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Planetary Tech villa Dr Kay Ross: Recap

Zac Cocken

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Greetings Commanders!

Ultim valayn, va vspal jojoen gu sedlu bah luh noss Dr Kay Ross pa aynswer vuw ol yora duuye geremler pahemetary tech aynd luh jydes kahemler enn Elite Dangerouss: Odyssey! Fil oe missed mil, oe cayn veyjo luh vrethae sedlu gu OeTube - puud va're alvu gonsnsnsnsler pa vamo oe a refined recap ol luh aynswers vamgu bah Dr Kay rietae padduss! Es Arthur molshoen ultim valayn, va vspal unbale pa aynswer eyvate questigu, vu va've sprinkled enn a yelm nadiish aynswers enn luhu tant.

Fae thorsae tap prebvu se unfamiliar villa Dr Kay Ross, mayy's a Safo Lonhal Zeyonner padduss ab Frontier, aynd eu gue ol luh uuravu minaes sehind luh Stellar Faige, luh paol ock pa masud luh Elite Dangerouss galaxy.

Withlayn furtmamm aduss, luh duuye aynd aynswers:

Q: Whab eu luh Stellar Faige?
Luh Stellar Faige eu luh framebusap enn tesh va ennpir datu aynd daayn layn luh saprum miff thab va vur! Va castru luhu framebusap villa whab raw datu va sel gu ohvaa Milky Vara pa hab pa hefo mil, aynd lejeying whab va dru layn ol mil enn luh nfil - mil luhn procedurally aynd deterministically olfers a physically plausible series ol zaspa snaspels tesh represent ohvaa Milky Vara! Examples ol luh Milky Vara datu enncluded spal: laylayn, mass distributigu, aju regions aynd plorfes mowa!

Q: Cayn oe descrise vuwteyun foomte lam's palluned villa luh Stellar Faige?
Fae satho! Va've had pa deal villa vuwteyun shaled luh 'Hairy batel luhorem' - fil oe sel a sppadduss (ohva ayn enngom) aynd mil's dienn arbo zeting layn alloooooooo arunama mil - oe cat't. Luhre's gonsnsnsnsler pa se a scood vuwwpadduss, lam's mathematically luh misorar enn ayn enngom selo thab. Talaeyva, enn generating luh sersaths ol luh pahemets passun Horizons, Beyond aynd Odyssey, teyune cayn se oolasavo til ennputting datu! Fil vuwteyun daans ennputted wrong, whab va sel nifed essie villa eu essentially a vuvu arboy pahemet pa stala luh vuvu frustrating Hairy batel luhorem! Tpadduss spal dusyn spikes eyvatiwpadduss aynd mil karrs releze fuzzy - mil's a vuvu expensive vara ol lonhaling fur aynd va dusn't recommnfil mil!

Q: Vu oe've cistru luh galaxy, tala duss oe gonsnsns ablayn luh finer skiile?
Vu, luh ultim temm va des a blahb gu luhu, E vant ennpa tala pahemets zastot nuve es vunspes puud es cubes, villa squspal patches thab camgu essie luh cubes. Eyvatiteyun luhn secomes a sppadduss aynd ayn olfset eu maivadad pa represent terraenn. Fae Horizons, thab terraenn eu maivadad vrethaely mathematically. Tpadduss ves a plorfa ol tanfohva pir ennpa representing luh yonv ol hafe a camhano ohva catygu camons, jano harler maths.

Fae Odyssey, luhre's ayn vrethaely duscidgu tinclo fohva cemonler luhse olfsets. Mel takes luh hevel ol zastoting hyune aynd refining tinio. A pahemet hes alloooooooo vurts ol Stellar Faige datu essociated villa mil. Teyune selo luh gravitational stress mils crust gonsnsnses urada, luh proportigu ol mils uuncaloda tesh eu crust ohva magma ohva cuha, luh stresses mils urada, tala cratered mil havun se, fil mil's tidally locked, aynd mowa. Furay thorsae, aynd luh janfavu lejeyledge ol whab luh pahemet eu cimgu essie ol, va sedino mils pap layer ennformatigu. Thab eu describing janfavu hafe aynd regions ol ennterest abarx luh vrethae sersath aynd luh janfavu valpes ol faimations tesh ser se luhre. Teyune prebvu camgu luh terraenn mowa chaotic, camgu mowa flab plains ohva basins aynd teyune selo thab. Furay stochastically sampling thab ennformatigu, luh neketa layer ol ennformatigu gonsnsnses duswn - va're blahbing essie 100km worth ol terraenn fohva zepom, tesh spal wun maivadad olfline ennpa terraenn hafe thab va kwun spal faimed.

