▲ 182 ▼ Starfield Launch Details, PC Specs and More (bethesda.net) submitted 3 years ago* by simple@lemm.ee to c/games@lemmy.world 127 comments fedilink hide all child comments TL;DR: Minimum Specs: OS: Windows 10 version 21H1 (10.0.19043) Processor: AMD Ryzen 5 2600X, Intel Core i7-6800K Memory: 16 GB RAM Graphics: AMD Radeon RX 5700, NVIDIA GeForce 1070 Ti DirectX: Version 12 Storage: 125 GB available space Additional Notes: SSD Required Recommended Specs: OS: Windows 10/11 with updates Processor: AMD Ryzen 5 3600X, Intel i5-10600K Memory: 16 GB RAM Graphics: AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 DirectX: Version 12 Network: Broadband Internet connection Storage: 125 GB available space Additional Notes: SSD Required
[–] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 37 points 3 years ago (5 children) Alpha Centauri +4.37LY Man, this is some BULLSHIT. Why do the Alpha Centaurians have to wait so long? permalink fedilink source hideshow 10 child comments replies: [–] vlad76@lemmy.sdf.org 15 points 3 years ago (1 child) Stupid speed of causality. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] tal@kbin.social 4 points 3 years ago* (3 children) We still haven't established whether some form of warp drive is doable or not. Even if you can't move faster than light, if you can distort spacetime around yourself sufficiently in the right way, you can maybe get a functionally-similar effect. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcubierre_drive The Alcubierre drive ([alkuˈβjere]) is a speculative warp drive idea according to which a spacecraft could achieve apparent faster-than-light travel by contracting space in front of it and expanding space behind it, under the assumption that a configurable energy-density field lower than that of vacuum (that is, negative mass) could be created.[1][2] Proposed by theoretical physicist Miguel Alcubierre in 1994, the Alcubierre drive is based on a solution of Einstein's field equations. Since those solutions are metric tensors, the Alcubierre drive is also referred to as Alcubierre metric. Objects cannot accelerate to the speed of light within normal spacetime; instead, the Alcubierre drive shifts space around an object so that the object would arrive at its destination more quickly than light would in normal space without breaking any physical laws.[3] The local velocity relative to the deformed space-time would be subluminal, but the speed at which a spacecraft could move would be superluminal, thereby rendering possible interstellar flight, such as a visit to Proxima Centauri within a few days. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] AEsheron@lemmy.world 2 points 3 years ago Here's the problem, you have to bend space the opposite direction it does from mass to make it work. For that, you need antigeavity. And the only way to make antigravity, is with negative energy. Which is a real thing that actually exists. Basically, the universe runs on averages. So long as a system averages to a number that works, discrete parts of it can have values that don't make sense, so long as the rest of the system makes enough sense for the average of it to be sensible. So in a system that hovers around 0K, for example, it's possible to have tiny fluctuations that occasionally dip to negative temperatures. The math gets weird, but generally it doesn't matter, because those regions are too tiny and random to make any use of it. But, theoretically, it is possible to harness negative energy. It's been a while since I looked into it, but IIRC, the best theory is to basically concentrate an enormous, mind boggling, ludicrous amount of energy, and then at the very edges of that system you should be able to bleed off tiny bits of negative energy fairly reliably. But we're talking civilizations that move stars tech here. I think the idea was for a giant ring, that would encompass our solar system, kuiper belt and all, and get it to spin. The amount if energy required to spin something that large is mind boggling, and that's your high energy system, then along the surface you can bleed off negative energy. But even that would be an insanely tiny trickle of negative energy. Unless some new method of bending spacetime is discovered, Alcubierre is just unfeasible. However, this could be more practical for wormholes. But even still, likely looking at a microscopic event horizon for the giant ring, it would be for communication only. But at least you can still technically scale up large scale systems like this to theoretically make something large enough for a person to enter. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Graphine@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago That's the problem though. While antimatter exists, which has negative mass, it exists only in small amounts, and you'd have to have a massive amount of it to accomplish such a feat. We'd need to find a way to create it. And don't get me started on the other problematic aspects of it, like space debris. permalink fedilink source parent [–] vlad76@lemmy.sdf.org 1 point 3 years ago I love PBS Space-time permalink fedilink source parent [–] radix@lemmy.world 10 points 3 years ago Digital downloads only. The throughput is fine, but the latency is terrible. permalink fedilink source parent [–] sl3dge@programming.dev 6 points 3 years ago (2 children) A LY isn’t a unit of time… permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Chailles@lemmy.world 16 points 3 years ago (3 children) Sure it is, hence why it's called a lightYEAR. It's the time that a year passes for one light. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] beefcat@lemmy.world 6 points 3 years ago I am disappointed that some people don't seem to get this joke. permalink fedilink source parent [–] DulyNoted@lemmy.world 2 points 3 years ago Ohhh, so that's why he was called Buzz Lightyear! permalink fedilink source parent [–] paholg@lemm.ee 0 points 3 years ago (1 child) Time doesn't pass for light, though. