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14 Oct 2021 07:58

No, really. Where in the world are the news? Is the project still alive? Last news and update was on July 20 and since that developer doesn't even appear to answer questions. Rings are pretty fine but this is the only significant thing done for this entire year.
 
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14 Oct 2021 13:21

No, really. Where in the world are the news?
As you probably noticed, the website has issues right now, it will be fixed of course.
Is the project still alive? Last news and update was on July 20 and since that developer doesn't even appear to answer questions
Yes it's still alive and well and the developer actually posted in a couple of threads yesterday.
Rings are pretty fine but this is the only significant thing done for this entire year.
Rings are the result of several months of development, as well as debugging.
Unfortunately bugs are prioritized over new features.
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14 Oct 2021 14:28

As you are the first one who noticed me can you please answer a question I left more than a month ago? http://forum.spaceengine.org/viewtopic. ... 790#p37790
 
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27 Nov 2021 05:44

So after the truly stunning volumetric rings, what's next for SpaceEngine updates?
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28 Nov 2021 02:45

So after the truly stunning volumetric rings, what's next for SpaceEngine updates?
I think it would be volumetric clouds with self shadowing, it could be possible volumetric accretion disks as well
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28 Nov 2021 10:13

So after the truly stunning volumetric rings, what's next for SpaceEngine updates?
I think it would be volumetric clouds with self shadowing, it could be possible volumetric accretion disks as well
Scary lol, do you think the program will use more memory then? I might have to invest in additional RAM and a third hard drive lol for more virtual RAM.
There is a real direct connection for how long the program will run for me before crashing and how much virtual memory I have reserved......right now I have 320 GB virtual RAM across two hard drives to run the program for 76.5 hours before crashing.  At 96 GB it was only 22 hours and at 128 GB it was 28 hours while at 150 GB it was 34 hours.  Unfortunately now that I boosted it all the way to 320 GB I also experience a slight slow down in Windows start up time (4 minutes vs 3 minutes).  But that's okay for the longer run times for SE, I dont want any more of a slow down though.
 
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29 Nov 2021 02:28

So after the truly stunning volumetric rings, what's next for SpaceEngine updates?
I think it would be volumetric clouds with self shadowing, it could be possible volumetric accretion disks as well
Scary lol, do you think the program will use more memory then? I might have to invest in additional RAM and a third hard drive lol for more virtual RAM.
There is a real direct connection for how long the program will run for me before crashing and how much virtual memory I have reserved......right now I have 320 GB virtual RAM across two hard drives to run the program for 76.5 hours before crashing.  At 96 GB it was only 22 hours and at 128 GB it was 28 hours while at 150 GB it was 34 hours.  Unfortunately now that I boosted it all the way to 320 GB I also experience a slight slow down in Windows start up time (4 minutes vs 3 minutes).  But that's okay for the longer run times for SE, I dont want any more of a slow down though.
How do you get that virtual ram? I'm only with 8gb and a 3.7 dual core processor of 8th generation and 128 mb of video and I can "run" the SE that is before the volumetric rings update lol I just cant go to the surfaces of procedural planets otherwise my pc will explode.

I was thinking before to buy new ram memory, cause with DDR4 8gb of 2400 mhz I don't think it would run future updates
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29 Nov 2021 03:55

Please use a more appropriate thread for discussing freely about PC specs and configurations, like This one
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29 Nov 2021 16:16

Please use a more appropriate thread for discussing freely about PC specs and configurations, like This one
Alright so I posted it here first then deleted it and copied the post and pasted it at the end of the thread you linked to, I have no idea how to quote his post into a different thread so I just made a standalone post in that thread.  Hopefully he sees this and knows how to find the post.
 
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24 Jan 2022 04:19

Is SapceEngine still being actively developed? There wasn't a news for a looooong time.
 
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24 Jan 2022 07:51

Is SapceEngine still being actively developed? There wasn't a news for a looooong time.
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26 Jan 2022 04:57

Any news about what you are working on?
 
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26 Jan 2022 07:41

To my knowledge, Vladimir is working on the development of 3D volumetric clouds. But development is progressing slowly because the current version of the program bugs also needs to be fixed.

Plus, he still works alone, has only a few helpers, and already has a family and child, because he can spend less time on the Space Engine project.
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28 Jan 2022 20:08

To my knowledge, Vladimir is working on the development of 3D volumetric clouds. But development is progressing slowly because the current version of the program bugs also needs to be fixed.

Plus, he still works alone, has only a few helpers, and already has a family and child, because he can spend less time on the Space Engine project.
Popping back in because I was curious about development, and if this is true about 3D clouds, I wonder if he will use a similar method to the rings. Since the ring objects are just a post-processing trick if I remember correctly, that could work with clouds perhaps? While I understood why he was a team of one a while ago, I wonder why he hasn't expanded to a small team yet? Perhaps the complexities involved? A personal reason? Since he is making something that goes beyond what should be the responsibility of one person, while noble, it is still playing with fire (for their own stress/work-load, and circumstance). Oh well, I'll check back in a few years if not sooner.
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30 Jan 2022 00:31

ince the ring objects are just a post-processing trick if I remember correctly
Rings rendering is not a "post processing trick", it is a volumetric ray marching shader that is integrated with the scene.
I wonder why he hasn't expanded to a small team yet?
I recently addressed this, at least partially, on the Steam forums: https://steamcommunity.com/app/314650/d ... 381/?ctp=2
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