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@horace, I have added an option for city lights Search CKAN for the mod "KSPRC-CityLights" and install it. You might have to go into Settings/Compatible KSP versions and tick both 1.9 and 1.8 to get it to install since technically EVE isn't updated for 1.9. Strange. The menu looks normal for me: EVE is known to be rather buggy in the main menu, though. If its only showing up in there than I don't think its a problem. Just as a precaution though, @Krzeszny and @EasyAce, could you guys uninstall Scatterer and see if this is still present in the menu? I want to isolate and make sure that it's being caused by Spectra only. Make sure you don't uninstall the Scatterer-sunflare component but only uninstall Scatterer/Scatterer Default Config

Woah... Yeah, none of that is happening for me, Spectra and PlanetShine reinstall fine for me. Do the clouds look normal when you load a save file? Or do they look all crazy colorful there too? The menu can be buggy sometimes. One last thing, can you open up CKAN's settings and purge your cache? Deleting the cached modfiles could help too. I'll check again in a few hours when I have more time and see if I can do anything, but my hands are pretty tied since I'm not getting these errors on my end. The thing with CKAN is that it's modfiles sync every few hours when the bot rebuilds the repositories, and it only updates the mods in CKAN if you refresh CKAN after that happens. Also, CKAN does not delete files it didn't otherwise create, and since I didn't include a PlanetShine config in this update, it might be having problems if there is one left over from a previous version.

There are some things currently changing with Spectra's CKAN install files so hang tight for a bit. I know what caused this (I removed my PlanetShine configs since they were outdated and also removed the flag from CKAN), but just in case, could you try manually removing both PlanetShine and Spectra (Make sure neither of them are in your GameData), then relaunch CKAN, refresh it, and try reinstalling them both again? It looks like CKAN doesn't realize that Spectra doesn't include a PlanetShine config anymore, and isn't installing the default config as a backup. Also, did you tick "PlanetShine-Config-Default in suggestions too?

No worries, I should have known better than to distribute an unofficial file here, sorry for not thinking There are no in-game options added but you have the option to pick what features to run by only installing the parent mods that you want. EnvironmentalVisualEnhancements for clouds, Scatterer for better atmospheres and water, etc. Spectra is a collection of textures and config files that use a couple of other mods as a framework. There are more instructions in the download that tell you what each parent mod does. To make it easier though, I suggest you install via CKAN. Its a powerful tool that can make installing hundreds of mods extremely simple.

Hm... I might add them in the future, as an extra. Let me make something real quick.

I wasn't aware of this being an issue, I'll look into it.

Update 1.3 is live! Spectra SpaceDock The major update this time around is a revamp of Duna to give it a Scatterer config again and look a bit more similar to the release trailer. The goal was to tone down the intensity of the effects to better reflect its thin atmosphere. If you have feedback on the changes, please share! Lastly, I was made aware of an unofficial update of Kopernicus for 1.9.1. I haven't tested it yet, but if you can please if you can give it a download and let me know how things look: [Rule-violating mod link removed by moderator]

Hello! For some reason, with the 1.9.1 update the config file isn't being generated at "GameData\KerbalImprovedSaveSystem\Plugins\PluginData\KerbalImprovedSaveSystem". The mod is installed, but the gui does not appear in-game and there is no xml file there like in previous versions: I was able to get the mod working again by taking a copy of the xml file from a previous install and pasting it there. Has this occurred to you before?

Hey! Yes, Spectra will work with all previous versions up until when EVE/Kopernicus where first created.

Spectra indeed does include volumetric clouds. There must be something wrong in your install or in the current release. Did you install manually or via CKAN?

GOOD NEWS! My save file is working again! With that, I will probably get back to streaming and updating Spectra again soon I'm hoping to do a repass on Duna, and possibly remove my kopernicus files for the time being until it is updated. @Yoloking Mapping, could I by chance use your edited Jool texture in this next release? I haven't done any testing with it yet, but if it fixes the poles I would love to add it officially. I can convert it to .dds myself too, I forgot to mention that there are certain settings you want enabled when you save to make the file more compatible/usable.

I can download and open it fine from SpaceDock. It must be something on your end

For image editing I use paint.net since its free and easily save .dds images. The jool textures is at GameData/Spectra/Spectra_textures/Planets/gas1_clouds.dds

I'm afraid I can't Here is what Jool's texture looks like: The issue is that the entire top/bottom of the texture is the north/south pole, and the image is wrapped around the planet like a sphere. I'm not a professional texture editor so getting rid of that is something beyond my capability, sorry

I'll check on this in a bit

These are both intended. Spectra does not have any source code since it doesn't have any coding; all it is is config files and textures. Also, Spectra doesn't need all of the dependencies to run, it only requires ModuleManager, and EVE or Scatterer or Kopernicus are needed for their respective features (Clouds, pretty atmospheres, and surface textures), but are not strictly required if you only want to use part of the mod. Additionally, Kopernicus is still not updated for 1.9, so making it a dependency would mean that Spectra would be flagged as incompatible in 1.9

Aye, I make backups of my backups on occasion

That's the next option, though I think its something to do with the mods I had installed; I did some updates via CKAN and suddenly the save stopped being able to load. I'll give that a try too though, never hurts.

Yeah I had some issues with Duna in the past and I'll have to revisit it to see what's up. I should have an update out hopefully soon but no promises; I just found that my most recent save is corrupted in some way and I can't load it anymore I'm a bit bummed out as a result

Hello! That red hue is as intended I added it in the last few updates to give Kerbin a more vibrant appearance, and also to simulate a little more exaggerated realism since the earth has a slight tint to it as well seen from some pictures from space. What are your thoughts?

Nice that's what Duna should look like for now; I may end up revamping it in the future (something got screwed up a few updates ago and I can't quite pin it yet) but this is the desired look for now I'm doing well man! Been playing a ton of Sea of Thieves with my brother lately so I haven't had as much time for KSP. Still, this place is as addicting as ever. So I should add 'flattenScaledSpaceMesh = 0.600000024' to every planet config? Thanks for the heads up, I'll do so in the next release (Hopefully later this week? Not sure yet)

Can you post a picture?

The list is down in the bottom and Included pictures in spoilers should add this as well?

No lite version sadly, although Spectra is pretty well optimized to start with. If you can't run Spectra then my guess is you won't be able to run EVE/Scatterer at all If you are having problems with GPU temperature and FPS, try running without Scatterer installed. Scatterer uses a ton of GPU power and its a very big FPS hog. EVE is comparatively 'lite' so you should hopefully be able to run just EVE? Its worth a try with both though.

I hope it works out well for you!