The sports balls should be rounder, and so should the planets and moons, they’re not quite round enough, even the planets and moons aren’t quite round enough and don’t quite meet the “spherical” standards, each face on the planet takes up 1.4 degrees of their surface volume, the poly resolution should be at least twice as much for the planets and moons, and 16 to 32 for the Pool Balls, and 32 to 64 for the other sports balls, all are not quite round enough, and at twice the poly resolution, each face would be only 0.7 degrees of the surface volume, which would be within the margin of “sphericity”, as any face smaller than 1 degree would meet up and no longer be distinguished from a sphere.Īlso, the Pool balls have the lowest resolution, and should be improved by a factor of at least 16 x, who would want to play Pool with chunky Pool Balls?Īnd the Police Box should also be known as TARDIS from Dr. You can buy Universe Sandbox ² on our website or on the Steam Store. Well... we’re talking about it.įollow us on Twitter and Facebook for the latest Universe Sandbox ² news. Wouldn’t it be pretty cool to have a gigantic pyramid floating through space? The image above is a selection of work-in-progress bricks which will lay the groundwork for an Egyptian-style pyramid.Īnd while you may not have the urge to pilot a pyramid, you’re probably wondering if you’ll ever be able to control the other nice looking spacecraft in Universe Sandbox ². Toby is going to continue making models for Universe Sandbox ², but we’ve decided to take a break from spacecraft for our next model. You can add the police box to any simulation: Add > Objects tab > Police Box. Or you place it in any simulation: Add > Objects tab > New Horizons.Īs everyone knows, there’s nothing like a police box for traveling through space... or time. The most notable change between this model and the old one is the shiny, gold foil wrapped around it, which serves as a insulating blanket for the grand piano-sized probe.Ĭheck it out in the included sim: Home > Open > New Horizons Pluto Encounter in 2015. Now that it’s sent us detailed pictures of Pluto and its moons, it continues on its way toward the very distant Kuiper Belt. The New Horizons probe is most famous for giving us our first close look at Pluto, which it approached in July, 2015. Or you place it in any simulation: Add > Objects tab > Third Stage of the Apollo 12. It was likely flung out of Earth’s orbit in 2003, but there’s a good chance it’ll show up again in a few decades.Ĭheck it out in the included sim: Home > Open > Third Stage of the Apollo 12 in Orbit of Earth in 2003. After more observation, however, astronomers concluded the most likely explanation was that this object was not an asteroid, but rather the third stage of the Saturn V rocket used in Apollo 12. The simulation in Universe Sandbox ² refers to the discovery of what was suspected to be an asteroid orbiting Earth in 2002. This model is based on the third stage of the Saturn V rocket which was used in the 1969 Apollo 12 mission, the second to land astronauts on the moon. And thanks to Georg, our shader wizard, for working his magic on these models and implementing them in Universe Sandbox ². Older alpha versions of Universe Sandbox ² had models for both the New Horizons Probe and the Saturn V 3rd Stage, but Toby completely remade these, adding a lot more detail and texture to make them much truer to the real spacecraft. These models were made by Toby Halter for Universe Sandbox ². In Alpha 19 we’ve added in new models for 3 different kinds of spacecraft: the New Horizons Probe, the Third Stage of the Saturn V rocket, and a police box. Once updated, launch Universe Sandbox ².
#UNIVERSE SANDBOX 2 ALPHA 19 UPDATE#
Steam will now update Universe Sandbox ² to the preview version.Set the dropdown menu to ‘alpha19preview‘.Right-click on the game title in your Steam Library.You can try an opt-in preview version of Alpha 19 via Steam: Left to right: New Horizons, Saturn V 3rd Stage, Police BoxĪlpha 19 is not yet officially available.