I wish KSP had an animated loading screen like this

[Valerian]

 

I wish I had a loading screen like that on KSP:

 

 

Better quality version here: http://tmp.vaalerian.net/earth.html

taken from this article: http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2015/07/10/science/An-Image-of-Earth-Every-Ten-Minutes.html?_r=0

Edited December 21, 2015 by Valerian

[Der Anfang]

I agree. This would be really cool. Although, I love the art of the 3 manned cockpit, too. I wonder who the artist was that did that one?

[Nathair]

44 minutes ago, Der Anfang said:

I wonder who the artist was that did that one?

Nature.

[Der Anfang]

35 minutes ago, Nathair said:

Nature.

The three kerbals screaming in the cockpit? That's what I was talking about. I hope you were being sarcastic.

[Valerian]

1 hour ago, Der Anfang said:

I agree. This would be really cool. Although, I love the art of the 3 manned cockpit, too. I wonder who the artist was that did that one?

Apparently it all started here: https://www.reddit.com/r/KerbalSpaceProgram/comments/2jp9nj/i_just_finished_a_highres_loading_screen_for_ksp/

[DuoDex]

I should try something like that with SVE. Back tomorrow.

[Valerian]

8 minutes ago, DuoDex said:

I should try something like that with SVE. Back tomorrow.

you mean recording a video of it?

it would be easy with an addon to put a video on the loading screen actually, but you need to be careful with the RAM ;).

[problemecium]

36 minutes ago, Der Anfang said:

The three kerbals screaming in the cockpit? That's what I was talking about. I hope you were being sarcastic.

Yes, obviously that image was created by Nature. Problem? ;P

[DuoDex]

I was thinking of just making a gif(v), people can do what they want with it later.

[Valerian]

7 minutes ago, DuoDex said:

I was thinking of just making a gif(v), people can do what they want with it later.

this and that are already usable as gifv:

http://int.nyt.com.s3.amazonaws.com/data/videotape/finished/2015/07/1436415745/draft4-1254.webm

http://int.nyt.com.s3.amazonaws.com/data/videotape/finished/2015/07/1436415745/draft4-1254.mp4

[DuoDex]

30 minutes ago, Valerian said:

this and that are already usable as gifv:

http://int.nyt.com.s3.amazonaws.com/data/videotape/finished/2015/07/1436415745/draft4-1254.webm

http://int.nyt.com.s3.amazonaws.com/data/videotape/finished/2015/07/1436415745/draft4-1254.mp4

Those are not of Kerbin, though.

[Valerian]

14 minutes ago, DuoDex said:

Those are not of Kerbin, though.

Ah no, sorry I misunderstood. Yes it would be nice to record Kerbin using the nicest visual mods out there.

[pandaman]

How about if the loading screen shows random shots from your screen shot folder? 

[Superfluous J]

I want Kerbin to look like that in-game. With the changing clouds while you're time warping.

[DuoDex]

So, because of nastybugs with EVE, I can't make a speedy timewarp-y version of this. But I can leave it to record while I eat dinner or something.

Spoiler

We'll see how this goes. EDIT : Apparently lag. And bugs. And hard drive space. I'll try tomorrow EDIT 2 : I decided to learn Unix scripting. It's fun. And Stuff.

[kiwi1960]

Yet another .... false.... Earth without New Zealand on it... and seriously, shouldn't Australia be covered in flames as its nearly always burning?


Must have gotten a lesson from Hollywood, Star Trek, FIRST CONTACT..... right?

 

 

Edited December 22, 2015 by kiwi1960

[Red Iron Crown]

3 hours ago, 5thHorseman said:

I want Kerbin to look like that in-game. With the changing clouds while you're time warping.

This. Get the clouds in game first, the loading screen is much lower priority.

[Valerian]

4 hours ago, kiwi1960 said:

Yet another .... false.... Earth without New Zealand on it... and seriously, shouldn't Australia be covered in flames as its nearly always burning?


Must have gotten a lesson from Hollywood, Star Trek, FIRST CONTACT..... right?
 

