spacejet Posted March 19, 2022 Share Posted March 19, 2022 (edited) . Edited April 4, 2022 by spacejet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zozaf Kerman Posted March 19, 2022 Share Posted March 19, 2022 That would be awesome to drive a rover in! Maybe not just the mun but other planets too? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shdwlrd Posted March 19, 2022 Share Posted March 19, 2022 Caves may not be possible or not implemented upon release. There has been many debates about the feasibly and technical details on how to add caves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
t_v Posted March 20, 2022 Share Posted March 20, 2022 Quick question for any exo-geologists out there, would caves form on all bodies? In my understanding caves on Earth are the result of erosion from moving water or sometimes from magma or ice leaving a hole, or rarely simply a gap between tectonic plates. Planets with no atmosphere or water cycle and no tectonic movement wouldn’t have any caves, right? So mars has lava tunnels but the Moon should only have overhangs at best where a meteor hit in just the right spot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Aziz Posted March 20, 2022 Share Posted March 20, 2022 I still believe there will be something, the way they ended few dev diaries, it looks like it hinted at underground activities. But I can be wrong of course. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vl3d Posted March 20, 2022 Share Posted March 20, 2022 6 hours ago, t_v said: Quick question for any exo-geologists out there, would caves form on all bodies? In my understanding caves on Earth are the result of erosion from moving water or sometimes from magma or ice leaving a hole, or rarely simply a gap between tectonic plates. Planets with no atmosphere or water cycle and no tectonic movement wouldn’t have any caves, right? So mars has lava tunnels but the Moon should only have overhangs at best where a meteor hit in just the right spot. Lava tubes, liquid erosion, sink holes, specific impact crater + landslides.. these are some of the ideas that come to mind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
t_v Posted March 20, 2022 Share Posted March 20, 2022 So on the Mun, which ones of those would be relevant? Lava tubes I thought required tectonic movement to occur, liquid erosion isn’t really a thing, and don’t sinkholes require an underground space to already exist in order to fall? So the only thing left is overhangs caused by very specific impact craters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PlutoISaPlanet Posted March 20, 2022 Share Posted March 20, 2022 DLC if it's not their for launch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darthgently Posted March 20, 2022 Share Posted March 20, 2022 Given all the momentum in what I gather how planets and terrain are modeled and rendered the only obvious way I could see overhangs, much less lava tubes and such, would be to only instantiate them when in very close proximity as a special case. So the game makes a "craft" built of rock and dirt replacing the displaced normal terrain when in "load" distance and renders cave mouths visually only (no actual opening) as textures at a distance. When not in proximity the normal planet rendering would be leveraged. Given the point of KSP is mostly to build rockets and go places I don't see the required overhead (no pun intended) as being worth it to the devs any time soon to provide holes to hang out in, but from the science, realism, exploration, variety, and colony standpoints it is interesting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catto Posted March 20, 2022 Share Posted March 20, 2022 13 hours ago, Vl3d said: Lava tubes, liquid erosion, sink holes, specific impact crater + landslides.. these are some of the ideas that come to mind. All of them are a good idea. One of the loading texts for ksp does say "Spelunking on Tylo" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spacejet Posted March 21, 2022 Author Share Posted March 21, 2022 (edited) . Edited April 4, 2022 by spacejet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catto Posted March 21, 2022 Share Posted March 21, 2022 55 minutes ago, spacejet said: Luna wants to tell us her story. She seduces me, and I am curious and afraid. Wha!? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spacejet Posted March 21, 2022 Author Share Posted March 21, 2022 (edited) . Edited April 4, 2022 by spacejet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gussi111 Posted March 26, 2022 Share Posted March 26, 2022 Yes! Give us caves! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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