KSP Loading...Preview: New Lights!

[St4rdust 2,447]

Lights, camera, action! Be ready for new Light Parts & Light Changes in 1.11 update!
To help craft builders add more variety to their craft, we will add some new lights to the game. Now you can add more customization, especially in small crafts.

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[Superfluous J 15,263]

Oooh love the work lamps, will they function like the deployable science experiments? I thought the stock inventory system needed more stuff.

[ElWanderer 157]

This makes me very happy. I guess the work lights will be good for setting up screenshots

[NoMrBond 797]

Light changes?

Is KSP's lighting [system, and associated modules] being updated (now possible because of the new single camera system I'm guessing)?

Edited October 29, 2020 by NoMrBond
question clarity

[Frank_G 1,731]

Nice touch. This will add a lot of character to upcoming spaceship designs

 

[VoidCosmos 1,059]

I smell something to do with mining!

[KeaKaka 339]

Nice! I was just wondering about lights yesterday, this is a great thing to see in stock!

Will the current lights also get texture switches and colour changes?

[GuessingEveryDay 670]

Or maybe an overhaul of aviation parts! The wings are pretty old.

*Research hours later*

Wow... They've been in the game since 0.15.  But I can't find when they changed the look.

[NoMrBond 797]

2 minutes ago, GuessingEveryDay said:

Wow... They've been in the game since 0.15.  But I can't find when they changed the look.

When Porkjets SPP was integrated into the game in 0.25 (I think?)

[MechBFP 1,149]

Rave rocket incoming!

[Maxsimal 945]

1 hour ago, Superfluous J said:

Oooh love the work lamps, will they function like the deployable science experiments? I thought the stock inventory system needed more stuff.

Yes they're deployable like the BG parts.  The inventory system released with BG has always been part of the stock game code (in case modders wanted to use it), it was just not turned on in the UI because there weren't any stock parts that'd go in an inventory before.

Edited October 29, 2020 by Maxsimal

[fourfa 1,325]

Do I spy tiny solar panels on the work lights? So they just work anywhere, and don’t have to tie into the science power system?

[Justadutchguy 7]

Oh so nice! Now I can make awesome window ports in my builds!

[Lewie 1,611]

Man, this has got to be a record for announcements! 

Hype. What else is there to say?

[The Doodling Astronaut 2,300]

Yes! We needed this :D! 

[Dat Kerbal Dude 492]

Finally, i can make fake Mün Landing video clips!

[Maxsimal 945]

56 minutes ago, fourfa said:

Do I spy tiny solar panels on the work lights? So they just work anywhere, and don’t have to tie into the science power system?

That's right, you won't need those parts from BG to use these.   

[Raptor9 2,823]

I foresee Kerbal street racers on the runway using those light strips.

[RyanRising 469]

3 hours ago, GuessingEveryDay said:

Or maybe an overhaul of aviation parts! The wings are pretty old.

*Research hours later*

Wow... They've been in the game since 0.15.  But I can't find when they changed the look.

 

3 hours ago, NoMrBond said:

When Porkjets SPP was integrated into the game in 0.25 (I think?)

IMO pretty much all of Porkjet's work stands up really well. There are things that I'd like changed about wings (pwings perhaps), but their look isn't really one of them.

[The Doodling Astronaut 2,300]

3 hours ago, Lewie said:

Man, this has got to be a record for announcements! 

Hype. What else is there to say?

Actually when Breaking Ground was being teased they did an update almost every single day. But I like this announcement!

[Yellowburn10 275]

Very nice touch, it always slightly bothered me that in terms of lighting we really only had a big light, a slightly bigger light, and landing gear light.

[R-T-B 1,617]

Please tell me you guys are finally switching to deferred rendering with this update...  the forward rendering system you are using now for lighting is pretty painful to work with.

[Random Annoying Guy 37]

9 hours ago, Maxsimal said:

Yes they're deployable like the BG parts.  The inventory system released with BG has always been part of the stock game code (in case modders wanted to use it), it was just not turned on in the UI because there weren't any stock parts that'd go in an inventory before.

WAIT WHAT

[RealKerbal3x 5,787]

Oh wow, this was really unexpected but really cool! I can't wait to set up a few of these around my Mun base

8 hours ago, Maxsimal said:

That's right, you won't need those parts from BG to use these.   

What about powering them during the night, when solar power isn't available? Can we still link them up to a BG RTG if we want? Do they have some kind of small internal batteries?

[kerbiloid 11,202]

1. Do they turn in pumpkins every Halloween?

Spoiler

2. A handheld electrodynamical flashlight for Kerbals. 

Spoiler

Quickly press U-U-U-U-U-U-... to get the light.

3. Can the lights power the solar arrays to get EC to power the lights?

3a. Can we use them as a low-thrust photon engine?

4. Lava lamps? Street lanterns?

5. Will it crash the light-dependent mods completely?

6. Kerbatman spotlight. For Kerbal face on the Moon.

Edited October 30, 2020 by kerbiloid