[WIP][0.90?] PlanetFactory CE

[Kragrathea]

I name a body Joon and when i try to add a texture the name is Joon_color and its not showing up? What should i do the debug logs are not being helpful

Gas giants just use the map view. Make the texture Joon_map.png

[kiwiak]

Lavaworld is very good idea, thought it woudl probably require aditional plugin that woudl overheat vehicle parts on contact.

But it woudl be entarely new concept in KSP, and it woudl add variety. Imagine landing on some small 20m island in completly sorrounded by lava..

Onother thing is how it lava woudl look. Well you can just add some red texture and be okay with it, but it woudl be awesome if lava glowed, bubbles formed etc. Well probably that woudl be to much for ksp engine to handle.

Another thing are volcanos. That probably woudl be much bigger challange for module coding, well volcano is just a terrain formation, but we want volcano that constantly/randomly errupts. Want to fly over it? Well okay, take a risk, maybe it wont errupt.

[KCreator]

Well, ground scatter *might* allow scripted behaviour, random volcano's anyone? I have also sent Krag a fix for stars, allowing them to be separate light sources, solar panels should work too... But Idk how long it would take to implement. I have also mastered oceans, and somewhat mastered Atmo's. I also created a functional lava planet, complete with overheating, and textured lava ocean (The texture is a bit off, as I used default ocean systems for it...).

Maybe Ill write a utility suite for planets to "Speed up" development, without waiting for Atmo/Ocean settings in PF, but that's a bit confusing.

[kiwiak]

Well, ground scatter *might* allow scripted behaviour, random volcano's anyone? I have also sent Krag a fix for stars, allowing them to be separate light sources, solar panels should work too... But Idk how long it would take to implement. I have also mastered oceans, and somewhat mastered Atmo's. I also created a functional lava planet, complete with overheating, and textured lava ocean (The texture is a bit off, as I used default ocean systems for it...).

Maybe Ill write a utility suite for planets to "Speed up" development, without waiting for Atmo/Ocean settings in PF, but that's a bit confusing.

Good work, people like you are what makes this community the best.

Can you post some screenshots of lava planet or maybe some other works?

How about some random levels of lava? Well it woudl really be demanding for player! Flushes and refluxes!

Hoovering about land and looking for some place to land, checking if lava level allows for landing. Or after landing discovering that suddenly lava is getting close! Well this shoudl also has some warning system, informing that in about... 30 seconds terrain woudl be underwater, i meant underlava.

[KCreator]

Here's a screen of my first set of planets, all nicely aligned: The lava pools are green in this, a texture mistake, and I added an Atmosphere to the Minmus class moon since this shot... They are all lit up by "Relsah", my sun. My future goals will be to add PQSCity Easter eggs, modify ground scatter, and finish the "Acid oceans" on a different moon.

Shame I can never release them as they are, hacky test plugin is used, to much copyright code, but I can at least create a few tools for PF planets, waiting for the "official" ocean/atmo editors)

[kiwiak]

Well, one suggestion, make moon, not with large terrain and acid/lava lakes, but with large ocean of lava and small islands!

And is randomly lovering/rising liquid level possible?

[KCreator]

Yea, its possible, Could be as simple as something like: OnUpdate(){ ocean.transform.localscale = Random( 1, 1.2 ); }

if not, I could always parent a new mesh to it... And yea, maybe... Laythe style moon, with lava! Maybe around my systems gas giant... Or maybe as an example PF Planet, with a cfg powered utility function

(When I make one)...

[Mach_XXII]

I have a problem when I try to make a new moon http://imgur.com/a/1UcXV The textures and height map are fine in the tracking station and if im orbiting in a very high orbit and scroll out but if im close or try to land its is a grey ball with DEFAULT on it does anybody now how to fix this

http://imgur.com/a/1UcXV

[Dooz]

Finally figured out how to make terrestial planets now just need to know how to add oceans and my super evil plans can be completed eve works as a nice template for a atmospheric planet installing space engine on my stronger computer now. One more question how to a change the texture of the ground right now its just rockey rockey sand dunes would be nice

While im here

I have a problem when I try to make a new moon http://imgur.com/a/1UcXV The textures and height map are fine in the tracking station and if im orbiting in a very high orbit and scroll out but if im close or try to land its is a grey ball with DEFAULT on it does anybody now how to fix this

http://imgur.com/a/1UcXV

Go to the new moon or orbit it first press control 9 and press Export scaled and tada!

Edited January 19, 2014 by Dooz

[Mach_XXII]

this is the problem im having now after I export the scaled http://imgur.com/a/rhVqW even with the custom texture and height maps

[Dooz]

this is the problem im having now after I export the scaled http://imgur.com/a/rhVqW even with the custom texture and height maps

Huh strange i didn't have that when a exported the scaled

[Kragrathea]

After export you still need to rename the exported files (png and bin) to get rid of the _ on the end. Blah_map_.png to Blah_map.png. Blah_.bin to Blah.bin etc. This is so that an accidental export wont mess up your planets map.

[Dix2lespace]

Je jubile sur tes planètes Sido

[Whirligig Girl]

I really want the DL for that cubeplanet

[Whirligig Girl]

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I'm guessing this wasn't supposed to happen. The second image is the scaled space, the first image is the actual map. EDIT:upon reloading the game, the lander in orbit was put on a suborbital trajectory to Plantar, and the crazy scaled space view became a perfect sphere (albiet still with the crazy spiky terrain. Edited January 19, 2014 by GregroxMun

[Mach_XXII]

I got the cubed moon before krag removed the download. So I had lots of fun sending missions there

[Whirligig Girl]

Eeloo could use a moon. Something... distinctive.

http://i.imgur.com/L9IzafCl.png?1

<system link removed until I can make it more interesting. see below>

Krag

Make it look like cubed Kerbin. Minecraftia!

[The Spacemonkey]

Wait, so Barry's a black hole? because I don't know any other celestial bodies of that size to be able to have 2 stars orbiting it.

[Whirligig Girl]

Wait, so Barry's a black hole? because I don't know any other celestial bodies of that size to be able to have 2 stars orbiting it.

Bsrry's not meant to actually exist at all. It's a gravitational point, not an object. In KSP, though, Barry has to have a small surface, and it has to exist.

[Whirligig Girl]

Now I'm having a problem with Plantar. While trying to give it an atmosphere the game crashed, and now it wont give Plantar a scaled space, it's just invisible.

[Dooz]

Im adding habitial super kerbins all i need is oceans whats the status on oceans? Or should i add some of erins perimeters to my configs?

Also gonna add a brown dwarf

And perhaps a rouge planet

[Mach_XXII]

Krag said you can't use Erin kerbin or laythe because they are to complex

[Dooz]

Krag said you can't use Erin kerbin or laythe because they are to complex

I was fiddling around with configs and i got kerbin to work

Kinda it had a surface atmosphere work just disable to has ocean false i don't know i was using custom height maps

And i was using eve as a template for atmospheric ones

Edited January 20, 2014 by Dooz

[Mach_XXII]

How would I make a gas giant/planet? When I set everything up and make the template Jool and load the game it is just a copy of Jool.

[Dooz]

Is there any way i can apply a Texture to a star Im trying to make a brown dwarf