[1.7] KVV - Kronal Vessel Viewer = Exploded ship view

[wasml]

@badboyz31 Check that you have the two required mods - Click through Blocker and ToolbarControl (I may have the names wrong - check the OP) - If these aren't installed the buttons won't show.

[linuxgurugamer]

2 minutes ago, wasml said:

@badboyz31 Check that you have the two required mods - Click through Blocker and ToolbarControl (I may have the names wrong - check the OP) - If these aren't installed the buttons won't show.

Also the UnBlur mod is now needed

[eldeifo]

So … i quickly and manually installed this mod for the current 1.7.X KSP, as CKAN labels it as incompatible. Still seems to work at first glance. Are there issues i can't see or would just the CKAN metadata need an update ?

Edited July 15, 2019 by eldeifo

[hraban]

@linuxgurugamer,

many thanks for the life saving measures for this excellent mod.

[linuxgurugamer]

On 7/15/2019 at 1:44 PM, eldeifo said:

So … i quickly and manually installed this mod for the current 1.7.X KSP, as CKAN labels it as incompatible. Still seems to work at first glance. Are there issues i can't see or would just the CKAN metadata need an update ?

Nothing that I know of, but just makes sense to install the latest version.  Will also eliminate the incompatible messages

[eldeifo]

Thanks for the update !

I wanted to create some screenshots today and found two potential issues. Will move that discussion to github.

[TheChizzaberry81]

Love the mod so far. I've installed and it's running fine, but is it possible to get the edge detect and blueprint options working? The only options that show up for me are Color Adjust, FXAA and Part Config.

[linuxgurugamer]

5 hours ago, TheChizzaberry81 said:

Love the mod so far. I've installed and it's running fine, but is it possible to get the edge detect and blueprint options working? The only options that show up for me are Color Adjust, FXAA and Part Config.

Unfortunately no

[Space Galaxy]

I'm having the same problem as @ badboyz31 , I have installed all dependencies including UnBlur. But it does not work, does not show the mod. I'm using ksp version 1.6.1

[sirkut]

 

Unfortunately those shaders don't work and I got swamped on assisting LGG to get it going. It has to do with how it renders shaders. I can get it a blueprint shader to work within unity, I just need to tackle the code. Here's a result in unity:

 

Edited September 28, 2019 by sirkut
Test

[Jestersage]

May we inquire why the KVV have issues with DX11? I know inability to generate the model is due to DX11, as that happen even back in 1.7

[SirBerry]

Hello linuxgurugamer, thanks for putting so much work into keeping this addon up, it's very cool!

I just recently updated to 1.8, and I have both other compatibility mods installed to the latest date, but for some reason when I open up KVV the entire screen is pink. I still see the mod affecting the ship and movie the parts around, such as exploding the parts out, but for some reason the screen remains a bright pink. I'm wondering if this is because the update, but I'm not sure.

I would really appreciate it if you could assist in fixing this problem, I'd love to use KVV again! 

Best wishes!

[Friznit]

18 minutes ago, SirBerry said:

Hello linuxgurugamer, thanks for putting so much work into keeping this addon up, it's very cool!

I just recently updated to 1.8, and I have both other compatibility mods installed to the latest date, but for some reason when I open up KVV the entire screen is pink. I still see the mod affecting the ship and movie the parts around, such as exploding the parts out, but for some reason the screen remains a bright pink. I'm wondering if this is because the update, but I'm not sure.

I would really appreciate it if you could assist in fixing this problem, I'd love to use KVV again! 

Best wishes!

That's because KSP 1.8 now defaults to DX11 and KVV only works in DX9.

[Kerbas_ad_astra]

On 11/1/2019 at 6:51 AM, Friznit said:

That's because KSP 1.8 now defaults to DX11 and KVV only works in DX9.

That was the case in previous versions of KSP (to be more correct, it only worked with DX9 and OpenGL), but it looks like the Unity update has changed that:

Spoiler

There's a lot I still need to test and refine, but it is safe to say that Kronal Vessel Viewer has a future!

[Kerbas_ad_astra]

So, that screenshot up there was made when I just had the part shaders bundled.  When I then bundled the color adjustment and FXAA shaders, I got a black screen, same as when I tried making KVV work with DX11 back in KSP 1.7 and before, so maybe that was the problem all along.  I don't understand shaders well enough to know what to change about them -- Unity seems to like them well enough -- so for now I've disabled those options.  I miss the color adjustment sliders, but with the freely-available image editing tools like GIMP out there, I wouldn't say they're blocking features.

