[1.8] EnvironmentalVisualEnhancements [1.8.0-2]

[Phineas Freak]

2 hours ago, Galileo said:

He also said since kopernicus allows for terrain texture replacements (not as detailed, but does the job), there really wasn't a reason to do add it again.

I get your point but the Kopernicus detail terrain textures only apply in PQS and not SS. These are two different beasts and that's why i asked if we could fix/update the EVE terrain manager.

Maybe i should bug @Thomas P. and see if something similar can be implemented by Kopernicus? I guess the answer will be "no" as it probably is out of scope.

[Galileo]

28 minutes ago, Phineas Freak said:

I get your point but the Kopernicus detail terrain textures only apply in PQS and not SS. These are two different beasts and that's why i asked if we could fix/update the EVE terrain manager.

Maybe i should bug @Thomas P. and see if something similar can be implemented by Kopernicus? I guess the answer will be "no" as it probably is out of scope.

I totally get that, I was just relaying what waz has said in the past. ThomasP might be willing to. He likes suggestions

[Thomas P.]

I won't add it to Kopernicus itself, but I am willing to look into fixing it. If I manage to get it working, it'll probably end up in KopernicusExpansion

[Proot]

Ok, I have this demo since last year, just before my rest.
The idea is to create "evolving" clouds (a cloud pattern always changing, not static like now). It's relatively simple to do it, using the UV noise (and in fact I'm using it in Jool right now with incredible results using clouldmaps at low resolution) but due to the current animation system it looks pretty crazy in real time.
So, my question here is:
In the future, could be possible to have an option to chain the UV speed animation to real time? (I mean, to have a value in speed wich speeds up in timewarp)

Edited July 12, 2017 by Proot

[Waz]

2 hours ago, Proot said:

Ok, I have this demo since last year, just before my rest.
The idea is to create "evolving" clouds (a cloud pattern always changing, not static like now). It's relatively simple to do it, using the UV noise (and in fact I'm using it in Jool right now with incredible results using clouldmaps at low resolution) but due to the current animation system it looks pretty crazy in real time.
So, my question here is:
In the future, could be possible to have an option to chain the UV speed animation to real time? (I mean, to have a value in speed wich speeds up in timewarp)

Try this out and tell me what you think:

https://1drv.ms/u/s!Ah0aNuGsTYhahGKPEtIKsGALK4Fb

It's a build of EVE that uses realtime ("Universal Time") in the shaders. I've only done basic testing, but it should work. UVNoise animation should work for 2D clouds and their shadows (it has never been enabled for volumetric clouds).

[Proot]

16 hours ago, Waz said:

Try this out and tell me what you think:

https://1drv.ms/u/s!Ah0aNuGsTYhahGKPEtIKsGALK4Fb

It's a build of EVE that uses realtime ("Universal Time") in the shaders. I've only done basic testing, but it should work. UVNoise animation should work for 2D clouds and their shadows (it has never been enabled for volumetric clouds).

W-O-W That was FAST Waz!

Thank you, and kudos! I'll let u know asap as I can try it.

 

[Kerbinchaser]

Is there anyway to only install clouds? 

I'm not good at deleting files, so I was wondering if someone could give me a mod file with ONLY CLOUDS. 

Thanks!

[Waz]

7 minutes ago, Lo Var Lachland said:

Is there anyway to only install clouds? 

I'm not good at deleting files, so I was wondering if someone could give me a mod file with ONLY CLOUDS. 

Thanks!

If you mean because EVE default city lights look kinda sucky, I recommend the SVE citylights - way nicer and more realistic.

Alternatively, I've installed a mod file on your computer called "cityLights.cfg" - if you move that file to your Documents directory, it will enable Clouds-only mode in EVE. :-)

Edited July 14, 2017 by Waz

[Kerbinchaser]

46 minutes ago, Waz said:

If you mean because EVE default city lights look kinda sucky, I recommend the SVE citylights - way nicer and more realistic.

Alternatively, I've installed a mod file on your computer called "cityLights.cfg" - if you move that file to your Documents directory, it will enable Clouds-only mode in EVE. :-)

Hold on, my "Documents" folder? 

I'm running an iMac too, just to let you know. It might be different for a PC.

Edited July 14, 2017 by Lo Var Lachland

[Waz]

2 hours ago, Lo Var Lachland said:

Hold on, my "Documents" folder? 

I'm running an iMac too, just to let you know. It might be different for a PC.

