What is this in the settings config?

[ZooNamedGames]

I was poking around in the settings config when I saw this:

FEMALE_EYE_OFFSET_X = 0
FEMALE_EYE_OFFSET_Y = 0.009083331
FEMALE_EYE_OFFSET_Z = 0.03378779
FEMALE_EYE_OFFSET_SCALE = 2.03

To clarify, I have poked around in the settings config file before and I haven't seen this. This seems closer to developer tools as it appears to be a way to adjust where the eyes sit on a female Kerbal model (and effect their size)(and for those wondering- no, there is no male version).

I'm going to poke around with this in a miniature install and see what happens. I'll report back soon.

[ZooNamedGames]

And my experimentation shows moot. No changes despite various values. Ah well.

[Ten Key]

I think those settings affect the first person camera position in IVA mode. 

[ZooNamedGames]

1 hour ago, Ten Key said:

I think those settings affect the first person camera position in IVA mode. 

That might be a good point since I did not try IVA. I'll have to remake that install and try again.

[Gargamel]

I'm curious as to why Female kerbals would require eye offsets comapred to the males.   From what I can tell, there only difference between the two are the haircuts.     Maybe I just haven't paid close enough attention. 

[linuxgurugamer]

I'm pretty sure the models are different

[ZooNamedGames]

5 hours ago, linuxgurugamer said:

I'm pretty sure the models are different

Possibly. I know the headshape certainly is. However I wouldn't imagine the body would be aside from possibly being taller/shorter.

[klgraham1013]

8 hours ago, ZooNamedGames said:

Possibly. I know the headshape certainly is. However I wouldn't imagine the body would be aside from possibly being taller/shorter.

I believe they had talked about the bones being different and needing to tweak the animations.

[ZooNamedGames]

4 hours ago, klgraham1013 said:

I believe they had talked about the bones being different and needing to tweak the animations.

I don't know why since they're very similar minus height, body shape and head.

[Moach]

females do seem to have a noticeably lower eyepoint in IVA, which I actually find a lot better placed for reading the instruments and still getting a good view outside...  

I think this is really the only big difference - or perhaps it affects the framing in the portrait cameras as well, could be

the models must be different enough that this offset is required, I guess

Edited July 19, 2017 by Moach

[ZooNamedGames]

1 hour ago, Moach said:

females do seem to have a noticeably lower eyepoint in IVA, which I actually find a lot better placed for reading the instruments and still getting a good view outside...  

I think this is really the only big difference - or perhaps it affects the framing in the portrait cameras as well, could be

the models must be different enough that this offset is required, I guess

But why have it editable? This smells of developer tools. Especially since it's only the female version. If it was intended as a setting then there should be a male version too but there isn't. 

Maybe the male version is "generic" and therefore not mentioned but there isn't anything even remotely similar. So it seems estranged and... frankly seems out of place in the settings menu.

Edited July 19, 2017 by ZooNamedGames