earth moves to a location that's 2au away from its previous position. Did you see any change in the position of individual stars?
Permanent 8
The Nephilims
#3 - 2011-12-09 08:13:20 UTC
Well touche good sir. You have a good point.
If you can set realism aside I think it would be quite cool. Personally though I don't think I can set realism aside in matters such as this.