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[Urwumpe]

And Til Schweiger as the astronaut that dies some terrible explosive fate early in the movie?

 

[Thunder Chicken]

In all honesty, I 'only' hit the TDZ at -650 fpm.

:rofl:

 

[ISProgram]

And Ed Harris for mission control?

Almost definitely. Absolutely required.

 

[mojoey]

Why Steve Buscemi? Where is Matt Damon stranded, Fargo?

 

[Frilock]

Someone has to get space dementia.

 

[mojoey]

Hot Shots Topper Landing - YouTube :rofl:

It really does feel like driving an F/A-18, now that you mention it.

 

[Urwumpe]

Why Steve Buscemi? Where is Matt Damon stranded, Fargo?

Wisconsin. Again.

 

[mojoey]

'Get 'touched' by an angel'

So many inappropriate jokes could be made...

 

[SolarLiner]

Messing around with OSL again:

The most amazing: there's no actual geometry there! It's all part of the background shader, which computes Rayleigh and Mie scatterings, and the UVs for the planet and cloud layer, to which you plug the textures, and send everything into a custom node group which composites everything into what you see.

The advantage of having everything directly in the background shader also makes it easy on the lighting: planet shine is fast and accurate. The only thing present in the following scene is the Atlantis. Lighting is done by the shader alone:

(View from behind - I think the space sunset is overall quite realistic)

I can't seem to find the controlss that would change the atmosphere colors (to be fair, the scatterings algorithms are black magic for me still), but changing the hue still give convincing results, as seen with Mars here:

I finally did it, after all this time trying!

 

[Artlav]

to be fair, the scatterings algorithms are black magic for me still

Try reading this paper on precomputed atmospheric scattering (what i used for Spaceway and OGLAClient): http://www-evasion.imag.fr/people/Eric.Bruneton/#atmo

It will all make sense after you implement it a couple of times.

 

[jedidia]

'Get 'touched' by an angel'

So many inappropriate jokes could be made...

That was the entire point of the movie :lol:

 

[SolarLiner]

Try reading this paper on precomputed atmospheric scattering (what i used for Spaceway and OGLAClient): http://www-evasion.imag.fr/people/Eric.Bruneton/#atmo

It will all make sense after you implement it a couple of times.

From the pictures it also seems to be the one implemented in Space Engine ... Awesome! Thanks for the link, I have to bedtime reading tonight :thumbup:

 

[Artlav]

From the pictures it also seems to be the one implemented in Space Engine

It is. I think he said he made a few modifications to make it run a little bit faster, but i don't remember the details by now.

 

[Fabri91]

I was thinking FSX, but if we use something like VATSIM or IVAO (I don't have an account with the latter, but that can be rectified), platform shouldn't matter.

I'd be up for it, but I've never flown with IVAO or VATSIM as of yet.

 

[n122vu]

I'd be up for it, but I've never flown with IVAO or VATSIM as of yet.

If you're looking just for multiplayer flying and don't want ATC, also check out FS Cloud. It supports FSX, FSX:SE, P3D, and X-Plane.

http://www.fscloud.net/

 

[Frilock]

 

[Urwumpe]

Looks fake.

 

[jedidia]

It's mesmerizing to watch... you're desperately looking for the one clue that would give it away as the fake it just has to be, but you're not finding it. The reflection checks out, the lighting checks out, the hind legs are even in a position that would make the maneuver possible at that moment... The only thing missing is a reason for a cat to do something so randomly self-destructive :lol:

 

[Urwumpe]

Not sure, it is the first time I see a cat jumping astern up first, usually they are skilled enough to keep balance during jumping, it rather looks like somebody picked the cat up.

Even when you power up the vacuum cleaner, I have not yet seen such a jump - but the evidence that some things can indeed travel faster than light.

 

[Fabri91]

The unexptectedly-placed zucchini would explain it: imagine looking behind you and seeing something like a giant monster-like snake. :hide: