CURRENTLY ABANDONED [1.9.x-1.10.x][0.5] Japris Stellar Neighborhood [12/30/20]

[Lewie]

2 minutes ago, DunaManiac said:

Perhaps, I guess it could, but I guess you might need to create a patch or something because it's orbit might conflict with Creeon or Arayya.

Just try it out yourself (back up your saves!).

If does, create a patch like this:

@Kopernicus:AFTER[Kopernicus]
{
	@Body[Valor]
	{
		@Orbit
		{
			@referenceBody = [Idk if you want to change which star it orbits around]
			@semiMajorAxis = [Experiment with this a little to make it smaller or bigger]
		}
	}
}

 

Definitely will try this out! As for corrupting saves, I’m not to terribly worried as I am experimenting on the laptop. If it works, I’ll get the files over to the pc.

(sorry guys, I’m out of likes )

Edited August 22, 2020 by Lewie

[DunaManiac]

2 minutes ago, Lewie said:

True....

But since ksp doesn’t run an n-body simulation they should be fine....I mean the chances of them colliding have got to be extremely low....

only one way to find out!

I'll try and test it to see...

1 minute ago, Lewie said:

Definitely will try this out! As for corrupting saves, I’m not to terribly worried as I am experimenting on the laptop. If it works, I’ll get the files over to the pc.

Or I suppose you can just modify the semiMajorAxis parameter in the actual file instead of making an MM patch.

In fact that's probably safer.

Edited August 22, 2020 by DunaManiac

[Lewie]

1 minute ago, DunaManiac said:

I'll try and test it to see...

Or I suppose you can just modify the semiMajorAxis parameter in the actual file instead of making an MM patch.

Smart....good idea! 

Now....this is actually a little bit embarrassing....but what exactly is the semiMajoraxis?

[Misguided Kerbal]

Just now, Lewie said:

Smart....good idea! 

Now....this is actually a little bit embarrassing....but what exactly is the semiMajoraxis?

Basically its orbit altitude, if it's eccentric, it should be near the periapsis.

[DunaManiac]

7 minutes ago, Lewie said:

Smart....good idea! 

Now....this is actually a little bit embarrassing....but what exactly is the semiMajoraxis?

I wish it gave you two values, Apogee and Perigee, it would make things a lot easier but Misguided_Kerbal basically explained it.

Anyways, I've created a texture for Retuo, I should have it in a few minutes when I get back to my desktop (I'm on a different computer right now).

Spoiler

It's the color of asphalt, nothing to see there...

Okay, here it is!

The reason why there's that big light blue circle around the crater was because the impact that created the crater blew out all these layers of white soil, exposing the darker material underneath.

Edited August 22, 2020 by DunaManiac

[Lewie]

So apparently when you download Japris and Valor, everything works all right. Whoo-hoo!

Edited August 23, 2020 by Lewie

[Misguided Kerbal]

1 minute ago, Lewie said:

So apparently when you download Japris and Valor, everything works all right. Whoo-hoo!

Great!

[DunaManiac]

9 hours ago, Lewie said:

So apparently when you download Japris and Valor, everything works all right. Whoo-hoo!

What's your favorite planet or moon?

Edited August 23, 2020 by DunaManiac

[Lewie]

4 hours ago, DunaManiac said:

What's your favorite planet or moon?

Dang, that’s a hard one!

I’d say it’s a tue between Theta and Fuscia, there’s some about that red/yellow texture...it just seems to draw you in.

Although, Dindin is probably up there too. It really is a lovely shade of green!

(And by the way....Gilly looks amazing! Those craters turned out superb!

with all due respect, @DunaManiac I have one issue with Japris-it’s the mun. It’s just so far away from kerbin that there’s really no incentive to go that far, and it’s just so out of the way it makes a usually short, easy mission into a much longer, complicated process. 