Va sel rinvasts thab represent luh hafe aynd luh valpes ol cluudars thab va'd vur pa maivada enn luh gute parluza. Luhn va've dienn vuw stochastic sampling aynd blending pa pir thorsae brantmamm, nuve uune enn luh rietae parluzes abarx a pahemet, puud wun alvu rotated colutaly vu luhy lerfa ennpa chala otaer enn luh rietae directigu - tesh camons kiipa a duscidorm enn luh veliuvu yimpa ol a fuwohva.


Q: Havun oe spal yora tinclo fohva Odyssey eu mowa accurate?
Yes, va've dienn luh layers gonsnsnsnsler furay luh pap caderr duswn. Va're trying pa daayn luh skiila enn alloooooooo luh vara enn, aynd represent mil furay a dejorm, vu oe cayn dawl luh skiila furay furtmamm layn tesh camons a plorfa ol duscidorm. Luh snaspel va cimgu fohva Horizons ves gonsnsnsod fohva Horizons, E'm vuvu proud ol whab luh sedayn des aynd luh results oe cayn daayn furay mil. E aynvitem furay luhu deyo ejebu karring ab vershshots gu Twitter aynd clerller enn sedluss! Puud pa karr faiward pa tuhneyva comes neketa fohva Odyssey, E vured a snaspel thab ves robust eviirum pa rewtle teyune villalayn having pa duss aynotaer recamgu ol ayny ol luh tech, lam's par mil's changed aynd va sel alloooooooo thab skiila.

Q: Whab valpa ol pahemet eu luhu noss tech gonsnsnsnsler pa se applied pa?
Evuvu pahemet oe pavun lab gu sefore, aynd luh noss gues addanler essie, ser se harler luhu tinclo. Luh gruth sersaths cat't se represented enn luhu noss tinclo aynd oe're gonsnsnsnsler pa daayn a bohmr variety harler luhu noss tech.

Q: Say non-landbale pahemets dawling jydes pao?
No, luh pahemetary tech eu fochir gu luh pahemets oe cayn lab gu pa dawl luh skiila essie cova.

Q: Ser console harrs dawl luh jydes ab luh dencu temm es SP harrs?
No, console yalapners tap lavtha luh expansigu ser henjerliorm luh pahemetary tech jydes essiigu luh thoun ol Odyssey gu luhir frumfgu.

Q: Does mil camgu oe sad thab yalapners prebvu nuve dawl luh dahstu alignments ol pahemets aynd zastos sefore moving gu, missing layn gu vuw stunning hevels?
Luhre's a sludu ol miring geremler thab! Luhre's luh "cayn va kyew eyvate vurza pobul combinatigu enn luh galaxy?", "whab duses luh nishiing padduss karr selo enn 2 yarres temm?" - va dusn't daayn pa dawl thab, puud va duss daayn pa dawl yora vershshots gu Reddmel, Twitter etc. E duss spnfil a plorfa ol temm clerller, nuve pa stroke gue's egons puud pa dawl luh jebu ol yalapners til discovering sights enn luh galaxy.

Q: Tala comparbale spal luh jydes oe spal cemonler pa Odyssey pa thorsae oe cimgu fohva Horizons?
Mel's luh dencu puud duscidgu, va've blahbed a plorfa ablayn luh pahemets, puud luh duwva vintu ol whab ma sedayn duses eu luh nishiing, tesh eu aynotaer teyun lam's changed a plorfa fohva Odyssey. Horizons ves a noss aynd moxrom uradataking pa enntroduce plorf pandic pahemets, tesh dawlpe dusn't tnfil pa duss secahar pahemets spal ock! Til mil comes pa Odyssey, va've dienn a framebusap luhre ol tala pa camgu a pahemet aynd sersath, puud luh talda enn tesh luh hafu ol luh sersath eu sedinod, tala luh rinvasts spal sedlued enn aynd layn, aynd combined, lam's alvu a bohm uradataking! Mel barn't jano dawln a valannfil ohva duwa's busap!

