[KSP 1.12.3] Astronomer's Visual Pack - Beyond (v4.13 - July 17th, 2022)

[Caerfinon]

Sandstorms and surface dust are a feature.

[CatCraftYT]

hello, I'm getting an issue where whenever I launch a vessel, the atmosphere on all planets disappears. This persists until I restart the game, even on the menu. I've installed everything correctly as far as I can tell and the atmosphere works before launching anything.

Here's some screenshots and my logs:

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/hlyvznusmg9bers/AAAq1s0Vr2qYFBRPcajDoP9Aa?dl=0

Edit:

Here's my modlist too:

• DistantObjectEnhancement
• AVP (8k textures)
• TexturesUnlimited
• Alcubierre Warp Drive
• Engine Lighting Relit
• PlanetShine
• Restock
• EVE
• TUFX
• Reentry Particle Effects
• Scatterer
• Making History & Breaking Ground
• Module Manager

Edited December 9, 2020 by CatCraftYT
added modlist

[CatCraftYT]

15 hours ago, CatCraftYT said:

hello, I'm getting an issue where whenever I launch a vessel, the atmosphere on all planets disappears. This persists until I restart the game, even on the menu. I've installed everything correctly as far as I can tell and the atmosphere works before launching anything.

turns out it was engine lights relit, don't know what causes the problem but removing it keeps the atmosphere where it is

[AleksandrLXXXIV]

Guys, please tell me how to reduce the brightness of the starry sky. I like that it is more saturated, but for me it is too bright. PS google translator

Edited December 13, 2020 by AleksandrLXXXIV

[AntiMatter001]

On 12/13/2020 at 6:41 PM, AleksandrLXXXIV said:

Guys, please tell me how to reduce the brightness of the starry sky. I like that it is more saturated, but for me it is too bright. PS google translator

hi, i too wish to either remove or edit the brightness of the stars in the skybox, it feels way too bright.

[MoeKitsune]

12 hours ago, AntiMatter001 said:

hi, i too wish to either remove or edit the brightness of the stars in the skybox, it feels way too bright.

 

On 12/13/2020 at 1:41 PM, AleksandrLXXXIV said:

Guys, please tell me how to reduce the brightness of the starry sky. I like that it is more saturated, but for me it is too bright. PS google translator

Distant Object Enhancement can help, but if you mean reducing the brightness of the stars overall, you would need to do some texture editing.

 

[Saul Retav]

Trying the visual pack for the first time... something tells me Kerbin shouldn't look like this. Anyone know what's going on?

In the meantime I'll try removing some mods to see if it makes a difference...

 

Nevermind. I saw someone mention that this only happens in the menu.

Edited December 18, 2020 by Saul Retav

[themaster401]

On 12/13/2020 at 9:41 PM, AleksandrLXXXIV said:

Guys, please tell me how to reduce the brightness of the starry sky. I like that it is more saturated, but for me it is too bright. PS google translator

 

On 12/16/2020 at 5:44 PM, AntiMatter001 said:

hi, i too wish to either remove or edit the brightness of the stars in the skybox, it feels way too bright.

It's recommended to use one of the post processing mods prescribed in the OP to remedy overbrightness.  You can also tweak skybox brightness with DistantObjectEnhancement. Otherwise, you can edit or remove the GameData/AstronomersVisualPack/AVP_Skybox/ folder, and instead use a skybox of your own choice.

P.S. The recent scatterer update and KSP 1.11 may have caused some parts of AVP to appear different than usual. I will be looking for visual anomalies if necessary.

[Drupegod02]

why are  the clouds rainbow?

 https://imgur.com/a/fi6CZRk

[gpangmin]

 

why can i see the Milky way and clouds in kerbin at night?? i am using realflume.

[Iodyne]

On 10/15/2020 at 7:36 AM, echpachmacc said:

Hello there! I'm really thank you for this cinematic experience! 

But I have a problem. There are white clouds at the night side of Duna. (screenshot)

 

Is there a solution to this problem? 

Pretty sure you can fix this by lowering the glow on Duna..?

[Kovac]

On 7/5/2020 at 11:55 PM, One eyed Smile said:

I love playing with AVP. I don't think i can play without AVP anymore. Thank you for creating this beautiful mod.

