Astronomers Visual Pack not working.

[Vanadiumn]

I've tried getting Astronomers Visual Pack working with ksp 1.11.1 and 1.11.2 and 1.10 to no avail. I have all the dependencies, Scatterer, EVE, AVP, AVP textures, Module Manager. I've also tried uninstalling it and re-installing it and a bunch of other stuff. Is it just incompatible with this version, or am I doing something wrong?

[Spaceman.Spiff]

Can you be more specific than "it doesn't work"? Maybe provide screenshots?

AVP works just fine for me on those versions.

[jimmymcgoochie]

Are you getting errors when you load the game, or is KSP loading without the effects, if at all?

I just installed AVP with 8k textures, EVE redux, scatterer and MM in KSP 1.11.2 and everything looks exactly as I'd expect, so I suspect you've installed it incorrectly- make sure your KSP/GameData folder contains the folders:

• AstronomersVisualPack;
• EnvironmentalVisualEnhancements;
• scatterer;
• Squad;
• SquadExpansion (if you have either/both DLCs);
• and ModuleManager.4.1.4.dll

Try installing your mods with CKAN, it makes life much easier especially when using lots of mods: https://forum.kerbalspaceprogram.com/index.php?/topic/197082-ckan-the-comprehensive-kerbal-archive-network-v1300-glenn/&do=findComment&comment=3858583

[Vanadiumn]

1 hour ago, jimmymcgoochie said:

Are you getting errors when you load the game, or is KSP loading without the effects, if at all?

I just installed AVP with 8k textures, EVE redux, scatterer and MM in KSP 1.11.2 and everything looks exactly as I'd expect, so I suspect you've installed it incorrectly- make sure your KSP/GameData folder contains the folders:

• AstronomersVisualPack;
• EnvironmentalVisualEnhancements;
• scatterer;
• Squad;
• SquadExpansion (if you have either/both DLCs);
• and ModuleManager.4.1.4.dll

Try installing your mods with CKAN, it makes life much easier especially when using lots of mods: https://forum.kerbalspaceprogram.com/index.php?/topic/197082-ckan-the-comprehensive-kerbal-archive-network-v1300-glenn/&do=findComment&comment=3858583

I don't get errors when I load the game, and the folder contains all of those. Also, AVP doesn't appear in CKAN for me, that the first method I tried but it didn't work.

[Vanadiumn]

1 hour ago, Spaceman.Spiff said:

Can you be more specific than "it doesn't work"? Maybe provide screenshots?

AVP works just fine for me on those versions.

Hello again! The "Game Data" below EVE and above Kerbal Engineer is AVP textures

 

Edited April 27, 2021 by Vanadiumn

[Spaceman.Spiff]

8 minutes ago, Vanadiumn said:

Hello again! The "Game Data" below EVE and above Kerbal Engineer is AVP textures

Delete the BoulderCo folder. AVP comes with its own configs, so you don't need the default ones.

18 minutes ago, Vanadiumn said:

Also, AVP doesn't appear in CKAN for me

huh.... Maybe take that one with reproduction steps to the CKAN thread.

[Vanadiumn]

1 minute ago, Spaceman.Spiff said:

Delete the BoulderCo folder. AVP comes with its own configs, so you don't need the default ones.

huh.... Maybe take that one with reproduction steps to the CKAN thread.

I deleted the BoulderCo folder, and it just ended up removing all the textures and it looks stock. It tells me it loads the AVP textures in the loading menu but when i get in the game there is no AVP.  

"huh.... Maybe take that one with reproduction steps to the CKAN thread."
and I'll take that one with reproduction steps to the CKAN thread.

[jimmymcgoochie]

That folder structure is wrong.

First of all, you have a GameData inside your GameData which is wrong- if a mod provides a GameData folder, you need to put the contents of that into your KSP GameData folder (or merge the two GameData folders when looking at the root KSP directory).

Secondly, AvP.v4.1 isn't right either, that looks like you've downloaded AVP v4.1 from e.g. curseforge and then dumped the download straight into GameData. You should always check the contents of your downloads and put the right folders into KSP/GameData or it won't work. I suspect if you open that folder up you'll find either a GameData folder, or one called AVP and possibly ModuleManager too; put those into KSP/GameData and delete the unnecessary folders. Likewise for Parallax.1.2.3 and scatterer.0.0.0723

Third, you don't need BoulderCo- that's the default EVE config and will conflict with AVP's configs once you have them installed correctly.

To install AVP in KSP 1.11.2 through CKAN, click Settings > Compatible KSP Versions and then select everything from 1.8 to 1.11, you should then be able to install AVP using CKAN- but first you'll need to delete the EVE, AVP, scatterer and module manager you have in there already. You can also install Parallax, DOE, waterfall and more this way.

[Spaceman.Spiff]

11 minutes ago, Vanadiumn said:

removing all the textures

Oh, looking at the screenshot again I don't think you have the AVP textures downloaded and installed.

[Vanadiumn]

4 minutes ago, jimmymcgoochie said:

That folder structure is wrong.

First of all, you have a GameData inside your GameData which is wrong- if a mod provides a GameData folder, you need to put the contents of that into your KSP GameData folder (or merge the two GameData folders when looking at the root KSP directory).

Secondly, AvP.v4.1 isn't right either, that looks like you've downloaded AVP v4.1 from e.g. curseforge and then dumped the download straight into GameData. You should always check the contents of your downloads and put the right folders into KSP/GameData or it won't work. I suspect if you open that folder up you'll find either a GameData folder, or one called AVP and possibly ModuleManager too; put those into KSP/GameData and delete the unnecessary folders. Likewise for Parallax.1.2.3 and scatterer.0.0.0723

Third, you don't need BoulderCo- that's the default EVE config and will conflict with AVP's configs once you have them installed correctly.

To install AVP in KSP 1.11.2 through CKAN, click Settings > Compatible KSP Versions and then select everything from 1.8 to 1.11, you should then be able to install AVP using CKAN- but first you'll need to delete the EVE, AVP, scatterer and module manager you have in there already. You can also install Parallax, DOE, waterfall and more this way.

Ohhhh, thank you so much, it's working now! I'm unfamiliar with manual installation so thank you for telling me all this.

16 minutes ago, Spaceman.Spiff said:

Oh, looking at the screenshot again I don't think you have the AVP textures downloaded and installed.

Yeah, I'm very unfamiliar with the manual installation and jimmymc ended up telling me how to use CKAN.

[Spaceman.Spiff]

2 minutes ago, Vanadiumn said:

Yeah, I'm very unfamiliar with the manual installation and jimmymc ended up telling me how to use CKAN.

Glad to hear it! I use CKAN for mods with more than a few dependencies, it's helpful not to have to keep track.