[1.3.x] CONTARES 1.8.9 closed

[Drakenex]

HERMES - Columbus Space Station

 

[ArkaelDren]

Glad to see all these new modders in the community.  I know your all busy, but most of these packs are complicated enough it really would be good to get craft files.  If you can Mod these, then the time it would take for a few craft files shouldn't be to much.

[hraban]

17 hours ago, ArkaelDren said:

Glad to see all these new modders in the community.  I know your all busy, but most of these packs are complicated enough it really would be good to get craft files.  If you can Mod these, then the time it would take for a few craft files shouldn't be to much.

Hello,

the production of craft-files makes sense only if all the recommended and required Mods are intalled.
With the next update there will be some craft-files as well as an illustrated manual, but under the above mentioned conditions.

Sometimes, the search function helps to identify corresponding parts.

Revision and construction of new radial decoupler, especially for H2A and H2B.

[ArkaelDren]

Hey Hraban, thx for a calm respectful reply with out a rant about me asking for craft files.  The planned manual with craft files sounds good indeed, glad to see you guys doing such a great job.

[CobaltWolf]

@hraban wait, so... are you going to have an animated decoupler for the H2A/H2B boosters? That would make me so happy! If @fs10inator is around he has a great video that should be posted even if you aren't doing an animated decoupler.

[hraban]

 

There is a nice plugin which allows the animation of parts of a decoupler but still it is not possible to move attached parts.

Thus the H2A/B Booster-decoupler becomes a decorative part without animation.

 

Edited November 16, 2016 by hraban

[hraban]

First pictures of the new decoupler

[TheAceOfHearts]

Is there any way we could get the textures in dds format instead of png? None of the mods I have which use png are showing textures. I realize this might be difficult or tedious, does anyone know a way to fix this?

Thanks!

[hraban]

 

6 minutes ago, TheAceOfHearts said:

Is there any way we could get the textures in dds format instead of png? None of the mods I have which use png are showing textures. I realize this might be difficult or tedious, does anyone know a way to fix this?

Thanks!

There is no compelling need to use dds. In your place I would check the settings and drivers of the graphics card and start KSP in the optimal graphic mode of the graphics card.

Edited November 16, 2016 by hraban

[VenomousRequiem]

Just now, hraban said:

 

There is no compelling need to use dds.

It runs better, it takes less time to load, there's less issues with it loading. There's plenty of compelling reasons.

[hraban]

1 minute ago, VenomousRequiem said:

It runs better, it takes less time to load, there's less issues with it loading. There's plenty of compelling reasons.

It's only true if you run KSP in DirectX mode

[VenomousRequiem]

1 minute ago, hraban said:

It's only true if you run KSP in DirectX mode

Most people do unless they're running Linux. 

[TheAceOfHearts]

1 minute ago, hraban said:

It's only true if you run KSP in DirectX mode

How do I run it in not-directX mode? I've just been launching it from ksp.exe. Is there some way to change this?

[CobaltWolf]

just run DDS4KSP over your install folder.

[VenomousRequiem]

just delete System 32 which prevents your OpenGL from launching by default

[hraban]

@VenomousRequiem

The conversion of the Contares textures from PNG to DDS format bring a higher space requirement on the hard disk slows down the loading time and brings only insignificant speed increase in the game (Load or change Scenes). The space requirement in the RAM increases with the conversion to DDS even slightly. So where is the advantage?

By the way, fine contours are blurred during conversion and the DDS texture usually looks washed out!

Edited November 17, 2016 by hraban

[Drakenex]

14 hours ago, VenomousRequiem said:

just delete System 32 which prevents your OpenGL from launching by default

hehehe that's evil, I like evil .

Those decouplers look insane! I used to make them kosmos struts but they stop working on 1.2

[hraban]

This weekend i am working on amongst other things!

[Well]

It looks like a  "ENERGIA M" ?

[hraban]

 

59 minutes ago, Well said:

It looks like a  "ENERGIA M" ?

correct

 

Pictures of kaizen parts:

CTV/ATV

 

Project "Missing Link": the forgotten R6

Spoiler

Edited November 19, 2016 by hraban

[hraban]

First take off of new CTV on Aliyana 6.

http://imgur.com/a/JItCb

 

[Well]

I am not a big fan of colors pastels for the capsule, but all the rest seems to me fantastic

[trooperMNG]

1 hour ago, Well said:

I am not a big fan of colors pastels for the capsule, but all the rest seems to me fantastic

yeah me too, that pastel yellow-ish doesn't seem to fit so well. Apart from that, super excited for the part revamp

[hraban]

3 hours ago, Well said:

I am not a big fan of colors pastels for the capsule, but all the rest seems to me fantastic

 

1 hour ago, trooperMNG said:

yeah me too, that pastel yellow-ish doesn't seem to fit so well. Apart from that, super excited for the part revamp

Just do not panic because of the color. Also, the CTV capsule is equipped with a texture changer. The user can choose between the following colors:

- Aramid tile surface (in the example)
- White tiles
- medium gray tiles
- dark gray / black tiles
- copper tiles

Edited November 20, 2016 by hraban

[Well]

Great