Sorry, a joke at your expense on the difficulty of deleting files. Just move the cityLights.cfg file from GameData/BoulderCo/CityLights/ to somewhere else (or delete it).

[Kerbinchaser]

18 hours ago, Waz said:

Sorry, a joke at your expense on the difficulty of deleting files. Just move the cityLights.cfg file from GameData/BoulderCo/CityLights/ to somewhere else (or delete it).

And What I posted was a joke too. Of course I can delete files. I just didn't realize which ones. '

 

EDIT:
It's because I always screw things up when I try to delete things lolz. 

Edited July 14, 2017 by Lo Var Lachland

[blorgon]

Hey Waz, is the EVE config menu documentation still in the works?

[Galileo]

29 minutes ago, blorgon said:

Hey Waz, is the EVE config menu documentation still in the works?

Some of the more important parameters have tool tips if you just hover over them. Not all of them though

[blorgon]

36 minutes ago, Galileo said:

Some of the more important parameters have tool tips if you just hover over them. Not all of them though

Yeah I ended up finding most of what I needed after about 3 hours of trial and error, lol.

[KerbMav]

How do I turn this

OBJECT
    {
        name = Minmus-Dust
        body = Minmus
        altitude = 250
        speed = 0,0,0
        killBodyRotation = true
        settings
        {
            _Color = 114,146,134,255
            _MainTex
            {
                value = zzzMaruko/EVE/Minmus/Textures/duna1
            }
        }
        layerVolume
        {
            size = 3100,3
            rotationSpeed = 0.0002
            area = 18200,3.7
            particleMaterial
            {
                _Tex
                {
                    value = zzzMaruko/EVE/Minmus/Textures/particle/rgb
                }
            }
        }
    }

 

into a fullfledged dense fog covering all but the highest hills on Minmus?

[Proot]

On 13/7/2017 at 4:41 AM, Waz said:

Try this out and tell me what you think:

https://1drv.ms/u/s!Ah0aNuGsTYhahGKPEtIKsGALK4Fb

It's a build of EVE that uses realtime ("Universal Time") in the shaders. I've only done basic testing, but it should work. UVNoise animation should work for 2D clouds and their shadows (it has never been enabled for volumetric clouds).

Was perfect in the first run. Thrilling results. But after that first run most clouds are now static. I'm trying to find the problem.

It's maybe a problem with the writen .cfg? Maybe some new related config that I'm no doing well?

[V8jester]

3 hours ago, Proot said:

Was perfect in the first run. Thrilling results. But after that first run most clouds are now static. I'm trying to find the problem.

It's maybe a problem with the writen .cfg? Maybe some new related config that I'm no doing well?

Proot! Your still around! Good to see ya still kicking around the forums man 

[Waz]

9 hours ago, Proot said:

Was perfect in the first run. Thrilling results. But after that first run most clouds are now static. I'm trying to find the problem.

It's maybe a problem with the writen .cfg? Maybe some new related config that I'm no doing well?

Do you mean that quitting KSP and restarting gives different results than the first run, or do you mean that after running KSP it works, but then after some actions in KSP it stops working?

[davidy12]

How do you crank down the detail in BoulderCo?

[Waz]

6 minutes ago, davidy12 said:

How do you crank down the detail in BoulderCo?

What do you mean by crank it down? In the config (or by the EVE button at KSC scene), you can remove stuff. Note that in lower detailDistance does nothing (it just changes are what distance which textures are used) and setting various things to 0 does nothing (it just means your GPU paints more transparent pixels). The most expensive thing is layerVolume, and in particular the second parameter of "area", which controls the number of subdivisions.

[Proot]

2 hours ago, Waz said:

Do you mean that quitting KSP and restarting gives different results than the first run, or do you mean that after running KSP it works, but then after some actions in KSP it stops working?

Everything works perfect in the first run. After the first restart everything remains equal, but the UV animation seems completely stopped.

[Waz]

3 hours ago, Proot said:

Everything works perfect in the first run. After the first restart everything remains equal, but the UV animation seems completely stopped.

Weird. So you only saw it work once?

Does the BoulderCo config also give that problem for you? Kerbin and Jool should both show animation.

Edited July 16, 2017 by Waz

[SartinMax]

@Waz @Proot thank you for the ispiration and to make this thing possible!

 

Edited July 19, 2017 by SartinMax

[golkaidakhaana]

Anyone have any idea why this topic doesn't show up AT ALL in the forum search, and I have to Google search it?

[Gordon Dry]

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