Amazing night sky fidelity
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+1 … it was called out in the trailer for 4.35.0 I think… but still, I remember the first time I climbed through the cloud ceiling at night and recognized Orion’s belt, right in front of me, at roughly the direction I’d expect at that latitude and time of night … it sent shivers.
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Star map and moon are accurate with latitude and date for the next 100 years
BMS does not predict supernovae explosions though , maybe in 3 to 4 weeks
That is a 4.35 feature
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@dram said in Amazing night sky fidelity:
Hi,
It must be due to the very welcome improvement in sky graphics and general brightness, but I’m really appreciating the stunning night sky in 4.35 U3.
Egressing across the FLOT after a succesful AI sortie and Fence In I was distracted by the stunning panorama of the night sky and frankly amazed at the accurate depiction of the various constellations that were visible. Right down to the inclusion of the Mizar double star in Ursa Majors “handle”.
I don’t know if this has always been the case or its a more recent improvement, but a very well done for some Incredible work to those responsible!
Regards
DramNo, this was not always like that. There was a huge improvement
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@mav-jp said in Amazing night sky fidelity:
Star map and moon are accurate with latitude and date for the next 100 years
BMS does not predict supernovae explosions though , maybe in 3 to 4 weeks
That is a 4.35 feature
If there is a complete failure, we can now use constelation to performe emergency night navigation to mother base
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Wait. Stars are real-time (and not coupled to campaign time)?
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@sungad No stars are linked to time day moth year of the set campaign / TE in weather page…
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Any thoughts about implementing planetary ephemeris and “dots/objects” for the visible planets? Juuuust kidding. I do love looking out and seeing the constellations
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@sungad said in Amazing night sky fidelity:
Wait. Stars are real-time (and not coupled to campaign time)?
Yes if you use real date in the weather page then you will have real time star system and moon phase
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@mav-jp You can even understand if you are going to a full moon phase or not.
Or understand where is East or West if you loose all instruments…
Amazing
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This is indeed amazingly done. To my mind, only one other game tried doing this - Silent Hunter 5, where the original idea was to allow for proper marine navigation through stars, but like much else in it was abandoned. Current mods restore it somewhat, but its a very confusing process much of which relies on scripts. However, one thing that is always astonishing - as with BMS - is when in order to understand how something in the game works you need to read real life books and manuals. Then, when you try it out in the game - it works. This is especially amazing when you discover this yourself and it seems that the system is just there, not designed for the player, but for proper simulation and can be used as in reality.
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@quasi_stellar said in Amazing night sky fidelity:
Any thoughts about implementing planetary ephemeris and “dots/objects” for the visible planets? Juuuust kidding. I do love looking out and seeing the constellations
This might not be a crazy idea. It might be worth having just Venus and Jupiter in the right positions, since they’re so bright. They can be the first “stars” to come out in the evening, or the last to disappear in the morning, and so can be visible when the stars mostly aren’t. If you know where Venus or Jupiter is, for the date on which the mission takes place, it can make a handy “quick reference backup compass” if one is flying in clear weather or above the clouds.
That said, I too am in love with the nice stars that BMS has now. So fun to look at!
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@mylonite470 said in Amazing night sky fidelity:
@quasi_stellar said in Amazing night sky fidelity:
Any thoughts about implementing planetary ephemeris and “dots/objects” for the visible planets? Juuuust kidding. I do love looking out and seeing the constellations
This might not be a crazy idea. It might be worth having just Venus and Jupiter in the right positions, since they’re so bright. They can be the first “stars” to come out in the evening, or the last to disappear in the morning, and so can be visible when the stars mostly aren’t. If you know where Venus or Jupiter is, for the date on which the mission takes place, it can make a handy “quick reference backup compass” if one is flying in clear weather or above the clouds.
That said, I too am in love with the nice stars that BMS has now. So fun to look at!
For this you will need at least 5 easily seen bright planets that have their own orbit like the moon does in BMS. I wonder if this will be worth the resources and time to implement.