I hope you are trolling, New Zealand is right where it's supposed to be, just look more closely. By comparing with the same view with google earth you can see it's right: https://www.google.com/maps/@1.3885263,141.4971927,22960325m/data=!3m1!1e3

The colors of this view of the earth are also quite accurate, but they feel strange because you are used to see the color-corrected pictures, this is the raw stuff.

 

 

 

Edited December 22, 2015 by Valerian

[Junafani]

On 21.12.2015 at 4:40 AM, Valerian said:

Apparently it all started here: https://www.reddit.com/r/KerbalSpaceProgram/comments/2jp9nj/i_just_finished_a_highres_loading_screen_for_ksp/

Ah, that is just remake of the loading screen. Original is called Kerbal Space Odyssey and is from here. Artist is MK01 and it was uploaded in 2011.

[r_rolo1]

 

On 21/12/2015 at 0:51 AM, Valerian said:

 

I wish I had a loading screen like that on KSP:

 

 

Spoiler

 

 

 

 

 

 

Better quality version here: http://tmp.vaalerian.net/earth.html

taken from this article: http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2015/07/10/science/An-Image-of-Earth-Every-Ten-Minutes.html?_r=0

Hum , that reminds me of yet another game intro:

 

 

Edited December 22, 2015 by r_rolo1

[Valerian]

21 minutes ago, r_rolo1 said:

 

Hum , that reminds me of yet another game intro:

 

 

And in my opinion with the best main screen music ever

They even used that music for a water fountain show in Dubai at the foot of the Burj Khalifa, I was really surprised when I recognized it! (A bit weird knowing that this song is the Swahili version of the Christian "Lord's Prayer")

[r_rolo1]

Yeah, great music ( and to boot, Mr Tin ( the composer ) is a rather swell guy ) and the graphics themselves in the intro were rather good even unmodded ( the "Blue Marble"  mod made it even better ) ...

Now that you say it, good ol' "Baba Yetu" would make a great intro music for KSP ... Hum... *starts digging KSP music modding threads*  

[The Yellow Dart]

16 hours ago, kiwi1960 said:

Yet another .... false.... Earth without New Zealand on it... and seriously, shouldn't Australia be covered in flames as its nearly always burning?


Must have gotten a lesson from Hollywood, Star Trek, FIRST CONTACT..... right?

 

 

New Zealand is there, just hard to see. If you put the high res one on full screen and watch where it ought to be, you will see a line of clouds that isn't moving with the rest of the clouds and that is New Zealand, or at least the clouds that get caught on its mountain ranges. Or maybe it is just snow. hard to tell but there is something there.

[The Yellow Dart]

Also, more on topic, I wish they would do something like this for the title screen, rather than having to load a whole scene just so I can click "Start Game" & "Resume" or whatever it says. Title screen graphics should never have loading times IMO. They should be functional and quick and not hinder me from getting to my game. Drives me crazy when it takes the game like two minutes to start, then after all that loading, there is another loading screen just for the title screen. I would rather have a static piece of artwork any day.

And as for the loading screen, does it drive anyone else nuts that the outer planets of the loading animation are moving faster than the inner ones? This is KSP, the very worst place to make such a mistake.

And another thing! Why do they make the Kerbals float around on the title screen like they are hovering or something? We ALL know that things in space/microgravity don't just float around in little circles because we play KSP!!! If they put little puffs of RCS from the MMU I'd be okay with it, but they don't.

AND ANOTHER THING!!! WHY AM I RANTING ABOUT THIS TRIVIAL CRAP!! WHAT IS WRONG WITH ME?! I guess I've been holding all that in for a while. Sorry.

Edited December 22, 2015 by The Yellow Dart

[Red Iron Crown]

8 minutes ago, The Yellow Dart said:

And as for the loading screen, does it drive anyone else nuts that the outer planets of the loading animation are moving faster than the inner ones? This is KSP, the very worst place to make such a mistake.

That one bothers me more than it should, too. Though I don't think it's worth dev time to fix.