Andi K. Posted January 24, 2016 Share Posted January 24, 2016 (edited) EXTRASOLAR Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike This mod is still under development. You may visit the new thread by clicking here or the link at the bottom of this post. WHAT IS THIS? The Extrasolar mod adds the red dwarf star "Valentine" to the Kerbol System. Orbiting Valentine are several new planets and moons to discover. Because Valentine is so far away, you will probably have to download some mods in order to make the trip easier. Extrasolar is compatible with 1.3.1 and up. DO NOT INSTALL THIS FROM CKAN! SCREENSHOTS MORE ADDITIONAL MODS DEPENDENCIES Kopernicus Module Manager ModularFlightIntegrator RECOMMENDED MODS KSP Interstellar Extended BetterTimeWarp Project Orion Nuclear Pulse Engine After Kerbin COMPATIBLE MODS Custom Asteroids Distant Object Enhancement Environmental Visual Enhancements scatterer After Kerbin Outer Planets Mod Stock Visual Enhancements DOWNLOAD ON SPACEDOCK or DOWNLOAD ON GITHUB CHANGE LOG Spoiler 1.8.0 (December 25, 2018) * Updated to KSP 1.5.1 Added EVE atmo effects Improved Heba texture Improved Lomina texture Improved Kuprus texture Updated Valentine light intensity curve Updated atmo gradients CRP configs Changed file structure Fixed issue with Kuprus biome map Made Solyth less saturated Minor fixes and tweaks 1.7.6 (September 12, 2018) Updated to 1.4.5 Minor bug fixes and tweaks 1.7.5 (May 9, 2018) Various bug fixes 1.7.3 (April 29, 2018) Fixed EVE issues Fixed compatibility with SVE Fixed compatibility with OPM Created visuals for stock system 1.7.1 (April 9, 2018) Updated to version 1.4.2 of KSP Scatterer adjustments Adjusted Solyth and Fust's clouds Distant Object Enhancement compatability (Thanks Pkmniako!) Fixed issues between Extrasolar and Stock Visual Enhancements 1.7 (February 19, 2018) Fixed Deemo texture seam Improved biomes Added snow storms to Mir Overhauled Javine PQS Improvements Scatterer tweaks Tweaked coloration of Pael Improved Soltyh scaled space Added terrain textures from CTTP Removed Pael and Ucella's atmosphere Improved clouds Updated science definitions Improved Maol 1.6.1 (January 1, 2018) Scatterer tweaks Fixed bug with Javine's and Fust's oceans 1.6 (December 31, 2017) Compatibility with After Kerbin Removed Semth Replaced Javine texture with Semth texture Changed Mir coloration Changed Solyth coloration Made Valentine system more realistic (mass changes, orbit changes, atmosphere changes, etc.) Added moon Kuprus Added moon Pael 1.5.4 (December 25, 2017) Fixed lighting issues Fixed Lomina's rings Fixed scaled space for some planets disappearing briefly Tweaked Heba's texture, and fixed its seams Improved Serex texture Improved Mir texture Improved Fust texture Improved Ucella txture Improved PQS for all rocky planets Restructured files 1.4 (September 17, 2017) Updated to work with latest Scatterer version Updated to work with latest Kopernicus version Scatterer tweaks Improved Lomina's rings Added clouds to Javine Scaledspace tweaks for all bodies Removed FlightGlobalsIndex (put the optional "CareerSaver" to prevent previous saves with Extrasolar from breaking after updating) Moved Valentine closer to the Sun 1.3.2 (March 6, 2017) Tweaked textures Improved Ucella textures Final Frontier support curtesy of @smokytehbear 1.2.0 (January 26, 2017) Scatterer support! EVE update Texture overhaul 0.9.0 (May 3, 2016) Fixed incompatibility with newest version of EVE Converted most textures to .dds (smaller file sizes) 0.8.0 (April 8, 2016) Added support for Distant Object Enhancement Changed integration of Environmental Visual Enhancements compatibility Cleaned out science definitions 0.7.0 (March 12, 2016) Packaged Extrasolar Clouds with Extrasolar Completely changed Solyth 0.6.0 (February 26, 2016) Added moon Serex Added moon Ucella Removed moon Vik Completely fixed Solyth's texture seam Modified orbit of Javine Modified orbit of Deemo Shrinked mass and radius of Deemo Increased radius of Maol Tidally locked Vedre Tidally locked Lomina's moons Improved texturing of Vedre 0.5.1 (February 19, 2016) Changed description of Semth 0.5.0 (February 19, 2016) Added moon Hauna Added moon Semth Added moon Vedre Removed moon Lox Fixed Solyth's texture seam Redid all atmospheric curves 0.4.0 (February 14, 2016) Improved texturing of Deemo Improved texturing of Fust Improved texturing of Maol Improved texturing of Vik Improved biome map for Solyth Tweaked Solyth's textures Tweaked stock scale orbits 0.3.1 (February 10, 2016) Improved texturing of Mir Improved texturing of Heba Made Valentine more red 0.3.0 (February 7, 2016) Added moon Maol Added moon Vik Added moon Javine Added moon Deemo Added moon Lox Fixed issue with normal maps not working properly Added custom science defs Added support for Custom Asteroids Lowered elevation of stock scale Fust Increased semimajor axis of stock scale planets Modified Mir's biome map 0.2.0 (January 31, 2016) Added planet Solyth Added planet Fust Added planet Mir Changed orbit colors for Heba and Lomina Fixed temperature curves for Heba and Lomina Increased color saturation of Lomina Added custom ring texture for Lomina Modified Valentines orbit Changed light coloration of Valentine Added scale options Created clouds pack for Environmental Visual Enhancements 0.1.1 (January 25, 2016) Added planet Heba Added planet Lomina 0.1.0 (January 24, 2016) Initial release This mod support thread has been moved here: Edited October 17, 2020 by adsii1970 20201017: OP requested change in license Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garbonzo Posted January 25, 2016 Share Posted January 25, 2016 Please put pictures with your post. I would love to see some original planet ideas! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spaceception Posted January 25, 2016 Share Posted January 25, 2016 (edited) 3 hours ago, AndrewDrawsPrettyPictures said: Again, please suggest any ideas for planets and the like. The more ideas the better! If you want to, you can even send me a folder containing a planet that I could put in this new planetary system. Don't worry, I'll give you credit . The first planet will probably be added very soon, but I just wanted to get creating this thread out of the way.License for Plugin Software: BSD Cool Btw, I sent you an Idea. (Hermes) Edited January 25, 2016 by Spaceception Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_Augustus_ Posted January 25, 2016 Share Posted January 25, 2016 So are these scaled at stock sizes? Please make rescale mods optional and compatible. Also - No pics, no clicks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andi K. Posted January 25, 2016 Author Share Posted January 25, 2016 (edited) On 1/25/2016 at 7:27 PM, _Augustus_ said: So are these scaled at stock sizes? Please make rescale mods optional and compatible. Also - No pics, no clicks. No they are not scaled to stock sizes. I am planning on making rescale mods compatible, but this is version 0.1, so there are a lot more important things to be focusing on. Pictures are not available at the moment because there aren't really any planets to be shown off for now, just the star. Like I said, I have only put this up at the time I have just to get it out of the way. I am almost done with planets Heba and Lomina, and I'll probably be completely finished with those two planets by the end of tomorrow. On 1/25/2016 at 7:03 PM, Garbonzo said: Please put pictures with your post. I would love to see some original planet ideas! I'm still in the process of making the planets. I'll probably be done with Heba and Lomina tomorrow. Once I am, I'll put some screenshots up. On 1/25/2016 at 7:23 PM, Spaceception said: Cool Btw, I sent you an Idea. (Hermes) Thanks! I wan't to try to make this planet pack a compilation of other people's ideas along with my own. Edited January 26, 2016 by AndrewDrawsPrettyPictures Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoeKitsune Posted January 25, 2016 Share Posted January 25, 2016 Since it's a red dwarf, a tidal locked Kerbin-like planet with a HUGE storm on the light side would be cool Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daniel l. Posted January 26, 2016 Share Posted January 26, 2016 22 hours ago, TheJewelOfJool said: Since it's a red dwarf, a tidal locked Kerbin-like planet with a HUGE storm on the light side would be cool Actually it would be a searing desert with storms on the terminator. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoeKitsune Posted January 26, 2016 Share Posted January 26, 2016 (edited) OK. I forget how planets work sometimes. I also found this on Wikipedia: "Climate models constructed in 2013 indicate that cloud formation on tidally locked planets would minimize the temperature difference between the day and the night side, greatly improving habitability prospects for red dwarf planets." Edited January 26, 2016 by TheJewelOfJool Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daniel l. Posted January 26, 2016 Share Posted January 26, 2016 5 hours ago, TheJewelOfJool said: OK. I forget how planets work sometimes. I also found this on Wikipedia: "Climate models constructed in 2013 indicate that cloud formation on tidally locked planets would minimize the temperature difference between the day and the night side, greatly improving habitability prospects for red dwarf planets." Maybe so but the day side would still be sahara and night would be an antarctic winter, not immediately fatal with the right equipment but still undesirable the terminator would be better suited temperature wise but very stormy. Considering that red dwarves are more common than any other star its most likely that these semi-habitable worlds will be a frequent find among earthlike planets. But they will still be good for colonization Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spaceception Posted January 26, 2016 Share Posted January 26, 2016 5 hours ago, daniel l. said: Maybe so but the day side would still be sahara and night would be an antarctic winter, not immediately fatal with the right equipment but still undesirable the terminator would be better suited temperature wise but very stormy. Considering that red dwarves are more common than any other star its most likely that these semi-habitable worlds will be a frequent find among earthlike planets. But they will still be good for colonization 10 hours ago, TheJewelOfJool said: OK. I forget how planets work sometimes. I also found this on Wikipedia: "Climate models constructed in 2013 indicate that cloud formation on tidally locked planets would minimize the temperature difference between the day and the night side, greatly improving habitability prospects for red dwarf planets." Read this: http://www.space.com/28280-alien-planets-atmospheres-day-night.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spaceception Posted January 27, 2016 Share Posted January 27, 2016 (edited) On 1/24/2016 at 1:11 PM, AndrewDrawsPrettyPictures said: -Fust: Fust is a planet very similar to Kerbin. It has a thick atmosphere that is rich in oxygen. Due to Fust's high oxygen content, is more likely than not that there is an active ecosystem on Fust that is producing the oxygen through photosynthesis. Fust's surface is mainly covered in water, with small mountainous islands peppering its surface. Thanks to David K. for this planet idea! Thanks for using my idea! Also, Fust is a great name. Btw, could you make sure that the sky is a light tan, and the water is a dim orange-ish (With dirty-white clouds)? So it looks more realistic? Edited January 27, 2016 by Spaceception Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andi K. Posted January 27, 2016 Author Share Posted January 27, 2016 8 hours ago, Spaceception said: Thanks for using my idea! Also, Fust is a great name. Btw, could you make sure that the sky is a light tan, and the water is a dim orange-ish (With dirty-white clouds)? So it looks more realistic? Yeah, definitely. I'm in no way extremely good at modding, and I've been having a lot of trouble with oceans and rocky planets in general. I will try to make this planet as soon as possible, maybe in the update after next. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spaceception Posted January 28, 2016 Share Posted January 28, 2016 9 minutes ago, AndrewDrawsPrettyPictures said: Yeah, definitely. I'm in no way extremely good at modding, and I've been having a lot of trouble with oceans and rocky planets in general. I will try to make this planet as soon as possible, maybe in the update after next. Alright Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USER_NAME Posted January 29, 2016 Share Posted January 29, 2016 You should make something relating to mustafar, or Moraband! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daniel l. Posted January 29, 2016 Share Posted January 29, 2016 I just noticed something! Your using my skybox! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USER_NAME Posted January 30, 2016 Share Posted January 30, 2016 how do you make planets? I can't make them and i belive I am doing everything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andi K. Posted January 30, 2016 Author Share Posted January 30, 2016 (edited) 22 minutes ago, USER_NAME said: how do you make planets? I can't make them and i belive I am doing everything. What I would recommend to start off is to use another person's mod as the framework and edit the planets so that they're the way you want them. After a while, you'll get the hang of it and will be able to do it mostly by yourself. Also, there are a lot of great tutorials out there for this sort of thing. For normal, height and color maps, use space engine. Space Engine procedurally generates planets that you can export, so it's guaranteed your planet won't look like anybody else's. Edited January 30, 2016 by AndrewDrawsPrettyPictures Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USER_NAME Posted January 30, 2016 Share Posted January 30, 2016 17 hours ago, AndrewDrawsPrettyPictures said: What I would recommend to start off is to use another person's mod as the framework and edit the planets so that they're the way you want them. After a while, you'll get the hang of it and will be able to do it mostly by yourself. Also, there are a lot of great tutorials out there for this sort of thing. For normal, height and color maps, use space engine. Space Engine procedurally generates planets that you can export, so it's guaranteed your planet won't look like anybody else's. Thanks, I'm trying to test my skills with this, then make a star wars planet mod if I an able. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andi K. Posted January 30, 2016 Author Share Posted January 30, 2016 50 minutes ago, USER_NAME said: Thanks, I'm trying to test my skills with this, then make a star wars planet mod if I an able. That sounds like a cool idea. If you ever end up doing that, make sure to include the less known planets so that it's more of an adventure. Good luck! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andi K. Posted February 2, 2016 Author Share Posted February 2, 2016 What do you guys think of version 0.2? I added a lot of new things and I want to see what you guys think of it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoeKitsune Posted February 2, 2016 Share Posted February 2, 2016 Will Valentine's orbit come near the orbits of the planets in OPM? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex G Posted February 2, 2016 Share Posted February 2, 2016 I'm so glad someone is going thru the trouble of making this mod. Gonna try it out as soon as I get back. Excited for future additions to this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andi K. Posted February 2, 2016 Author Share Posted February 2, 2016 16 hours ago, TheJewelOfJool said: Will Valentine's orbit come near the orbits of the planets in OPM? No. Its nowhere near the orbits of OPM planets. Valentine is extremely far away (.5 light-years in the realistic scale option, .05 light years in the stock scale option). That's why I recommend mods that add interstellar propulsion, so the trip to Valentine is still hard, but a bit quicker. 11 minutes ago, Alex G said: I'm so glad someone is going thru the trouble of making this mod. Gonna try it out as soon as I get back. Excited for future additions to this. Thanks much and no problem! I'm really excited as well. Next update will probably add moons to most of the planets in the Valentine System along with some minor tweaks. If you have any ideas for those moons, please give me suggestions. I intend to have a bunch of moons in orbit around Lomina and its getting pretty difficult to come up with ideas for its moons Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex G Posted February 2, 2016 Share Posted February 2, 2016 3 minutes ago, AndrewDrawsPrettyPictures said: Thanks much and no problem! I'm really excited as well. Next update will probably add moons to most of the planets in the Valentine System along with some minor tweaks. If you have any ideas for those moons, please give me suggestions. I intend to have a bunch of moons in orbit around Lomina and its getting pretty difficult to come up with ideas for its moons. I can maybe suggest one of those moons to be a kerbin-esque body. Using the gravitational energy from Lomina (or from its parent planet) to make it an actively warmer body much like Titan in our system. Just a thought :3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andi K. Posted February 2, 2016 Author Share Posted February 2, 2016 3 hours ago, Alex G said: I can maybe suggest one of those moons to be a kerbin-esque body. Using the gravitational energy from Lomina (or from its parent planet) to make it an actively warmer body much like Titan in our system. Just a thought :3 Good idea. However, it sort of reminds me of Laythe, but I'll try to spice it up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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