Alternis Kerbol - Development thread

[The Destroyer]

...I want it!

[NathanKell]

So these voronoi craters are a hard beast to tame. So far the results have been nothing but terrifying.

Somebody has deformation and frequency too high?

[NovaSilisko]

Nutt, can you please just post your mod's progress report on the thread you already made for it instead of occupying mine?

[LaydeeDem]

Nutt, can you please just post your mod's progress report on the thread you already made for it instead of occupying mine?

Don't think I'm trying to steal your thunder. I just like having feedback from other plugin devs. So far the only thing posted in my thread is "this mod is boring because we already have planet mods".

[NovaSilisko]

Duna color map is going well

[whaaw]

Haha this vid...

Thank you Nova for your hard work on this.

we all cant wait:-)

[NovaSilisko]

Yep, perfect

[whaaw]

yeah! black and white party on duna!

[NovaSilisko]

There we go, no more solid colors. Duna now has some interesting topography in places:

[Bekiekutmoar]

Looks like a complete geographical overhaul on Duna. Very nice ... ! Btw, is that a redone Vall just above the horizon in the second pic?

[LaydeeDem]

I love how ominous Tylo looks in the sky. It will definetly be my first target.

[Scotius]

Duna color map is going well

http://i.imgur.com/fL4q5t6.png

Hoth?

Love the new Duna surface. Could you add an Olympus Mons doppelganger somewhere?

[aftokinito]

Hoth?

Love the new Duna surface. Could you add an Olympus Mons doppelganger somewhere?

PQSMod_MapDecal could be used to overlay the mountain area above another area without really altering the original sphere.

[Voidryder]

Nova, this is looking fantastic. Can't wait to go exploring in the Nova Rex system.

[Whirligig Girl]

Suggested renames:

Jool: Jewel

Laythe: Pansper(mia's a hell of a thing)

Kerbin: Primar(y moon)

Tylo: Bades (BadS)

Duna: Xziba (I heard you like Moons, so I put a moon around your moon so you can orbit while you orbit.)

Ike: Ikson

Sun (Kerbol): Alternis

Minmus: Spar(ta)

Pol: Grani

Bop: Krakar

Mun (Moved to orbit Eve): Milly

Gilly (Orbits Primar/Kerbin): Goon

Examples of other things (to be further detailed on later)

Kerbals: Primans (insectoid creatures who are trying to conquer space!)

PDD-10 Hitchhiker Storage Container: 4-P Invasion Canister

LV-T30: High Power Small Engine

LV-909: Extreme Efficiency Small Engine

Rockomax "Mainsail": Rockoprime "Conquest" Large Engine

ROckomax "BACC" SRB: Rockoprime "Unorthadox" Solid Fueled Engine

Mk1-2 Command Pod: Large Cockpit

Mk2 Lander Can: Airless Conquest Canister

Edited December 22, 2013 by GregroxMun

[Whirligig Girl]

I have an idea! Make this a whole expansion pack!

Priman Space Conquest

Using the Alternis Kerbol mod, this could be a whole new system instead of a re-hashed old one! The Primar Space Conquest is a program designed to conquer ALL OF SPACE! The parts would have more tactical and militaristic, but still hilarious names and functions. The parts would be darker, and have a more greeble-ish design.

[Spanier]

Just saying:

Kepler-62

[landeTLS]

I love the idea of these planets being in an extra solar system rather than changing the current system. The planets look awesome.

[swiftgates24]

I'd love this being seperate bodies rather than replacing old ones. GP2, anyone?

[NovaSilisko]

Okay - for everyone asking for me to make them a separate solar system, I can't, not without totally rewriting several aspects of the game. Lighting, and solar panels, to name two examples. Adding them on to the existing system is also problematic due to technical reasons, plus it would mean they're sat WAY out in the distance beyond Jool, and so would take years to actually get to...

I do wish I could figure out a way to make it save-specific, however. That way, if you wanted to switch back to the vanilla system you could just switch saves.

[LaydeeDem]

I think you guys are getting a little carried away with your suggestions.

[Greywind]

Using a couple of different copies of KSP would be fine, no need to fret. Anyways, this seems to be coming along well nova; even simple views of the sky from kerbin really sell the idea.

[TheCanadianVendingMachine]

Can I have a unmarked tea pot orbiting between Duna and Kerbin?

[NovaSilisko]

Scaled texture for duna. Not coming out well. Combination of lack of a scaled mesh and textures getting compressed to hell by the loader.

Edit: Close-up to show the problem better

Edit2: I do wish there was a way to replace the atmosphere shader. The default one is always too bright, and can't be scaled independently of the planet without breaking...

Edited December 23, 2013 by NovaSilisko

[NathanKell]

Nova: you could startup at mainmenu but only do the changing during the loading screen between there and spacecenter? By that time you should be able to detect the savegame title (it must be kept somewhere in HighLogic).

Also, have you messed with AtmosphereFromGround in .23? According to test reports the way RSS was changing it doesn't work in .23, and I've been busy enough with MFS I haven't dug yet to find out how it changed. You'd save me a good few hours digging, if you've found how it changed in .23 and let me know.