Here's what the black hole is apparently supposed to look like I guess:

blackhole1.jpg
blackhole2.jpg

Done by replacing the model manhattan uses with solar\misc\blackhole.3db. Theres also another blackhole model, but thats just a pitch black ball

Edit: And the thing is huge, I had to fly to fort bush to see it all

Edited by - Kegetys on 03-03-2003 16:04:21

No wonder i couldn't get it to work the demo doesn't have that file . I'll give it another shot when i get the full version.

I'm no astronomist, but I'm fairly sure that if you actually have a blackhole in a system, the system would be sucked into oblivion in no time. And even without the whole Hawking thing, it'd still be way too big to fit into a system.

Seeing as how the rest of the universe is out of proportion I don't see why we can't have baby blackholes

-Stregone

wait.. isn't that thing used to suck up the *****? or .. no.. ?

Edit: spoila

Edited by - ElectricBrain on 04-03-2003 00:16:19

And who cares if its realistic as long as it looks cool : ) Im sure space isnt quite as colorful either hehe.

the thing about blackholes is you can't actually see them... not even light can escape thier gravitational pull.

that's if you really wanna get technical :p

Actually you can see them , or atleast detect them as they according to quantum mechanics emit radiation.... so i guess if you wore your obligatory radiation amplification goggles or some other made up gadget =)

Edited to vaccum cleaner for the people that have played SP to the finish!

Edited by - Bargib on 04-03-2003 13:47:35

ok...

Someone put a spoiler warning at the door then please

Kegetys, show a screen of the "pitch black ball"!!!!

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Click here

I guess thats a more realistic looking black hole anyway

Edited by - Kegetys on 04-03-2003 01:27:22

Heh cool. I bet thats the inside PNR of the old one, that had like a ring of debris going around it. In the older videos.

Actually... Even high energy protons can sometimes escape the event horizon... Not usually, but sometimes.

Also, you can see the dust and gas going into the black hole, just it disappears when it gets to the event horizon, which is why the black part is so wide.


And about it sucking everything in, it would have to be large enough. For example, take our sun and cram it down into a black hole, all the planets and everything would be the same as always, except without light, because the sun has the same mass, and the same gravitational pull.

But anyway... The one with all the gas would be what a black hole would be like in a nebula or something... And the big black ball would be what our sun would look like if it turned into a black hole.