Kerbin's Texture

[dandirk]

Hello, I'm looking to create an addon/mod that includes changing Kerbin's planet texture to a more hi-resolution file. Where in the game files can I find the planet texture? I can imagine I would have to do some Hex editing, which is no problem.

I would also like to change the Space background as well... Let me know, and any help would be appreciated, Thanks!!!!

[EndlessWaves]

Assuming there is one and it's not specified some other way then it's likely to be in the asset files in the KSP_data directory.

[dandirk]

Hello and thanks for the reply! There are 12 different files with the extension .assets ... is there a tool I can use to open / compress those files to view their contents? Thanks!

[EndlessWaves]

As far as I know nobody has tinkered with them yet, so there is no tool.

You might be able to change it in-game through a plugin, I think Kerbin's surface is defined by some of these objects (all subclasses of PQSMod that are children of Kerbin):

Kerbin/Kerbin/QuadMeshColliders (PQSMod_QuadMeshColliders)

Kerbin/Kerbin/_CelestialBody (PQSMod_CelestialBodyTransform)

Kerbin/Kerbin/_CoastlineLOD (PQSMod_QuadEnhanceCoast)

Kerbin/Kerbin/_Height (PQSMod_VertexHeightMap)

Kerbin/Kerbin/_HeightNoise (PQSMod_VertexHeightNoiseVertHeight)

Kerbin/Kerbin/_HeightNoise (PQSMod_VertexHeightNoiseVertHeight)

Kerbin/Kerbin/_HeightNoise (PQSMod_VertexSimplexHeightAbsolute)

Kerbin/Kerbin/_LandClassOcean (PQSLandControl)

Kerbin/Kerbin/_Material_AerialPerspective (PQSMod_AerialPerspectiveMaterial)

Kerbin/Kerbin/_Material_ModProjection (PQSMod_AltitudeAlpha)

Kerbin/Kerbin/_Material_SunLight (PQSMod_MaterialSetDirection)

Kerbin/Kerbin/_Material_SurfaceQuads (PQSMod_UVPlanetRelativePosition)

Kerbin/KerbinOcean/CelestialBodyBlockActivation (PQSMod_BlockActivation)

Kerbin/KerbinOcean/OceanFX (PQSMod_OceanFX)

Kerbin/KerbinOcean/QuadRemoveMap (PQSMod_RemoveQuadMap)

Kerbin/KerbinOcean/SurfaceQuadUV (PQSMod_UVPlanetRelativePosition)

Kerbin/KerbinOcean/_Material_AerialPerspective (PQSMod_AerialPerspectiveMaterial)

But again, it's not really an area where a anyone has much enough exploring/documenting.

Edited May 5, 2013 by EndlessWaves

[dandirk]

Thanks!, Yeah i figured no one has tinkered yet because of the lack of mods. But, none the less I'm determined to do this since I am a huge graphics guru and I love this game so damn much.

[EndlessWaves]

A couple of bits of code you might find useful then, I had a poke at it when helping Saik0 with his mapping project but I've been busy with other projects so haven't looked further.

Get all objects of classes that are subclasses of PQSMod (with exceptions for the classes that mainly handle structures and easter eggs):

		PQSMod[] PQSMods = FindObjectsOfType(typeof(PQSMod)) as PQSMod[];
		foreach(PQSMod eachObject in PQSMods)
		{
			if(eachObject is PQSCity == false && eachObject is PQSMod_MapDecal == false && eachObject is PQSMod_FlattenArea == false)
			{
				print(eachObject.transform.parent.parent.name + "/" + eachObject.transform.parent.name + "/" + eachObject.name + " (" + eachObject.GetType() + ")");
			}
		}

Grab all the images I could find in the various PQSMod classes and dump them to the PluginData folder (replace MapGrapper with the name of your class):

		print("PQSMod_VertexColorMap");
		PQSMod_VertexColorMap[] VertexColourMaps = FindObjectsOfType(typeof(PQSMod_VertexColorMap)) as PQSMod_VertexColorMap[];

		int count = 0;
		foreach(PQSMod_VertexColorMap eachObject in VertexColourMaps)
		{
			count++;
			print(eachObject.transform.parent.name + " " + eachObject.vertexColorMap.format + " " + eachObject.transform.parent.name + count + ".png");
			Texture2D textureToWrite;
			if(eachObject.vertexColorMap.format != TextureFormat.DXT1)
			{
				textureToWrite = new Texture2D(eachObject.vertexColorMap.width, eachObject.vertexColorMap.height, TextureFormat.RGB24, false);
				textureToWrite.SetPixels(eachObject.vertexColorMap.GetPixels());
			}
			else if(eachObject.vertexColorMap.format != TextureFormat.DXT5)
			{
				textureToWrite = new Texture2D(eachObject.vertexColorMap.width, eachObject.vertexColorMap.height, TextureFormat.ARGB32, false);
				textureToWrite.SetPixels(eachObject.vertexColorMap.GetPixels());
			}
			else
				textureToWrite = eachObject.vertexColorMap;