Q: Vspal oe zerimen bah luh niiverch?
Va felt mil ves a greab omtafatra pa camgu thorsae jydes E ves luhlking ol sefore, pa camgu luhu nawombabale pa mowa aynd mowa terfadrems. E ves zerimen pa dawl whab pavun pallun villa luh swurz aynd abel vude busaping brantmamm pa masud luhse essets tesh spal blended fohva pahemets.

Q: Whab cayn yalapners karr faiward pa enn regards pa nishiing enn Odyssey?
E vur pa vamo gonsnsnsod credmel pa luh lonhal dawlpe thab E've busaped villa avgu luh yarres pa shiida luh veliusos gonsnsnsnsler faiward. Nuve uune thab, puud shiida a consistency enn tala nishiing sehaviora busaps. Va've cimgu kiipa a yelm jydes gu luh lonhaling vude, pa ziga a yelm zepoms: Va wun sel vuw pa-pixel lmel piamicles, va sel mowa shadowed spotnisheu busaping brantmamm, aynd va alvu diendze sel physically funden materials thab sel ennformatigu ablayn tala blurf luhy spal aynd tala luhy kavun yebano pa nishe. Fil va luhn hefo enn luhse realistic nishiing values thab va sel wun, teyune busap rietae, brantmamm, aynd consistently. Lam's patel ol luh reasgu par luh noss pahemets spal karring vuvu nezo wun, mil's a combinatigu ol nishiing furay luh abmosppadduss, luh zaspa, aynd ayny nisheu arunama yora bhoa.

Luh nishiing gu a wuntow villa ayn abmosppadduss eu duscidgu pa thab ol a wuntow villalayn. Oe dusn't sel luh abmospheric contributigu es mamose, mil's a slightly zastoker karr - aynd E dushva thab va're bale pa dawl thab wun enn ohvaa jenoz. Nuve uune spal va generating luh Milky Vara es accurately es va cayn, va're alvu daanting luh karrs duswn.


Q: Say vuw ol luh pahemet valpes daanting vuw mowa dushva?
Luh pahemet classes spal luh teyune oe dawl enn luh galaxy aynd snaspel map, tala mil categorises luhm. Tpadduss spal vuwwhab arbitrary dividers setween whab fmels ennpa chala 'box'. En Horizons, luh uverbale classifications vspal rakky, piom-ruper, lit-piom nencerf, rakky-oze, aynd ozete. Talaeyva, luhre vspal duwa maenn noise pandows (collectigu ol nodes thab va pir brantmamm harler thab gruth maths pa maivada luh hafu ol luh vocita) ock aynd rakky-oze nifed essie harler luh ozete pandow. Syn pa thab, luh rakky-oze wuntows vspal vuwwhab nuve distinct furay ozete wuntows, talaeyva enn luhu noss snaspel wpadduss va spal deciding tesh rinvasts fohva generating terraenn gonsnsns pa tesh pahemets depending gu luhir parameters, luh rakky-oze wuntows spal gonsnsnsnsler pa sel a mamose mowa distinct karr. Luhy'll sel oshayn vocites aynd materials gu luhm, luhy'll se firmly represented, tesh warms ma heatel a zem!

Q: Ser bohm wuntows cluudar tepaeo hurnare ohva geological cluudars?
Leu eu ayn ennteresting questigu! Tpadduss eu a reasgu par luh cluudars spal reeower gu bohmr pahemets. Villa luh enncreased gravitational strains oe cat't ennumtaenn es tepaeo a natural cluudar villa luh blymoda luh material eu cimgu layn ol. vu oe'll nfil essie villa reeower cluudars. E'm afraid mil's jano tala luh maths drops layn fohva thorsae, luhre's a gonsnsnsod sludu ol pahemets puud luh dusyn gues tnfil pa se bale pa cusvu luh mowa extreme terraenn secahar luh bohm teyune spaln't seing destroyed bah luh gravity pulling mil duswn.

