[1.3.1] Imperial Planet Pack v0.6 [Alpha]

[The Cuttlefish Empire]

Figured out how to replace Kerbin, not too bad so far I suppose

Not the best obviously, and it looks quite strange from the surface, but, well, it exists, so there's something to be said for that

Since Luna and Selene also exist as of right now, I will probably release v0.3 very soon, as soon as I figure out all major bugs.

[The Cuttlefish Empire]

Got Terra looking a lot better. Now, it actually looks like a planet and not noise that became a texture. Cheers - v0.3 should be out soon, could have the Duna replacement in there too if I'm diligent  

[The Cuttlefish Empire]

I've also started working on Scatterer configs for stuff. How does Apollo look?

Here's EVE-less scattered Apollo. Honestly, I am going to lessen the clouds just so that this is more apparent...wow

[The Cuttlefish Empire]

Version 0.3 will be out soon. Just need to sort out a couple ocean scatterer issues, and after that the replacement for Duna, Ares, will grace your game  

v0.3.5 will be out soon after. It will add Ike's replacement, Stratos - I have a semi working version up, but, well, I'm not entirely happy with it, so I'll refrain from its release for now  

[Saltshaker]

17 minutes ago, The Cuttlefish Empire said:

Version 0.3 will be out soon. Just need to sort out a couple ocean scatterer issues, and after that the replacement for Duna, Ares, will grace your game  

v0.3.5 will be out soon after. It will add Ike's replacement, Stratos - I have a semi working version up, but, well, I'm not entirely happy with it, so I'll refrain from its release for now  

[The Cuttlefish Empire]

Version 0.3 of Imperial Planet Pack is released!
Changelog:
-Increased SMA of Apollo
-Added Ares, the Duna replacement
-Added Terra, the Kerbin replacement
-Added Luna, the Mun replacement
-Added Selene, the Minmus replacement
-Added Scatterer configs for all planets

Cheers!

[Saltshaker]

7 hours ago, The Cuttlefish Empire said:

Version 0.3 of Imperial Planet Pack is released!
Changelog:
-Increased SMA of Apollo
-Added Ares, the Duna replacement
-Added Terra, the Kerbin replacement
-Added Luna, the Mun replacement
-Added Selene, the Minmus replacement
-Added Scatterer configs for all planets

Cheers!

Excellent progress, keep it up!

[The Cuttlefish Empire]

this is a screenshot from the surface of Erimos, the future Laythe: a hostile desert as far as the eye can see

[The Cuttlefish Empire]

The next version will be released soonish- in about a week and a couple days- and it should be compatible with 1.3.1, so if you are having problems just wait for that

[The Cuttlefish Empire]

this is the current replacement for Vall, Insula - an islandy, cold world with an equatorial band of life. The water in the oceans is filled with salt and other compounds that prevent it from freezing at normal levels, which is why the oceans are even at polar climates.

[Saltshaker]

39 minutes ago, The Cuttlefish Empire said:

this is the current replacement for Vall, Insula - an islandy, cold world with an equatorial band of life. The water in the oceans is filled with salt and other compounds that prevent it from freezing at normal levels, which is why the oceans are even at polar climates.

Amazing! However, I think you should really bring out the “equatorial holdout of life” you mention, i.e a green band at the equator. Nice work though!

[The Cuttlefish Empire]

@Saltshaker thanks!

 

the colour map i am still working on, i want to make it a sharper divide - currently, im using an overlayed gradient, and while it works fine sort of its not the best  

 

[The Cuttlefish Empire]

Alright, it's been a while without an update on the mod's status: sorry for this, but I've been really busy recently, and this update is, well, really big: once it's released, I will consider the mod in Alpha, so...i did not die

[The Cuttlefish Empire]

Well, in order to commemorate the whole "leaving Pre-Alpha" thing, I have decided to create some promotional images, hope you like them

Main image:

Others: 

[Saltshaker]

10 hours ago, The Cuttlefish Empire said:

Well, in order to commemorate the whole "leaving Pre-Alpha" thing, I have decided to create some promotional images, hope you like them

Main image:

Others: 

Excellent! I especially like Apollo's huge rings!

