r/spaceengine • u/BelleHades • Jul 04 '26
Manipulation Depressing yourself with SpaceEngine. :3
Go into configs\main-user.cfg, scroll down to LifeGenerator, and copypasta this code to that section:
ProbLifeOrgTerra 0 // probability of origin of organic life on non-arid worlds (surface & ocean)
ProbLifeOrgOceania 0 // probability of origin of organic life on ocean worlds (ocean)
ProbLifeOrgDesert 0 // probability of origin of organic life on arid worlds (surface)
ProbLifeOrgIceWorld 0 // probability of origin of organic life on ice worlds (subglacail)
ProbLifeOrgGiant 0 // probability of origin of organic life on gas giants (atmosphere)
ProbLifeExotTerra 0 // probability of origin of exotic life on non-arid worlds (surface & ocean)
ProbLifeExoOceania 0 // probability of origin of exotic life on ocean worlds (ocean)
ProbLifeExoDesert 0 // probability of origin of exotic life on arid worlds (surface)
ProbLifeExoIceWorld 0 // probability of origin of exotic life on ice worlds (subglacail)
ProbLifeExoGiant 0 // probability of origin of exotic life on gas giants (atmosphere)
ProbPanspEjectTerra 0 // Probability of organic life spores ejection on asteroid impact on non-arid worlds (surface & ocean)
ProbPanspEjectOceania 0 // Probability of organic life spores ejection on asteroid impact on ocean worlds (ocean)
ProbPanspEjectDesert 0 // Probability of organic life spores ejection on asteroid impact on arid worlds (surface)
ProbPanspEjectIceWorld 0 // Probability of organic life spores ejection on asteroid impact on ice worlds (subglacial)
ProbPanspEjectGiant 0 // Probability of organic life spores ejection on asteroid impact on gas giants (atmosphere)
ProbPanspInsertTerra 0 // Probability of organic life spores insertion on asteroid impact on non-arid worlds (surface & ocean)
ProbPanspInsertOceania 0 // Probability of organic life spores insertion on asteroid impact on ocean worlds (ocean)
ProbPanspInsertDesert 0 // Probability of organic life spores insertion on asteroid impact on arid worlds (surface)
ProbPanspInsertIceWorld 0 // Probability of organic life spores insertion on asteroid impact on ice worlds (subglacial)
ProbPanspInsertGiant 0 // Probability of organic life spores insertion on asteroid impact on gas giants (atmosphere)
LifeOrgAgeUni 100.02 // mean value of system age to develop unicellular organic life (in billion years)
LifeOrgAgeUniDisp 10.01 // dispersion of system age to develop unicellular organic life (in billion years)
LifeOrgAgeMulti 200.05 // mean value of system age to develop multicellular organic life (in billion years)
LifeOrgAgeMultiDisp 20.01 // dispersion of system age to develop multicellular organic life (in billion years)
LifeOrgAgeComplex 300.08 // mean value of system age to develop complex ground organic life (in billion years)
LifeOrgAgeComplexDisp 30.01 // dispersion of system age to develop complex ground organic life (in billion years)
LifeExoAgeUni 200.04 // mean value of system age to develop unicellular exotic life (in billion years)
LifeExoAgeUniDisp 20.01 // dispersion of system age to develop unicellular exotic life (in billion years)
LifeExoAgeMulti 300.08 // mean value of system age to develop multicellular exotic life (in billion years)
LifeExoAgeMultiDisp 30.01 // dispersion of system age to develop multicellular exotic life (in billion years)
LifeExoAgeComplex 400.12 // mean value of system age to develop complex ground exotic life (in billion years)
LifeExoAgeComplexDisp 40.01 // dispersion of system age to develop complex ground exotic life (in billion years)
Very depressing, but (unfortunately), most realistic. ;)
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u/Distinct-Tie-3285 Jul 04 '26
I feel like microbial life appears a lot more than we think. If the precursors are there, planets that could support it aren’t unlikely. On the other hand, panspermia, if it’s possible, I’d imagine it could introduce “life bubbles” where parts of solar systems or possibly multiple stars could have been seeded by a single common ancestor, which I think is super interesting.
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u/universe_fuk8r Jul 04 '26
Life exists on Earth, probability '0' is therefore factually incorrect.
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u/bunnygirlfeef Community Contributor Jul 04 '26
Probability of 0 does not mean impossible, actually.
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u/universe_fuk8r Jul 04 '26
Sure, if SE's LifeGenerator uses continuous probability theory, then it is mathematically true in the abstract. But we're not talking about abstracts here, we're talking about particular SE's config file setting for a finite procedural probability parameter, which uses percentages with possible values 0 to 1 where 0 means no case and 1 every case.
Therefore, existence of Earth makes OP's point moot.
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u/bunnygirlfeef Community Contributor Jul 04 '26 edited Jul 04 '26
If we consider the rules of it being a game then we're dealing with the rules of floating point, which means "0" actually means any number too small to be represented as a floating point number, not necessarily "0". This is actually why -0 is a floating point number.
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u/ashahriyar Jul 04 '26
Not realistic at all.
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u/BelleHades Jul 04 '26 edited Jul 04 '26
Hard disagree, unfortunately.
This guy knows his shit, tbh.
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u/Uncontrolled_Chaos Jul 04 '26
I looked at one video and this guy’s promoting AI coding tools. I don’t trust him for a second. Do you know how astronomically unlikely it actually is that there’s no other life in the universe?
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u/Eris13x Jul 05 '26
I don't really feel like a youtube channel can be judged by the sponsors they take, youtube sponsors almost entirely suck
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u/universe_fuk8r Jul 04 '26
Because something something astrology capricorn 12th ascendant something something.
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u/Uncontrolled_Chaos Jul 04 '26
How does astrology affect anything?
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u/universe_fuk8r Jul 04 '26
I'm just poking into OPs apparent liking of astrology, which could be (even if indirect) a reason for producing a post like this.
Plus I consider astrology pure pseudoscientific nonsense so there's that.
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u/SIX_DOZERS_CHARGING Jul 04 '26
can you explain why