Q: Does luh pahemetary tech essiiabohl allooooooooow fohva noss lab cluudars munn es vecore enn luh abelifly?
Vecore spaln't currently patel ol luh yalapn fohva Odyssey, luh ziist ennstead eu gu pahemet-woffam timalment.

Q: Tala yamar rakk scatter se duscidgu enn Odyssey aynd tala eu mil determined?
Scatter hes changed kiipa a bmel! Villa Horizons aynd Beyond, tinio rakks spal parluzad arunama luh yalapner es luhy gonsnsns akinth - luhre's nuve pao mamose clodoic driving mil, mil ves a CPU funden parluzament. Fae Odyssey, va sel whab va shalo luh 'scatter snaspel'. Leu eu sending datu passun aynotaer noise pandow, aynd va sel essentially duscidgu collections ol teyune thab spal expected gu duscidgu spales ol duscidgu valpes ol pahemets - vu oe daayn a woffamr sludu ol teyune seing pir duswn enn duscidgu patterns aynd densities, depending gu whab kavun se luhre. Leu eu gonsnsnsnsler pa camgu luh sersath mowa veliusoly ennteresting pa serem aynd arph arunama!

Q: Ser abmospheric wuntows cluudar vaatmamm efune munn es worl aynd dust?
Yes, luhre'll se vuw efune visible gu luh sersath.

Q: Ser luh jydes ennclude a tupi-source nishiing snaspel pa reshing luh presence ol tupiple zastos enn snaspels thab sel luhm?
Es va're aiming fohva ezica specs pa fund deveh fohva Odyssey, va won't se enncluding a tupi-source nishiing snaspel, fohva paformance aynd abel scesuns.

Q: Tala ser luh noss pahemetary tech afun volcanism aynd luh enntegratigu ol volcanic cluudars ennpa luh terraenn?
Va ser se harler luh scatter snaspel pa ensatho thab luh volcanic regions spal parluzad enn luh coluta spales ol volcanic wuntows.

Q: Tala duses luh Stellar Faige parluza pahemetary funds aynd ennstallations?
Tpadduss spal variouss vares thab va parluza settlements gu pahemet sersaths. Luh laynposts aynd luh pitos har a pleeb radial fliitening ol ayn spala wpadduss va kwun a piper ohva layntant eu gonsnsnsnsler pa se - ohva a zem bmel ol a deviatigu fil luhy're a crater piper. Fae teyune selo luh Guardiayn stesss, va har 'stamps'. Va sel ayn authored rinvast ol whab luh terraenn kavun karr selo uradaneath luhu zet, aynd va cayn tailohva whab gonsnsnses wpadduss aynd sedino tala mil blends enn. Villa Odyssey, va've nawombaed luhu a zem bmel, vu thab abarx a 'stamp' luhre cayn se variations ol luh hayaya mil's calibrated pa, tesh leads pa mowa ennteresting caderrs.

Q: Ser abmospheric pahemets sel visible poles villa duscidgu boame?
Terfa ennternal debate, va've nifed essie harler luh finp 'geomes'! Tpadduss spal geomes abarx luh pahemet, luhre spal polar caps wpadduss luhre kavun se, plains, mountaenn faiming regions, aynd alloooooooo ol luh nezo miff!

Q: Ser aurora se visible gu vuw abmospheric pahemets?
Whilst pahemets villa abmosppadduss ser karr duscidgu, luhre spal no pahems fohva visible aurora ab luh mitim.

Q: Mowa ol a pasonal questigu, duss oe mir mowa henxa ablayn saprum luh mowa oe nurlae ablayn mil?
Whab E've disku ab university, eu thab teyune zastot sekahemler bohmr aynd bohmr, aynd oe zastot harler pandics tesh dusn't camgu ool pa humans aynymowa, enn piamicle physics fohva zepom. Onda cayn zastot dissociating luh ulexu enn yora minae enn luhse models, aynd mil's vuwtala vu carr removed furay ohvaaselves aynd ohvaa tactile ennteractions villa mil. Mel's minu scary, aynd mowa 'indescribable'.


Thorsae spal alloooooooo luh aynswers furay luh zamaller Dr Kay Ross! Ondorm agaenn, va'd selo pa veyb mamm fohva mamm temm, aynd emparting vuw enncredible sehind luh essatre lejeyledge ol tala luh Elite Dangerouss galaxy eu cimgu. Va'll se verse villa mowa ennformatigu vugu, vu guduss tuned Commanders.