[The Cuttlefish Empire]

No matter what I do, unless I export with Kittopia, it seems to be shiny. No clue why. Also, the scatterer itself is quite blue so it makes the desert look white....but since I don't want to get bogged down I'll work on the Pol replacement. Sorry about this, but hopefully it won't bother anyone too much.

[The Cuttlefish Empire]

Well, I would say that v0.4 Alpha is basically ready to be released

Coming in just a few minutes here probably

[The Cuttlefish Empire]

Version 0.4 Alpha of Imperial Planet Pack has been released!
Changelog:

-Added Kyvernitis, the new Jool
-Added Erimos, the new Laythe
-Added Insula, the new Vall
-Added Nova, the new Tylo
-Added Saghir, the new Pol
-Made minor improvements to all textures
-Made Stratos a little less weird looking
-Fixed EVE configs for all bodies

[Saltshaker]

8 hours ago, The Cuttlefish Empire said:

Version 0.4 Alpha of Imperial Planet Pack has been released!
Changelog:

-Added Kyvernitis, the new Jool
-Added Erimos, the new Laythe
-Added Insula, the new Vall
-Added Nova, the new Tylo
-Added Saghir, the new Pol
-Made minor improvements to all textures
-Made Stratos a little less weird looking
-Fixed EVE configs for all bodies

Cool! Amazing how far you’ve gotten.

[The Cuttlefish Empire]

Well, I fixed the shininess issue. The theory for the next update is that Hades (new Eeloo) with its moon Pagomenos(?) will be out, along with a redo of Saghir and the not-shiny Nova will be a thing, but this is liable to change

 

Edit: WOW saghir had more bugs than i thought it did, will be fixing for 0.5....sorry, I made it in the space of 10 minutes to see if I could make a planet of similar effort to Pol in a short time....so yeah sorry about that. It's currently a bit...weird....might wanna stay away from it for the time being. It seems to complete at least one rotation every 30 seconds because I misplaced the config node which determines that....

Edited October 31, 2017 by The Cuttlefish Empire
saghir is badly made

[The Cuttlefish Empire]

Alrighty then, Saghir is...basically fixed. The texture I will be remaking at some point since I don't like noise but it was an attempt to recreate Pol, which looks noise-y. It may be some time before I actually do something particularly nice for Saghir.

Anyway, the main topic of this post: what would you all like for Hades? or its moon, Pagomenos?

Hades poll: http://www.strawpoll.me/14285360

Pagomenos poll:  http://www.strawpoll.me/14285350

 

Both polls can choose multiple answers, so feel free to answer with whatever feature(s) you'd like to see  

[Saltshaker]

15 hours ago, The Cuttlefish Empire said:

Alrighty then, Saghir is...basically fixed. The texture I will be remaking at some point since I don't like noise but it was an attempt to recreate Pol, which looks noise-y. It may be some time before I actually do something particularly nice for Saghir.

Anyway, the main topic of this post: what would you all like for Hades? or its moon, Pagomenos?

Hades poll: http://www.strawpoll.me/14285360

Pagomenos poll:  http://www.strawpoll.me/14285350

 

Both polls can choose multiple answers, so feel free to answer with whatever feature(s) you'd like to see  

Hades should have a thin atmosphere it it does get one (thicker than Pluto’s though)

[The Cuttlefish Empire]

6 hours ago, Saltshaker said:

Hades should have a thin atmosphere it it does get one (thicker than Pluto’s though)

Yeah, it's going to have an atmosphere that's pretty thin. The Hades poll has decided that it shall be an icy planet, with no life, and maybe a few lakes here and there but I don't think I'll do that, and for Pagomenos, until someone decides between terran and asteroid, I will leave open

[The Cuttlefish Empire]

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mwah

[Saltshaker]

53 minutes ago, The Cuttlefish Empire said:

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mwah

Amazing! Wherever this is, it's amazing!