Seasons!

[ZooNamedGames]

The area around the space center should change colors dependent on the time of year so Kerbin can experience seasons! Right now it's impossible to tell what time of year it is at the KSC as there are no seasons. Granted there's no need for them, but it would be a nice visual. Simply put; it would start off in the Summer with lush green hills, and yellow hues, and then as it winds down to Fall, the colors would darken to dark green and brown, then reach Winter and become black and grey (with snow on the ground).

One could also look to @GregroxMun's Winter Kerbal where the entire KSC was snowy.

Thoughts?

Edited September 5, 2016 by ZooNamedGames
Credit to @GregroxMun for giving me the name

[Alshain]

It could work, but I think there are other visual enhancements we need first, or maybe at the same time.  However Clouds and texture packs, and light enhancers like PlanetShine all have proof of concept mods.  If you want this one to be taken seriously, someone is going to need to mod it first.

[Findthepin1]

I like this idea!

Although the KSC is at the equator, so seasons might not be as evident there...

[ZooNamedGames]

4 minutes ago, Findthepin1 said:

I like this idea!

Although the KSC is at the equator, so seasons might not be as evident there...

Kerbin's also unrealistically dense; it can happen!

4 minutes ago, Alshain said:

It could work, but I think there are other visual enhancements we need first, or maybe at the same time.  However Clouds and texture packs, and light enhancers like PlanetShine all have proof of concept mods.  If you want this one to be taken seriously, someone is going to need to mod it first.

Well I'd toss a request for it but I already know the majority of the responses.

"Well try to do it yourself".

[pincushionman]

Not meaningful, since Kerbin has no axial tilt and thus no seasons.

And we don't have much in the way of ground details to make the distinction between seasons interesting.

…Oh wait, are you suggesting a suggestion that would require both the implementation of axial tilt to the game system and better low-level terrain detail? Hell yes, I'm on board.

Edited September 4, 2016 by pincushionman

[Whirligig Girl]

3 hours ago, ZooNamedGames said:

One could also look to @GregroxMun's Winter Wonderland (whatever it was called) where the entire KSC was snowy.

Thoughts?

Winter Kerbol.

 

If Kerbin ever gets axial tilt, it would be super awesome if there could somehow be three color maps and land control settings: green, white, and red/orange, and each hemisphere changes depending upon the season. Duna's ice caps could even recede and grow through the seasons.

Edited September 5, 2016 by GregroxMun

[ZooNamedGames]

18 minutes ago, GregroxMun said:

Winter Kerbol.

 

If Kerbin ever gets axial tilt, it would be super awesome if there could somehow be three color maps and land control settings: green, white, and red/orange, and each hemisphere changes depending upon the season. Duna's ice caps could even recede and grow through the seasons.

I'll edit that into the OP.

Hm... What if we put all the currently 0 inclination planets to a new inclination which (from the new tilted KSC) would be 90 directly eastward. Ie; we get a titled Kerbin and there's no noticeable change!

thoughts?

[The_Rocketeer]

@GregroxMun Winter Kerbal?

[Whirligig Girl]

Just now, The_Rocketeer said:

@GregroxMun Winter Kerbal?

Wha... what did you do?

[The_Rocketeer]

Just now, GregroxMun said:

Wha... what did you do?

Good question. Something went a bit wrong with E.V.E. I think.

[ImmaStegosaurus!]

If there were launch sites at higher latitudes I'd be all for this. Winter on equator would be pretty fatal for kerbalkind.

In some sense this could be done by expanding and contracting poles. But wait, there's no axial tilt to cause seasons! No problem, Kerbin could be put on slightly elliptical orbit.

 

Edited September 6, 2016 by ImmaStegosaurus!

[regex]

On 9/4/2016 at 4:51 PM, pincushionman said:

…Oh wait, are you suggesting a suggestion that would require both the implementation of axial tilt to the game system and better low-level terrain detail? Hell yes, I'm on board.

Stealth axial tilt thread detected. Count me in.

[Whirligig Girl]

2 hours ago, regex said:

Stealth axial tilt thread detected. Count me in.

If there is one feature I want to be made possible, it's stock and moddable axial tilt. OK, maybe not the only one, but in terms of how many possibilities it unlocks...

Even without seasons, axial tilt would allow the creation of planets with equatorial arctics and polar tropics. You could also say by word of god what the seasons are like, even if the game won't simulate it.

Edited September 6, 2016 by GregroxMun

[Rath]

And then lets have the entirety of kerbin burn in Summer!  (I'm from california.  Big sur.  That firetrap. yeah.  I know.)

[Warzouz]

On 04/09/2016 at 10:47 PM, Findthepin1 said:

I like this idea!

Although the KSC is at the equator, so seasons might not be as evident there...

Kerbin could also have much more eccentricity. That may create season too. And that would impact the whole planet at the same level.

 

But I agree that we need some more immersive graphics and sound design first. I don't see what seasons would add.

Edited September 11, 2016 by Warzouz

[Van Disaster]

We can already do elliptical orbits, no? so the entire planet experiences the same seasonal change ( which is a lot easier than dealing with seasons from axial tilt ) and we get the joy of dealing with elliptical orbits! sounds great.

[lajoswinkler]

Yes, it should come with an axial tilt. Unfortunatelly, KSP still lacks tilted worlds. Too bad. It would teach a lot.