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    So Real Solar System Earth map uses several textures: EarthHeight.dds, EarthColor.dds, and EarthSurface.dds. (there's also the normal map EarthNRM.dds as well as EarthBiomes.png, but those are not important right now) I am testing modifications to this with an obvious circle/disk in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. EarthHeight.dds (note that the actual texture is upside down compared to this) - you can plainly see the perfect circle (I save this to a png and convert to .dds using TexConvGUI with the R16_NORM format) The actual color of the planet (oceans and land) are split into two textures: EarthColor.dds, in which there are blue oceans and transparency where land should be - I removed a chunk where the circular island would be (exported to .dds using GIMP with the DXT5 setting) and EarthSurface.dds, which shows land and the sea floor. The heightmap works at the ground level (PQS) - the circular island (top right corner of image) is visible east of Omelek But it doesn't work at the space (ScaledSpace) level - instead, there is some sort of "invisible" hole that only shows blue ocean underneath, not land. It should look like this: Does anybody know what the problem is here? Edit: the issue is that the "transparent" areas in EarthColor.dds still contain RGB color information (same as EarthSurface.dds), but the circular hole I cut out does not. Still trying to figure out how to do that.
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    I asked @Katniss218 on Discord and they said they use TexConvGUI (unzip with 7zip), with the output format being R16_UNORM for 16-bit grayscale heightmaps and BC3_UNORM for colored textures (or they just use GIMP for the latter). I first saved to a .png then used the converter.
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    I tried paint.net and am getting the same result as GIMP: slightly purple artifacts when it should all be shades of gray. (by the way, I'm trying to edit the Earth heightmap from Real Solar System)
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    I'm trying to save a grayscale heightmap and I tried the .dds export plugin for GIMP but it leaves RGB color artifacts. And I can't save uncompressed because only DXT5 compression works with KSP 1.8 and up.
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    Thank you very much for the award! Here is a collage of every first crewed mission to each planet and moon:
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    Mission 270: Project DIVA X 5th / Negi Maru flight 08 (part 1, part 2, part 3, part 4) Designing Interplanetary Vehicle Architecture with eXtreme-efficiency propulsion, 5th mission. Returning from Eve to Kerbin. Y108, D1 (Negi Maru Eve -> Kerbin) Y108, D326 (Negi Maru Kerbin insertion) Y108, D327 (crew landing) The Negi Maru moves to a 700 km orbit around Eve The End
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    [To conclude the sandbox save I started in 2013, I did my first Eve return mission] Y107, D426 - Eve Rabbit 1 lifts off Rendezvous with the Negi Maru
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    Mission 270: Project DIVA X 5th / Negi Maru flight 08 (part 1, part 2, part 3, part 4) Designing Interplanetary Vehicle Architecture with eXtreme-efficiency propulsion, 5th mission. Returning from the very deep gravity well that is Eve's surface. Y107, D426 (Eve Rabbit 1 liftoff) Soundtrack: Liftoff on the last day of the year
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    Y107, D422 - The Negi Maru's final mission: landing a Kerbal on Eve and returning them Eve Rabbit 1 descending into the atmosphere Camlorf Kerman on the surface
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    Mission 270: Project DIVA X 5th / Negi Maru flight 08 (part 1, part 2, part 3, part 4) Designing Interplanetary Vehicle Architecture with eXtreme-efficiency propulsion, 5th mission. Arriving at and landing on Eve. Y107, D421 (Negi Maru Eve insertion) Y107, D422 (Eve Rabbit 1 landing) (note: temporarily removed Stock Visual Enhancements, leaving Environmental Visual Enhancements and Scatterer, as Eve's sky was pitch black otherwise) Camlorf Kerman on the surface of Eve, feeling 1.7 times as heavy as he does on Kerbin (808 m altitude)
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    Mission 268: Eve Rabbit 1 A single-person vehicle designed to land on Eve and return to orbit. (113007 kg, K-3 launch vehicle) Mission 269: Negi Star Mk2 flight 22 Camlorf Kerman, who landed on Slate (Sarnus's largest moon) in the past, will become the first Kerbal on Eve. Joayne, Megcee, Jenfrey, Megelyn, Orfurt, Patgan, Algy, and Gerlorf Kerman will go along for the ride to study the planet from a low orbit. (K-1b launch vehicle) Mission 270: Project DIVA X 5th / Negi Maru flight 08 (part 1, part 2, part 3, part 4) Designing Interplanetary Vehicle Architecture with eXtreme-efficiency propulsion, 5th mission. The final mission of the Negi Maru (and this series), to accomplish the hardest task of any Kerbal space agency: putting a Kerbal on Eve and not stranding them there. We're in the endgame now. (Yes, Eve is Thanos Planet.) Y107, D230 (rabbit launch) Y107, D250 (crew launch) Y107, D263 (Negi Maru Kerbin -> Eve) Y107, D421 (Negi Maru estimated Eve insertion)
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    I am planning to restart HASDA/the Hatsunese space program.
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    Mission 254: Project DIVA X 4th / Negi Maru flight 07 (part 1, part 2, part 3, part 4, part 5) After over 20 years, the return from furthest body in the Kerbol system. Y107, D79 (Negi Maru Kerbin insertion and crew landing) The next mission (to Eve's surface and back) will be the final mission in this series.
