[0.23.5] KerbQuake 1.21 - Reactive Camera Shakes while IVA [5/4/14]

[Sir Haxington]

KerbQuake 1.21

Immersive IVA / FPS Reactive Camera

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Hey all, if you're like me you probably have hundreds of hours in KSP logged and you keep trying new things to make the game interesting. I got hooked on Mihara's Raster Prop Monitor mod and flying IVA, but something was missing. The universe felt a little dead... a little static. So, I put on my Unity hat and threw together KerbQuake, which adds camera shake for various events while in IVA mode.

Let me know of any bugs you find (I'm sure there will be edge cases that look weird) or if there are other mods you want me to support. Feedback is appreciated. Let me know if things don't shake like you'd expect, or shakes are missing, in the wrong places, are too strong, not strong enough etc.

--- 1.21 Features ---

Engine Shakes:

• The combined engines total thrust will shake the cam accordingly. Throttle up the mainsails!
  
• (NEW) SRBs shake 2.5x more than their liquid fuel brethren.
  
• (NEW) Jet engines shake reduced to nearly zero for smoother space plane rides.
  
• (NEW) Max engine shake reduced slightly for easier button pressing.
  

Atmospheric Shakes:

• The more dense the atmosphere and the faster you move through it the more it'll shake.
  
• Hitting terminal velocity will exaggerate the shake.
  
• Re-entry FX will REALLY exaggerate the shake.
  
• (NEW) Re-entry exits are smoother now.
  
• (NEW) Overall effect of atmospheric shake reduced for better space plane flights.
  

Landing & Collision Shakes:

• Landing shake will depend on how hard you land and shakes when each part touches the ground / water.
  
• Nearby collisions (parts popping off you ship on rough landings) will shake the cam hard.
  

Decouplers & Launch Clamps

• Decouplers total ejection force will shake accordingly.
  
• Launch clamps will shake when released but won't be seen on larger take-offs.
  

Docking

• The cam will shake on successful docking, giving you visual feedback for IVA docking!
  

Parachutes

• Parachutes will add to the atmospheric shake while semi-deployed.
  
• Parachutes will dampen the atmospheric shake while fully deployed.
  
• Chutes will give a healthy shake when they go from semi-deployed to fully deployed.
  
• RealChutes supported.
  

Rovers

• Wheeled vehicles will shake while moving over terrain.
  
• (NEW) Fix for landing gear shakes, space planes shake on take off / landings now.
  
• (NEW) Overall shake increased, especially outside of the Space Center.
  

(NEW) EVA (first person)

• Support for shakes in first person EVA using the "Through the Eyes of a Kerbal" mod.
  
• Shakes for RCS use.
  
• Shakes for ladder grabs.
  
• Shakes for landings and rough landings (ragdolls) based on impact speed.
  
• Shakes for footsteps on low-G worlds.
  
• Early / basic support for the FirstPersonEVA mod.
  

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Edited May 4, 2014 by Sir Haxington

[Helix935]

Yay finally someone made camera shake for the IVA. I thank you for your work sir and i am downloading now

[NathanKell]

Interesting! Is shaking based off gross thrust or TWR, for thrust?

Do you support RealChutes in terms of chutes?

(Also, you probably should append the license that's in your source to the OP.)

[CalculusWarrior]

This looks really neat! Definitely giving it a shot!

[Sir Haxington]

Thanks, license updated and added.

As for RealChutes, I haven't used them, but adding support for them I imagine would be pretty easy. I'll add that to the list + better shakes for wheeled things.

EDIT: As for thrust, I use the finalThrust total for all operational engines, so whatever thrust they are giving at that time is how much they scale the shake. I do limit it as not to go too crazy, the new NASA parts or a few mainsails on full throttle hit the cap.

Edited April 25, 2014 by Sir Haxington

[HoneyFox]

I guess you can also implement some sort of camera swaying/shaking effect even when in external view if the rocket/aircraft is in atmosphere and is flying fast/having big thrust... (like in some of those air-combat related games)

[tygoo7]

This is really cool. I have always wanted a camera shake like the AMSO mod in Orbiter.

[nothke]

Did you just listen to my rant on modders irc?? xD This is something I was requesting for a long time. Lots of people told me it wont work cause of scale differences between internal and external models.

But don't stop here!!!

You should make the camera react with g-forces more than just shakes on certain events. Like a camera on a spring and damper, like it's usually done in racing simulations.

Also, take a look at EZdok plugin for FSX, it's the most realistic head shake ever done for a game. It basically has a few layers of noise with filters + g-forces. It's just incredible what kind of immersion it gives to the player. This is something that was missing from KSP all the time.

[NathanKell]

Well, since ferram4's Eotena is pushing a good 20-30 thousand tons at 1.2TWR, it's very good you clamp it, but it means any rocket larger than, say, Titan 2 will have the same amount of shake (remember that some of us play real-scale, so 40MN thrust is merely a Saturn V-level heavy lifter).

[Zeroignite]

Downloading so hard. Time for more dramatic reentry!

[Thesonicgalaxy]

This.

I love you.

[Sir Haxington]

Just added RealChute support. Those chutes tend to open slowly over a few seconds (whereas the stock shutes "pop" open) so I skipped the hard shake on open, but having them deployed / predeployed will affect the atmospheric shake like stock chutes.

Also, I added support for rovers / wheeled vehicles. So you get some bump while driving over terrain. Should make IVA Mun missions a little more exciting.

[Hurry- Starfish!]

Is there any way to configure this?

[Sir Haxington]

Is there any way to configure this?

Not yet... I'll probably add customization on a later release once features get settled a bit.

[BudgetHedgehog]

10 points to Sir Haxington! Excellent stuff, it's incredible how much it bumps up the immersion! Amazing stuff, it's immediately now one of the first mods I'll install on a new update, along with KAC and KER etc.

[pingopete]

Awesome, I'm thinking, through clouds, and at max Q would be cool too, but great job!

[skbernard]

can someone up a video of this?

[BudgetHedgehog]

can someone up a video of this?

Uploading now, hang on for 40 odd minutes....

[skbernard]

Uploading now, hang on for 40 odd minutes....

dialup????

[BudgetHedgehog]

dialup????

Countryside.

[skbernard]

ah, well i appreciate the effort

[BudgetHedgehog]

And off we go!

(Just so you all know, I don't really do Youtube. Sorry if something's not right E: hooray, thumbnail!)

Edited April 25, 2014 by ObsessedWithKSP

[kiwiak]

Do you plan to add some sounds too?

[BahamutoD]

I think SRBs tend to shake more then liquid rockets. Maybe that could get worked in too?

[Tom K.]

Yes!

My subconscious prayers have been answered!