A-L-E-X wrote:Source of the post Mr. Abner wrote:
A-L-E-X wrote:
Mr. Abner wrote:
Perhaps that's by design. How can you see an eclipse if it's cloudy?
Oh... and travelling at 1c is still slow given the size of the Universe. Think about it — try travelling from Earth to Proxima Centauri at 1c and it will take you a little over 4 years to get there. You need to go much faster if you want to see stars whiz by à la Star Trek.
Yeah I just select Goto and I get that whizzing effect of the warp drive that Doc was talking about.
I'm talking more along the lines of say I am orbiting a planet or flying over a planet and want to explore the terrain below me. The terrain doesn't change no matter how fast I go.
Wait a minute, that doesn't sound right... how are you changing the velocity? Mouse wheel? That just changes the acceleration you will experience once you try and change velocity with one of the keys (arrows keys, num-pad 1 & 0).
You should see two numbers next to the clock at the bottom left, the top one is actual velocity, the bottom one is your current acceleration setting.
If this is blatantly obvious, my apologies, but I can think of no other reason you can travel from star to star, or planet to planet, yet once there cannot move relative to that planet.
I am using the arrow things at the bottom and clicking on them. Am I doing it wrong? I click on the on
A-L-E-X wrote:Source of the post I am using the arrow things at the bottom and clicking on them. Am I doing it wrong? I click on the one that says Increasing Velocity. I just sit in the same location no matter how fast I make it.
And since we are on the subject of the clock, how can time be set to a particular minute and second? I can get the date and the hour but it ignores me when I try to set it to the exact minute and second.
I don't know about any arrow buttons to click on, I'm talking about the actual cursor arrow keys. Up = accelerate forward; down = decelerate, or accelerate backwards; left & right = well, left and right; numpad 1 = accelerate vertically up; numpad 0 = down; Z key will cancel all movement.
For rotation, use the numpad keys 8, 2, 4, 6, 7, and 9. The numpag 5 key will cancel all rotation.
And how these affect the camera will depend on what mode you are in. The upper row number keys 1 to 3 will change how the camera reacts. (4 is to take control of a ship.)
Hope this helps.
Edit: Oh, and if you are a "gamer", the movement keys (and some rotation keys?) are duplicated on the left side of the keyboard, but I don't use them much, so don't remember what they are. You can assign any keys of your choice from the Main menu, Settings submenu, Controls option.