Comments on: Solar Explorer: The next update http://apps.burlock.org/update-solar-explorer/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=update-solar-explorer Apps and games Sun, 12 May 2013 17:04:00 +0000 hourly 1 By: Ddd http://apps.burlock.org/update-solar-explorer/#comment-352 Ddd Tue, 06 Mar 2012 02:49:00 +0000 http://apps.burlock.org/?p=703#comment-352 Keep up the good work man! My 8 year old loves the app on the playbook. He even ask me questions about the things he learned from solar explorer. Embarrassing i don’t have all the correct answers.

]]> By: zektor http://apps.burlock.org/update-solar-explorer/#comment-347 zektor Mon, 05 Mar 2012 04:49:00 +0000 http://apps.burlock.org/?p=703#comment-347 I think you will be pleasantly surprised with the Playbook. I was! I have been an Android guy for years, and while waiting for the Asus Prime to become available I ended up buying a Playbook out of sheer boredom. I thought it would be something to pass the time..something different, and something to add to my collection of devices. Never did I think that it would be the sole device I enjoy and love the most, but it is. It was and is a refreshing change from the Android OS, and if an app is available for the Playbook I purchase it instead of the Android version in all cases now. Enjoy it, AND keep on making great apps for it! ;)

]]> By: jess http://apps.burlock.org/update-solar-explorer/#comment-344 jess Sun, 04 Mar 2012 23:45:00 +0000 http://apps.burlock.org/?p=703#comment-344 Oh yeah that would be a lot of work haha

]]> By: Neil B http://apps.burlock.org/update-solar-explorer/#comment-341 Neil B Sun, 04 Mar 2012 22:49:00 +0000 http://apps.burlock.org/?p=703#comment-341 Thanks, I’ll fix the typo.

One reason that the app doesn’t show moonlets is that the 3D engine can’t handle showing a massive object like Saturn in close proximity to a tiny object. It’s because the 3D engine uses 32bit math for performance reasons and the scale difference would require 64bit math.

Some are large enough to be shown, but there just isn’t much information on them. We have a few photos, but most are just blurry dots at best.

Also, there’s hundreds of them!

I’ve included most objects over 200KM in size, but below that, there’s just not much information.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Solar_System_objects_by_size

]]> By: Neil B http://apps.burlock.org/update-solar-explorer/#comment-340 Neil B Sun, 04 Mar 2012 22:36:00 +0000 http://apps.burlock.org/?p=703#comment-340 Yes, I left it off by default because I didn’t know if it would work. I’ll make it on by default in the next update for Playbook.

]]> By: jess http://apps.burlock.org/update-solar-explorer/#comment-339 jess Sun, 04 Mar 2012 22:25:00 +0000 http://apps.burlock.org/?p=703#comment-339 Also, you may want to have it auto set to HD texture for the PB version since it runs flawlessly.. i didnt even find out about that option till a week later.

]]> By: jess http://apps.burlock.org/update-solar-explorer/#comment-338 jess Sun, 04 Mar 2012 22:23:00 +0000 http://apps.burlock.org/?p=703#comment-338 I did find a spelling error on the info about Umbriel. Says ‘though’ when it should say ‘thought’. nothing major, just thought id point that out. Also, any chance we could get more info on some of the other smaller moons? Even if they really are just big rocks in space it would still be nice to have them all :)

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