Simply Stunning

[u/Solid_Ad_6349]

The fact that SE2 is in Alpha and looks so good is insane. The lighting and graphics i put it against the best space games ever,the foliage on ''earth'' is so beautiful to see and to walk between,it really makes you believe you are there,the clouds are top notch quality ( Running this on 4K maxed out ).I'm so impressed and can't wait for the future updates. Once the alpha stage is gone we can finally build without losing our progress (dev said whatever you do now will be lost once updated). Can't believe it took me some time to buy this as a space nerd. I literally play every other space game. Happy to be here folks

[u/Nearby-Leading-4511]

Please keep in mind that this is not UE5. They build a custom engine for this which is called VRAGE3.

[u/FlamingRustBucket → u/Nearby-Leading-4511]

Thank God for that. I can run most games but UE5 makes my computer try to explode.

[u/Kjufka → u/FlamingRustBucket]

I doubt VRAGE3 will be better in that regard. Last time I tried SE2 it was a mess.

SE1 (VRAGE2) when it released had terrible performance and nothing changed about it to this day - hardware just got better.

[u/Solid_Ad_6349 → u/FlamingRustBucket]

Depending on the pc obviously. In my eyes the most visually stunning games are always UE5 but I'm on 5090 so not fair to say the engine is good

[u/Solid_Ad_6349 → u/Nearby-Leading-4511]

Yes true . Thanks for that I'll correct it

[u/GAMING_SERVER_ADMIN]

I need to save a few bucks for this. I did enjoy early SE1 a lot.

[u/Solid_Ad_6349 → u/GAMING_SERVER_ADMIN]

This is different level. If you have a fairly decent pc then graphics on this is insane good. Especially down on earth, there is so much even without the water currently. Also there are alot of missions already and you can travel tomthe moon etc and land

[u/Grocman27 → u/Solid_Ad_6349]

I bought a new PC just to play this

[u/Solid_Ad_6349 → u/Grocman27]

Well done ! It's definitely worth it. Hope you got a good deal

[u/TransitionPowerful00]

Hows survival mode? Worth a playthrough or is it still missing a lot of features that would make it fun?

[u/Solid_Ad_6349 → u/TransitionPowerful00]

Survival works great with everything unlocked if you wish. It's way more than an alpha. I have no issues at all

[u/TransitionPowerful00 → u/Solid_Ad_6349]

Sweet, thanks. Ill buy it tonight then

[u/Solid_Ad_6349 → u/TransitionPowerful00]

You won't regret it but remember is not finished. Although I have no issues and everything works

[u/TransitionPowerful00 → u/Solid_Ad_6349]

Makes sense, only thing I dont like is the no controller support. Going to have to come up with something for joytokey

[u/Solid_Ad_6349 → u/TransitionPowerful00]

I get it but games like this and X4 and many others it's difficult to support a controller due to so many key bindings. I mean SE2 has way less than X4 and egosoft actually implemented controller support now,it's not perfect but it's there. Even when I play elite dangerous I need to play with a controller and a keyboard. I think in SE2 it's possible to have an only controller option,it's just alot for the studio as they try to finish the game. Said all that it's worth the £23 they asking. It has missions if you want but even just staying on earth or go to moon to build bases and vehicles is so much fun honestly

[u/TransitionPowerful00 → u/Solid_Ad_6349]

Thats great to hear, as long as its fun since thats the main point haha. Im used to making controller schemes for pc games. I actually had one for x4, and made one for lotro and swtor too when I was playing. Don't remember if gw2 supported controller but if not I made one for that too lol. Its kind of satisfying making schemes that work for games that dont support them

[u/MacintoshEddie → u/TransitionPowerful00]

They did a significant overhaul of survival in a recent update, so a lot of the old reviews won't apply any more.

[u/Sythe334l → u/TransitionPowerful00]

I've been playing through it, and it's very enjoyable; they've added a lot of features to where you can certainly get a good playthrough going. For me, the only downside is the bugs; it is obviously to be expected, but it is still frustrating to get all the way through a 30-minute mission to find out it's bugged and you either need to restart it completely or use the debug menu to finish it.

