Solved [NOT A BUG] Wrong Saturn shadow on rings

[Pitou]

I was wrong, everything is fine. Not a bug, but a (splendid) feature!​

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Game Version​

2026.1.10.3353

Operating System​

Windows 11

What Happened​

The shadow of Saturn projected on rings is wrong when a vessel is in it influence sphere.

What Was Expected​

The shadow is the same as when no vessel is near saturn:

Reproduction Steps​

1. Do a transfert with Gemini7 to Saturn
2. See shadow being wrong when the vessel is comming near Saturn

Reproduction Rate​

Always

I know the rings are still worked on, but I report so you are aware of this issue since it happen only when a vessel is near saturn.

 

[blackrack]

The angle of the sunlight to the ring changes over time (while you're doing the transfer), I don't think anything is wrong here

 

[Pitou]

Damn, you are right, and I'm so wrong!

I never saw pictures of Saturn with curvy shadow on rings, thus I thought it wasn't possible (I thought rings are on the same plane than Saturn orbit). So it is not vessel related, but simulation time related...

Now, I notice that the ring cast shadow on themself when aligned correctly with the sun This is an incredible level of realism.

Not aligned:



Aligned, thus nearly invisible:



Nice work, rings are splendid

 

[blackrack]

Nice, I actually thought the entire self-shadowing would happen but didn't get perfect alignment in my testing lol

Realistically, the edge closest to the light should still be visible with perfect alignment but I didn't implement that since perfect alignment is rare, will add that later on