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Chailles@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago All I hear is that it'll take one hell of a bird. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 7 points 3 years ago (1 child) And a parsec isn't a unit of distance but that didn't stop Han Solo from completing the Kessel run in fewer than 12. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] NuPNuA@lemm.ee 1 point 3 years ago (1 child) As naff as a Solo film was, they actually closed that plot hole and clarified he was talking about distance. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] WldFyre@lemmy.world 2 points 3 years ago (1 child) That was actually explained back in the pre-disney EU, so it hasn't been a plothole for decades. Solo just kept the existing explanation, which was pretty neat. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] NuPNuA@lemm.ee 2 points 3 years ago Didn't realise that, makes more sense. permalink fedilink source parent [–] BloodSlut@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago BGS telling us how they really feel 😔 permalink fedilink source parent [–] dan1101@lemm.ee 1 point 3 years ago They barely know anything about the game at this point, they won't expect it for several more years. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] vlad76@lemmy.sdf.org 15 points 3 years ago (1 child) Stupid speed of causality. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] tal@kbin.social 4 points 3 years ago* (3 children) We still haven't established whether some form of warp drive is doable or not. Even if you can't move faster than light, if you can distort spacetime around yourself sufficiently in the right way, you can maybe get a functionally-similar effect. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcubierre_drive The Alcubierre drive ([alkuˈβjere]) is a speculative warp drive idea according to which a spacecraft could achieve apparent faster-than-light travel by contracting space in front of it and expanding space behind it, under the assumption that a configurable energy-density field lower than that of vacuum (that is, negative mass) could be created.[1][2] Proposed by theoretical physicist Miguel Alcubierre in 1994, the Alcubierre drive is based on a solution of Einstein's field equations. Since those solutions are metric tensors, the Alcubierre drive is also referred to as Alcubierre metric. Objects cannot accelerate to the speed of light within normal spacetime; instead, the Alcubierre drive shifts space around an object so that the object would arrive at its destination more quickly than light would in normal space without breaking any physical laws.[3] The local velocity relative to the deformed space-time would be subluminal, but the speed at which a spacecraft could move would be superluminal, thereby rendering possible interstellar flight, such as a visit to Proxima Centauri within a few days. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] AEsheron@lemmy.world 2 points 3 years ago Here's the problem, you have to bend space the opposite direction it does from mass to make it work. For that, you need antigeavity. And the only way to make antigravity, is with negative energy. Which is a real thing that actually exists. Basically, the universe runs on averages. So long as a system averages to a number that works, discrete parts of it can have values that don't make sense, so long as the rest of the system makes enough sense for the average of it to be sensible. So in a system that hovers around 0K, for example, it's possible to have tiny fluctuations that occasionally dip to negative temperatures. The math gets weird, but generally it doesn't matter, because those regions are too tiny and random to make any use of it. But, theoretically, it is possible to harness negative energy. It's been a while since I looked into it, but IIRC, the best theory is to basically concentrate an enormous, mind boggling, ludicrous amount of energy, and then at the very edges of that system you should be able to bleed off tiny bits of negative energy fairly reliably. But we're talking civilizations that move stars tech here. I think the idea was for a giant ring, that would encompass our solar system, kuiper belt and all, and get it to spin. The amount if energy required to spin something that large is mind boggling, and that's your high energy system, then along the surface you can bleed off negative energy. But even that would be an insanely tiny trickle of negative energy. Unless some new method of bending spacetime is discovered, Alcubierre is just unfeasible. However, this could be more practical for wormholes. But even still, likely looking at a microscopic event horizon for the giant ring, it would be for communication only. But at least you can still technically scale up large scale systems like this to theoretically make something large enough for a person to enter. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Graphine@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago That's the problem though. While antimatter exists, which has negative mass, it exists only in small amounts, and you'd have to have a massive amount of it to accomplish such a feat. We'd need to find a way to create it. And don't get me started on the other problematic aspects of it, like space debris. permalink fedilink source parent [–] vlad76@lemmy.sdf.org 1 point 3 years ago I love PBS Space-time permalink fedilink source parent