In case anyone knows better what DX11 wants out of a shader, here it is in its current (not working) form:

// Upgrade NOTE: replaced 'mul(UNITY_MATRIX_MVP,*)' with 'UnityObjectToClipPos(*)'

Shader "Kronal/Color Adjust" {
Properties {
	_MainTex ("Base (RGB)", Rect) = "white" {}
	_InBlack ("Black", Range(0.0, 1.0)) = 0.0
	_InWhite ("White", Range(0.0, 1.0)) = 0.33
	_InGamma ("Gamma", Range(0.0, 5.0)) = 0.75
}

SubShader {
	Pass {
		ZTest Always Cull Off ZWrite Off
		Fog { Mode off }

CGPROGRAM
	/*
	_OutBlack ("Output Level: Black", Range(0.0, 1.0)) = 0.0
	_OutWhite ("Output Level: White", Range(0.0, 1.0)) = 1.0
	*/

#pragma vertex vert
#pragma fragment frag
#pragma fragmentoption ARB_precision_hint_fastest 
#include "UnityCG.cginc"

uniform sampler2D _MainTex;
uniform float _InBlack;
uniform float _InGamma;
uniform float _InWhite;
/*
uniform float _OutBlack;
uniform float _OutWhite;
*/

struct uvinfo {
	float4 pos : POSITION;
	float2 uv : TEXCOORD0;
};

uvinfo vert( appdata_img v )
{
	uvinfo i;
	i.pos = UnityObjectToClipPos (v.vertex);
	i.uv = MultiplyUV( UNITY_MATRIX_TEXTURE0, v.texcoord );
	return i;
}

/*
inline half3 rgb2hsv(half4 c)
{
    //float4 K = float4(0.0, -1.0 / 3.0, 2.0 / 3.0, -1.0);
    half4 K = half4(0.0, -0.33333333, 0.66666667, -1.0);
    half4 p = lerp(half4(c.bg, K.wz), half4(c.gb, K.xy), step(c.b, c.g));
    half4 q = lerp(half4(p.xyw, c.r), half4(c.r, p.yzx), step(p.x, c.r));

    float d = q.x - min(q.w, q.y);
    float e = 1.0e-10;
    return half3(abs(q.z + (q.w - q.y) / (6.0 * d + e)), d / (q.x + e), q.x);
}

inline half3 hsv2rgb(half3 c)
{
    //float4 K = float4(1.0, 2.0 / 3.0, 1.0 / 3.0, 3.0);
    half4 K = half4(1.0, 0.66666667, 0.33333333, 3.0);
    half3 p = abs(frac(c.xxx + K.xyz) * 6.0 - K.www);
    return c.z * lerp(K.xxx, saturate(p - K.xxx), c.y);
}
*/

half4 frag (uvinfo i) : COLOR
{
	half4 original = tex2D(_MainTex, i.uv);
	float dIn = (_InWhite - _InBlack);
	return half4(
		pow((original.r - _InBlack) / dIn, _InGamma),
		pow((original.g - _InBlack) / dIn, _InGamma),
		pow((original.b - _InBlack) / dIn, _InGamma),
		original.a) /** (_OutWhite - _OutBlack) + _OutBlack*/;
}
ENDCG
		}
	}
	Fallback off
}

I've got some other changes (fairings, KAS, spelling, maybe localization) in the works as well.

[Jestersage]

Thank you. Then I will wait patiently instead of the stop gap measure I used for my poster.

One tiny request: can we just have a way to enter a numerical angle? Just asking...

[RickyOri]

It may be a stupid/outdated question; Why isn't there a "Blue Print" modifier option nor a "Edge Detect" one like in the Original Versions of KVV? I find it impossible to create such images without those options :|

[Friznit]

It broke a long time ago and nobody has figured out how to make it work again, so it's disabled.  There was a handy guide posted a while back for how to make outlines and blueprints using GIMP:  https://imgur.com/a/jvgzyz4#6Hiv01T

[DarkNounours]

On 11/9/2019 at 8:30 AM, Kerbas_ad_astra said:

That was the case in previous versions of KSP (to be more correct, it only worked with DX9 and OpenGL), but it looks like the Unity update has changed that:

  Hide contents

There's a lot I still need to test and refine, but it is safe to say that Kronal Vessel Viewer has a future!

Did you make this screenshot under KSP 1.8.X ?

[BryNov]

20 hours ago, DarkNounours said:

Did you make this screenshot under KSP 1.8.X ?

If you disable the color filters and the FXAA shaders, then it should work on 1.8.1. Some textures like the decouplers are black though. 

[DarkNounours]

10 hours ago, BryNov said:

If you disable the color filters and the FXAA shaders, then it should work on 1.8.1. Some textures like the decouplers are black though. 

Within the UI or by modifying the .shader files ?

Here is what I get.

 

Purple squares are Nebula Decals PNG.

[BryNov]

15 minutes ago, DarkNounours said:

Within the UI or by modifying the .shader files ?

Here is what I get.

 

Purple squares are Nebula Decals PNG.

Yeah like I said, some textures still don't work properly. Stock decouplers and decal stickers don't play nicely. Parachutes and one or two engines don't work either.

Edited November 23, 2019 by BryNov
Most custom decouplers do work for some reason.

[Kerbas_ad_astra]

For the screenshot I made, I recompiled the shader bundles that KVV uses based on the KSP 1.8 PartTools.  I haven't tried using Nebula Decals, so I'll have to look into that.

[Jestersage]

So it's been a month. I think it's acceptable for me to ask if it's possible to release some kind of beta or Alpha. If not, how we can compile it ourselves (yes, some of us are non mod makers)

[James Kerman]

Hello @Jestersage, it's not against the rules to ask for an update if it is polite and not repetitive however the substantial changes to KSP's underlying programming introduced in 1.8 have created a large workload for our excellent modding community so please be patient as @linuxgurugamer probably has the greatest burden of all our great mod contributors (180 mods at my last count - probably more now).