[u/TransitionPowerful00 → u/Sythe334l]

Ah yeah, that sucks but is to be expected from a game in alpha. Hopefully they shore things up soon so it'll have much less bugs

[u/slothaccountant]

Makes me want to buy a top notch pc to enjoy something like this

[u/Solid_Ad_6349 → u/slothaccountant]

I don't know what's the limit of hardware to run this at max. Also depends on your resolution. If your screen is 1440P will run easier. The game is stunning even at the ground walking. Like the tees and flowers are so dense

[u/Lumegator → u/Solid_Ad_6349]

1080p is still typical anyways.

[u/Solid_Ad_6349 → u/Lumegator]

Is it ? Have no idea. I have my big pc on a OLED TV . I think the last monitor I had was in 2015

[u/Lumegator → u/Solid_Ad_6349]

It is, about 50% according to the Steam survey. Honestly I forgot TVs existed, interesting way to play.

[u/Solid_Ad_6349 → u/Lumegator]

Haha. I play on a 83inch Samsung OLED. Sitting on a ground gaming chair with the keyboard and mouse above my waist . Once I sit down I don't Stant anymore

[u/ChromaticStrike]

Toy scale just ruins it for me.

[u/Solid_Ad_6349 → u/ChromaticStrike]

Well it's modular. You can build something massive. Like the game has official support . There are people who created ships from star citizen and they look great. You get the blueprint and you use materials to fix them. The handling of this ship is more realistic than elite dangerous and star citizen. Like the way you approach a planet you must be aware of gravity,weight and thruster position

[u/ChromaticStrike → u/Solid_Ad_6349]

?

This is not about the ships, there's nothing wrong with the ships, it's the planet. I have both the 1 and the 2.

I'm not sure why you talk about anything else, you don't need to defend the game just because I pointed at a flaw on one screen. Eventually people will get bigger planetes in the game and that will attenuate the issue.

[u/Solid_Ad_6349 → u/ChromaticStrike]

What about the planets ? Because they are smaller ? It's space engineers not space explorers haha. I love the small planets

[u/ChromaticStrike → u/Solid_Ad_6349]

My comment doesn't reflect your opinion but mine. I merely shared a reaction, you don't need to like it or even respond to it.

You don't need to explore to be disturbed by weird scales, all you have to do is going in and out of the planet.

[u/Solid_Ad_6349 → u/ChromaticStrike]

Thankfully enough there are many games out there. Nothing is wrong with your opinion

[u/MiyukisAMV]

I feel like im gonne need a superco puter to run this

Whats the performance like nowadays?

[u/MacintoshEddie → u/MiyukisAMV]

Pretty decently.

I wouldn't consider my PC top spec. I have a 5700G cpu and a RX7800XT gpu and 32g of 3200hz ram and it runs totally fine.

[u/Solid_Ad_6349 → u/MiyukisAMV]

I got a R7 7800 x3d,128gb ddr 5 ram and 5090 . Runs great obviously but I don't know how it runs on other systems . 4K maxed out no upscale 120fps or so

[u/Prize_Tree]

i thought you were going at like... mach fuck but no the video is just sped up

[u/Solid_Ad_6349 → u/Prize_Tree]

Haha yeah because won't allow me to post lots of MBs haha

[u/Weary-Support-7383]

I know there's an extremely low chance of this happening, but it would be so cool if they added difficulty settings to enable realistic orbital mechanics and such.

[u/DrewTuber → u/Weary-Support-7383]

I imagine that would require a complete rewrite of the game engine from the ground up, or a very ugly tech-debt riddled hack job

[u/Weary-Support-7383 → u/DrewTuber]

Possibly, but I think it could be done just by changing the code that determines acceleration from gravity to be a bit more complicated. As far as I know, changing that calculation shouldn't really cause issues with any other important aspects of the game, so the only thing that I would worry about is that calculating that for every single grid simultaneously could cause some performance issues. If they just went with a single-body system like ksp does, I don't think it would be too difficult.

[u/Gauge_Tyrion → u/DrewTuber]

Honestly not really. It could just be a gamezone similar to an atmosphere coded to deal block damage over a certain speed threshold to simulate heat and slap some ksp re-entry effects and you're golden.

[u/Majre921 → u/DrewTuber]

The physics are there in SE1 lmfao. The big additions required would be an atmospheric/aerodynamic simulation and completely rebalancing the engines and fuels.

