Option to scale down the universe for games and viewing

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Option to scale down the universe for games and viewing

Post #1by Guest » 05.03.2002, 11:52

Is there anyway to include an option to scale down the universe? The reason why is because I would like to be able to see all the plants in a singe shot. I believe this can be easily accomplished by scaling the distances exponentially.

Ex 2-1
10km would become 1km
100km would become 10km
10,000km would become 100km
100,000,000km would become 1000km

This would shrink further distances much greater then local distances. Now you should be able to view all the planets are if they were those fanciful pictures, with the impossible large moons. As an added benefit for those game developers, this is a excellent way to make it so if your moving at 500kps, it does not take half a year to reach Pluto but instead only 21hrs, much faster

(the formula is distance^(1/x) or the x root of the distance)

If any complains slap a little label on the screen, object may be farther then they appear.

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