[0.25/0.90] Better Atmospheres [V5 - June 14th, 2014]

[Thesonicgalaxy]

One more minor, personal request you can feel free to ignore: no Great Green Spot on v5 Jool please. Jupiter may have one, and Jool may be the Kerbal analogue, but personally I'd like it to have its own unique features rather than copy too many from our solar system. And none of our other gas giants have one anyway.

P.S. You misspelled "atmospheres" at the end of the video

Doesn't Neptune have one too?

[JeffreyCor]

Doesn't Neptune have one too?

Yes it does, it's called the "Great Dark Spot"

http://solarviews.com/eng/neptune.htm

[TheReaper]

Doesn't Neptune have one too?

really do ignore him, i personely like great dark spots. and thank you for additional config release, what files keep those white stoches on map anyway? if its daytime city files there is a problem, when i delete them kerbin and laythe appears standart EVE , no better atmosphere, fighting with these and similar map problems for a while now, i hope new updates will fix this stuff

[Woopert]

Doesn't Neptune have one too?

It does, but it's often appearing and disappearing IIRC.

[Thesonicgalaxy]

really do ignore him, i personely like great dark spots. and thank you for additional config release, what files keep those white stoches on map anyway? if its daytime city files there is a problem, when i delete them kerbin and laythe appears standart EVE , no better atmosphere, fighting with these and similar map problems for a while now, i hope new updates will fix this stuff

It's trying to load the layer that had the file, so it bugs out. I wouldn't delete the file, just put it back and hit alt + n in the tracking station and remove the layer that has it. Then you can delete the file if you want.

[Thesonicgalaxy]

Here's the final Trailer before release.

Release should hopefully be later today.

[Yargnit]

I'm currently eagerly refreshing the forums in anticipation. Should we use EVE 7.3, or the latest beta version of it with BA v5?

[Thesonicgalaxy]

I'm currently eagerly refreshing the forums in anticipation. Should we use EVE 7.3, or the latest beta version of it with BA v5?

EVE 7.3. I have no clue if it works with the latest beta. I'll check some time.

One bug I'd like to announce is that the rings inclination no longer works, so they may appear a bit dull. However, they are now transparent. Making them much more realistic and way better to look at.

[DasBananenbrot]

Can't wait. This trailer is epic, nice work

[stanz250]

Just finished cleaning out V4 and now there is room for V5! Can't Wait!

EDIT: I just keep hitting the refresh button I can't wait!

Edited June 14, 2014 by stanz250

[yeben01]

About to download now... Looks amazing, but I'm almost completely sure my ghetto AMD Radeon HD 8570 can handle the sheer awesomeness . Quick question, are the new buildings at KSC part of the mod, or are they added in with Kerbtown?

[problemecium]

Liking what I see in the new trailer, especially the new Jool! I didn't see a Spot, so I presume either my suggestion was heard or someone else had already thought of it. Either works for me xD

In other news, today I decided to "finish" v4 with a "bang" of sorts and figure out the functions of as many of the slider bars as I could, and I actually found out how to make the atmosphere glare, clouds, etc. fade away as I approach. Turns out it was the bottom few sliders (RimDistance or some such). So on this topic, is there some kind of official documentation, or are there any plans to make documentation / a user guide, either for this pack specifically or EVE in general (yes I suppose this would be a question to ask in the EVE thread too)?

[Thesonicgalaxy]

Liking what I see in the new trailer, especially the new Jool! I didn't see a Spot, so I presume either my suggestion was heard or someone else had already thought of it. Either works for me xD

In other news, today I decided to "finish" v4 with a "bang" of sorts and figure out the functions of as many of the slider bars as I could, and I actually found out how to make the atmosphere glare, clouds, etc. fade away as I approach. Turns out it was the bottom few sliders (RimDistance or some such). So on this topic, is there some kind of official documentation, or are there any plans to make documentation / a user guide, either for this pack specifically or EVE in general (yes I suppose this would be a question to ask in the EVE thread too)?

Well, there is a spot. More towards the southern pole though. However, the layer for that can actually be removed. So the spot is an option.

Give me a minute guys, gotta hit the save changes to thread button.

[stanz250]

grinding my teeth.......

[Thesonicgalaxy]

GG guys.

Going to finish my sherbert now.

Enjoy.

[stanz250]

What do I do if I have a mac and I cant install the lens flare?

[JeffreyCor]

ohh, see there is a lot more outside requirements not than V4 had... That has me quite reluctant to replace V4 with this. Is the Texture Replacer, Custom Asteroids, and Ingame terraforming tools really required now?

[ebaydan777]

how do we install this. do we install those 4 downloads like eve first and then copy and paste the V5 into gamedata over all those folders, on my mac we cant merge just replace or 'keep new'...what do we do?

also lens flare on mac?

[Thesonicgalaxy]

What do I do if I have a mac and I cant install the lens flare?

...did not know that was going to be an issue. I have no clue. The best you can do is just remove anything about the sun.

ohh, see there is a lot more outside requirements not than V4 had... That has me quite reluctant to replace V4 with this. Is the Texture Replacer, Custom Asteroids, and Ingame terraforming tools really required now?

It depends on what you want. If you don't want the new textures, you don't need TR. If you don't want asteroid rings, don't install Custom Asteroids. If you don't want Rings, don't install IGTT. If you want all of them, then they are all requirements. I am very sorry.

[Thesonicgalaxy]

how do we install this. do we install those 4 downloads like eve first and then copy and paste the V5 into gamedata over all those folders, on my mac we cant merge just replace or 'keep new'...what do we do?

also lens flare on mac?

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Lh5T21T6EcyXq8vbIUG6BWEK-iZuk_Iy2YuYG6NgHcY/pub Here's the install guide from the OP. Just install everything then drag the V5 folders into the GameData folder.

[ebaydan777]

ya i did that, but its asking to either REPLACE the files or KEEP NEW files...not sure if i need to replace whats in there w the v5 folder?

and ya with the mac, remove everything about the sun. Could you let us know where exactly any of those directories would be at?

Edit: its stuck on loading screen with texture replicator...hmm

Edited June 15, 2014 by ebaydan777

[JeffreyCor]

Well will certainly try without all the extra mods and see how it goes. Fingers crossed it will still be an awesome upgrade from V4

[Thesonicgalaxy]

ya i did that, but its asking to either REPLACE the files or KEEP NEW files...not sure if i need to replace whats in there w the v5 folder?

and ya with the mac, remove everything about the sun. Could you let us know where exactly any of those directories would be at?

Yes, Replace.

Just hit ALT+N in the tracking station then go to the sun and click the remove button until everything is gone.

[ebaydan777]

ok so I reinstalled doing the replace method, got through the loading screen on my mac...and before the menu section of the game its stuck on a black screen w the loading bottom right.

[Thesonicgalaxy]

ok so I reinstalled doing the replace method, got through the loading screen on my mac...and before the menu section of the game its stuck on a black screen w the loading bottom right.

Are you possibly crashing? I don't have a mac, so I can't test BAv5 on one.