[–] tal@kbin.social 4 points 3 years ago* (3 children) We still haven't established whether some form of warp drive is doable or not. Even if you can't move faster than light, if you can distort spacetime around yourself sufficiently in the right way, you can maybe get a functionally-similar effect. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcubierre_drive The Alcubierre drive ([alkuˈβjere]) is a speculative warp drive idea according to which a spacecraft could achieve apparent faster-than-light travel by contracting space in front of it and expanding space behind it, under the assumption that a configurable energy-density field lower than that of vacuum (that is, negative mass) could be created.[1][2] Proposed by theoretical physicist Miguel Alcubierre in 1994, the Alcubierre drive is based on a solution of Einstein's field equations. Since those solutions are metric tensors, the Alcubierre drive is also referred to as Alcubierre metric. Objects cannot accelerate to the speed of light within normal spacetime; instead, the Alcubierre drive shifts space around an object so that the object would arrive at its destination more quickly than light would in normal space without breaking any physical laws.[3] The local velocity relative to the deformed space-time would be subluminal, but the speed at which a spacecraft could move would be superluminal, thereby rendering possible interstellar flight, such as a visit to Proxima Centauri within a few days. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] AEsheron@lemmy.world 2 points 3 years ago Here's the problem, you have to bend space the opposite direction it does from mass to make it work. For that, you need antigeavity. And the only way to make antigravity, is with negative energy. Which is a real thing that actually exists. Basically, the universe runs on averages. So long as a system averages to a number that works, discrete parts of it can have values that don't make sense, so long as the rest of the system makes enough sense for the average of it to be sensible. So in a system that hovers around 0K, for example, it's possible to have tiny fluctuations that occasionally dip to negative temperatures. The math gets weird, but generally it doesn't matter, because those regions are too tiny and random to make any use of it. But, theoretically, it is possible to harness negative energy. It's been a while since I looked into it, but IIRC, the best theory is to basically concentrate an enormous, mind boggling, ludicrous amount of energy, and then at the very edges of that system you should be able to bleed off tiny bits of negative energy fairly reliably. But we're talking civilizations that move stars tech here. I think the idea was for a giant ring, that would encompass our solar system, kuiper belt and all, and get it to spin. The amount if energy required to spin something that large is mind boggling, and that's your high energy system, then along the surface you can bleed off negative energy. But even that would be an insanely tiny trickle of negative energy. Unless some new method of bending spacetime is discovered, Alcubierre is just unfeasible. However, this could be more practical for wormholes. But even still, likely looking at a microscopic event horizon for the giant ring, it would be for communication only. But at least you can still technically scale up large scale systems like this to theoretically make something large enough for a person to enter. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Graphine@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago That's the problem though. While antimatter exists, which has negative mass, it exists only in small amounts, and you'd have to have a massive amount of it to accomplish such a feat. We'd need to find a way to create it. And don't get me started on the other problematic aspects of it, like space debris. permalink fedilink source parent [–] vlad76@lemmy.sdf.org 1 point 3 years ago I love PBS Space-time permalink fedilink source parent
[–] AEsheron@lemmy.world 2 points 3 years ago Here's the problem, you have to bend space the opposite direction it does from mass to make it work. For that, you need antigeavity. And the only way to make antigravity, is with negative energy. Which is a real thing that actually exists. Basically, the universe runs on averages. So long as a system averages to a number that works, discrete parts of it can have values that don't make sense, so long as the rest of the system makes enough sense for the average of it to be sensible. So in a system that hovers around 0K, for example, it's possible to have tiny fluctuations that occasionally dip to negative temperatures. The math gets weird, but generally it doesn't matter, because those regions are too tiny and random to make any use of it. But, theoretically, it is possible to harness negative energy. It's been a while since I looked into it, but IIRC, the best theory is to basically concentrate an enormous, mind boggling, ludicrous amount of energy, and then at the very edges of that system you should be able to bleed off tiny bits of negative energy fairly reliably. But we're talking civilizations that move stars tech here. I think the idea was for a giant ring, that would encompass our solar system, kuiper belt and all, and get it to spin. The amount if energy required to spin something that large is mind boggling, and that's your high energy system, then along the surface you can bleed off negative energy. But even that would be an insanely tiny trickle of negative energy. Unless some new method of bending spacetime is discovered, Alcubierre is just unfeasible. However, this could be more practical for wormholes. But even still, likely looking at a microscopic event horizon for the giant ring, it would be for communication only. But at least you can still technically scale up large scale systems like this to theoretically make something large enough for a person to enter. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Graphine@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago That's the problem though. While antimatter exists, which has negative mass, it exists only in small amounts, and you'd have to have a massive amount of it to accomplish such a feat. We'd need to find a way to create it. And don't get me started on the other problematic aspects of it, like space debris. