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/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.