For Backers Only: One Moon, No Waiting

What video?

Also the system will put things into orbit around other things for you as well, the idea of Putting moons/asteroids into orbit around planets so you can use Unit Cannons has been talked about as far back as when the Kickstarter was still running and mentioned by Jon himself.

Mike

It was the July 30th livestream, at 19:30:



The automatic guidance stuff starts at around 20:25, but before that, he clicked and dragged the asteroid into different positions where the engines would propel them. I like being able to manually control the orbit similar to what he did first.

That is completely separate, that's the system editor.

Like I said, the system that controls the engines will allow for more than just smashing.

Mike

Yes I can, I can see that it's the system editor. I figure there might be some faint similarity between the system editor and the in game system view, as completely different as they are.

If the system that controls the engines allows for more than just smashing, wonderful!

Yes, they are similar in that the Simulation aspect(Planets moving in orbits around the sun and such) is the same in both, the key difference is that the UI is completely different and used to accomplish different things in both.

Mike

I'm pretty sure, though I don't have proof, that Uber has stated that they will be putting in functionality for changing orbits.

I've been saying time this whole time.

Mike

was just looking around the forums for something that said this. I'll take your word on it

This reminds me of a invader zim episode where they found the extinct martian people who worked themselves to death converting their entire planet into a huge space ship, when asked why they did so the guide answered "because it is cool" ^^ don't need any better reason.