andrepan

April 2, 2021

On 8/14/2020 at 8:04 PM, Nertea said:

KSP 1.11.x
Waterfall [0.6.3]
Last Updated March 26, 2021

I make a lot of engine effects, particularly for vacuum engines, which are really poorly handled by a traditional particle system, much less the gnarly butchered version of that system that KSP provides. Smokescreen helps, but when we're talking about really large, fast moving plumes, the number of particles you need to create high fidelity effects is really high. Performance gets low. To that end, I and some others (primarily @Nessus_ and some porcine aviator dude who shall not be named) have created a cool new way to create and drive engine effects.

Project Goals

Design a framework to create mesh-driven engine effects for smooth rocket plumes

Support for atmospheric expansion and all kinds of dynamic effects

Cross-compatible with SmokeScreen for adding smoke effects

Ingame editor to create and drive effects.

Provide a set of template effects for modders to use on their engines.

Please note that this mod is a framework it doesn't change anything or provide anything by itself, but provides the ability for you to do things.

Screenshots/Videos

Here's a few screenshots and videos from development over the last few months (credits to @Nessus_ and @DylanSemrau )

For more, check out this Imgur album or look through the thread

Templates

A lot of preconfigured templates are available for anyone to use. These should cover most chemical engines in most mods.

How to Use

Documentation

I wrote documentation. Read it! This is a work in progress and I have a bit of trouble keeping it up to date with new features that are added weekly. If you're having issues please review the thread and ask here.

Ingame Editor

To design plumes, you'll have a pretty fully featured editor to work with. Here are a few screenshots of it.

Downloads

Frequently Asked Questions

Q: I installed this and nothing happened, what gives?
A: Make sure you have mods installed that actually use the plugin.

Dependencies (Required and Bundled)

Module Manager

Licensing

All content is distributed under a CC-BY-SA-NC-4 License.

All bundled mods are distributed under their own licenses.

Download
Mirrors

Tertiary (GitHub)

Issue Tracking and Source

Supported Mods

You need configuration packs for this to do anything. Currently there are only one; other mods will likely ship configs for this. If you release a mod that supports Waterfall you can let me know and I'll add it here.

WaterfallRestock: Provides patches for most Restock and Restock+ engines. This requires Restock.

Near Future Technologies: Near Future Propulsion, Spacecraft and Launch Vehicles provide Waterfall configs

Kerbal Atomics: Full support

CryoEngines: Full support

Far Future Technologies: Full support

Stock Waterfall Effects: Provides support for stock