Edited August 23, 2020 by Lewie

[DunaManiac]

22 hours ago, Lewie said:

with all due respect, @DunaManiac I have one issue with Japris-it’s the mun. It’s just so far away from kerbin that there’s really no incentive to go that far, and it’s just so out of the way it makes a usually short, easy mission into a much longer, complicated process. 

Spoiler

The Mun? What is this Mun you speak of?

Seriously though, I guess you're right, but then again I guess there's Dres right?

[DunaManiac]

I've had somewhat of a burnout recently to play some actual KSP, but here's completed Retuo.

Beauty shots:

[Misguided Kerbal]

8 minutes ago, DunaManiac said:

I've had somewhat of a burnout recently to play some actual KSP, but here's completed Retuo.

Beauty shots:

It looks like an eyeball!

[DunaManiac]

Just now, Misguided_Kerbal said:

It looks like an eyeball!

yes, quite similar to this:

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BUT BETTER

But without the oceans.

[DunaManiac]

Alright, I've made a few slight alterations to Retuo.

[DunaManiac]

Presenting the Biome Map for Retuo:

I was thinking, in the next update will probably add Retuo and Bold, with probably a few more fixes for Crucible.

[DunaManiac]

I've created a nice texture for Bold, shown below.

Thanks to @Poodmund for the tutorial on how to remove polar pinching and creating seamless textures, it's a lot more efficient than my previous method.

[DunaManiac]

Alright, presenting Bold!

Beauty shots are below:

Honestly, i'm pretty happy about it's lumpy potato like look.

In other news, I'm planning to release 0.1.1 today, which will add Bold, Retuo, and a few other bugfixes, so stay tuned.

[DunaManiac]

Okay, I've created a pretty good Biome map below:

It has 7 biomes, including the North and South poles, Lowlands, Midlands, and Highlands, and a few special biomes, such as Bold Basin and Peaks.

Today I've decided to go for this scheme:

Value = 1 for "normal biomes" such as the Lowlands, Midlands, and Highlands.

Value = 1.05 for the poles.

Value = 1.1 for special biomes, such as Bold Basin and the Peaks.

[DunaManiac]

Version 0.1.1

Gameplay Changes:
Added Retuo and Bold.

Bugfixes: 

Crucible's texture has been further refined to get rid of the seams.

As always, if you have any comments, criticims, or bugs, feel free to report them here!

[DunaManiac]

I've created a tutorial based on my preferred technique for planet texturing, link below

 

[DunaManiac]

Presenting: Evap!

Beauty shots:

(Bold from Evap's orbit)

Design Notes: It will have an atmosphere, which is mostly comprised of compounds atmosphere comprised of water vapor, carbon dioxide, ammonia, methane, etc. (I was thinking  white steamy clouds of carbon dioxide when I add Eve+Scatterer). It has high surface gravity for it's mass due to it's density, which is close to that of iron/nickel. In fact, it's made out of iron/nickel, with a thin layer of reddish rocks covering the it's core. It has double the gravity of the Mun even though the Mun is 50% larger! I chose a reddish rusty color for it's theme color, it doesn't make a lot of sense because rust is Iron Oxide, and there would be no oxygen for Iron to bond with to make rust, but I had to choose between grey and red, I would pick red.

[DunaManiac]

Presenting a biome map for Evap!

[DunaManiac]

Okay, Evap is finished!

Beauty shots!

Spoiler

Landing was actually surprisingly easy due to the high atmospheric pressure and low gravity.

Sunrise! Note, the gravity is so high that jet packs *almost* work.

 

Edited August 29, 2020 by DunaManiac

[Lewie]

1 hour ago, DunaManiac said:

 

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P.S @Lewie can you verify that Retuo does not interfere with Valor's orbit? Thanks.

 

It’s confirmed, Retuo and Valor’s orbits do not conflict!

[DunaManiac]

6 minutes ago, Lewie said:

It’s confirmed, Retuo and Valor’s orbits do not conflict!

Glad to hear it!