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

[Lewie]

Man, that’s gorgeous....and what the heck? That’s odd...

[DunaManiac]

23 hours ago, Lewie said:

Man, that’s gorgeous....and what the heck? That’s odd...

Good news! I've fixed it. I was correct about my suspicion with the normal maps. Therix is far from being finished, as it might need some more contrast.

Spoiler

 

[DunaManiac]

A small section of Oppo's new heightmap, represented as a plane:

[DunaManiac]

Oppo's new Heightmap:

Original Heightmap:

[DunaManiac]

Map to globe preview of Oppo: (Oceans included)

 

[Lewie]

*sharp inhale*

my gosh....it’s beautiful....

[DunaManiac]

Preliminary Oppo screenies:

It still uses the old terminator gradient, but that shall be fixed fairly soon!

[DunaManiac]

14 hours ago, DunaManiac said:

Preliminary Oppo screenies:

It still uses the old terminator gradient, but that shall be fixed fairly soon!

Reduced the atmorim on Oppo:

[DunaManiac]

Crucible:

Fuischa:

 

[Minmus Taster]

On 12/14/2020 at 5:25 PM, DunaManiac said:

Map to globe preview of Oppo: (Oceans included)

 

Did you use Scatterer

[DunaManiac]

3 hours ago, Minmus Taster said:

Did you use Scatterer

This was actually a preview in maptoglobe.com, not actually ingame. It has a function similar to scatterer though, so the preview is slightly misleading. Eventually when I do get around to adding scatterer configs I will give it one.

[DunaManiac]

I'm in the process of adding a new planet to Japris Stellar Neighborhood, called Echion. Echion is a quasi-satellite of Fuischa - meaning that the body seems to "orbit" around a planet, but in reality orbits around the Sun. Anyways, presenting Echion, a world sculpted by  an atmosphere that no longer exists:

It's a reddish world, mostly plains punctuated by huge craggy mountain ranges. It gets near Enough to Fuischa to allow it to be seen with the naked eye.

[Maple Kerman]

8 minutes ago, DunaManiac said:

Anyways, presenting Echion, a world sculpted by  an atmosphere that no longer exists:

 

It looks very good!

How long did this take? I assume you used Wilbur?

[DunaManiac]

3 minutes ago, Maple Kerman said:

How long did this take? I assume you used Wilbur?

Actually about ~1-2 hours. I used Wilbur for the blurry base texture, I used real life Earth Heightmap data for the detailed terrain.

[DunaManiac]

Arcas, the third moon of Fuischa, has been done!

Out of the seven asteroids in this mod, this is probably my favorite. Arcas is inspired by similar to 16 psyche and Evap that it is a block of metals and minerals, which means it has a lot higher gravity for it's size. Some of you may notice the phobos-like stress marks shown in the image.

Full album of screenshots here: https://imgur.com/a/hdc0Ehq

[DunaManiac]

Desper is now less muddy:

And much more sandy and natural:

Additionally, Bold and Hote both get shapemaps, making them more asteroid like.

[DunaManiac]

(Original)

(After slightly unifying the color scheme:)

Cadaver, previously known as GGCG, makes it's entrance!

Edited December 24, 2020 by DunaManiac

[Trolligi]

These are some really good-looking bodies you’ve made! Keep it up!

[DunaManiac]

3 hours ago, Trolligi said:

These are some really good-looking bodies you’ve made! Keep it up!

Well, there's more:
This is Sytha, Therix's moon. It's a WIP and what you see here is a preview, not an in game screenshot.

The interesting thing about Sytha is that it's mostly split along the equator from the northern highlands to the southern lowlands. Along the foothills of the northern highlands lies a large fault line, where numerous volcanos have sprung up. Additionally, here's a 3D mesh of an area on the equatorial faultline, where 6 volcanos, including the large one in the upper image have formed.

 

[DunaManiac]

Sytha has been finished, for the most part:

[Trolligi]

Off-topic thing: the discord server link seems to be expired. Can you please post a new link?

[Maple Kerman]

Will all of this be included in v0.5?

[DunaManiac]

On 12/25/2020 at 10:25 AM, Trolligi said:

Off-topic thing: the discord server link seems to be expired. Can you please post a new link?

Sure thing! Apologies for that.

23 hours ago, Maple Kerman said:

Will all of this be included in v0.5?

Yes. 0.5 adds I believe Roa, Fia, Yilara, Cadaver, Arcas, Echion, Zoildore, Therix, and Sytha. 0.5 also revamps to some extent Oppo, Bold, Hote, Crucible, Fuischa, Arayya and Desper. That brings the number of completed bodies in Japris Stellar Neighborhood to 37.

[Maple Kerman]

9 minutes ago, DunaManiac said:

That brings the number of completed bodies in Japris Stellar Neighborhood to 37.

Sounds good!

[DunaManiac]

With 0.5 coming soon, along with the New Year's Day (if you celebrate it), here's a short breakdown of the 0.5 update.

GIANT revamps

The two gas giants in this mod, Fuischa and Crucible, have received lovely revamps. Fuischa's rings are now much more fuzzy than before (this screenshot is old), a vast improvement compared to their old versions. Other revamps include Oppo, Bold, Hote, and Desper, shown below.

Other bodies have been added, including Arcas, Echion, Cadaver, Roa, Fia, and Yilara.

That's it for 0.5, releasing soon!