Has anyone found a way to add celestial bodys to the map with a plugin?

[I got BCed]

Has anyone found a way to add celestial bodys to the map with a plugin?

[BlueSubstance]

Yes, I think. But he lost the data from his plugin somehow. :/

[I got BCed]

OK my post was a bit vague: Who and is there any remaining data on these slightly battered forums

[BlueSubstance]

Yes, I don't know his name, sorry. But he created a blue moon for Jool, i think. Maybe the topic doesn't exist in this forum anymore, because the backup is very old. :/

[skeligandrew]

Yes, the person who "created" it has a bad reputation around here, he is known to steal models and claim they are his own, he says some very farfetched stuff

He never release any videos of this moon of his, and I think it's safe to say he just photoshopped it into a picture of KSP.

Or, made it a model and then just hyperedited it into orbit, although there is no reason to be impressed by this, It would have no gravity and the collision box would be very sketchy.

[EndlessWaves]

Has anyone found a way to add celestial bodys to the map with a plugin?

At the risk of stating the obvious the easiest way is to simply duplicate an existing celestial body:

GameObject minmus = GameObject.Find("Minmus");

GameObject.Instantiate(minmus, minmus.transform.position + Vector3.right * 200000, minmus.transform.rotation);

(orbit altered with Hyperedit)

If you're talking about custom planets then my current best guess is that PQS handles creating the sphere and the PQSMod-derived classes shape the terrain. For example the list of PQSMod objects for tylo is:

Tylo/Tylo/QuadMeshColliders (PQSMod_QuadMeshColliders)

Tylo/Tylo/Scatter (PQSLandControl)

Tylo/Tylo/_CelestialBody (PQSMod_CelestialBodyTransform)

Tylo/Tylo/_Color (PQSMod_HeightColorMap)

Tylo/Tylo/_Color (PQSMod_VertexColorMap)

Tylo/Tylo/_Color (PQSMod_VertexColorSolid)

Tylo/Tylo/_Height (PQSMod_FlattenOcean)

Tylo/Tylo/_Height (PQSMod_VertexHeightMap)

Tylo/Tylo/_Height (PQSMod_VertexSimplexHeight)

Tylo/Tylo/_Height (PQSMod_VertexSimplexHeightAbsolute)

Tylo/Tylo/_Material_ModProjection (PQSMod_AltitudeAlpha)

Tylo/Tylo/_SurfaceQuadUVs (PQSMod_UVPlanetRelativePosition)

I don't know if the object names are significant, or if they're hooked into the system some other way.

Edited April 20, 2013 by EndlessWaves

[I got BCed]

Ahh Yes... I forgot bodies where quandtrees rather than mesh objects.

Well what I want to do is put a few asteroids in orbit of something, so i guess I could clone Gilly.

Having minute experience with KSP code injection, and as I already have the tread open; can I call:

GameObject minmus = GameObject.Find("Minmus");

GameObject.Instantiate(minmus, minmus.transform.position + Vector3.right * 200000, minmus.transform.rotation);

any time I want a new minus to appear?

[EndlessWaves]

You only need the instantiate line to duplicate an object (and an extra line or two to set it's name and orbit, see hyperedit source). The first line to get a reference to the object would typically only be one run and then the reference kept for the rest of the game:

GameObject minmus;

AMethodThatRunsOnce()

{

minmus = GameObject.Find("Minmus");

}

MethodYouRunToSpawnAnotherObject()

{

GameObject newObject = GameObject.Instantiate(minmus);

//change name

//set orbit

}