KingJayan/solarsystemsim

simple solar system sim with three.js

Important

in alpha but wont really be updated

• limitations:

  1. scale
     space is big, so we use a visual scale (see the CONFIG object) for visuality, while staying kinda proportional

  2. orbits
     keplerian elements:

     • ecc (eccentricity): how stretched the orbit is (0 = circle, 1 = parabola)
     • inc (inclination): tilts the orbital plane relative to the Sun’s equator
     • tilt (obliquity): tilts the planet itself (hello seasons)

  3. textures
     no external textures(i might add textures later-i suck at 3d modeling)

  4. perf
     if your GPU starts crashing out, lower the asteroid count
     (default is 4000 instances) or reduce shadow map resolution. InstancedMesh keeps the asteroid belt from melting your calls

  5. html-ness whole project was made in one standalone HTML file using three.js. some features are trickier to implement than in a full build setup,
     but the tradeoff is zero dependencies and instant portability.

(first threejs project, so dont expect it to work flawlessly)

made with :) by jayan