[WIP][0.90?] PlanetFactory CE

1of6Billion · January 23, 2014

I am a n00b. This needs a GUI

(prrlease!)

1of6Billion · January 23, 2014

What would it take, programming wise, to move the center of the universe from Kerbol to a supermassive black hole? Have Kerbol and 1000's of user submitted solar systems orbit that black hole. Effectively forming a galaxy. :cool:

Ralathon · January 23, 2014

What would it take, programming wise, to move the center of the universe from Kerbol to a supermassive black hole? Have Kerbol and 1000's of user submitted solar systems orbit that black hole. Effectively forming a galaxy.

It would require the Unity engine to switch to 64 bit and a couple of terrabytes of RAM. Solar systems made via this mod are memory intensive.

cziken20 · January 23, 2014

For the science... I think i am going to try just put in science defs things like this:

FattlSrfLanded: Put your report in here. (Fattl is my planet, idk how to speak this)

biohazard15 · January 23, 2014

What would it take, programming wise, to move the center of the universe from Kerbol to a supermassive black hole? Have Kerbol and 1000's of user submitted solar systems orbit that black hole. Effectively forming a galaxy.

It would be easier to take Space Engine and make a mod with all features of KSP

For the science... I think i am going to try just put in science defs things like this:
FattlSrfLanded: Put your report in here. (Fattl is my planet, idk how to speak this)

Please, once you do that, report about your results.

The only thing that bugs my fun with PF is its problems with science.

Also, you may wish to look at Custom Biomes plugin.

cziken20 · January 23, 2014

It would require the Unity engine to switch to 64 bit and a couple of terrabytes of RAM. Solar systems made via this mod are memory intensive.

but don't say- it would be fun!

1of6Billion · January 23, 2014

It would require the Unity engine to switch to 64 bit and a couple of terrabytes of RAM. Solar systems made via this mod are memory intensive.

... would it not be easier to have the game only load the system where you're at? Plus where you 're going to?

Ralathon · January 23, 2014

... would it not be easier to have the game only load the system where you're at? Plus where you 're going to?

Try to convince Unity of that

Unity likes it when you have all your assets loaded into RAM during execution. That's what the whole startup screen for KSP is. If you look closely you can see it is loading part data into your RAM. That's why the data for a mainsail needs to be in your RAM when you haven't even unlocked it from the tech tree, nevermind flying a ship with it.

The way around this is procedural generation. KSP does this with terrain surfaces, Space Engine does it with whole planetary systems and Minecraft does it with world generation. You basically give the system a bunch of data and tell it to mix it in an interesting way following some randomizer script. The advantage is that you can get a nearly infinite universe while still having great details without eating much RAM. The downside is that this eats a lot of processor power and you only have limited control over the results. It is also rather difficult to do well, especially with very large objects like an entire planet. Its hard to find settings that don't look too repetitive while still pleasing to the eye.

Here's an example of Procedural generation done right. Note that the guy has been working on this since 2010.

kiwiak · January 23, 2014

I think wee need some placeholder solution for multiple solar system inside planetfactory until stock ksp will feature this (if ever).

Im thinking about some kind of warp drive. Bassicly teleportation. Place some conditions that woudl disallow using it for regular interplanetary travel, like - it cant be used in proximity of larger objects, so you first have to fly wayyyy above moho orbit. And add some huge power requirements or something.

kiwiak · January 23, 2014

Oh, and about that

Try to convince Unity of that

I hard thats its not unity fault:

http://forum.kerbalspaceprogram.com/threads/65147-Stream-Mods-from-hard-disk-rather-than-load-into-memory?p=896132&viewfull=1#post896132

1of6Billion · January 23, 2014

Oh, and about that
I hard thats its not unity fault:
http://forum.kerbalspaceprogram.com/threads/65147-Stream-Mods-from-hard-disk-rather-than-load-into-memory?p=896132&viewfull=1#post896132

Interesting!

Poryy · January 23, 2014

I am creating a planet pack using configs provided by planet factory CE. How do I obtain permissions to upload the pack to the addons forum?

The ring is an orbiting testcraft.

Edited January 23, 2014 by Poryy

Poryy · January 23, 2014

Also, exactly how do I make a gas giant?

Sun · January 24, 2014

When I make a planet, the new texture won't load But, I get this:

Error updating planet Icy

Exception:Failed to create texture because of invalid parameters.

Stack: at (wrapper managed-to-native) UnityEngine.Texture2D:Internal_Create (UnityEngine.Texture2D,int,int,UnityEngine.TextureFormat,bool,bool,intptr)

at UnityEngine.Texture2D..ctor (Int32 width, Int32 height, TextureFormat format, Boolean mipmap) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0

at PlanetFactory.PFUtil.LoadTexture (System.String name, Boolean embedded) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0

at PlanetFactory.PlanetFactory.LoadConfiguration (System.Object obj, .ConfigNode node) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0

at PlanetFactory.PlanetFactory.LoadPQS (System.String bodyName) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0

at PlanetFactory.PlanetFactory+PFBody.UpdateBody () [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0

at PlanetFactory.PlanetFactory.OnPSystemReady () [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0

EDIT: I started the game again, and...