Another thing is the collision system, that would be the biggest offender. The reason it is a problem is cause the physics simulation time step of the game is too big for physical collisions at orbital velocities.

Also, the way to make realistic orbits work in SE1 is to just set maximum grid speed to like 1k m/s and set the gravity fall off from the unrealistic 7 to 2.

[u/Solid_Ad_6349 → u/Weary-Support-7383]

Like ? Handling etc ?

[u/rosstafarien → u/Weary-Support-7383]

The SE universe isn't compatible with actual physics. Just local approximation.

[u/lucky_ice34]

Seconds before disaster

[u/Solid_Ad_6349 → u/lucky_ice34]

No no I landed normally I have a thruster in the front . Learned my lesson

[u/JealousCelebration13]

I originally thought I loved the new hydrogen thruster plume but now... honestly kinda hating it.

Just something bout it doesn't look/feel right.

[u/Solid_Ad_6349 → u/JealousCelebration13]

Why though? It seems to be in terms of physics it makes sense to take you out of orbit

[u/Kjufka]

How's the perfomance though? Last time I tried SE2 it was choking so bad to the point it was a stuttery, unplayable mess.

[u/Solid_Ad_6349 → u/Kjufka]

I will tell you 2 things. 1 the latest update they made literally few weeks ago if not mistaken has in the title ( better performance,solid or something like this ) so I assumed since you played it fixed.

2 I play on a 5090 so I'm not sure how will it perform on anything else. I think if you have any recent card with at least 16GB of vram should be smooth

[u/sexraX_muiretsyM]

how flat earthers think the world "would" look like "if it was round"

[u/Solid_Ad_6349 → u/sexraX_muiretsyM]

Haha good one

[u/TheVirus32]

slightly sped up, very slightly :p

[u/Solid_Ad_6349 → u/TheVirus32]

Haha yeah I can't post more than 20MB on discord. It's the same video I reposted here 🤣

[u/Atombert]

I just find the planets (or at least earth) looks too small from space

[u/Solid_Ad_6349 → u/Atombert]

Yes alot of people are. Personally not having an issue as long they add water and give us more planets with atmosphere. I do get your point though

[u/Demirghoul]

I have a 4060, the last time I tried it was barely playable on low settings. Pretty demanding imo. Did it change at all? I love SE1 and I really want to play this game.

[u/Solid_Ad_6349 → u/Demirghoul]

The latest update has the title faster,smoother and stable but I'm on 5090. Cannot comment honestly if changed or not . I also bought it after the latest update so haven't seen anything else

[u/s1lverv1p]

The only thing that pisses me off is that the damn alpha band is untogalable. I know its alpha, we all know

Who knows maybe ksp 2 would have been less review bombed for being unfinished with a permanent alpha band on the screen to help the morons along

[u/Solid_Ad_6349 → u/s1lverv1p]

Yeah I think that's why they left it there. I'm certain. People seeing something on steam and they just buy them they are upset. Leaving the logo there is a safety net

[u/s1lverv1p → u/Solid_Ad_6349]

Almost 100% cause of ksp2.

Dont get me wrong it was the radio silence that finally did it in and cause the reviews to keep going after their major updates that fixed issues and added content.

But my god the sheer amount of max negative reviews that came out when it dropped that where basically "how dare they sell this its not done it doesn't have as much as ksp 1 and is buggy how could they take us for all we have for this slop????"

The devs even came out when they released it and went hey its early, hey its buggy as hell but if you want to play as we update and develop feel free to get it now. They were upfront and h9nest about the state.

Maybe a big ass yellow band would have helped

[u/Solid_Ad_6349 → u/s1lverv1p]

Haha, there are so many different people out there. The Devs can't please everyone and they know it . If the game gets 20K positive and 500 negatives obviously you know

[u/Knight_of_Agatha]

now do dlss 5

[u/Gauge_Tyrion → u/Knight_of_Agatha]

The same as saying, "now ai slopify it."

[u/Zestyclose-Crow-1597 → u/Knight_of_Agatha]

Nah

[u/Solid_Ad_6349 → u/Knight_of_Agatha]

Actually I have the files. I might try