One Shots: You cannot change the laws of physics
One of the things that we really enjoy is when someone notices a specific attention to detail in a game that's in line with how the real world works. While New Eden in EVE Online may seem fantastic when one considers the backstory, apparently there are little touches that show a really cool attention to detail. As the note explaining today's screenshot from Xaan Debunk is a bit long, we'll be including most of it behind the break for you to read. Remember, if you'd like to show us something you think is cool in your favorite MMO all you have to do is email us the screenshot at oneshots AT massively DOT com. Be sure to include your name, the name of the game, and your note. On that note, here's what Xaan uncovered after noting a pattern in the game.
"While there isn't too much "eye candy" in this shot compared to other One Shots on Massively, this screenie definitely shows how much CCP cares about their gameworld and how (relatively) realistic they made it."
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"In this shot you can see me and my ship warping through high-sec space. Notice that behind my ship you can see a distinct red color. I'll let you know that in front of the ship you can see a distinct blue hue, as well. At first I was puzzled as to why CCP would color the warp tunnels, it seemed very arbitrary. But the answer came to me while I was browsing through the scientific articles (specifically, the one that uses the Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle to explain Faster Than Light communication) - the tunnels are colored because of the Doppler effect." [Ed: More info on Doppler Shift here.]
"When you warp you travel in a speed that is faster than light, and so whatever is behind you (i.e. going away from you) is red shifted to the extreme and you can actually see a red color, and whatever is in front of you (i.e. coming towards you) is blue shifted to the extreme and you can see a blue color!"
"One of the things I really love about EVE is CCP's unique yet realistic take on physics!"