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] radix@lemmy.world 10 points 3 years ago Digital downloads only. The throughput is fine, but the latency is terrible. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] sl3dge@programming.dev 6 points 3 years ago (2 children) A LY isn’t a unit of time… permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Chailles@lemmy.world 16 points 3 years ago (3 children) Sure it is, hence why it's called a lightYEAR. It's the time that a year passes for one light. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] beefcat@lemmy.world 6 points 3 years ago I am disappointed that some people don't seem to get this joke. permalink fedilink source parent [–] DulyNoted@lemmy.world 2 points 3 years ago Ohhh, so that's why he was called Buzz Lightyear! permalink fedilink source parent [–] paholg@lemm.ee 0 points 3 years ago (1 child) Time doesn't pass for light, though. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Chailles@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago All I hear is that it'll take one hell of a bird. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 7 points 3 years ago (1 child) And a parsec isn't a unit of distance but that didn't stop Han Solo from completing the Kessel run in fewer than 12. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] NuPNuA@lemm.ee 1 point 3 years ago (1 child) As naff as a Solo film was, they actually closed that plot hole and clarified he was talking about distance. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] WldFyre@lemmy.world 2 points 3 years ago (1 child) That was actually explained back in the pre-disney EU, so it hasn't been a plothole for decades. Solo just kept the existing explanation, which was pretty neat. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] NuPNuA@lemm.ee 2 points 3 years ago Didn't realise that, makes more sense. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Chailles@lemmy.world 16 points 3 years ago (3 children) Sure it is, hence why it's called a lightYEAR. It's the time that a year passes for one light. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] beefcat@lemmy.world 6 points 3 years ago I am disappointed that some people don't seem to get this joke. permalink fedilink source parent [–] DulyNoted@lemmy.world 2 points 3 years ago Ohhh, so that's why he was called Buzz Lightyear! permalink fedilink source parent [–] paholg@lemm.ee 0 points 3 years ago (1 child) Time doesn't pass for light, though. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Chailles@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago All I hear is that it'll take one hell of a bird. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] beefcat@lemmy.world 6 points 3 years ago I am disappointed that some people don't seem to get this joke. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] DulyNoted@lemmy.world 2 points 3 years ago Ohhh, so that's why he was called Buzz Lightyear! permalink fedilink source parent
[–] paholg@lemm.ee 0 points 3 years ago (1 child) Time doesn't pass for light, though. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Chailles@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago All I hear is that it'll take one hell of a bird. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Chailles@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago All I hear is that it'll take one hell of a bird. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 7 points 3 years ago (1 child) And a parsec isn't a unit of distance but that didn't stop Han Solo from completing the Kessel run in fewer than 12. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] NuPNuA@lemm.ee 1 point 3 years ago (1 child) As naff as a Solo film was, they actually closed that plot hole and clarified he was talking about distance. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] WldFyre@lemmy.world 2 points 3 years ago (1 child) That was actually explained back in the pre-disney EU, so it hasn't been a plothole for decades. Solo just kept the existing explanation, which was pretty neat. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] NuPNuA@lemm.ee 2 points 3 years ago Didn't realise that, makes more sense. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] NuPNuA@lemm.ee 1 point 3 years ago (1 child) As naff as a Solo film was, they actually closed that plot hole and clarified he was talking about distance. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] WldFyre@lemmy.world 2 points 3 years ago (1 child) That was actually explained back in the pre-disney EU, so it hasn't been a plothole for decades. Solo just kept the existing explanation, which was pretty neat. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] NuPNuA@lemm.ee 2 points 3 years ago Didn't realise that, makes more sense. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] WldFyre@lemmy.world 2 points 3 years ago (1 child) That was actually explained back in the pre-disney EU, so it hasn't been a plothole for decades. Solo just kept the existing explanation, which was pretty neat. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] NuPNuA@lemm.ee 2 points 3 years ago Didn't realise that, makes more sense. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] NuPNuA@lemm.ee 2 points 3 years ago Didn't realise that, makes more sense. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] BloodSlut@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago BGS telling us how they really feel 😔 permalink fedilink source parent
[–] dan1101@lemm.ee 1 point 3 years ago They barely know anything about the game at this point, they won't expect it for several more years. permalink fedilink source parent
