Outerra - Speed of Light

[Kugluck]

Must zoomout to galaxy viewing.

[Metroid225]

Wow. It.. actually looks like real life.

[Draxelzs]

I closed my eyes in reflex just before the cam crashed back into the earth

[crim3cost]

Really, I was joking, I know this is newtonian physics. In fact, I can't come up with a practical way of implementing a relativistic game engine after thinking about it these weeks.

[mckseal]

if this was relativistic, the journey would have taken no time at all according to the light.

[GoRaGeBbit]

@mckseal And colors would change due to Doppler effect. But what if its the Earth traveling at speed of light towards viewer? :)

[mckseal]

@GoRaGeBbit

Doesn't matter. Light is constant. :P

[pepeluilly]

is this really 300.000 km/s ? i allways thought that at this vel. the earth would dissapear instantly from the view with a normal fov.

[cameni47]

@pepeluilly Well it takes 1.2s for light to reach Moon, and Earth is visible nicely from there

[crim3cost]

The first gaming engine in implementing relativistic physics instead of newtonian :)

[Penguin87]

@crim3cost Actually, this simulation is only taking into account Newtonian physics. Otherwise the trip wouldn't have taken almost any time due to relativistic effects occurring when traveling so close to the speed of light.

[crim3cost]

@Penguin87 yes, very true! I was toying with the idea of a gaming engine with relativistic physics. That would allow to change the value of 'c' and see all kind of weird (for us) effects.

The truth is that it would be really interesting. Ridiculous low c values in such an engine would allow people to get used to relativistic effects and clear up all the myth around Einstein's theories.

[samsf90]

@Penguin87 yeah but we already have that video. It's a black screen of 0 size of 0:00 length

[plotchickens]

you have no idea what you are talking about :)

[mckseal]

@Penguin87

Correction, the trip would have taken exactly no time.

[Penguin87]

@mckseal Assuming that the acceleration was instantaneous, yes.

[mckseal]

@Penguin87

Yep, science!

[jumperbr]

@mckseal Unless it was Earth which was travelling and not the observer. In any case, who cares?

[mckseal]

@jumperbr

Doesn't matter, relativistic. And to answer, "Who cares?" Why post on youtube, why browse the internet, why talk with others? Just to know other opinions and have edifying conversations. Also porn. That too.

[konashredbiker]

lol

[ZE0SPantera]

Eh, My game engine would go faster then that.

[jjfan4824]

@ZE0SPantera Uhm... they weree set to "speed of light"... if you went "faster" you would be "faster then the speed of light"... fail personal advertisment fail.

[ZE0SPantera]

@jjfan4824 I know I could do at least a million times the speed of light.. And my engine would make cookies and have clouds.

lol

[jjfan4824]

@ZE0SPantera ... Why am I feeling like I missed your sarcasm in the first post? lol..

[ZE0SPantera]

@jjfan4824 I troll the OT forums constantly and have been pretty much first poster on all the videos. So Cameni gets it.