[PLUGIN][ALPHA-10] City Lights and Clouds on Kerbin/Others

[jokamo]

yea, thicker cloud cover would be cool

[Tommygun]

Realistically it should have thicker cloud cover, although that would make deciding where to land trickier.

This would give the ISA mapping mod a real purpose though.

That might be something to consider.

[Lucchese]

Thicker clouds is just a matter of adding moar layers of clouds in the cfg.

Now all the clouds and city lights need is a HD texture so itll look somewhat nicer with Real Solar System :')

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I hope that "buttcrack" in the first picture will get fixed soon :')

Edited October 27, 2013 by Lucchese

[ludsoe]

Would anybody be kind enough to supply me with a .cfg for the clouds that makes them thicker?

Ill gladly take another hd wallpaper sized image if you want.

[Radiokopf]

I've had to play around with my .cfg edits and textures for these planets a bit, but it really does look great. Lower altitudes especially.

And Jool just looks plain scary.

Awsome! could you post the .cfg please ?

[Lucchese]

Would anybody be kind enough to supply me with a .cfg for the clouds that makes them thicker?

Ill gladly take another hd wallpaper sized image if you want.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/j2t0m55kk4jaur5/cloudLayers.cfg

Here you go, eventhough the .cfg is easy enough to understand for yourself *hinthint*

[Lack]

Awsome! could you post the .cfg please ?

Not just .cfg, there's some new textures in there as well so I've put them in. I still have Duna with some clouds, but I'm not wholly happy with the result but it now doesn't look right to me if I remove them. Easy enough to take out of the .cfg though.

Link: http://www./download/mcd0r3btz1jn82t/2013-10-27-Eve-Jool-Duna-Clouds.zip

Also, I wonder if it would be possible to add fog/haze. I would quite like to make Eve even more hellish.

I've found I quite like just sticking infinite fuel on and flying around Eve now.

Edited October 27, 2013 by Lack

[rhoark]

Looks great, no problems so far. Clouds on the horizon at sunset look odd though, being inky black. Perhaps a slight emissiveness to simulate sub-surface scattering would help?

[XNerd_Bomber]

So, have you been able to fix the map view bug?

[nubeees]

I seem to have had a bug, which caused all the clouds to become pitch black... O.o

Other than that and the already known map view bug, all is good! Keep up the amazing work!

[BFGfreak]

So playing around on Lack's Eve, I can't help but feel that the cloudy landscape makes Eve especially eerie, it actually kind of fits the mood of this song.

Maybe when things like this become stock they should have a soundtrack for Eve that sounds something like that.

[Carneiro]

Not just .cfg, there's some new textures in there as well so I've put them in. I still have Duna with some clouds, but I'm not wholly happy with the result but it now doesn't look right to me if I remove them. Easy enough to take out of the .cfg though.

Link: http://www./download/mcd0r3btz1jn82t/2013-10-27-Eve-Jool-Duna-Clouds.zip

Also, I wonder if it would be possible to add fog/haze. I would quite like to make Eve even more hellish.

I've found I quite like just sticking infinite fuel on and flying around Eve now.

I put the new .cfg and textures on the BoulderCo folder on gamedata, but now there are no clouds on any planet, just city lights.

Edited October 27, 2013 by Carneiro

[Lack]

I put the new .cfg and textures on the BoulderCo folder on gamedata, but now there are no clouds on any planet, just city lights.

Going to need a bit more info than that.

Are you using Alpha-7 and what does your file structure look like now?

Should have Alpha-7 installed and then the .zip I posted over-writes the .cfg and adds the new textures. So,

[KSP Root Folder]/GameData/BoulderCo/Clouds/cloudLayers.cfg

Which is over-written by the copy in the download.

And,

[KSP Root Folder]/GameData/BoulderCo/Clouds/Textures/

in which you should have the two default textures from Alpha-7:

kerbin1.png

mixer1.png

and then the new ones contained in the .zip

eve1.png

fader1.png

Jool1.png

JoolLayers1.png

JoolLayers2.png

mixereve1.png

Edited October 27, 2013 by Lack

[NathanKell]

Ok, so, I added two more cloud layers. Now it looks freaking amazing.

The unlit clouds when it's evening is still a bit of a problem though--any way you could get the sun's actual position and flip the normal?

[Nahim]

thank you for design such a great plugin...

was a good surprize for me to found it!

Now i have something to beautify my first long Kerbal Video.

Thank you so much!

[KAO]

I'm afraid that having the clouds render one more than one planet might cause lag problems for me, do the clouds and lights on kerbin still render if I were, say, in interplanetary space?

[Gabzoman]

rbray89 and Lack,

Thank you so much for your work. This plugin really makes a huge difference, it's really amazing!

[MOARdV]

Ok, so, I added two more cloud layers. Now it looks freaking amazing.

What parameters did you use (radius, speed), if you don't mind?

[qwertyx2y]

is it possible to make the clouds visible from above while still flying in the Kerbin atmosphere? because that is the only current immersion breaker for me.

[NathanKell]

is it possible to make the clouds visible from above while still flying in the Kerbin atmosphere? because that is the only current immersion breaker for me.

QFT. Also add some self-illumination, or change the lighting code, even if it's dark where you are, if the clouds are over a lit area of Kerbin, they're lit.

MoARdV:

I added two new layers. First layer gets radius 1.005, offset x = 0.1, speed 0.000026. Second new layer gets radius 1.006, offset x = 0.2, speed = 0.000027

[Tommygun]

I don't know if this has been posted yet.

That looks like Kerbin's clouds showing through the ice of Minmus?

[Leberschnitzel]

it is a known problem.

[ludsoe]

I love taking pictures with this mod.

[briansun1]

And THAT is why we play the game with mods...

[Nahim]

This Plugin is pure Amazemente...

I made a Video Using it...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GpnjgXPUG40

Thankyou! Thankyou so Much buddy. ^^