Ive started to create the avatar system with the planets I have published. The system will use the Solar System 2.1 made by HyperPatch as a base with the ACA-ACB star system added on. The alpha Centauri system will only consist of alpha Centauri A and B stars, I wont be adding Proxima Centauri. because of how the game works the stars cant actually be in a binary orbit by them selves, there has to be a "barycenter" object for the stars to orbit around. To be as accurate with the orbits as possible, the stars will orbit a barycenter "planet."

Although because of the limitation with Planet Studio, there are some problems with doing this. The biggest one is that the objects in the system always receive light from the parent object of the system. So the planets in orbit of Alpha Centauri will receive light from the sun, not ACA. The best solution ive thought of is to adjust the inclination of the orbits of objects in the new star systems to face the sun, and just pretend that the light the planets receive is coming from their own star. The problem of light coming from the system parent object instead of the the planet's own star also means that doing the system with the actual position of Alpha Centauri isnt practical, since the AC system is about 60 degrees below the solar system, and making the systems in that position will make the light come in at a 60 degree upward angle, lighting up the northern pole of all the planets in the ACA-ACB star systems. To not have this issue the angle of the Alpha Centauri system relative to the solar system has been reduced to about 10 degrees.

The issue with the light also means that at certain times in their orbits, the planets around ACA or ACB will receive light completely wrong directions, it will be possible to see the actual star the planet is orbiting around at light, and yet still have the day side away from the star because of that side facing the system parent. Still, when the direction of the incoming light and the position of the star match, it looks absolutely beautiful.

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    @deepfriedfrenchtoast you’re not in [insert home state] anymore

    4 months ago
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    @HorizonsTechnologies I was never in Kansas, but I sure am not in Kansas right now lol.

    4 months ago
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    You’re not in Kansas anymore

    4 months ago
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    9,174 Hyperant

    Yes @deepfriedfrenchtoast

    4 months ago
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    @Hyperant like what? the stars orbiting each other? I have a barycenter planet that the stars orbit around.

    4 months ago
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    9,174 Hyperant

    I love it! Also, how did you make the orbits like that?

    4 months ago

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