			BinaryWriter PNGWriter = BinaryWriter.CreateForType<MapGrabber>(eachObject.transform.parent.name + count + ".png");
			PNGWriter.Write(textureToWrite.EncodeToPNG());
			PNGWriter.Close();

		}		

		print("PQSMod_VertexSimplexHeightMap");
		PQSMod_VertexSimplexHeightMap[] VertexSimplexHeightMaps = FindObjectsOfType(typeof(PQSMod_VertexSimplexHeightMap)) as PQSMod_VertexSimplexHeightMap[];

		foreach(PQSMod_VertexSimplexHeightMap eachObject in VertexSimplexHeightMaps)
		{
			count++;
			print(eachObject.transform.parent.name + " " + eachObject.heightMap.format + " " + eachObject.transform.parent.name + count + ".png");
			Texture2D textureToWrite;
			if(eachObject.heightMap.format != TextureFormat.DXT1)
			{
				textureToWrite = new Texture2D(eachObject.heightMap.width, eachObject.heightMap.height, TextureFormat.RGB24, false);
				textureToWrite.SetPixels(eachObject.heightMap.GetPixels());
			}
			else if(eachObject.heightMap.format != TextureFormat.DXT5)
			{
				textureToWrite = new Texture2D(eachObject.heightMap.width, eachObject.heightMap.height, TextureFormat.ARGB32, false);
				textureToWrite.SetPixels(eachObject.heightMap.GetPixels());
			}
			else
				textureToWrite = eachObject.heightMap;

			BinaryWriter PNGWriter = BinaryWriter.CreateForType<MapGrabber>(eachObject.transform.parent.name + count + ".png");
			PNGWriter.Write(textureToWrite.EncodeToPNG());
			PNGWriter.Close();
		}

		print("PQSMod_VertexHeightMap");
		PQSMod_VertexHeightMap[] VertexHeightMaps = FindObjectsOfType(typeof(PQSMod_VertexHeightMap)) as PQSMod_VertexHeightMap[];

		foreach(PQSMod_VertexHeightMap eachObject in VertexHeightMaps)
		{
			count++;
			print(eachObject.transform.parent.name + " " + eachObject.heightMap.format + " " + eachObject.transform.parent.name + count + ".png");
			Texture2D textureToWrite;
			if(eachObject.heightMap.format != TextureFormat.DXT1)
			{
				textureToWrite = new Texture2D(eachObject.heightMap.width, eachObject.heightMap.height, TextureFormat.RGB24, false);
				textureToWrite.SetPixels(eachObject.heightMap.GetPixels());
			}
			else if(eachObject.heightMap.format != TextureFormat.DXT5)
			{
				textureToWrite = new Texture2D(eachObject.heightMap.width, eachObject.heightMap.height, TextureFormat.ARGB32, false);
				textureToWrite.SetPixels(eachObject.heightMap.GetPixels());
			}
			else
				textureToWrite = eachObject.heightMap;

			BinaryWriter PNGWriter = BinaryWriter.CreateForType<MapGrabber>(eachObject.transform.parent.name + count + ".png");
			PNGWriter.Write(textureToWrite.EncodeToPNG());
			PNGWriter.Close();
		}

		print("PQSMod_VertexColorMapBlend");		
		PQSMod_VertexColorMapBlend[] VertexColourBlendMaps = FindObjectsOfType(typeof(PQSMod_VertexColorMapBlend)) as PQSMod_VertexColorMapBlend[];

		foreach(PQSMod_VertexColorMapBlend eachObject in VertexColourBlendMaps)
		{
			count++;
			print(eachObject.transform.parent.name + " " + eachObject.vertexColorMap.format + " " + eachObject.transform.parent.name + count + ".png");
			Texture2D textureToWrite;
			if(eachObject.vertexColorMap.format != TextureFormat.DXT1)
			{
				textureToWrite = new Texture2D(eachObject.vertexColorMap.width, eachObject.vertexColorMap.height, TextureFormat.RGB24, false);
				textureToWrite.SetPixels(eachObject.vertexColorMap.GetPixels());
			}
			else if(eachObject.vertexColorMap.format != TextureFormat.DXT5)
			{
				textureToWrite = new Texture2D(eachObject.vertexColorMap.width, eachObject.vertexColorMap.height, TextureFormat.ARGB32, false);
				textureToWrite.SetPixels(eachObject.vertexColorMap.GetPixels());
			}
			else
				textureToWrite = eachObject.vertexColorMap;

