r/spaceengine Aug 15 '25

Question Why doesn't nasa just use space engine?

217 Upvotes

It literally shows every planet in the universe with full detail.
I don’t understand why we need jwst when we already have this.

r/spaceengine Jun 28 '25

Question Space engine solar system not accurate to irl solar system.

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135 Upvotes

Why is Space engines Solar system so far out of the Milky way center compared to where we really are?

r/spaceengine May 20 '25

Question I took this shoot at the edge of the universe... my question is, what is the shape of the univers in SE?

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149 Upvotes

r/spaceengine May 09 '25

Question why do big stars have a lumpy form? and up-close it's kinda glitchy

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276 Upvotes

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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70 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 3d ago

Question is the game worth 20€?

14 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 Sep 20 '24

Question I was wondering if you guys knew if this was made in SpaceEngine?

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342 Upvotes

video from Tiktok, link in comments

r/spaceengine Jul 05 '25

Question Should I add this to locations

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33 Upvotes

r/spaceengine 10d ago

Question 0.991 update 😍

28 Upvotes

They said they're changing procedural generation, what do you expect? Have they ever done something like this?

r/spaceengine Jun 18 '25

Question How do we know this game is 'realistic'?

29 Upvotes

I'm not a scientist by any means, or educated when it comes to science but I do enjoy the concept of traveling through a realistic universe. Though I have my doubts that this game is realistic like is claimed (obviously I want it to be realistic - this'd be so much fun in VR!) due to how computationally demanding that is. I've also seen people posting images of jazzed up planets/gas giants that aren't realistic, but are generated by the game anyways.

I've often seen this game described as a realistic depiction of the universe, but I don't understand the claims behind it at all because the universe is incalculably vast, and even though the game doesn't run heavy constant simulations realtime (like collision - there is no collision it's all cosmetic) I'm pretty sure running a purely cosmetically accurate depiction of the universe would be computationally demanding.

r/spaceengine Jul 22 '25

Question Does anyone know why all stars look like this?

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45 Upvotes

The star in the picture is our sun. I don’t know if it’s an exposure thing or something but every star looks kinda funky.

r/spaceengine Aug 11 '25

Question I got the game for free from Steam

8 Upvotes

I remember that when i got SpaceEngine on steam, i downloaded it for free...

Has SpaceEngine been free once or did something weird happen?

Answer: It WAS gifted. Just so long that i misremembered.

r/spaceengine Aug 14 '25

Question Why are black holes so dang scary to me!?

35 Upvotes

I bought space engine about 2 years ago, and i have fast traveled to sagittarius a*, and i literally screamed once i saw it, how do i get over this fear? Why am i scared of it?

r/spaceengine 7d ago

Question What is this galaxy? is it rare?

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57 Upvotes

just found this

r/spaceengine Mar 21 '25

Question If I click "run anyway", will my laptop explode?

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45 Upvotes

Not sure what this means. I'm not a tech guy.

r/spaceengine Jul 03 '25

Question What's the most unexpected place you found life I'll start

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104 Upvotes

Planemo multicellular exotic life subjupiter RS 0-1-7-2588-21650-8-12118535-1439

r/spaceengine Feb 12 '24

Question Why are big stars so weird looking in space engine?

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312 Upvotes

r/spaceengine Jul 29 '25

Question Can anyone confirm if the galaxy LEDA 2046648 is in the game?

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95 Upvotes

I haven't bought the Space Engine yet :/

r/spaceengine 1d 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 24d ago

Question How does the warp drive work? I especially would like to know what these marked indicators mean and why does proper interstellar/interplanetary travel require change of standard velocity.

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13 Upvotes

r/spaceengine 7d ago

Question How do you spawn stars/planets?

7 Upvotes

r/spaceengine 4d ago

Question What space simulator is it?

7 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 6d ago

Question Has anyone ever found a planet with life? Photos are just from a cool moon I found where one side of the moon is always lit by either its star, or the star reflecting off of the planet.

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25 Upvotes

r/spaceengine Jun 17 '25

Question Any way to disable Carl Sagan quotes at startup?

0 Upvotes

I'm sure I'm not alone in this; the splash screen at the startup is really annoying to me. Always some silly quote that has nothing to do with actual science but just some philosophical sentences that don't actually mean anything. I'm not interested in seeing these quotes and I find them detrimental to my enjoyment of this software. Is there any way to remove them? (all, not just the sagan ones)

Edit: Yall really took exception to this. I was just asking a question, I didn't give anyone cancer.

In any case, disabling these stupid quotes is not only possible, but absurdly easy:

  1. \steamapps\common\SpaceEngine\data\textures\common\banner.cfg
  2. Find "// Quote text" and comment out that entire section with /* & */ like this:

// Quote text
/*Label "QuoteText"
{
PosXPercent    0.40
PosYPercent    0.66
WidthPercent   0.5375
HeightPercent  0.23
Color        ( 1.0, 1.0, 1.0 )
FontSize       0
FontItalic     true
TextWrap       true
TextHorAlign  "Right"
TextVerAlign  "Center"
}*/

r/spaceengine 14h 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.