Kerbalized Realistic Visual Enhancments (KRVE) Development thread

[Adiri]

Welcome to KRVE, it is a visual overhaul for Kerbin (And maybe the rest of the KSP system eventually) that will add fancy clouds, aurora, and a nice atmosphere. I am VERY early into development so I apologize for a lack of info. All I can give for now are some screen shots.

Currently it features;

43k Cloud Texture
Custom Aurora
Custom TUFX Profile
8K City Lights
Cloud Shadows

 

Dependencies:

EVE REDUX

Scatterer

TUFX

Module Manager (bundled)

 

DOWNLOAD: 

GITHUB

It is Currently In BETA, there is a Roadmap in the README

 

Thanks to:

@Astronomer 

@themaster401

@ballisticfox0 for the screenshots

This mod is built off of AVP assets so I have to thank them for the kindness of letting me use them for my own pack

Licenses:

KRVE is licensed under CC-BY-NC-SA 

 

Edited August 17, 2021 by Adiri

[Adiri]

TUFX config has been updated, as well as more cloud details, coming in 0.6 update

Spoiler

Spoiler

 

[Spaceman.Spiff]

These are very pretty. Nice job. 
 

Are there plans for an AVP compatibility patch in the future?

[Adiri]

2 hours ago, Spaceman.Spiff said:

These are very pretty. Nice job. 
 

Are there plans for an AVP compatibility patch in the future?

Not sure what you mean by this, most of this is built off of AVP so it should be compatible 

[ssd21345]

Noice we got module manager installed this time

to be serious I gonna use it

You have to include license in the post too even it is listed in spacedock (dunno how you used avp since you might need list avp assets separately for its original license)

Edited August 16, 2021 by ssd21345

[Adiri]

Just now, ssd21345 said:

Noice we got module manager installed this time

to be serious I gonna use it

You have to include license in the post too even it is listed in spacedock (dunno how you used avp since you might need list avp assets separately for its original license)

Alright will do! If you have any nice screenshots be sure to post them here or mention @Adiri#1460 on discord if you post em there

[Adiri]

Going to be releasing 0.6 soon! Here are some pretty screen shots in the mean time

 

Spoiler

https://imgur.com/a/DIH66uy

 

[SpaceXEnthusiast]

This is incredible! I will be sure to follow development!

Edited August 16, 2021 by SpaceXEnthusiast
Moar info

[dok_377]

800 megabytes cubemap? Isn't that a little bit too much? I installed this out of sheer interest and my gtx 1060 has a heart attack in the tracking station with 100% gpu usage. You only covered one planet with clouds and already using more ram and gpu than the entirety of Spectra or AVP. And they both cover all the planets, not just one. 

 

Edit: oh, apparently those textures were taken straight from AVP itself. But in AVP they're optional. This doesn't seem to be the case here, though. 

Edited August 17, 2021 by dok_377

[Adiri]

Just now, dok_377 said:

800 megabytes cubemap? Isn't that a little bit too much? I installed this out of sheer interest and my gtx 1060 has a heart attack in the tracking station with 100% gpu usage. You only covered one planet with clouds and already using more ram and gpu than the entirety of Spectra or AVP. And they both cover all the planets, not just one. 

 

Edit: oh, apparently those textures were taken straight from AVP itself. But in AVP they're optional. This doesn't seem to be the case here, though. 

I dont remember it being being 800mb, and as to the performance, I will probably make a version with scaled down versions of the clouds.

[dok_377]

16 minutes ago, Adiri said:

I dont remember it being being 800mb, and as to the performance, I will probably make a version with scaled down versions of the clouds.

That's for all six textures total. The maximum size of one of the textures is 256 if I remember right, which is still quite a lot. The whole Spectra weights this much. 

[Adiri]

Just now, dok_377 said:

That's for all six textures total. The maximum size of one of the textures is 256 if I remember right, which is still quite a lot. The whole Spectra weights this much. 

Ah well alright, I am working on creating a lighter version with scaled down clouds, should be much easier on your system

[Adiri]

@dok_377Should be updated now, you can download the Light clouds version on github 

[Adiri]

New Content!
Multi layered auroras, as of now there is a lower green layer, and a higher blueish purple layer, combined they make a pretty nice effect

[bvsveera]

I doubt I'll have a powerful enough computer to run this, but I just wanted to say the screenshots on this page are beautiful!

[Adiri]

5 hours ago, bvsveera said:

I doubt I'll have a powerful enough computer to run this, but I just wanted to say the screenshots on this page are beautiful!

Thanks!

[Xt007]

Can confirm that this plus Paralax stock textures is excellent!

[Adiri]

Just now, Xt007 said:

Can confirm that this plus Paralax stock textures is excellent!

Thanks! (Any nice screenies you might have?)

 

[PSA]

Is there a 8k Cloud Texture for this mod
Nice mod btw 
 

[Adiri]

1 hour ago, PSA said:

Is there a 8k Cloud Texture for this mod
Nice mod btw 
 

At the moment, no, if you want that just use AVP

[Dioso]

how do you download it cuz it not on ckan

[Xt007]

I did remove the city lights folder to eliminate strobing ground effect from overlapping configs, but otherwise this plus Parallax looks fantastic!

[Adiri]

14 hours ago, Dioso said:

how do you download it cuz it not on ckan

Download it from github, then install the depedencies (Scatterer, EVE, TUFX)

Edited August 20, 2021 by Adiri

[Dioso]

2 hours ago, Adiri said:

Download it from github, then install the depedencies (Scatterer, EVE, TUFX)

where do i put the file in the game data? if it is is that all i need to do?

 

[Adiri]

11 hours ago, Dioso said:

where do i put the file in the game data? if it is is that all i need to do?

 

All you should have to do is unzip the file and copy all contents into your gamedata folder, then install the dependencies