Optomistic, thanks for the ideas but I want to be able to approach the planets and suns in the universe I am creating.
I am in the process of creating a system like I mentioned in my initial post, where objects are stopped before they pass out of the camera range, then they are scaled down to create the illusion of being at a greater distance than they really are.
As a test case, I have created a camera with a range of 5,500 units, and a moon (small planet) that is 1500 units in diameter. In this test, the moon gradually scales down to the point of disappearing completely at a 'virtual' distance of around 3,175,000 units away from the camera.
I am in the process of creating a system like I mentioned in my initial post, where objects are stopped before they pass out of the camera range, then they are scaled down to create the illusion of being at a greater distance than they really are.
As a test case, I have created a camera with a range of 5,500 units, and a moon (small planet) that is 1500 units in diameter. In this test, the moon gradually scales down to the point of disappearing completely at a 'virtual' distance of around 3,175,000 units away from the camera.