Taking Photographs

While you're on planets, or even while in space, you'll inevitably come across such spectacular or beautiful sights that you want to record them. Luckily, there is a camera built into your helmet for this very function. Look at what you want to photograph and press the asterisk (*) key on your keyboard to take a photograph. The camera is on the inside of your helmet, and your HUD will use this to your advantage by printing useful information onto its screens as the photograph is taken, such as the planet's name, the coordinates the photograph was taken at, which direction you were facing, etcetera. This is useful because it allows other people who have seen your photographs to find the places they were taken at, or just reminds you where the scenes were located so you can return. The camera also has the ability to take panoramic widescreen shots, which can be very useful if, for instance, you want to capture a wide ravine of mountain range. To do this, press the forward slash ( /) key. However, when doing this, it is important to make sure that you are facing levelly towards the horizon, in order that the image does not become distorted by the camera's angle to the ground. All photographs are saved in the "gallery" sub-directory.