			BinaryWriter PNGWriter = BinaryWriter.CreateForType<MapGrabber>(eachObject.transform.parent.name + count + ".png");
			PNGWriter.Write(textureToWrite.EncodeToPNG());
			PNGWriter.Close();
		}

		/*print("PQSMod_MapDecal");
		PQSMod_MapDecal[] decalMaps = FindObjectsOfType(typeof(PQSMod_MapDecal)) as PQSMod_MapDecal[];

		foreach(PQSMod_MapDecal eachObject in decalMaps)
		{
			if(eachObject.colorMap != null && eachObject.heightMap != null)
			{
				count++;
				print(eachObject.transform.parent.name + " " + eachObject.colorMap.format + " " + eachObject.heightMap.format + " " + eachObject.transform.parent.name + count + ".png");
				Texture2D textureToWrite;
				if(eachObject.colorMap.format != TextureFormat.DXT1)
				{
					textureToWrite = new Texture2D(eachObject.colorMap.width, eachObject.colorMap.height, TextureFormat.RGB24, false);
					textureToWrite.SetPixels(eachObject.colorMap.GetPixels());
				}
				else if(eachObject.colorMap.format != TextureFormat.DXT5)
				{
					textureToWrite = new Texture2D(eachObject.colorMap.width, eachObject.colorMap.height, TextureFormat.ARGB32, false);
					textureToWrite.SetPixels(eachObject.colorMap.GetPixels());
				}
				else
					textureToWrite = eachObject.colorMap;

				BinaryWriter PNGWriter1 = BinaryWriter.CreateForType<MapGrabber>(eachObject.transform.parent.name + "Colour" + count + ".png");
				PNGWriter1.Write(textureToWrite.EncodeToPNG());
				PNGWriter1.Close();

				if(eachObject.heightMap.format != TextureFormat.DXT1)
				{
					textureToWrite = new Texture2D(eachObject.heightMap.width, eachObject.heightMap.height, TextureFormat.RGB24, false);
					textureToWrite.SetPixels(eachObject.heightMap.GetPixels());
				}
				else if(eachObject.heightMap.format != TextureFormat.DXT5)
				{
					textureToWrite = new Texture2D(eachObject.heightMap.width, eachObject.heightMap.height, TextureFormat.ARGB32, false);
					textureToWrite.SetPixels(eachObject.heightMap.GetPixels());
				}
				else
					textureToWrite = eachObject.heightMap;

				BinaryWriter PNGWriter2 = BinaryWriter.CreateForType<MapGrabber>(eachObject.transform.parent.name + "Height" + count + ".png");
				PNGWriter2.Write(textureToWrite.EncodeToPNG());
				PNGWriter2.Close();
			}
		}*/

		print("PQSLandControl");
		PQSLandControl[] LandControlMaps = FindObjectsOfType(typeof(PQSLandControl)) as PQSLandControl[];

		foreach(PQSLandControl eachObject in LandControlMaps)
		{
			if(eachObject.heightMap != null)
			{
				count++;
				print(eachObject.transform.parent.name + " " + eachObject.heightMap.format + " " + eachObject.transform.parent.name + count + ".png");
				Texture2D textureToWrite;
				if(eachObject.heightMap.format != TextureFormat.DXT1)
				{
					textureToWrite = new Texture2D(eachObject.heightMap.width, eachObject.heightMap.height, TextureFormat.RGB24, false);
					textureToWrite.SetPixels(eachObject.heightMap.GetPixels());
				}
				else if(eachObject.heightMap.format != TextureFormat.DXT5)
				{
					textureToWrite = new Texture2D(eachObject.heightMap.width, eachObject.heightMap.height, TextureFormat.ARGB32, false);
					textureToWrite.SetPixels(eachObject.heightMap.GetPixels());
				}
				else
					textureToWrite = eachObject.heightMap;

				BinaryWriter PNGWriter = BinaryWriter.CreateForType<MapGrabber>(eachObject.transform.parent.name + count + ".png");
				PNGWriter.Write(textureToWrite.EncodeToPNG());
				PNGWriter.Close();
			}
		}

[dandirk]

Wow this is great, ill take a crack at this and let you know how it goes!