[1.12.3] PRVE v1.9 - Photo Realistic Visual Enhancements

[SpaceODY]

Originally released on github back in November/December 2021, I finally came around to making a KSP forum post for it!

PRVE is a visual enhancement mod for Real Solar System. Components of the mod are derived from RVE64k, EVO, RSSVE, KSRSS, GGE, and much more.

 

COMPONENTS:

• 32k Cloud texture with even higher quality detail
• 4k detail clouds texture
• 43k Earth city texture
• 64k Ground texture and shadows addon if desired
• Newest scatterer configs
• Wavy auroras
• GGE integration and optimization (Big thanks to @ballisticfox0)
• Custom TUFX and KS3P config (Use both for most optimal looks)

MOD DEPENDENCIES:

• Scatterer (v0.0835)
• Environmental Visual Enhancements (v1.11.6.1)
• Real Solar System (v19.0.2.0)
• KSP (v1.12.3)

 

PC REQUIREMENTS:

This mod has been created with a computer rig of these specs running Windows:

• AMD Ryzen 5 1600
• 32gb RAM (Maybe a bit excessive, unless you use the 64k addon)
• NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6gb Dual fans

 

 

This pic uses a custom 16k color map for Earth's surface which may be available soon:

Earth's Aurora:

Sunset in Earth orbit:

 

 

 

You may download this mod via CKAN or github

 

Licensing:

Spoiler

All components of this mod outside of the list below should be considered CC-BY-NC-SA 4.0

• Earth Auroras and geyser textures (Credits to themaster401 and Astronomer | Used at themaster401 permission) | CC-BY-NC-SA
• EVO Configs/Textures (Credits to ItsJustLuci and the testers of EVO) | CC-BY-NC-SA 4.0
• RVE64k Configs/Textures (Credits to pingopete) | CC-BY-NC-SA 4.0
• RVE Configs/Textures (Credits to pingopete) | CC-BY-NC-SA
• Earth city light textures | Usage has been granted from space engine devs. CANNOT be redistributed.
• GGE textures (See credits.md in files for more information) | Usage has been permitted by @ballisticfox0 licensed under CC-BY-NC-SA

 

Edited July 24, 2022 by SpaceODY
1.9 Update

[An Amongus Sussy Player]

Nice
this could be awesome in a Stock version

[TaintedLion]

Does this have Gas Giants Enhanced integrated?

[SpaceODY]

On 5/16/2022 at 9:54 PM, TaintedLion said:

Does this have Gas Giants Enhanced integrated?

No it does not. But I have looked at what GGE does and would be happy to integrate it into the mod.

[Heinrichhh]

I got around 5 to 15 fps with the PRVE64K when I was looking at the Earth in the space. I got a RTX3070 and i7 10700k with 32G 3600MHz rams. So just use the PRVE instead of PRVE64K unless you are confident with your setup lol.

[Arthurism]

is there a ksrss version of this?

[mcwaffles2003]

Absolutely stunning mod but holy GPU utilization batman...

My CPU utilization was sitting at 10% while GPU is sitting at 99% with 10.7/11Gb VRAM used and I was getting 1s game time/ 5s real time.

[Saras]

I am disappointed because there is no 1 launch site in Kazakhstan...

[Savius]

Is this compatible with KSRSS?

[DeadJohn]

1 hour ago, Savius said:

Is this compatible with KSRSS?

The thread owner hasn't been online for a few weeks so I'll make a guess: likely not compatible.

Note that KSRSS is currently undergoing a reworking. KSRSS Reborn is in beta with significant graphics improvements to the former KSRSS 0.7. Check the KSRSS thread; search for the "gitlab" comments to find the Reborn beta download link.

[Nefelómana]

I am using Principia with this visual mod and it messes up the axial tilts of some planets, like Jupiter and Uranus.  Maybe there is a conflict between the two mods. But other celestial bodies have the right axial tilt. RSSVE, doesn't have this problem with Principia. What do you think could be causing this?