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Moon Basic 16x16KM 1.1

Scale model of our moon.

Tags:

Super, ultra, mega basic. Giant, floaty, big enough moon map.
10x10 miles (100sq miles) of moon made in very little time.
Highspeed friendly, as in, not bumpy or too realistic terrain.
Moon gravity, it was set to mars on 1.0 as I forgot, a good choice but fixed now.
3 rock fields, 2 on the flats and 1 lost in the map somewhere.
6 things to find:
2 ufos
Exposed asteroid remains
Apollo 11 module (larger than the real one for viewing)
Shuttle discovery
The A.lieN Neil.A is lost somewhere, he arrived on the shuttle Discovery and hasn't checked in. Be a good sport and go find him, his shuttle and the command module. Anything else you come across might be worth checking out.

The command module, shuttle and Neil A are a bit more complex and larger in size than most BeamNG objects but smaller than the cars files. I haven't had any problems, just letting you know.

The map, just dust, rock and a few things to find.

Moon 1 & 2. A Vivace & D-Series included (if done correctly).

I cut a Moon heightmap up and fed it to map editor.
Cut out the same size image of the Moon for the terrain.
Smoothed out the bumps from low res heightmap.
Auto paint terrain.
Painted a few rock fields.
MOON! ish. For BeamNG.

It seems, for the moment at least, that it may not be possible to have a starry sky with the sun up. We will have to imagine we are looking through a camera, rather than eyes.
Earthrise can only be seen at night, that's the best I can do atm.
I want to remove the air resistance. If you know how, let me know please. It may be possible by editing each cars files but that's not exactly the solution I wanted. Maybe someone can/has made it as a mod, let me know.

Got a moon base and think it would look good here? Show me, if it's not too big of a file I could add it and credit you. I cant make one yet.

If for some reason you want to make a moon map that is realistic and too big to finish, you can use this.

Thanks for checking it out!

Models used are courtesy of the Smithsonian and printable_models of free3d.com. They are surprisingly detailed, please check out the full quality models here (It's well worth it):
https://3d.si.edu/object/3d/neil-armstrong-spacesuit:d8c63ba6-4ebc-11ea-b77f-2e728ce88125
https://3d.si.edu/object/3d/command-module-apollo-11:d8c6457e-4ebc-11ea-b77f-2e728ce88125
https://3d.si.edu/object/3d/command-module-apollo-11:d8c63e8a-4ebc-11ea-b77f-2e728ce88125
https://3d.si.edu/object/3d/orbiter...iscovery:d8c636ce-4ebc-11ea-b77f-2e728ce88125
https://free3d.com/3d-model/ufo-saucer-v1--190141.html

Recent Updates

Additions and improvements Sep 6, 2022

Recent Reviews

charge_1

5/5,

Version: 1.1
its a bit lonely

Mar 22, 2024
RetroKing

2/5,

Version: 1.1
Fixing old maps would make more sense than making such map. Put your energy and experiences in better maps than american moon propaganda. It's fun for 3 minutes than gets very boring. By the way: The American Flag is textureless in 0.26

Sep 22, 2022
1. Author's Response
  This map is a novelty and was made in very little time, most of it was auto generated by the map editor. The update a few days ago has probably broken textures in a lot of player made maps, I'll do my best to fix stuff which shouldn't take long hopefully. Thanks for letting me know.
Widgex

5/5,

Version: 1.1
Very nice map! Really fun to drive on. You can remove air resistance with an oversized water block that covers the entire map, with rendering disabled so it is not visible. Set the density of the water to 0 and gas engines will still work but there will be no air resistance. The only problem with this method is that you can not turn off the water ambience while inside it which is sorta a deal breaker but its an option if you want to go that path with the mod.

Sep 8, 2022
1. Author's Response
  That's good to know, thanks! I will leave it as is hoping that someone can make it a mod, or it is added as an option.
V3ct0red

5/5,

Version: 1.0
Oh yeah!

Sep 3, 2022
Lewhik

5/5,

Version: 1.0
I like it! In reference to DutchyGamer's Review, the Sky isn't actually Black there, just Stars take a long time to be seen on pictures, so you need to take a pic for a long time till it is seen on the Camera, bad explanation, but I'll hope you'll understand

Sep 3, 2022
1. Author's Response
  That's makes sense, I'll see if I can get the milky way done properly. If not, stars and hopefully an earth rise.
dumpling

5/5,

Version: 1.0
Wow, but I hope there are more easter eggs. In addition to KenKen911, I think you should be able to see the Earth, maybe some flags?

Sep 2, 2022
1. Author's Response
  There is an American flag I can borrow from East Coast I think, another great idea thanks! I also made an attempt at changing the skys moon into earth, hasn't worked out yet and might not be able to have earth and the sun at the same time.
Jsap20

5/5,

Version: 1.0
Excellent!

Sep 2, 2022
driftingmedic

5/5,

Version: 1.0
In terms of atmosphere, like DutchyGamer said, the higher you go the less air there is. So you could probably set the height to fit the moons atmosphere, making it so that only electric motors work, as would happen on the real moon. Otherwise good mod, could use a few fun easter eggs to find.

Sep 2, 2022
1. Author's Response
  I'll leave the atmosphere and height alone lol. Adding some things to find is on my list. Finding them for free I hope.
nervous1301

5/5,

Version: 1.0
now gravity settings has any sense lol

Sep 2, 2022
DutchyGamer

4/5,

Version: 1.0
I believe BeamNG has a dynamic atmosphere type of thing, the higher you go, the less air there is..but I don't think you'd want to change that otherwise engines won't really work. I hope air & air resistance have seperated values for that.

Map is great, but I think it's just a bit too smooth. I would also like to see a 'starry night sky' skybox thingy. Having moonbases that you can enter and explore sounds like a great idea. What about cave systems?

Sep 2, 2022
1. Author's Response
  Interesting, I remember seeing something a long time ago about changing, I think, drag coefficient values. Now is a great time to somehow make that a mod I guess lol.
  
  Looking at pictures taken on the real moon it is just black, I'll try to add the milky way if I can figure that out. The cave idea is great, I didn't think of that.