KerikBalm

Yea, but they are small moon to asteroid sized worlds, so no need for scatterer updates.

I updated rald for scatterer today.

Im having a problem adding surface features to Rald. It super easy to add them to stock bodies, but it doesn't seem to work for ones made by kopernicus, so that will take some time to get in order (i hope it will be do-able)

-ooops just checked now, it updated today

Kopernicus hasn't updated, so it won't work in the new version yet. I haven't tried to update it yet as a result.

I'm also focused on testing the new parts at the moment :p

I still play with it, I may have changed something slightly from the last upload (terrain noise perhaps).

I mostly consider it done. Its still available on my Dropbox.

It doesn't need much maintenance, it works as long as kopernicus works. If kopernicus changes in a way that it no longer works, I will put out an update.

The version I have, its where duna is, and duna orbits it (with rald being about 3x the mass).

The version I originally showed, it was a moon of kerbin, at keosynchronous orbit ... Thats fun too, but its super easy to change

Do you have kopernicus?

What you want to do is add a vertex height offset to lower the terrain (the ocean will always be 0 elevation). This will make the planet slightly smaller, so if you want, you can increase the radius by the same amount you lower the terrain, but this will change the mass of the planet a bit unless you slightly lower surface gravity (since in KSP, surface gravity decreases at higher elevations).

For example: If you apply a vertex offset of 2km (lower terrain 2k), then increase kerbin's radius by 2km (which raises the ocean 2km), to have kerbin have the same mass, you need to set the surface gravity to be what it was on unmodified Kerbin at 2km high.

For my part, I wasn't worried by Duna's effective radius going from 320km to 319.25km.

Here's the file for Duna:

Kopernicus:AFTER[Kopernicus]
{  
    %Body[Duna] 
    {
            @Atmosphere
        {
            oxygen = True
            atmosphereMolarMass = 0.03981
            pressureCurve
            {
                key = -0.5 101.25 0 -188
                key = 0 6.755 -188 -0.0007
                key = 12000 1.276 -0.000223 -0.000223
                key = 20000 0.241 -4.22E-05 -4.22E-05
                key = 35000 0.015 -2.787075E-06 -2.787075E-06
                key = 50000 0 0 0
            }
            temperatureCurve
            {
                key = 0 281 0 -0.0004261126
                key = 1000 272.8 -0.000573325 -0.000573325
                key = 25000 153.7 -0.001877083 -0.001877083
                key = 30000 150 0 0
                key = 45000 150 0 0
                key = 50000 160 0.003746914 0
            }
        }// close atmosphere
            @ScaledVersion
            {
                    Material
                    {
                    texture = MIP/Rald/PluginData/Duna_Color.png
                    normals = MIP/Rald/PluginData/Duna_Normal.png
                    }
            } // close scaledversion
        @Orbit
        {
            @referenceBody = Rald // Kerbin 
                    inclination = 2.118
                    eccentricity = 0.01515
                semiMajorAxis = 5740081.551931  // was 5740082.680519
                    longitudeOfAscendingNode = 180
                    argumentOfPeriapsis = 0
                    meanAnomalyAtEpoch = 3.14000010490417
                    epoch = 0
        } // close orbit
        @Properties
        {
            tidallyLocked = True
            sphereOfInfluence = 2151572
            geeASL = 0.376 // default is 0.3
        }//close properties
        @PQS
        {
                %Mods
                {
                       VertexHeightOffset
                    {
                        offset = -750
                        order = 9999999
                        enabled = True
                    }
                VertexHeightMap {} // this is the original one, we don't want to change that
                       VertexHeightMap
                        {
                            map = MIP/Rald/PluginData/DunaHeightAdjust.png
                            offset = 0
                            deformity = -2700
                            order = 999999999
                        }
                VertexColorMapBlend
                {
                    blend = 0.0
                }
                VertexColorMapBlend
                {
                    map = MIP/Rald/PluginData/Duna_Color_Close.png
                    blend = 1
                    order = 9999993
                    enabled = True
                    name = _LandClass
                    index = 0
                }
                           VertexColorMap
                        {
                                   map = MIP/Rald/PluginData/Duna_Color_Close.png
                              order = 500
                                   enabled = True
                        }
            }//close mods
        }//close PQS
        Ocean
        {
            maxQuadLengthsPerFrame = 0.03
            minLevel = 2
            maxLevel = 16
            minDetailDistance = 16
        }//close Ocean
    }//close Body
}// Close Kopernicus

Did you see the thread I made about the rescaled SSTOs? how are yours coming at that scale?

You need Kopernicus... I may need to update it for 1.4

Not very active at the moment, I'm on a bit of a KSP break, but I'll be back.

I don't have so many more ideas for things to change (maybe I'll try adding some noise function to give more close up detail, but im not sure). Go ahead and make suggestions in the thread if you have any

Im also using a version 3x bigger, along with using the SigmaDimensions mod to scale up the ksp system by a factor of 3. So the version im using doesnt fit so well into most people's ksp system

Check out this thread: