Astro's Kopernicus Planets

[Astrofox]

Awesome!

I am going to test Sirona out, this should be interesting...

[Hammersamatom]

I kinda had to do this, to keep it on the semi-realistic side, I have to quadruple the size of Mysterio. Mostly due to the size of Tryok. (It's gonna be larger then Laythe.)

[Astrofox]

Sirona works, but I can't connect to the internet on my computer; I am sending this message from my phone.

Edit: fixed my computer - I accidentally pressed Fn F2.

I will upload the files soon.

Edit2: Here is Astro's Planets-KBOs

Just plop into GameData - it's a sub-pack as we discussed earlier.

Edited June 3, 2015 by Astrofox

[Astrofox]

Wow, You need a LOT of Delta-V just to get there...

I'm flying a mission to Sirona right now.

200+ years to encounter - yeah...

Edited June 3, 2015 by Astrofox

[Hammersamatom]

Yea, I saw that.

I can't get any planets to properly load anymore, well, most of them load.

Some of the Kopernicus Examples fail to load as well, most notably, Nemesis.

Sirona's orbit isn't showing up either, I also need to hit tab to find it. Orbit and markers aren't there.

Edit1: Confirmed, it's anything past a certain point.

Edited June 3, 2015 by Hammersamatom

[Astrofox]

I also noticed that you couldn't quick save/quick load after a certain point. Let alone control your craft.

[Hammersamatom]

Yea, going to submit a bug report to Thomas P.

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I think we should work on finishing up what we already have, and wait for a response from Thomas.

[Astrofox]

Ok then, do you have anything extra for me to do?

We should call the space "Kraken Space," due to all of the weird things that happen.

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Edit: I am going to add a Haumea-like object to the KBO pack; any suggestions on how to make the planet oblate?

Also, what should we name it?

If you don't know what Haumea is, then here is a link to the wiki page about it.

Anyway, I hope that the "Kraken Space" bug is fixed soon.

[Hammersamatom]

I don't know when or how to fix it with our versions, but I swapped Kopernicus versions, grab the one in OPM and use that instead. It fixed everything.

As for how to make the planet Oblate, you really can't without major heightmap editing, something I'm not fully capable of, or a PQS mod that I don't believe exists.

Also, I did some testing by moving Laythe around Mysterio, Laythe's SOI is too large. I need to enlarge Mysterio again. Apologies.

This time, I might actually need to move it.

Edited June 3, 2015 by Hammersamatom

[MrHappyFace]

Why don't we use MM to move Eve closer to the sun and give ourselves more room?

[Hammersamatom]

Actually, I've found that we have PLENTY of room, now it's just adjusting everything so that SOI's of large moons are minimal, while keeping dV costs low.

People may need to utilize gravity assists to escape Mysterio...

[MrHappyFace]

If you want the escape velocity to go down, reduce the gravity. Jool's gravity is only 0.8g, and Sarnus from OPM only has 0.2ish

[Hammersamatom]

I managed to get it down to only 516 dV to achieve escape. Progress!

[Astrofox]

Awesome! We need to fix up the lighting glitch with Sirona, but other than that, The mission to Sirona went very well!

(I think I may have built the best stock part craft in KSP...)

Anyway, We have done so much in only a few weeks (what is this, week 2?) and I hope development keeps going without hiccups, well, without too many hiccups...

But hey, we still kinda have a long way to go before the releases of each pack (of course, since we are taking the multi-modular turn) and we haven't really gotten to the binary gas giants, as well as the "star pack," but no worries, we will probably get it done by the end of July, or even by the end of the month.

[MrHappyFace]

I'm working on Valklipper now. (the purple lifey thingy)

The height map refuses to cooperate, and whenever I try to use a custom PQS mod, it throws a fit. I'll keep trying though, but I think it may be Kopernicus at fault here...

Also whenever I installed Sirona, my game crashed, but I think it may be me. I'll try again later.

[MrHappyFace]

Here's the code: https://gist.github.com/HappyFaceIndustries/c1b22de4727c8a867fc0

The issue was that the ramp in the PQSMod was null. Whenever I tried to build the maps, or go close enough to it that it would need to load the PQS, it would say that the color ramp was null.

The log file shows that the keys are being parsed correctly, but the Ramp itself refuses to go to the PQSMod. I'm pretty sure the SimplexParser was working though.

[amarius1]

okay people, what did I miss again? maybe some pictures? sorry, I will be inactive for a least three weaks, since I realy have to learn for my HightSchool applience. cheers and I'm sad to take this decision but... I have two choices. Aerospace, Architecture or GameDev. Entering hight school should assure me the Aerospace life path. (my dream since I was 3). BTW, finished the lava moon with super dense Venus-like atmosphere.

@ Thomas. Sorry dude, I had to use a "phantom Gas Giant Body" to create the super dense atmosphere. I am now choosing the propeer cloud texture for it. Can gas giant textures be transparent? Along with lava oceans, the stock clouds on Tyrok would make the planet very unique.

[Astrofox]

Amarius, to summarize what has happened...

We added some another moon to Mysterio (I made it myself, and Hammersamatom fixed it up) and it's a Trojan of MTM-4.

Phoop was added to the Mysterio System.

The entire Mysterio System was re-scaled for the arrival of Tyrok.

We decide to go modular by making separate packs for the entire pack.

I started the KBO pack by adding a Sedna-like object named Sirona (needs to be fixed somewhat) and it has the Kerbal Dimensions of Sedna, except for its rotation period (the real rotation period of Sedna is 10hrs, and Sirona needs to have a rotation period of 3hrs and 30 minutes).

And MrHappyFace Got to work on his planet, and here we are now.

Don't worry, just look at the last few pages.

[Astrofox]

Edit:

I just fixed the rotation period of Sirona, and Here is the Link:

Astro's Planets-KBOs

[Hammersamatom]

If you want to fix the Texture issues of Sirona. Hold Alt+E+P, and type Sirona in the top empty space. Click export and replace Sirona's textures with the ones in the Kopernicus PluginData folder. (The folder within the folder 'Cache') Don't bother renaming the textures, they'll work, capitals and all.

[Astrofox]

So simply place the textures in the PluginData folder in the Sirona Folder?

[Hammersamatom]

Well, replace the ones that Sirona already has, the new Height would replace the old one, etc, etc.

[Astrofox]

Lighting glitched fixed!

Here's the fixed version of Sirona!

Astro's Planets-KBOs

[Hammersamatom]

It worked then, I'm guessing.

[Astrofox]

It did!

Do you think I should add a 2002Ve68 analogue?