Hyunkell Posted March 7, 2021 Share Posted March 7, 2021 (edited) I'm absolutely loving this mod! Quick question though: I was playing around with the "waterfall-kerolox-lower-5-film-cooled" template, and depending on the camera angle the dark features bleed through / are rendered on top of the plume. This is only an issue with multi-nozzle or clustered engines. Is it currently possible to render all alpha shaders before the additive ones? Edited March 7, 2021 by Hyunkell Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starseeker Posted March 7, 2021 Share Posted March 7, 2021 12 minutes ago, Hyunkell said: I'm absolutely loving this mod! Quick question through: I was playing around with the "waterfall-kerolox-lower-5-film-cooled" template, and depending on the camera angle the dark features bleed through / are rendered on top of the plume. This is only an issue with multi-nozzle or clustered engines. Is it currently possible to render all alpha shaders before the additive ones? Sorry, somewhat unrelated, but what mod are those tank-butt conical adapter pieces from? If they're a piece separate from the engines themselves, I might want to grab them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hyunkell Posted March 7, 2021 Share Posted March 7, 2021 They're part of SSTU, and tied to the sstu fuel tanks and engines. They're not individual parts unfortunately.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starseeker Posted March 7, 2021 Share Posted March 7, 2021 Ah, gotcha! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nertea Posted March 8, 2021 Author Share Posted March 8, 2021 On 3/7/2021 at 2:20 AM, Hyunkell said: I'm absolutely loving this mod! Quick question though: I was playing around with the "waterfall-kerolox-lower-5-film-cooled" template, and depending on the camera angle the dark features bleed through / are rendered on top of the plume. This is only an issue with multi-nozzle or clustered engines. Is it currently possible to render all alpha shaders before the additive ones? This has been sorted out in the upcoming release. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nertea Posted March 9, 2021 Author Share Posted March 9, 2021 This is a pretty big update. Major features: Vastly improved HDR support. Plume lighting effects Distortion effects Significant improvements to built-in templates Lots of QoL improvements for plume makers We put together a little gallery here: Waterfall 0.6.0 Moved 'engineID' field inside the Throttle controller Added 'thrusterTransformName' field to RCS controllers, which will allow them to map to unique ModuleRCSFX Added a new 'minimum' field to perlin noise that allows the generation of negative numbers. Renamed old 'scale' to 'maximum', as that's what it was When adding effects, can now select a Workflow, which filters Shaders and Models so they are easier to match up with valid choices When selecting modifier types, visible target transforms are filtered so only valid ones are shows (e.g, no) Fix for culling of Alpha (Directional) shader Improved algorithm for effect sorting, should be better most of the time Fix for all shaders under HDR mode: significantly better looks! Better descriptions/text in the UI when selecting models, shaders, etc Various UI fixes throughout Added support for Lights More or less like EngineLight Add Lights through the usual workflow Apply modifiers to modify light parameters like other effects Added new Deformation (Dynamic) shader Added new simple plane models for use in various effects Templates are now better Specifying multiple templates per module are now supported in configs Editing multiple templates at once is supported in the UI WaterfallRestock 0.2.1 Fixed Restock+ Galleon effects Fixed Spider effects Adpated to new Waterfall 0.6.0 stuff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spaceman.Spiff Posted March 9, 2021 Share Posted March 9, 2021 3 minutes ago, Nertea said: Distortion effects So like heat distortion??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zorg Posted March 9, 2021 Share Posted March 9, 2021 7 minutes ago, Spaceman.Spiff said: So like heat distortion??? Indeed. Probably not the best example but you can see some of that here. Anyone making jet engine templates should get really good use out it too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dafni Posted March 9, 2021 Share Posted March 9, 2021 This mod is fantastic! And it keeps on getting better, wow! Absolutely beautiful plumes, thank you very much. Appreciate to backwards compatibility too, have no issues running this on 1.10.1. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris-kerbal Posted March 9, 2021 Share Posted March 9, 2021 Nice work, it really looks gorgeous! Is there actually a reason, that apparently no one attempted to create effects for a SRB? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OrdinaryKerman Posted March 9, 2021 Share Posted March 9, 2021 3 hours ago, Nertea said: Distortion effects Yay! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KSPrynk Posted March 10, 2021 Share Posted March 10, 2021 For anyone who knows their syntax, do these lines, in the new Waterfall effects for individual engines (looking at Waterfall Restock)... !EFFECTS {} !MODULE[EngineLightEffect] {} ...basically say, if you have the EngineLight mod, delete that module for that part, to give precedence to the new effect? And if so, does that mean leaving EngineLightRelit installed allows engine parts, like SRBs, KA NTRs, and NFP Ion Engines, or other third party engines to still use their EngineLight patches, without screwing up the Waterfall lighting effects for those that do have it? I tried the new Waterfall with and without EngineLightRelit, and nothing seems obviously broken. Likewise, without doing a side-by-side video recording, I can't tell if EngineLightRelit is adding or detracting from the engines with Waterfall light effects. