[1.12.x] Parallax - PBR Terrain and Surface Objects [2.0.8]

[Socowez]

55 minutes ago, Gameslinx said:

If you get the time I would recommend you try an install with just Parallax installed to see what your baseline performance is. You're the only one reporting this, but if more reports come in of this happening I will be able to determine what might be causing it

After finding outsthat Harmony is a new dependency of Kopernicus, I ran the game with AVP 8k, TUFX, Parallax, EVE and scatterer. FPS is around 25 with no scatters on screen, and 10-13 when panning the camera around. 

Verdict: scatters have a considerable performance impact (who knew) but somewhere in my massive modlist, one or more things are making my game unplayable, but only while looking at scatters.

3 minutes ago, ballisticfox0 said:

OPM Parallax has been hotfixed, scatters will be out in the next few days.

Are the OPM scatters unique like the stock planets, or just mun rocks painted whatever color necessary?

[Adiri]

2 minutes ago, Socowez said:

After finding outsthat Harmony is a new dependency of Kopernicus, I ran the game with AVP 8k, TUFX, Parallax, EVE and scatterer. FPS is around 25 with no scatters on screen, and 10-13 when panning the camera around. 

Verdict: scatters have a considerable performance impact (who knew) but somewhere in my massive modlist, one or more things are making my game unplayable, but only while looking at scatters.

Have you tried running it with terrain quality set to high? That disabled tessellation which boosted me past 60fps

[Gameslinx]

2 minutes ago, Socowez said:

FPS is around 25 with no scatters on screen, and 10-13 when panning the camera around. 

This is still unbelievably low. @ballisticfox0can run 30-40 fps at 4k on a 2070 with the same visuals as you. Something else must be at play here surely

[Socowez]

3 minutes ago, Gameslinx said:

This is still unbelievably low. @ballisticfox0can run 30-40 fps at 4k on a 2070 with the same visuals as you. Something else must be at play here surely

If it helps, my screen resolution is 2560x1080. Thought I'd mention since you said something about ballisticfox's resolution

[Atsusa]

Hello, I'm wondering why it has strange afterimage on the stone generated by Parallax  when I rotating my camera aound?

[DeliriumTrigger]

6 hours ago, zangonoid said:

The big rock just to the left of my rover did not have collisions, while the small rock my Kerbal is standing on did have collisions. Hope that helps.

the rock to the left of your rover is a stock scatter, and as such it won't have collisions.   If that's throwing you for a loop you can turn the stock scatters off in the settings.  Probably should anyway since there's really no need for them if you're using Parallax.

Edited September 6, 2022 by DeliriumTrigger

[NovaRaptorTV]

I've noticed faster load times with Parallax installed after the update. Especially after I exit time warp.

I was wondering if that was something you wanted to tackle for this update?

[Motokid600]

Congrats on this release Linx. Really something else. I never would have thought this game could achieve this state. My only question is.. Do you or anyone recommend any visual packs to go along with Parallax? Ive been running AVP for the longest time. Id like to try something new and less resource intensive. I'm kinda out of the loop in terms of the new hotness.

Edited September 6, 2022 by Motokid600

[Galland1998]

The next best for stock planets is probably Spectra.  I think that one is a little lighter on the resources demand

[Gameslinx]

26 minutes ago, Atsusa said:

Hello, I'm wondering why it has strange afterimage on the stone generated by Parallax  when I rotating my camera aound?

 

After image? You might be referring to the fading in. It's intended and it really helps with immersion strangely enough - Much better than things popping in which can be quite distracting 

But this sounds like something else potentially? A video is required!

[ballisticfox0]

1 hour ago, Socowez said:

After finding outsthat Harmony is a new dependency of Kopernicus, I ran the game with AVP 8k, TUFX, Parallax, EVE and scatterer. FPS is around 25 with no scatters on screen, and 10-13 when panning the camera around. 

Verdict: scatters have a considerable performance impact (who knew) but somewhere in my massive modlist, one or more things are making my game unplayable, but only while looking at scatters.

