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

[DunaManiac]

Alright, here's a breakdown of 0.3.1! Releasing Momentarily!

New Planets: Oppo, Toxo, in orbit around Arayya. Resola in orbit around Kerbin.

Oppo:

Oppo is a habitable Super-Kerbin orbiting in the habitable zone of Arayya. It has oceans of water and has polar tundras. It doesn't have defined continents, as there is a lot of water on it's surface. It has one moon, Toxo. Normally, it would be tidally locked to it's parent star, but Toxo's gravity allows it to spin at a relatively normal rate, albeit a little slow for Kerbal standards. It has an oxygenated atmosphere.

Toxo:

Toxo is Oppo's moon. It's roughly half the size of Kerbin. Like Oppo, it has an atmosphere and oceans, but the surface conditions are the complete opposite of Oppo's. It's atmosphere is relatively thin, at 0.4 atmospheres. It's atmosphere is choked with Hydrogen Sulfide from the gigantic mudpits on the planet, which is toxic to Kerbals. It's surface is actually a rocky grey color, tinted by it's atmosphere and Arayya's light. It's oceans aren't of water, they are boiling hot mudpits that are laced with toxic chemicals. Not someplace someone might want to go to for a swim.

Resola:

Kerbin's new moon! It's slightly larger than the (stock) Mun, but is more like a cross between the two. It has several small flats on it's surface, similar to Minmus'. It orbits slightly closer to Kerbin than the Mun. Gilly has also been moved to a higher inclination.

Revamps: Doosem, in orbit around Romily.

It's surface has now changed from a brownish-pinkish color to more of a rocky color. The longstanding bug with it's ScaledVersion has finally been resolved. Nothing much new has been added to it, except for 4 enormous volcanos dotting it's surface, a hint to a more violent past.

The immensity of these volcanoes:

Anyways, that's a summary of 0.3.1! It'll soon be releasing today, once I finish testing everything.

NOTE: Due to bugs with 1.8.1 Kopernicus, Japris Stellar Neighborhood will no longer be able to support 1.8.1.

Edited November 7, 2020 by DunaManiac

[DunaManiac]

I think that this mod has been under continuous development for long enough that I can take down the "REVIVED!" Label. Hopefully I won't have to use it in the future until I finish the mod.

[DunaManiac]

For 0.3.2 I've decided to change up some of the orbits of Minmus, Arayya, and Creeon.

Arayya now stands still!

It's also been significantly moved outward, more than twice it's current distance. Creeon is now an elliptical orbit, but will remain where it currently is.

This is the Arayya system. Instead of a nice circular orbit; Minmus now has an elliptical orbit, as it once was a moon of Crucible ejected from Crucible due to the rising tidal stresses of it's star.

Edited November 9, 2020 by DunaManiac

[DunaManiac]

The last planets/moons that urgently need a revamp is Dindin, possibly Desper. Thing is, I like the way it looks so much, and it was also my first realistic-looking planet, I've decided to pull some magic with Wilbur to create this:

It's similar, but different.

[DunaManiac]

After that failed:

I took a different aproach:

Dindin looks so much bettter now! You might be wondering, "Wow, that looks so real!" Well, it is real, courtesy to Ernie Wright and Noah Petro for the lunar heightmap (as a part of the data gifted for CGI use for artists and videogame designers) I used as a base. URL: https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/4720

Jenlie crater is so big now!

Full album here: https://imgur.com/a/WgqtNXA

 

[Maple Kerman]

@DunaManiacIt looks great!

[DunaManiac]

13 minutes ago, Maple Kerman said:

@DunaManiacIt looks great!

Thanks!

[DunaManiac]

I took a couple of shots from the surface and boy do they look good!

Spoiler

Another closeup of the surface:

[Misguided Kerbal]

W-woah!

I'm speechless!

 

[DunaManiac]

3 minutes ago, Misguided Kerbal said:

W-woah!

I'm speechless!

 

It's really not that interesting. All I did was steal borrow a section of the Moon's heightmap, make it seamless, and then color it using the colors from the Original Dindin.

Edited November 10, 2020 by DunaManiac

[DunaManiac]

After some people on discord suggested it, I've changed Jenlie crater to something a little more original, cobbled together from various regions of the Moon. Jenlie crater now looks a lot older and less defined now.

Now at least I think it looks better.

Edited November 10, 2020 by DunaManiac

[DunaManiac]

Another nice picture:

[Lewie]

Drat, out of likes!

Great work, can’t wait to see more!

Also...can't wait for late game colonization! This is...incredible, my dude! A hundred thanks for your hard work and dedication.

Edited November 11, 2020 by Lewie

[DunaManiac]

2 hours ago, Lewie said:

Drat, out of likes!

Great work, can’t wait to see more!

Thanks.

At this point, here's the planets/moons that most need a revamp:

All of them

Fuischa - Looks like a glass marble.

Desper - Canyon looks weird, terrain uninteresting.

Retuo - Noiseball.

Evap - Noiseball.

Hote - Colors are off.

Oppo - Terrain extremely simplistic.

Edited November 11, 2020 by DunaManiac

[DunaManiac]

One of the worst planets;

Is now one of the best planets.

The noiseball that it once was, is no more. It is now a living, breathing, world. It has large craterfields, and large flat areas.

Close up surface detail:

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Spoiler

This time I didn't just cut out a section of the Lunar heightmap. I used areas from all over the Moon in order to make this. Credit goes to NASA for creating the map I used as a base.

 

[Lewie]

*sharp inhale* 

Jeez, you keep outdoing yourself! Keep up the great work...after all, we do like to crash our landers on very purdy terrain! 

[Souptime]

ooooooooohhhhhhhhhhhhhh yyyyyyeeeeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhh

[DunaManiac]

1 hour ago, Lewie said:

purdy

Very purdy indeed.

 

[Misguided Kerbal]

Woah! These new revamps are awesome! You should really change that banner. I could make one if you'd like.

[Souptime]

HeeHeeHooHoo

[DunaManiac]

35 minutes ago, Misguided Kerbal said:

Woah! These new revamps are awesome! You should really change that banner. I could make one if you'd like.

Do you have any feedback for Evap?

Thanks for 1000 downloads!

[DunaManiac]

14 hours ago, Misguided Kerbal said:

These new revamps are awesome!

And totally Mare Orientale free!

[DunaManiac]

Retuo, we have liftoff!

Spoiler

Retuo has undergone a huge revamp! This time, the heightmap is totally new and encompasses data from several planets! Sadly, the eye that stares into your soul large crater is gone, but I think it's a good trade!

[Souptime]

Give it a hi def crater

[DunaManiac]

33 minutes ago, Souptime said:

Give it a hi def crater

Am I the only one who doesn't want this:

On their planet?