I Wonder when KSP Gonna Have Graphics Like That

[Tosh]

http://www.360pano.eu/show/?id=731

Kidding

[Ted]

It's so pretty..

Hopefully people will stop with the conspiracy theories about the black squares now haha.

[Tosh]

Someone's already blabbing in some Russian science forum that the black square is the machine gun... censored by DoD

UPD. Or are they using Sunbeam addon?

[Lord Wasteland]

Hah, the black square is obviously a radiator.

[Ted]

Haha, or it's just a blind spot where they can't angle the camera.

[Tosh]

Now to the subject pleeeease.

Just when?

(an answer "when Charr freezes over" apparently won't satisfy me )

[Ted]

Of course I can't speak for Squad and this is just my personal opinion but I don't think KSP will ever have graphics like that. I think they are going for a much more surrealist and cartoon-like aesthetic for the game, which I prefer. I would imagine they'll adjust the lighting engine for different planets in the future though (maybe when they do weather).

[Tosh]

Basically, I see the following here:

• Bump-mapped terrain textures (doable).
  
• Much dense terrain subdivisions (not likely; even the one currently handled by PQS is a little over the edge...).
  
• Some replacement for atmospheric shader to work in conjunction with terrain one to emulate fog (given that current, quite simple implementation, already lags like crazy -- unlikely again . And I doubt Unity fog system is of much use here).
  
• Modifying terrain textures at real time to add vessel/astronaut tracks and engine burn marks (technically it's possible... but a helluva lot of job).
  
• Realtime terrain shadows with almost infinite drawing distance (derp, I just dunno ... Unity has no direct support for doing this, but maybe someday, with some kind of smart@$$ shader...)
  
• ???

So, well, "realistic physical interactions, outstanding graphics, highest FPS possible, and no saves at all... the game name's Life"

Edited August 14, 2012 by Tosh