When the Moon meets the Earth in Universe Sandbox, glowing fragments are flung off into deep space, Earth heats up and its oceans recede before boiling off completely, and shockwaves spread across the surface. When the Moon hit the Earth in Universe Sandbox Legacy, a little white splotch appeared on Earth's surface, and that was about it. Learn more about climate in Universe Sandbox It is a relatively simple model, but it shows the changing seasons and demonstrates some of the causes and effects of climate change. The climate model responds to incoming star-light, changes in orbits, and atmospheric factors like the amount of CO₂. But when it came to simulating other elements of astronomy and physics, like temperature, planetary collisions, or stellar evolution, it fell a little short.įortunately, Universe Sandbox simulates all of that and a lot more, providing a much broader palette for interaction and exploration.Ĭlimate modeling on Earth in Universe Sandbox.Ĭompletely new to Universe Sandbox are climate models for Earth and Mars, and temperature simulation for all other bodies. You cannot dictate atmosphere composition, and thus you pretty much have to guess what your atmosphere's properties should be to an extent (or find a way of doing the math yourself).īut overall, it's a pretty good tool for making systems, but I wish it was a bit more in-depth, and it's only worth it for system creation if you're going to be doing a lot of it, in my opinion.Universe Sandbox Legacy was good at simulating gravity. Another issue is that the available parameters for planet atmospheres are limited, with some not being as automated as I'd like. Though it's certainly helpful for creating ypur own things from the ground up.
This can make if frustrating trying to recreate very specific values based on some outside source (though in my case its likely only a problem because of the source's lack of accuracy/precision). Certain values of bodies are tied to others, meaning if you change a certain value it has to change a certain other value. I've been using it to recreate star systems based on data from the TTRPG 2300AD, and so far it's been pretty proficient, but there are some annoying restrictions/lack of features.
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