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    Y102, D176 - Dosei Maru enters Tekto orbit (Outer Planets Mod) Y102, D185 - Ryokuun Base on Tekto
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    Mission 264: Ryokuun Base (MIKU-44) + Song Princess 25a/b/c Tekto mobile base (and comsats); no heat shield was necessary as the atmosphere is very thick. (52817 kg, K-3 launch vehicle) Mission 265: WiM-27 + Sarnus Rabbit 5 + Temporary Docking Adapter Tekto miner and surface-to-orbit shuttle, and another 2.5-to-1.25 m adapter. (29500 kg, K-2 launch vehicle) Mission 266: Negi Star Mk2 flight 21 Julphia, Mike, Adbart, Tiree, Lisliana, Katchel, Johngard, Sicie, Thomwell, Shelley, Anbella, and Stelbe Kerman. A few are veterans of the first Sarnus expedition. (K-1b launch vehicle) Mission 267: Dosei Maru flight 04 Y97, D220 (base launch) Y97, D239 (miner/rabbit launch) Y97, D260 (crew launch) Y97, D271 (Dosei Maru Kerbin -> Sarnus) Y102, D176 (Dosei Maru Tekto insertion) Y102, D177 (comsats deployed) Y102, D185 (base landed) Moho population: 12 Gilly population: 6 Kerbin system population: 84 Duna system population: 36 Dres population: 12 Jool system population: 60 Sarnus system population: 36 -> 48 Total space population: 258 Docked in Low Kerbin Orbit Ryokuun Base on Tekto
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    45 flags (including flags planted at bases). There are still more spacecraft, and I deleted some of the older ones. Currently there are 70 probes (mostly relay satellites for self-roleplay, as this isn't 1.2), 8 rovers (mostly miners), 18 landers, 18 ships (some of which may be landers), 3 stations (1 is retired and I haven't bothered to de-orbit it).
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    They were disabled for a long time (because I didn't want the tracking station list being cluttered). I only noticed that they had dates now.
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    Taurus HCV Also, I now have exact dates for several crewed landings (I never checked the flags in the tracking station before): Y2, D268 - First crewed Mun Landing (Kujita-6, Mission 25) Y2, D299 - First crewed Minmus landing (Kujita-7, Mission 26) Y19, D77 - Futurebase Minmus established (Moon Rabbit 1, Mission 59) Y19, D83 - Futurebase Mun established (Moon Rabbit 2, Mission 62)
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    Mission 254: Project DIVA X 4th / Negi Maru flight 07 (part 1, part 2, part 3, part 4, part 5) Designing Interplanetary Vehicle Architecture with eXtreme-efficiency propulsion, 4th mission. Starting the return from Plock to Kerbin. Y96, D408 (Plock Rabbit 2 liftoff from Karen and docking to Negi Maru; Negi Maru Karen -> Plock) Y96, D409 (Negi Maru low Plock orbit; Plock Rabbit 1 liftoff and docking) Y96, D411 (Negi Maru Plock -> Kerbin) Y105, D401 (Negi Maru significant course correction) Y107, D79 (Negi Maru Kerbin insertion) The burn ended this far away
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    Y95, D406 - Negi Maru in Karen's SOI (Outer Planets Mod) Y95, D407 - Karen, Madula, Debina, and Valette on Karen (right to left)
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    Mission 254: Project DIVA X 4th / Negi Maru flight 07 (part 1, part 2, part 3, part 4, part 5) Designing Interplanetary Vehicle Architecture with eXtreme-efficiency propulsion, 4th mission. Transfer to Plock's moon Karen. Y95, D405 (Negi Maru Plock -> Karen) Y95, D406 (Negi Maru Karen insertion) Y95, D407 (Plock Rabbit 2 landing and Negi Maru refueling by WiM-18) Negi Maru in Karen's SOI Karen, Madula, Debina, and Valette on Karen (right to left)
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    Y95, D403 - Negi Maru Plock insertion Y95, D405 - Correy, Tanbeth, Dilbur, and Frozon on Plock (not in order)
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    Mission 254: Project DIVA X 4th / Negi Maru flight 07 (part 1, part 2, part 3, part 4, part 5) Designing Interplanetary Vehicle Architecture with eXtreme-efficiency propulsion, 4th mission. Arriving and landing at Plock. Y95, D402-403 (Negi Maru estimated Plock insertion) Y95, D405 (Plock Rabbit 1 landing) Negi Maru Plock insertion Correy, Tanbeth, Dilbur, and Frozon on Plock (not in order)
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    Y92, D301 (or 300?) - Dosei Maru approaching Slate Y92, D302 - Kenzan Base on Slate
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    Mission 259: Dosei Maru flight 03 (part 1, part 2) Landing Kenzan Base, Sarnus Rabbit 4, and WiM-25 on Slate. Y92, D294 (Dosei Maru Sarnus insertion) Y92, D301 (Dosei Maru Slate insertion) Y92, D302 (comsats deployed and base landed) Moho population: 12 Gilly population: 6 Kerbin system population: 84 Duna system population: 36 Dres population: 12 Jool system population: 60 Sarnus system population: 24 -> 36 Total space population: 246 Dosei Maru approaching Slate Kenzan Base on Slate
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