Alternis Kerbol - Development thread

[The Destroyer]

Nova, give you 3 months and we have asteroid belts, comets, rings, all in an amazing modpack!

-Salute.

[Scotius]

Gentlemen... behold

Nova, you are The MAN!!! A comet over KSC...i think i teared up a bit - in a totally manly way of course Any plans to add a ring to one of the planets?

[Sylandro]

Whelp nova, i guess my planet/moon ideas will be of use!

[NovaSilisko]

Is Kerbin tidally locked to Jool now?

Yes, but there's some libration, it's got a bit of eccentricity and inclination now. As does Jool itself, so interplanetary stuff is a bit different now.

I wonder if you could instantiate new celestialbodies without using PQS... just some static asteroid models used for both local and scaledspace. That + comet tails + procedural orbits using the name of a save as a seed... hmmmmmMMMMMM...

Maybe. Procedural orbits might be a bit much but I think if I could decipher the workings of scaledspace stuff, I could do that. Or really, maybe I don't even need scaledspace, if you could focus on the orbit marker itself.

Edited December 17, 2013 by NovaSilisko

[Gojira]

You are going to change the science reports, right? Also, what were the parts on the Ike probe in the original imgur album?

[ddavis425]

You are going to change the science reports, right? Also, what were the parts on the Ike probe in the original imgur album?

Looks like the batteries from KW Rocketry

[NovaSilisko]

You are going to change the science reports, right? Also, what were the parts on the Ike probe in the original imgur album?

In time, provided I can figure them and biomes out. On the probe, the batteries are KW and the rest is stock.

Here's an overview of the system as it stands. The big grey thing in a long period orbit is Ike, the smaller one in a similar orbit is Gilly. Besides those, outside to in is Eeloo, Dres, Tylo, Jool, Eve, Moho.

[Gojira]

Oh man, I can almost smell it! What does Gilly's tail look like, being a sungrazer and whatnot?

[NovaSilisko]

Oh man, I can almost smell it! What does Gilly's tail look like, being a sungrazer and whatnot?

Same as Ike's. Need to set it up to scale depending on proximity to the sun.

[NathanKell]

I wonder if you could instantiate new celestialbodies without using PQS... just some static asteroid models used for both local and scaledspace. That + comet tails + procedural orbits using the name of a save as a seed... hmmmmmMMMMMM...

Yes. That's true of Jool, for example.

Great stuff btw!

[NovaSilisko]

More comet pics

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[Bartybum]

Oh man, that comet looks sick. Do you plan on making the tail more uneven and more blurry?

[LaydeeDem]

Oh man, that comet looks sick. Do you plan on making the tail more uneven and more blurry?

Nova's comets can look like whatever they want so long as they don't pull an ISON and disappoint everyone by crashing into the sun.

So uh Nova, why is the Sun mesh and texture buried so deep in the game?

[NovaSilisko]

Oh man, that comet looks sick. Do you plan on making the tail more uneven and more blurry?

Well, explain how I might do that and I will

Particles are kind of a no-go given that they hate scaledspace. I could try to inject a shader to the game via plugin but I have no idea how that'd be done, or if it's even possible.

[The Destroyer]

That sunrise is amazing. The sun texture is... perfect!

[Madopow2110]

now for the download......

[NovaSilisko]

now for the download......

In time. There's still a lot of work to be done, and bugs to fix.

Edit: Real-time gif of flying past Gilly at 68 km/s

Edited December 17, 2013 by NovaSilisko

[Scotius]

MWAHAHAHAHAHA! Anyone thought "IMPACTOR!" at the sight? 68 km\s...that will make for one sick explosion

[pizzaoverhead]

Well, explain how I might do that and I will

Particles are kind of a no-go given that they hate scaledspace. I could try to inject a shader to the game via plugin but I have no idea how that'd be done, or if it's even possible.

Have you tried using an animated texture? I've seen it used to great effect in similar circumstances in other games.

I'm guessing that Trail Renderer has similar ScaledSpace difficulties to particle effects, but it might be worth a try.

[wasmic]

So... how does flying past other planets at 68 km/s look like?

[Bekiekutmoar]

Brilliant project ... ! I wonder how much Delta-V it would take to reach orbit from the surface of the new Tylo on steroïds. 11.000-13.000 m/s ... ?

[Gojira]

Brilliant project ... ! I wonder how much Delta-V it would take to reach orbit from the surface of the new Tylo on steroïds. 11.000-13.000 m/s ... ?

And a damn high TWR.

[CoriW]

You know, I have a feeling that once this comes out... I'll never be able to play the stock Kerbol system ever again. On that note, Nova, once this comes out... Please, PLEASE, never stop updating it! I would be so, so very sad.

[LaydeeDem]

Looks amazing Nova! Do you plan on making Gilly more comet-like? Coal black, exaggerated terrain, and what not.

[Mr Shifty]

This is my first post in almost a month. Nice work (unsurprisingly), Nova! I'm looking forward to seeing what becomes of this.