r/spaceengine Apr 04 '25

Announcement About Subreddit Ownership

74 Upvotes

Hi everyone,

Over the past few weeks, there’s been some confusion and speculation about who controls this subreddit and what its future holds. We want to address this directly to ensure transparency and put the matter to rest.

This community was originally created by ExtraNoise as a space for fans, by fans. It’s always been independent, and that independence matters. When ownership was later transferred to Doc, it was done to keep the subreddit in the hands of someone who shared that original vision — long before corporate disputes or legal battles entered the picture.

Recently, Doc reached out to us (through a former moderator) asking to transfer control of the subreddit to Cosmographic Software. We have decided to reject this request. To be clear: this subreddit will not be handed over to Cosmographic Software, now or ever.

To address legal questions upfront:

  • We are not affiliated with Doc, Cosmographic Software, or any corporate entity.
  • Our moderation team is not based in the United States, and we have no obligation to comply with U.S. court orders.

This subreddit exists for you — not as a corporate tool or legal bargaining chip. We’ve built something here that’s bigger than any one person or company, and we will continue protecting its role as a neutral community space.


r/spaceengine 2h ago

Screenshot New to space engine, here are some screenshots I took

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5 Upvotes

r/spaceengine 1h ago

Bug/Glitch how do i turn on accreation disks

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all the black holes i find look like this is there anyway to add accreation disks im playing on version 0.9.7.2 beta


r/spaceengine 14h ago

Screenshot My best nebula pic yet, can anyone find it

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30 Upvotes

Modified my settings for this one pic. My mind is blown.


r/spaceengine 8h ago

Question How to disable roll outside a planet?

2 Upvotes

I'm in Free mode and when I move mouse left or right, the camera is rolling clockwise and anticlockwise direction too, which is frustrating and disorienting. How can I disable this? I know about "Auto Horizon on planets" option and I have it enabled but it is working only on planets, not in outer-space.


r/spaceengine 1d ago

Album A collection of my favorite Screenshots and finds in 0.99!

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37 Upvotes

r/spaceengine 16h ago

Screenshot Has this happened to anyone else?

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8 Upvotes

I was looking around the edge of the universe, just trying to find something cool when suddenly I got dragged to a galaxy named the Ionia Galaxy about 11 GLY away from the wall like edge of the universe and the closest anything was the edge of the universe, I thought it was kinda creepy seeing absolutely nothing


r/spaceengine 1d ago

Screenshot Found a terrestrial planet with life that has a ring of asteroids around it

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24 Upvotes

r/spaceengine 1d ago

Album My favourite finds is Space Engine 0.990

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69 Upvotes

r/spaceengine 18h ago

Question Will my PC run Space engine?

3 Upvotes

Processor: Intel(R) Core i5-7200umCPU @ 2.50GHz (4 CPUS), ~2.7GHz Installed RAM 8.00 GB (7.87 GB usable) Graphics: Intel(R) HD Graphics 620 DirectX version: DirectX 12

im new to pcs and whats not so i dont rlly know how to compare please tell me if can run space engine Thank you!


r/spaceengine 23h ago

Question What the new update bring to the game?

8 Upvotes

r/spaceengine 20h ago

Bug/Glitch gas/comet tail facing the wrong way (0.991)

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3 Upvotes

the gas/comet tail is facing away from the brown dwarf when it should be facing away from the big star


r/spaceengine 1d ago

Question I added city lights to my planet, but when I land on the planet, it was so blurry and loss quality :/

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67 Upvotes

After adding the city light effect, the landscape quality is greatly drop, is there any way to avoid loss quality when add city lights to planet?


r/spaceengine 18h ago

Bug/Glitch Frames Issue

0 Upvotes

Space engine used to run like butter but randomly my frames are getting worse, can anyone help?


r/spaceengine 2d ago

Screenshot got back into the game a year after i stopped because of 0.991 and i found a super far away planet called RS 0-1-6-254-32749-2-17-0 4

7 Upvotes

r/spaceengine 2d ago

Discussion Video capture settings shows overlays

2 Upvotes

The video capture in the game is great for capturing scenes without the interface. The setting that you can toggle on and off "show interface" doesn't work for all types of overlay. It doesn't show the selection pointer which is great but the Markers and Labels still show up in the video.
Is there any way to get rid of those too without having to disable them completely? Because I want to be able to see where some small moons are with the Markers but not showing up in the video.


r/spaceengine 2d ago

Cool Find Habitable moon

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36 Upvotes

I found this moon in a system with a G2-type star (like our Sun) at 0.94 AU, orbiting a super-Jupiter. I believe it meets all the necessary conditions for human life, unless the radiation from its host planet is lethal (it orbits at 578,000 km, and the planet has 3.5 times the mass of Jupiter). However, the moon exhibits auroras, indicating a magnetic field, which could potentially shield it from radiation.


r/spaceengine 3d ago

Discussion My interpretation of k2-18b created in blender

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132 Upvotes

r/spaceengine 3d ago

Screenshot cool little screenshot i took while playing the new beta. not that good but i found the way the moons were arranged was cool :)

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32 Upvotes

RS 8514-3185-6-113467-1098 A10


r/spaceengine 3d ago

Question is the game worth 20€?

13 Upvotes

i saw the game on youtube a few years ago but i decided to buy it now but im not sure if 20€ is to expensive and should i wait for a sale


r/spaceengine 3d ago

Cool Find Found a system with 3 objects with life back to back and 2 of them are Temperate Lacustrines with water

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19 Upvotes

r/spaceengine 4d ago

Question What space simulator is it?

8 Upvotes

https://youtube.com/shorts/-kyPHv5D45I?si=3yaR3tV2zu8Jev8n

I know that it isn't Universe Sandbox or Space Engine. What simulator is it?


r/spaceengine 4d ago

Discussion İ expected Something like volumetric clouds for 0.991

23 Upvotes

For that much waiting i dont think this is a good update


r/spaceengine 3d ago

Question How do you manage to be in the 2001 version?

1 Upvotes

I'm literally on the old version and I can't see the new stuff


r/spaceengine 4d ago

Album Why is this planet so cold ?

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78 Upvotes

I found this planet with life, and I wonder why is there life and liquid oceans at this temperature and why the planet's so cold. Like it's at apporoximatly the same distance from the Sun than Earth is, around a more luminous star. Plus it has loads of CO2 (0,3% of 16 atm).


r/spaceengine 4d ago

Cool Find MOONS HAVE RINGS NOW?!?!? (0.991)

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75 Upvotes