Planet Textures

[WolfyDoo]

I hope that somebody can explain me everything about textures for planets. I know there are tutorials like textures with PQS from @The White Guardian, but I don't seem to understand them that well. I hope somebody can explain me how to make a stock-like KSP planet/moon? Also when I use a texture with .dds it gives off a totally white or a totally black texture in-game? Somebody knows why that is?

 

Thanks!

[WolfyDoo]

http://pastebin.com/HKaKuZRa

 

This is a file for example. This planet in the file just shows the "Tylo" template. I don't get how that's possible. I've changed stuff about it, right?

[The White Guardian]

Hmm... not really. You see, you set Tylo as a template, but you don't 'alter' the template further. You keep all of Tylo's PQSMods and thus you're basically editing a clone of Tylo, not making a new planet. As for why the planet looks like Tylo in the map view, that is because you haven't updated the ScaledSpace. So, in short, add this:

Template
{
	name = Tylo
	removeAllPQSMods = true
}

To remove Tylo's PQSMods from the template so the PQSMods you chose are applied. Furthermore, you specify a colormap AND a colormod. That isn't necessary, you can delete HeightColorMap. And last but not least, the ScaledSpace, well, you don't seem to have a heightmap so you can't generate a normal map. I recommend installing Kittopia and exporting the textures of your planet once you're happy with how the planet looks, then add this:

ScaledVersion
{
	type = Vacuum
	Material
	{
		texture = [Filepath leading to the planet's 'color' texture]
		normals = [Filepath leading to the normal map Kittopia created]
	}
}

Hope this helps

TWG

Edited May 7, 2016 by The White Guardian