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		friendlybus on Jan 31, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Let's remove quaternions from every 3D engine (201... Try building a space game at real-world scale on 32 bit floats. Star Citizen tore apart Cryengine to make it have 64 bit positioning for this very reason.

kaibee on Jan 31, 2020 [–]

Kerbal Space Program manages it.

(by moving the world around the origin)

friendlybus on Jan 31, 2020 | [–]

Yeah in singleplayer with lower fidelity that is passable.

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