However, there's some things i would like to be changed.

I'm using Sunflares of Maar as suggested by AVP. As you can see in the picture above, the sunflare doesn't appear until the sun is fully visible.

Same applies to the kerbin's atmosphere. (Sorry i don't have a picture on this) Sunflare doesn't appear until the sun is fully out of the atmosphere of kerbin when looked from the space. (I don't know if i'm explaining this clearly enough, ill post some more pictures on this maybe after sometime)

So is there any way to make the sunflare visible even if the sun isn't fully visible? (Make the sunflare gradually appear like the stock sun?)

 

 

[Without TUFX]

[With TUFX] (vessel becomes very dark, when its behind kerbin i can't see anything other than citylights)

Also, the TUFX's AVP config makes the dark side way too dark. I tried changing my ambient light settings but it doesn't change much since TUFX is applying the profile over the stock graphic.

They look perfect in screenshot. But i don't think they are really suitable for actual gameplay. Any tips for adjusting the TUFX config to make them bright while maintaining the same look?

do you use any mods for new rocket parts? those in the pics doesnt look like stock

On 6/26/2020 at 11:28 AM, One eyed Smile said:

Is it normal for gpu to hit 99% usage on KSC and R&D window?

I have gtx1060 6gb which doesn't go beyond 80% usage while playing. But the only time it goes 99% and over 80'c is when im KSC and R&D building.

Look at top left corner for gpu usage and temp.

Here's the Player.log and mod list.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/cctd5dlak7m86lb/Player.log?dl=0

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Same thing happens to me. 8K textures and 81'C and 80-99% usage. Not sure if this should be like this, does anyone have any tips on how to reduce this effect (other than switching to 4K).

Specs: 

1440p 75fps

Gpu: Rx5700xt 8Gb

Cpu: Ryzen 5 3600

16gb 3200mhz ram.

[Spaceman.Spiff]

11 hours ago, Kovac said:

do you use any mods for new rocket parts? those in the pics doesnt look like stock

Same thing happens to me. 8K textures and 81'C and 80-99% usage. Not sure if this should be like this, does anyone have any tips on how to reduce this effect (other than switching to 4K).

Specs: 

1440p 75fps

Gpu: Rx5700xt 8Gb

Cpu: Ryzen 5 3600

16gb 3200mhz ram.

Odd. My PC has significantly lower specs and I have no problem. 

[Kovac]

8 hours ago, Spaceman.Spiff said:

Odd. My PC has significantly lower specs and I have no problem. 

It's only in launching stage when in the clouds and in low orbit looking down at the planet. Other than that I get really low usage and temps at around 50-60, so the problem isnt low fps its high temps sometimes. What temps do you get? 

Edited January 5, 2021 by Kovac

[Kovac]

is there a way to minimize the clouds while going into orbit? But still keep the same look on the planet from orbit?

[Spaceman.Spiff]

1 minute ago, Kovac said:

is there a way to minimize the clouds while going into orbit? But still keep the same look on the planet from orbit?

You could try the lower resolution textures.

[AtomicRocketBooster]

Hello all - I have a question:

I'm getting back into KSP after a while, and I've installed Astronomers+Textures+Scatterer+EVE via CKAN with pretty much default settings and I think something might be broken - it doesn't appear that the configs from the Astronomer's pack are getting picked up correctly.

 For example, when I go to look at the scatterer settings while orbiting Kerbin, it looks like it's pulling the Laythe atmo.cfg from the default configs for scatterer - not any of the new ones from the Astronomer's pack.  I've tried deleting the default configs but then things seem to break.

Something similar seems to be happening with TUFX as well, and maybe other configs.  Anyone know what's going on and how to fix it? 

[One eyed Smile]

On 1/4/2021 at 9:03 PM, Kovac said:

do you use any mods for new rocket parts? those in the pics doesnt look like stock

Same thing happens to me. 8K textures and 81'C and 80-99% usage. Not sure if this should be like this, does anyone have any tips on how to reduce this effect (other than switching to 4K).

Specs: 

1440p 75fps

Gpu: Rx5700xt 8Gb

Cpu: Ryzen 5 3600

16gb 3200mhz ram.

