UranianBlue

BUG DETECTED: Sorry guys, but there's a problem with the Scaled Space for Jakis. If you don't know Kopernicus lingo, it means that the textures are no working right. Some of you may have noticed the seam; that's just the beginning of the problems. Once you reach the space-altitude threshold, the Scaled Space diverts to the scaled space of the template and the one given in the Vertex Simplex Absolute. This is a problem only with Jakis; Mevron and Bulldur work fine. Please forgive me for the inconvience, as I will likely have to rebuild Jakis as a result of this.

IT HAS BEEN RELEASED!!! TO DOWNLOAD GO TO: https://kerbal.curseforge.com/projects/heidon-mod

The tour of the Heidon system:

The next version of this mod will feature science defs and biomes for the major bodies, as well as a new planet orbiting between Duna and Kerbin.

Introducing Jakis! Jakis is the largest moon of Heidon. It is similar in size to our Mun, with the exception of its thin atmosphere, which is similar to Duna's. And because you guys are so interested in realism, a plausible explanation for the atmosphere of Jakis has been included. " When it orbited farther out in the solar system, it retained a larger atmospher. However, millions of years of cooking close to Kerbol have stripped it of most of its atmosphere, leaving a weak atmosphere that may not slow your ship down in time."

INTRODUCING BULLDUR: Bulldur is the innermost moon of Heidon. It is believed to be a remnant of the impactor that stuck Mevron and created the rings. It is a shepherd satellite, and it is the only known force keeping the rings together Also, since the rings are gonna be made of rocks, there is no point in making them super bright. Now, they are bland, and look different from Saturn's, and they are differentiated with dark and bright material. Also, I am now beginning work on the next moon of Heidon: Jakis. This moon will be, essentially, a hot Duna. If you have any suggestions for this moon, please leave a comment below.

Hey guys, I just updated Mevron. I didn't think that the green and white moon would be very representative of a moon that got smashed to bits and left debris behind, or one that has been cooking close to Kerbol. Here is the new picture of Mevron: Also, Asteroids do spawn in orbit around this world. These are debris that remained in orbit from the relatively recent impact that Blew the moon to pieces; then the moon reformed similar to Uranus's moon Miranda. There is, for the record, no atmosphere around this moon. The next moon that is being worked on is Bulldur, a small shepherd sattlite, not unlike the inner ring moons of Sarnus. Release will be in early April.

Are you suggesting that I reduce the mass of Heidon?

Are you talking about Heidon or the potential inclined sub-kerbin that would orbit beyond Duna?

Heidon is not inclined. There is a potential sub-kerbin that would be, and it would be orbiting beyond Kerbin. I know about the moon of Minmus. But here's the problem with scale; all the planets in the Kerbal system are way smaller than the ones in our solar system. Mevron, the only developed moon so far, is about 75 kilometers in radius. Minmus is much bigger; its radius sits at about 200 kilometers, and it is the smallest known body in hydrostatic equilibrium in our solar system. My point: If you want a shepherd moon, Mevron is allready good enough.

Gilly size or Sarnus shepherd moon size?

Moon is very small and fluffy. Only 50 km across. Rings are several hundred Kilometers away. The rings are definately outside of the SOI.

Heidon is in a .6 degree inclination. I was considering another, more distant terrestrial planet with an 80 degree inclination. Also, INTODUCING Mevron!! The innermost moon of Heidon

Well, I haven't released any images of the moons yet, but the rings are made of a destroyed moon. Also, this is more of a hot Neidon, nowhere near as massive as Jool.

The accretion disk should dissolve in with the glowing rings.

So, I'm almost done with the Heidon system, but there need to be other planets to add in. Any suggestions for one in the Duna-Jool gap?

Heidon would be large enough to hold onto it's atmospher, and it also would generate a magnetic field. No need for a comet tail, but the atmosphere will glow red.. Also, the planet with the 80 degree orbit is designed to be another protoplanet that was thrown off by Jool and Sarnus, and it ended up orbiting high above the ecliptic. As for the moons, I plan on making no more than two moons for Heidon because Heidon's SOI is already pretty limited.

Moho and Heidon won't enter eachother's SOI's; Moho and all of the other planets will be fine. I did the hot Jool because it allows for me to add in moons. We already have a hot, super-Kerbin; it is called Eve. Another idea I want you guys to review is the idea of a planet with a very inclined orbit around Kerbol, maybe 80 degrees? The planet will be similar in size to Duna, and have an atmosphere slightly less massive than Kerbin's, and it would orbit in the Jool - Duna Gap.

Right now, all that has been implemented is the planet and its rings, I have not yet made any moons yet.

Anyways, before I release version one, I am open to suggestions for any potential moons of this planet. and be forewarned, this planet requires about 3000 m/s in delta v to get yourself from an orbit around the sun with a similar semi-major axis to kerbin to get an intercept with Heidon. Afterwards, it takes roughly 4000 m/s in delta-v to get yourself into orbit. The SOI of Heidon is small because it is very close to Kerbol, and it is less massive the Urlum and Neidon. -UranianBlue

Billions of years ago, Urlum and Neidon were joined by another ice-giant. However, this ice-giant was unfortunate enough to encounter Sarnus very early in its live, and it was ejected into the inner solar system, well within the orbit of Moho. Scientists on Kerbin were extremely curious as to why Moho has such an inclined and elliptical orbit, but a suspicion led to the discovery of a new planet, called Heidon (It was named after the evil twin of Neidon). The planet is scorching hot and has a pretty ring system. Requires Kopernicus: Download here: https://kerbal.curseforge.com/projects/heidon-mod License: All Rights Reserved

I found a website that can convert png images int dds. here it is: http://www.aconvert.com/image/png-to-dds/ And here is the picture of a planet (gas-giant) I just made.

Oh, I figured out how to make the textures. But I can't convert them to DDS Image file.

I also saw there was an ocean in the config file. Does this mean that I could actually splash down on the planet if I had a propper cooling system? Did you generate the texture for this planet using the Kittopia method?

by gas-dwarf I meant a super-earth with an extended atmosphere. Consider Uranus, it techincally isn't a gas giant because it doesn't form metalic hydrogen, and it isn't known whether or not it has an ocean. If Squad made something a little bigger than Eve with an extended atmosphere (surface pressure is 20 atm), that would be great. I want Squad to do it because I don't like the idea of making planets with Koperincus. I tried it before, and I can't figure out how to make textures for terrestrial planets. OPM and other Kerbol extension systems only make Gas-Giants, these you can't land on anymore because it will blow up your spaceship and possible crash your game :(. Jool's actual size is similar to Earth's. Jool, being a full-blown gas-giant, would be even harder to hold together? Also, when have you ever encountered the "solar wind" in KSP?