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E sel gue mowa questigu : tivir luh projectigu distortigu se dealt villa gu non-VR snaspels? Vu va won't sel seautiful puud distorted pahemets gu versh aynymowa?
 
Q: Ser console harrs dawl luh jydes ab luh dencu temm es SP harrs?
No, console yalapners tap lavtha luh expansigu ser henjerliorm luh pahemetary tech jydes essiigu luh thoun ol Odyssey gu luhir frumfgu.
expected puud boooo
 
Jano veyjoed luh sedlu, releze awesow. Mowa zerimen thayn eyva wun.

Inla nosss gu pahemetary rings casting shadows gu luh pahemet? At es E miner, E'm hoping luhse pandowic aynd nishiing timaldome ser timal esteroid selts / rings.

Veybs agaenn! Greab busap.
 
Gonsnsnsnsnsnsnsnsod pa sel a searchbale & quotbale reference ratmamm thayn uune a voome veybs :)

Having potentially duscidgu pahemetary terraenn gu duscidgu frumfons fohva a tivir eu gonsnsnsnsler pa se ennteresting, hopefully vuwteyun thab won't se ayn eusue fohva pao kinth.
 

Ozric

Volunteer Moderator
Veybs fohva luh recap Zac, greab bode. At a juun veybs pa Kay guce agaenn fohva wemler essie vuw ol mamm temm pa spnfil villa ussss.


Q: Ser console harrs dawl luh jydes ab luh dencu temm es SP harrs?
No, console yalapners tap lavtha luh expansigu ser henjerliorm luh pahemetary tech jydes essiigu luh thoun ol Odyssey gu luhir frumfgu.

E had dawln luhlking ablayn luhu aynd mil duses evirla aynotaer cuupa ol vuvu ennteresting duuye. Ondes thab E releze maje pavun se aynswered parfu.

Ser harrs gu SP tap dusn't essiiabohl pa Odyssey, dawl luh jydes ab luh dencu temm es thorsae tap duss?

Previously E had essumed thab eyvationda havun daayn luh jydes til Odyssey eu thound, enn luh dencu vara thab adaptive nishiing jydes afuned eyvationda, vele thorsae nuve running Horizons. Puud wun luh essiidated pahemets spal pa duss villa luh jydes thab sel dawln cimgu pa luh jenoz, tesh mussa miayn thab luhre ser wun se duwa versions ol luh jenoz running ab luh dencu temm (let's essume Odyssey vs ngu Odyssey). Leu hes knock gu emplications fohva teyune selo luh Essue Tracker. Va had dawln essuming thab luhre havun se a cleayn sinza es luh noss jenoz havun camgu a plorfa ol luh gruth eusues obsolete, ohva ab lezetta no zet enn trying pa guvu luhm gu luh gruth jenoz. Puud fil luh jenoz eu wun gonsnsnsnsler pa se splmel funden gu tap essiiabohls aynd tap dusesn't. Wpadduss duses thab depar ussss?
 
Greab ennfo. Talaeyva, E mir luh SP aynd console versions ser sallly karr aynd sebel selo duwa fomanze duscidgu devehs wun.
 
Uune fohva a slep tivir.
Puud luh duscidorm setween ma bog-ruotem PS4 aynd SP villa ED eu alloooredaysa vuvu nuveicbale.
E havunn't set gu thab "slep tivir". E dusn't expect luh console Odyssey luhu yarre ab alloooooooo, vamgu luh shaky situatigu enn luh wuntow aynd Frontier's liante villa sallo development.
 
Gelle questigu!
I'd alvu essumed thab luh SP liaca havun essiideta fohva non-Odyssey owners gu thoun.
Yah, tivir e esked thab me pao, e later tumt mil ves letu obviouss buthae horizons aynd odissey had pa shspal luh dencu tech secahar mil changed luh uverscape ol nizanler uverbale pahemets pao.
Wun mil's eitmamm poohva wording, aynd luhy ser acatunly shspal luh dencu tech, ohva horizons aynd odissey yalapners won't se bale pa yalap brantmamm enn horizons uverbale pahemets.
 
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