[0.23] Alternis Kerbol - Release thread - [v0.1, Jan. 3] (development halted)

[Spartan125]

I barely notice the red hue at all.

[planeguy868]

Reminds me of Polyphemus from Avatar...

Niiiiiiceeeeeeeee.

[Mortis]

Is that amazing cyan texture from a separate mod, or did Winston make it specifically for this one, and if that is the case, would it be possible to use that texture without the rest of the mods changes?

[TimMartland]

Someone try crossing this and KMP. Remember to give us all warning and time to take cover so we can watch the buggy fireworks.

[ElJugador]

I've installed this mod. I fired up the game, and when I checked, Eve remained the same. So did Gilly and Ike. The orbits changed. Physical features didn't. Bug? I checked in map mode. Might have been some artifact of that, but I didn't see any comet tails either. Any idea what's going on?

*Also, Dres and Vall and Moho and Eeloo don't have new textures, but I think that's because they're not done yet. Pol and Bop because they aren't intended to be changed.*

[RocketscientistV]

The comets need to be close to the sun to have tails, eve has not been touched yet and neither have some other planets.

[aftokinito]

Someone try crossing this and KMP. Remember to give us all warning and time to take cover so we can watch the buggy fireworks.

Alternis kerbol works perfectly fine on KMP since KMP does not have any code directly referencing any specific planet.

[NovaSilisko]

Going to at some point release a specific branch of the Visual Enhancements mod (or just a CFG/textures for the existing mod) for Alternis, with specific configs and textures for it.

[ElJugador]

Protractor works fine with this, except the entries for Mun and Minmus are repeated.

Also, Nova, if you could change our real solar system, what would you do with it?

[team.leit]

Protractor works fine with this, except the entries for Mun and Minmus are repeated.

Also, Nova, if you could change our real solar system, what would you do with it?

I agree, what would you do with our solar system?

[myoko1973]

Amazing mod Nova one of my all time favorite mods for kerbal.

Was wondering has anyone tried this with kebal alarm clock? Does it mess with the burn windows to other places or is that something not affected by this.

Keep up the great work Nova. I look forward to tweeks and improvements.

[NovaSilisko]

Alright after considerable nagging encouragement I'm making a CFG option to pop bop in Kerbin orbit and shrink it down to a glorified boulder, for those of you that want something nearby to Kerbin to land on. For those that (like me) will yell about how such a configuration would only be stable for a few years at best, it can be kept off. I do like being able to have a CFG for settings now, lets everyone have the best of both worlds.

[Dante80]

btw, that RT2sat from the picture above looks incredible man, good job! Is that a kommit_nucleonics engine there?

[NovaSilisko]

btw, that RT2sat from the picture above looks incredible man, good job! Is that a kommit_nucleonics engine there?

Nah, it's the Vesta engine from KW. The sats have their upper stage integrated, also functions for orbit trims.

[MarcRan17]

I noticed it was partially mentioned earlier, but I don't suppose you ever plan on making the Light Changes, the redesigned system, and/or the comets all separate features? I really REALLY like the lighting changes, they're simply wonderful. And I love the comets too. That was something I never thought would ever be practical in KSP. And the retextures/new terrain on the planets is phenomenal. I particularly love the new Duna, and The new Tylo. As well, Jool's new coloring is really nice. I always found the stock green to be just a tad too vibrant. But all this said, there's something to be said for the stock solar system. If there was a way to add new planets, similarly to Krag's planet factory, with these awesome retextures and terrain upgrades, with new names, new orbits and new characteristics, leaving the stock system mostly intact, that'd be awesome. Or maybe once interstellar travel is implemented. But I'm rambling. What I'm saying is that I really love this mod, but for now I'd like to keep the default solar system. I'd really like it if I could have the stock system with that lighting though, and if comets could somehow be added that'd be great! All in all, I think this is absolutely fantastic work! Keep it up!

[Icabob4]

I go to the launchpad from the VAB, but I go to where the original Kerbin would be if I try to go to the runway.

[AlternNocturn]

Alright after considerable nagging encouragement I'm making a CFG option to pop bop in Kerbin orbit and shrink it down to a glorified boulder, for those of you that want something nearby to Kerbin to land on. For those that (like me) will yell about how such a configuration would only be stable for a few years at best, it can be kept off. I do like being able to have a CFG for settings now, lets everyone have the best of both worlds.

Could always just pretend it's only recently been captured in orbit around Kerbin and will only have a few (>5 years) years until it either crashes into Kerbin, crashes into Jool, or gets flung away into interplanetary space. Of course it won't actually do that, but I doubt anyone's saves are over 5 years long, so you can handwave it.

[metaphor]

Could always just pretend it's only recently been captured in orbit around Kerbin and will only have a few (>5 years) years until it either crashes into Kerbin, crashes into Jool, or gets flung away into interplanetary space. Of course it won't actually do that, but I doubt anyone's saves are over 5 years long, so you can handwave it.

A Bop orbiting Kerbin would probably be the least of the physical problems of this system. The Mun would probably get flung away from Jool within days, like Vall in

.

[NovaSilisko]

A Bop orbiting Kerbin would probably be the least of the physical problems of this system. The Mun would probably get flung away from Jool within days, like Vall in

.

Yeah the problem is Jool's moons are the equivelent of if Earth was orbiting Neptune... that, and the biggest moons are sort of in an imperfect laplace resonance. IIRC Tylo's longitude of ascending node is off by 180 degrees or something, so there's a massive gravitational kick on stuff that would quickly help destabilize everything. I would be interested in seeing this same simulation run for Alternis though...

[montyben101]

Great plugin but are you meant to see the comet trails from map view? also when are you able to see them from kerbin orbit?

Edited December 29, 2013 by montyben101

[Ackerfe]

It's tidally locked, so I'm pretty sure geosync is an impossibility.

So... could you suggest me a way to get a working RT network on kerbin? It's basically the first time i use it and i don't know anyother method except the geosync one. Anyway except from that i'm really enjoying the mod, best looking sunset

[whaaw]

hi,

i have the problem that my aircraft starts somewhere in space.

is a fix out yet for this probem?

[Dante80]

So... could you suggest me a way to get a working RT network on kerbin? It's basically the first time i use it and i don't know anyother method except the geosync one. Anyway except from that i'm really enjoying the mod, best looking sunset

You don't really need to have a KSO network for RT to work well. Go for a lower orbit (for example, 800km) and have a cluster of satellites that have the same orbital period and a low eccentricity.

[metaphor]

So... could you suggest me a way to get a working RT network on kerbin? It's basically the first time i use it and i don't know anyother method except the geosync one. Anyway except from that i'm really enjoying the mod, best looking sunset

Put 3 satellites into any circular orbit above 1,000 km or so, 120 degrees apart. They will cover the entire equatorial area of Kerbin.

Nova: Another possibility for Bop is putting it into the L4/L5 of Kerbin (same orbit but 60 degrees ahead of/behind it), it would be an interesting target to go to and it has analogues in the real Solar System (trojan moons).

[AlienGrandMaster]

^ I too would like to see a config for the sun's color. Nice to here you can also regular system with this mod enabled.