NASA does disco!

[bonyetty]

What's with the coloured lights in the ARM update SQUAD and with a NASA stamp of approval? A slider for the intensity of lights I could see a purpose for. Bad taste disco lighting what is the purpose? I can't stop thinking, they have made the coolest game on the planet look tacky. So KSP lovers/fans are the coloured lights in the ARM update a waste of Dev time better spent on other features , bug fixes etc or am I missing something?

Also can't find anything about disco lighting here http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/asteroids/initiative/#.UzKn-Skay0c

Edited March 26, 2014 by bonyetty
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[Tw1]

What's with the coloured lights in the ARM update SQUAD and with a NASA stamp of approval? A slider for the intensity of lights I could see a purpose for. Bad taste disco lighting what is the a purpose? I can't stop think, they have made the coolest game on the planet look tacky. So KSP lovers are the coloured lights in the ARM update a waste of Dev time better spent on other features , bug fixes etc or am I missing something?

Also can't find anything about disco lighting here http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/asteroids/initiative/#.UzKn-Skay0c

You're missing all the awesome potential! If I get time, and these are tweakable in the field, I am so making a "disco" gif using one of my bases.

Plus, it's perfect for warning lights, or green "go" for those who like to roleplay, or generally muck around.

Plus, I'm sure it wasn't that time consuming to make it possible to vary the colour components.

[AlexinTokyo]

I don't know what the devs' purpose was in including the colored lights, but I will be using them to mark port and starboard on my ships to help with docking alignment.

Edited March 26, 2014 by AlexinTokyo
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[bonyetty]

I don't know what the devs' purpose was in including the colored lights, but I will be using them to mark port and starboard on my ships to help with docking alignment.

Nice one. Makes sense. Might use it for this my self. Markers on the ports would be nicer though IMHO.

[Doozler]

... they have made the coolest game on the planet look tacky

The lights are going to be used by exactly the sort of people who use too many animated emoji.

Oh hang on, that's me...

Seriously though, apart from the orientation lights, this will be useful as a quick-n-dirty part painter. I suspect people will go completely nuts with it.

and these are tweakable in the field, I am so making a "disco" gif

Don't think you need tweakables - different coloured lights turned on and off with action groups should do the job!

[timsfitz]

I've been waiting for colored lights. I'm glad they took an hour to put them in.

[kookoo_gr]

My first thoughts when i saw the color tweakable was the marking of large ships. Also they can be used as guide lights (with the use of a probe)

to align the plane with the runway during night time approaches. I believe this addition reduces the need to use mod parts with colors to do the same job.

[Streetwind]

What's with the coloured lights in the ARM update SQUAD and with a NASA stamp of approval?

There are some aspects in .23.5 that have nothing to do with NASA. The improved part connection joints are one example; the colored lights are another.

[Frank_G]

You could dim the the light by simply reducing rgb values equally... Thats how rgb works if i didnt get something wrong in the last 27 years as a graphician. And i will certainly use them as warning- and ready-lights. Nice little addition.

[Anton P. Nym]

I don't think the OP realises how often "coloured lights" crops up in the feature request lists... I like the idea, but will wait until I see them in action before I judge where/when/how/if I'll use them.

-- Steve

[-RanZ-]

colored lights make the game look tacky? lol wow, get real, if you don't like them don't use them. Since when are little green beings in the nasa mission pages also?

[Frank_G]

The option to change the light will also allow for proper station lighting, especially to avoid maxed out brightness when using more than one light. I already like this option.

[ArmchairGravy]

Back off the colored lights, dude! *raises fists*

Now if we could get a blink timer slider, they would be complete.

[MalfunctionM1Ke]

Back off the colored lights, dude! *raises fists*

Now if we could get a blink timer slider, they would be complete.

Stroboscopes?

That would make our SSTO more "realistic"

[Wooks]

Just imagine this thing coloring the night!

Edited March 26, 2014 by Wooks

[Frank_G]

Just imagine this thing colloring the night!

I recently saw your youtube video. Very impressive with the standard lighting already . I imagine Las Kerbas Kasino City rising at the horizon.

[NecroBones]

Just imagine this thing colloring the night!

Nicely done. That will look great with disco lights.

[Doozler]

Ooh, you could set up the lights to change colour for each rocket stage!

With red for the ABORT! ABORT! Stage, obvs.

[vger]

I don't care why they did it. I like having pretty lights on my vessels. I've been using the Nav Lights mod for this very purpose, and added a couple extra parts of my own to allow for the full spectrum.

Kinda also makes up for the fact that we can't paint our hulls whatever color we want (though that'd be a nice thing to have... someday...)

[SpacedCowboy]

I think the colored lights are great! They'll be a lot of fun. However, I don't recall what video it was, but the lights seemed to cast what ever color, but looking at the light itself (lens) appeared to still be white. Did anybody else notice this?

[WillHop]

Ooh, you could set up the lights to change colour for each rocket stage!

With red for the ABORT! ABORT! Stage, obvs.

Can you change the RGB settings through actions groups? If you could that would be amazing!

I'd probably use it to just add some interest to my ships. On a Duna mission, it will be tinted red, a Jool mission green etc

[NecroBones]

Can you change the RGB settings through actions groups? If you could that would be amazing!

Currently no. Scott Manley tried it during his stream last night.

[problemecium]

You don't HAVE to make them tacky oversaturated colors. My plan was just to give them a slight green cast for parts with Kerbals in them and a slight red cast for engines, the way I do with navlights now.

[nithelyth]

Kinda also makes up for the fact that we can't paint our hulls whatever color we want (though that'd be a nice thing to have... someday...)

http://forum.kerbalspaceprogram.com/threads/50008-0-23-KerbPaint-Paint-layering-for-parts-%28September-23rd%29-%28Same-Old-Still-Works%21%29

[CalculusWarrior]

I plan to have a bunch of red lights set to turn on via an action group whenever something important happens. LES firing, The Claw opening, spiraling towards the ground uncontrollably, that sort of thing.