I fixed it by changing the power management setting in nvidia control panel from 'prefer maximum performance'  to 'optimum power'. 

I'm not sure if amd cards have such settings in driver but this is how i solved it.

Parts are stock parts with restock and TU

Edited January 16, 2021 by One eyed Smile

[Victory Star Destroyer]

This mod is great! Thanks!

Edited January 17, 2021 by Victory Star Destroyer
Already installed

[Codapop]

On 11/25/2020 at 6:45 AM, SRiley77 said:

Hello all, 

I'm new to AVP, haven't been around KSP much for the last few years.

I'm not sure if this is correct.. it doesn't look like the screenshots that have been posted elsewhere.

It looks a little bit white compared to other screenshots.. which is why I'm asking if it's supposed to look like this.

 

I'm running 1.10.1 with default settings.  AVP (with 4K Textures), Scatterer, EVE, & Module Manager installed via CKAN.  No other mods installed.

 

I have looked at previous posts, but have not been able to figure out what may be going on based on those old posts.  Any help or suggestions would be appreciated.

Dropbox link to Player Log

 

I'm getting this same issue. Has anyone found a fix? I've noticed it also causes problems with Distance Object Enhancement, or rather when this AVP bug disappears then DOE flares disappear.

[Jason Kerman]

Hello! I love this mod so much but I think there are two issues that could be improved.

In Kerbin's low orbit, we can usually see a clear boundary of the cloud layer. It looks like a spherical shell abouve the ground. Is there any way to make this boundary look more natually?

Also, the land of Kerbin is not very clear when looking from space compared with SVE. I already have TUFX but I think it is not enough. How can I make the land easier to recognize in space?

Thank you!

[Iodyne]

On 1/23/2021 at 12:18 PM, Jason Kerman said:

Also, the land of Kerbin is not very clear when looking from space compared with SVE. I already have TUFX but I think it is not enough. How can I make the land easier to recognize in space?

Here you go man, it's just the scatterer .half files (and config) from SVE, although I may have changed it a little. Just decompress and drag into your GameData folder. If for some reason it doesn't work let me know. Also, if you are interested, keep an eye out for a modified set of AVP configs I'll be dropping pretty soon.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1AyinEdCSUMKWfcRIIanPyytXQJH87ywZ/view?usp=sharing

 

EDIT: It might not look as good but if you want a simpler fix, go into GameData/AstronomersVisualPack/AVP_Scatterer/Planets/Kerbin/atmo.cfg and edit the three "scatteringExposure" values. They are set at 0.23 and lowering these will make the ground easier to see. SVE had values as low as 0.065 but you can fiddle with it until you find the look that you like. Something in between is probably good.

Edited January 27, 2021 by Iodyne

[Jason Kerman]

On 1/26/2021 at 2:40 PM, Iodyne said:

Here you go man, it's just the scatterer .half files (and config) from SVE, although I may have changed it a little. Just decompress and drag into your GameData folder. If for some reason it doesn't work let me know. Also, if you are interested, keep an eye out for a modified set of AVP configs I'll be dropping pretty soon.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1AyinEdCSUMKWfcRIIanPyytXQJH87ywZ/view?usp=sharing

 

EDIT: It might not look as good but if you want a simpler fix, go into GameData/AstronomersVisualPack/AVP_Scatterer/Planets/Kerbin/atmo.cfg and edit the three "scatteringExposure" values. They are set at 0.23 and lowering these will make the ground easier to see. SVE had values as low as 0.065 but you can fiddle with it until you find the look that you like. Something in between is probably good.

Thank you! Looking forward to your config!

[AtomicRocketBooster]

 

On 1/22/2021 at 10:03 AM, Codapop said:

I'm getting this same issue. Has anyone found a fix? I've noticed it also causes problems with Distance Object Enhancement, or rather when this AVP bug disappears then DOE flares disappear.

I think you have to go into the TUFX settings and select a config - it didn't automatically pick Astronomer's for me. 

Edited January 30, 2021 by AtomicRocketBooster
Typo

[Codapop]

21 hours ago, AtomicRocketBooster said:

 

I think you have to go into the TUFX settings and select a config - it didn't automatically pick Astronomer's for me. 

Man, you saved me. Thanks!!