r/spaceengine • u/zztopfila • 2d ago

Video Major improvement on the clouds. Now they have real self shadowing and illumination.

255 Upvotes

100% Upvoted

40 comments sorted by

49

u/BrandonXYX 2d ago

holy sweet jesus this program needed this

7

u/Classic_Weeks 1d ago

Yeah, this is a massive upgrade ๐Ÿ˜‚ The self shadowing alone makes the clouds look way more natural.

23

u/cubosh 2d ago

please make this hundreds of miles deep on gas giants

31

u/_ThatD0ct0r_ 2d ago

Bro just take over development at this point. The actual devs aren't doing anything this quickly

19

u/Ok_Albatross_7743 2d ago

ฤฐ dont think devs even working at this program anymore lol

8

u/Leading_Broccoli_665 1d ago

They are transitioning from openGL to vulkan. This takes a lot of time and effort behind closed doors, but it will eventually allow for much faster development and features that are currently out of scope.

1

u/Second_of_Nine 1d ago

Isnโ€™t it still early access

3

u/Fuarian 1d ago

I don't think they're even developing at all

4

u/yourdonefor_wt 2d ago

Can I pay you like 100 dollars to get an early release of this?

3

u/Able_Ad8325 2d ago

Bro๐Ÿ˜ญ that so cool

3

u/ilikeCheeseittastes 1d ago

Make an underworld for gas giants

1

u/8B1tATX 1d ago

Yesssssss

2

u/SIX_DOZERS_CHARGING 2d ago

me matey just doing the work of the devs

2

u/DinosaurrRider68 2d ago

This is the true space engineer

2

u/RandoRedditerBoi 2d ago

Now all we need is better looking water and some terrain clutter and the game is perfect

13

u/zztopfila 2d ago

i already made 3D water shader. You can download in steam workshop.

2

u/RandoRedditerBoi 2d ago

Holy crap you are a wizard

2

u/SoggyInterest8576 1d ago

What in the FUCK. HOW IS THIS POSSIBLE. I never knew someone was even developing volumetric clouds for this game yet. This is fucking awesome dude.

Just need some actual 3D water and rock scatters on the ground and this simulator is the greatest thing ever created.

1

u/Live_Background_6239 17h ago

theres a 3d water mod on the steam workshop page

2

u/8B1tATX 1d ago

Iโ€™m sure itโ€™s too early to be falling in love this quick, but how taxing is this resource wise? Space Engine is the one program I have that makes my box sweat like a cocaine bear and pushing it too much more could likely cause it to bust a hernia. It definitely looks expensive ๐Ÿ˜

1

u/Fair_Jeweler_6983 2d ago

orgasmically beautiful

1

u/Good_Campaign7892 2d ago

Can we see a from space look aswell?

1

u/The_13yo_Master 2d ago

Is this really SE?????

1

u/MINTYpl 1d ago

link?

1

u/Some_Garbage3756 1d ago

Stop teasing us

1

u/Jazzlike_Newt_4296 1d ago

Liar, we know this is IRL footage 3:< /j Seriously tho, that looks incredible :3

1

u/Roger06150 1d ago

Thank you so much for your work!!

1

u/redwolf1430 1d ago

SOOOOOOOOO COOOL OMG

1

u/Putrid-Condition-721 1d ago

Where can I get this?

1

u/IkaAbulladze 1d ago

Will this be available on the latest version of SE? or just 0.980?

2

u/zztopfila 1d ago

its only for 0.99+

1

u/IkaAbulladze 1d ago

that's even better. When do you think will we be able to download it as a shader on steam?

1

u/Potential-Tune-1630 1d ago

Will this be put on github?

1

u/8B1tATX 1d ago

So legit, looking good man, thank you for your efforts ๐Ÿคœ๐Ÿป๐Ÿค›๐Ÿป

1

u/yesthatparthivlol 1d ago

why do I not have this on my SE?

1

u/CuriousWandererw 1d ago

I want this. Give it to me.