Sun-flare issues

[Fulgora]

Hello guys,

I hope someone has a clue on why my sun went back to being stock... It used to work but somehow it changed back (mod updates i guess) and now i can not figure out how to get it back the way it was (please don't judge for updating mods)

Installed mods: SVE 1.2.2, SVE HighRes Textures, scatterer, Environmental Visual Enhancements 1.2.2, Kopernicus 1.2.2-5, MM and Astroniki Sunflare for scatterer.

I have done a fresh install (both, mods and KSP), copied a backup of an older (1.2.2) gamedata folder into my install (with the old mods as well!) and installed older versions of SVE and scatterer. SVE 1.2.1 made the sun about 5x brighter which was a change but not a positive one... >.<

Also I have tried to install various different sunflares for scatterer via CKAN and installed mods with and without using CKAN.

I am pretty much at the end of my ideas and any hint would be greatly appreciated.

 

Current sun:

For comparison: It used to look like this about a month ago:

 

Edited May 1, 2017 by Fulgora
reduced image size

[Fulgora]

Solution: (Credits to @Jackseller)

 

In Scatterer, the sun png files are located in : GameData\scatterer\config\Sunflares\Sun

But since the latest version (1.2.x), SVE uses its own pngs in : GameData\StockVisualEnhancements\SVE_Scatterer\Sunflares\Sun

They overwrite the Scatterer files. And they use their own settings too.

The best way to ignore them is to open the SVE_Settings.cfg located in : GameData\StockVisualEnhancements

Then delete the following lines inside the file and save it :

@Scatterer_sunflare:AFTER[scatterer]
{
	@Sun
	{
		%assetPath = StockVisualEnhancements/SVE_Scatterer/Sunflares/Sun
		%flareSettings = 0.5,1,0.32
		%spikesSettings = 0.7,1,0.32
		%sunGlareFadeDistance = 250000
		%ghost1SettingsList1
		{
			%Item = 0.1,1,20,0.3
			%Item = 0.08,1,8,0.34
			%Item = 0.08,1,12,0.49
			%Item = 0.16,1,18,-0.3
		}
		%ghost2SettingsList1
		{
			%Item = 0.02,1,4,0.66
			%Item = 0.1,1,10,0.44
			%Item = 0.15,1,4,0.55
			%Item = 0.15,1,18,0.95	
		}
		%ghost2SettingsList2
		{
			%Item = 0.1,1,8,0.7
			%Item = 0.1,1,6,0.72
			%Item = 0.15,1,8,-0.2
		}
		%ghost3SettingsList1
		{
			%Item = 0.1,1,6,0.4
			%Item = 0.08,1,11,1.1
			%Item = 0.04,1,20,1.2
			%Item = 0.03,1,20,1.22
		}
	}
}

 

Alternatively: Updating the files in GameData\StockVisualEnhancements\SVE_Scatterer\Sunflares\Sun instead of the (traditional) scatterer folder should solve this as well (untested!)

[FasterThanFlourite]

Thank you! This solved the problem for me as well.

[Starfire70]

Thanks! This was driving me crazy.

[The Aziz]

And since now I've tried everything except reinstalling the game. I hope this works.

EDIT: wait no, nevermind. I don't have "SVE-Settings file", and this config I have inside StockVisualEnhancements\SVE_Scatterer\Sunflares\Sun\Sun.cfg

Edited June 22, 2017 by The Aziz

[Starfire70]

On 6/22/2017 at 3:10 PM, The Aziz said:

And since now I've tried everything except reinstalling the game. I hope this works.

EDIT: wait no, nevermind. I don't have "SVE-Settings file", and this config I have inside StockVisualEnhancements\SVE_Scatterer\Sunflares\Sun\Sun.cfg

Aziz, LIGHT!!! (okay, I'll leave now)

[Kerbital]

@Fulgora: great find, thanks, it was bothering me too. Although, the Sun still doesn't look the way I'm used too and I can't remember which flares I used. This is how it used to look like:

 

[Kerbital]

Ah, got it. I extracted the sunflares from an old version of SVE: .All-In-One.v1.1.6 The author must have changed this. I don't like the new sunflare. Anyway, thanks again - I got my sun back

PS. I just swapped the PNGs, I didn't edit the file.

 

 

[The Aziz]

On 24.06.2017 at 4:10 AM, Starfire70 said:

Aziz, LIGHT!!! (okay, I'll leave now)

Where do you think my nickname came from?

Okay but, I replaced the SVE sunflare, and the correct one appeared, but..

It's HUGE. How do I resize it?

[Kerbital]

I also noticed that mine is huge, but I don't really care enough to figure it out. My Kerbals simply require more sunblock. You could try resizing the PNGs?