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EnderKid2 Posted March 10, 2021 Share Posted March 10, 2021 I believe the first deletes the entire Effects section (to get rid of the stock plume) and the second deletes the EngineLightEffect module if the part has it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpaceFace545 Posted March 10, 2021 Share Posted March 10, 2021 Probably an issue on my end but I don't have any waterfall plumes for restock, or cryo engines. Including the RL 10 from BDB @Zorg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Why485 Posted March 10, 2021 Share Posted March 10, 2021 (edited) 3 minutes ago, SpaceFace545 said: Probably an issue on my end but I don't have any waterfall plumes for restock, or cryo engines. Including the RL 10 from BDB @Zorg I had no plumes either after updating with CKAN, but I fixed it by uninstalling Waterfall and Waterfall Restock, then re-installing it. Edited March 10, 2021 by Why485 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpaceFace545 Posted March 10, 2021 Share Posted March 10, 2021 1 minute ago, Why485 said: I had no plumes either after updating with CKAN, but I fixed it by uninstalling Waterfall and Waterfall Restock, then re-installing it. I did the same but still no luck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nertea Posted March 10, 2021 Author Share Posted March 10, 2021 1 hour ago, KSPrynk said: For anyone who knows their syntax, do these lines, in the new Waterfall effects for individual engines (looking at Waterfall Restock)... !EFFECTS {} !MODULE[EngineLightEffect] {} ...basically say, if you have the EngineLight mod, delete that module for that part, to give precedence to the new effect? And if so, does that mean leaving EngineLightRelit installed allows engine parts, like SRBs, KA NTRs, and NFP Ion Engines, or other third party engines to still use their EngineLight patches, without screwing up the Waterfall lighting effects for those that do have it? I tried the new Waterfall with and without EngineLightRelit, and nothing seems obviously broken. Likewise, without doing a side-by-side video recording, I can't tell if EngineLightRelit is adding or detracting from the engines with Waterfall light effects. Yes, that is correct. This is so you can have the old EL stuff as we move to supporting all those other mods with WF. 19 minutes ago, SpaceFace545 said: Probably an issue on my end but I don't have any waterfall plumes for restock, or cryo engines. Including the RL 10 from BDB @Zorg Works fine for a lot of people, you should check your install to make sure it has all the mods/dependencies in the right place. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spaceman.Spiff Posted March 10, 2021 Share Posted March 10, 2021 25 minutes ago, SpaceFace545 said: Probably an issue on my end but I don't have any waterfall plumes for restock, or cryo engines. Including the RL 10 from BDB @Zorg Zorg said in the BDB thread to entirely delete it and then reinstall to update because several file paths changed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpaceFace545 Posted March 10, 2021 Share Posted March 10, 2021 1 hour ago, Spaceman.Spiff said: Zorg said in the BDB thread to entirely delete it and then reinstall to update because several file paths changed Already did that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RyanRising Posted March 10, 2021 Share Posted March 10, 2021 (edited) 9 hours ago, Zorg said: Indeed. Probably not the best example but you can see some of that here. Anyone making jet engine templates should get really good use out it too. That's amazing! I've wanted to see heat refraction effects ever since I saw this: Never was released unfortunately, but finally we can play around with something a little like it. Edited March 10, 2021 by RyanRising Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EnderKid2 Posted March 10, 2021 Share Posted March 10, 2021 so are the new lighting effects something we have to specify in the config patches for the engines? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EnderKid2 Posted March 10, 2021 Share Posted March 10, 2021 Trying out the new update, and for some reason my Rapier config now links both open and closed cycle plumes to the open cycle mode. Both of them react to the open cycle throttle, and neither one reacts to closed cycle. They were working before I updated though. As you can see, the Rapier is in airbreathing mode, yet the closed cycle plume is reacting to the throttle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hypervelocity Posted March 10, 2021 Share Posted March 10, 2021 holy mother of plumes!!!! the update is looking gorgeous!! thanks to everyone involved! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knight of St John Posted March 10, 2021 Share Posted March 10, 2021 3 hours ago, EnderKid2 said: As you can see, the Rapier is in airbreathing mode, yet the closed cycle plume is reacting to the throttle. Yep, I know about this. I caught that bug and it's already fixed in my dev-branch. It'll be in the next release too of course. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neebel Posted March 10, 2021 Share Posted March 10, 2021 Not gonna lie, this is one of the few mods I absolutely couldn't live without! Amazing work, keep going Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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