Are the OPM scatters unique like the stock planets, or just mun rocks painted whatever color necessary?

For the more minor bodies I’m just going to take rocks from other bodies, for the more unique destinations I’ll try to get some unique scatters in.

[LHACK4142]

[thepres1s_Stuff]

@Gameslinx can you update Parallax for OPM to have this?

[minerbat]

i completely deleted and reinstalled all the mods folders and it does now work when you are controlling a vessel. but it does not work from the KSC view when you first open the game. is this intentional or is something wrong?

Edited September 6, 2022 by minerbat

[Ariel Kerman]

Hi everybody, and congratulation for the release guys!

I was about to testing this, but after install it via CKAN (so i assumed the 5th step in the instructions is not needed anymore), ksp didnt load the main menu screen anymore. The game load without any warning or issue until the menu, then i get just a black screen with loading icon spinning at a good frame rate at least. should i provide a log file? Anyone else experienced this?
Thx in advance...

[lodiped]

ok so how the hell do i find Mun Stones in the midst of all the jaw dropping beautiful rocks? man... this gonna be trouble lol

[Moose]

Incredible work @Gameslinx. Absolutely incredible.

My only complaint is that the fade between the distant (seemingly darker with Scatterer) billboards and real models is quite distracting. At least on Kerbin. I'm looking at the global config now to see what I can do with it.

I've a 3090 so I'm ready to push this all the way out. 

 

Overdue Edit: I rammed the LOD multiplyer up and it's nice and clean.

Edited September 6, 2022 by Moose

[orangewarning]

3 hours ago, thepres1s_Stuff said:

@Gameslinx can you update Parallax for OPM to have this?

a config file for OPM is in the works by @ballisticfox0

[Kerbin Launch Coalition]

7 hours ago, Adiri said:

It only works on JNSQ because some of the planet names are the same. Otherwise it has no support

What GPU do you have? Parallax isn't very CPU hungry

Yeah Linx suggested that'd be the case as it's the same system in essence, just retextured and such. Thing is, do the Parallax textures override the rather beautiful JNSQ textures on places like Minmus? As Galileo and such made the prettiest Minmus there is, it'd look INSANE with this new Parallax. 

[Kerbalsaurus]

 

8 hours ago, Adiri said:

What GPU do you have? Parallax isn't very CPU hungry

I won’t lie, I am not good at computers. How do I figure out my GPU?

Edited September 6, 2022 by Kerbalsaurus

[Moose]

23 minutes ago, Kerbalsaurus said:

I won’t lie, I am not good at computers. How do I figure out my GPU?

Press CTRL+SHIFT+ESCAPE to bring up the Task Manager. If it says "more details" at the bottom click that.

The go to the performance tab an it'll list your GPUs at the bottom (after all the discs, cpu and memory), with their names.

[kerbnub]

 

3 hours ago, Moose said:

Incredible work @Gameslinx. Absolutely incredible.

My only complaint is that the fade between the distant (seemingly darker with Scatterer) billboards and real models is quite distracting. At least on Kerbin. I'm looking at the global config now to see what I can do with it.

I've a 3090 so I'm ready to push this all the way out. 

 

Is it not these?

     rangeMultiplier = 1.0                        //Adjust the max range (and range of LODs) of the scatters
        lodRangeMultiplier = 1.0                    //Adjust the range at which LODs change

[Moose]

6 minutes ago, kerbnub said:

 

Is it not these?

     rangeMultiplier = 1.0                        //Adjust the max range (and range of LODs) of the scatters
        lodRangeMultiplier = 1.0                    //Adjust the range at which LODs change

Indeed it is, and I rammed the latter up a ways. Helped loads.

[Merlin1809]

WHOOO! That looks amazing! Now just waiting for the volumetric clouds for EVE and then this game will probably look better than KSP2 (and my PC will melt, but that's ok)

 

[Goaty1208]

This will get me back into ksp. This is amazing linx! You will never be able to top THIS off.