[0.25] TT's SPP MK2 Nose - Pointy front for your Spaceplane!

[Dr. Jet]

I've already found out what was the trouble - see above. Game engine just want some placeholder file before processing texture replacement.

[TouhouTorpedo]

You'll want your folder to load after the Squad folder, so best have the folder in GameData start with a letter after S (or Sq).

@TouhouTorped,

The nose looks great. Don't suppose you'd be able to share the shader settings for it?

Just asked PorkJet about it on IRC, he's alright with the details being posted. The method you need for setting up the shader is as follows:

Select the Material in Unity

Material type is KSP\Bumped Specular (though if you don't have a bump map i suppose KSP\Specular is fine)

Change the "Specular Color" to 196 196 196.

at the top right of the screen is a small padlock, press the button to the right of that, then select the debug option.

Now under Floats>Element 0> the name should be "Shininess", set the number below that to 0.4406686

remember now to press that button next to the padlock again and set it to normal, else you won't be able to export your part.

And that's it! The "main colour" and "Rim fall off" apparently should be left alone and at the Unity default value.

[Lack]

Just asked PorkJet about it on IRC, he's alright with the details being posted. The method you need for setting up the shader is as follows:

*snip*

Ta, I'll give it a go. Edit: Works great.

@ Dr. Jet,

I figured you'd done that step; so is the game fine swapping textures ahead of the Squad folder loading now? That used to cause some problems (hence SXT being named SXT).

Also, 1x1 texture should work fine (at least it does for me).

Edited November 2, 2014 by Lack

[Dr. Jet]

@ Dr. Jet,

I figured you'd done that step; so is the game fine swapping textures ahead of the Squad folder loading now?

My mod is called "ChopShop" and textures swap properly, so alphabetical order is not the case. The only things really needed are a placeholder file and proper URLs.

Also, 1x1 texture should work fine (at least it does for me).

Everything smaller than 64x64 is resized to at least 64x64 on load (usually more)... thus sometimes it look quite weird when used as an actual texture (not a placeholder).

64x64 pure white PNG is 320 bytes only as exported by Unity. Doubt that 1x1 file will be much smaller. But 1x1 is viable, yes.

P.S. I haven't tried texture swapping with normal maps yet. KSP_Bumped_Specular often cause glitches when being fed something not marked as normal map by Unity. Don't know if it's true for placeholders.

P.P.S. Method works even with DDSLoader-processed Squad folder.

Edited November 2, 2014 by Dr. Jet

[Capt. Hunt]

Very nice! And very useful too.

What was that specular values you mentioned?

I'm currently working on some SPP parts too, but the "rear" ones:

http://s4.postimg.org/9bfn7zfu1/screenshot4.jpg

It's Mk2 Tricoupler and Mk2 Quintcoupler. Still without a proper collider though.

BTW, about noses. Both shorter nose and nose with inbuilt air intakes would be welcome.

nice to see some options for the rear, I've been looking for ways to attach more engines to my spaceplane.

[CaptRobau]

A raised version of the Pointy Nose would be great for tail sections.

[Bishop149]

Brilliant, always wondered why that part wasn't in SP+ anyway. . . . seemed like an obvious oversight.

[Voculus]

Brilliant, always wondered why that part wasn't in SP+ anyway. . . . seemed like an obvious oversight.

It was actually in the works, along with several other parts used to terminate fuselage sections, but was put on hold once it was announced Squad would be including SPP, and also changing their shape.

[steve_v]

Cool part, but your archive is screwey:

$ unzip TT_SSP_MK2_Nose-0.2.zip 
Archive:  TT_SSP_MK2_Nose-0.2.zip
 extracting: GameData                
checkdir error:  GameData exists but is not directory
                 unable to process GameData/TouhouTorpedo/.
checkdir error:  GameData exists but is not directory
                 unable to process GameData/TouhouTorpedo/TTSPPnose/.
checkdir error:  GameData exists but is not directory
                 unable to process GameData/TouhouTorpedo/TTSPPnose/Cockpit.png.
checkdir error:  GameData exists but is not directory
                 unable to process GameData/TouhouTorpedo/TTSPPnose/Cockpit_NRM.png.
checkdir error:  GameData exists but is not directory
                 unable to process GameData/TouhouTorpedo/TTSPPnose/model.mu.
checkdir error:  GameData exists but is not directory
                 unable to process GameData/TouhouTorpedo/TTSPPnose/part.cfg.
  inflating: readme.txt

$ 7z x TT_SSP_MK2_Nose-0.2.zip 

7-Zip [64] 9.20  Copyright (c) 1999-2010 Igor Pavlov  2010-11-18
p7zip Version 9.20 (locale=en_NZ.UTF-8,Utf16=on,HugeFiles=on,8 CPUs)

Processing archive: TT_SSP_MK2_Nose-0.2.zip

Extracting  GameData
Extracting  GameData/TouhouTorpedo
Extracting  GameData/TouhouTorpedo/TTSPPnose
can not open output file GameData/TouhouTorpedo/TTSPPnose/Cockpit.png
can not open output file GameData/TouhouTorpedo/TTSPPnose/Cockpit_NRM.png
can not open output file GameData/TouhouTorpedo/TTSPPnose/model.mu
can not open output file GameData/TouhouTorpedo/TTSPPnose/part.cfg
Extracting  readme.txt

Sub items Errors: 4

UnZip 6.00 of 20 April 2009, by Debian. Original by Info-ZIP.

Latest sources and executables are at ftp://ftp.info-zip.org/pub/infozip/ ;
see ftp://ftp.info-zip.org/pub/infozip/UnZip.html for other sites.

Compiled with gcc 4.8.2 for Unix (Linux ELF) on Apr 24 2014.

UnZip special compilation options:
        ACORN_FTYPE_NFS
        COPYRIGHT_CLEAN (PKZIP 0.9x unreducing method not supported)
        SET_DIR_ATTRIB
        SYMLINKS (symbolic links supported, if RTL and file system permit)
        TIMESTAMP
        UNIXBACKUP
        USE_EF_UT_TIME
        USE_UNSHRINK (PKZIP/Zip 1.x unshrinking method supported)
        USE_DEFLATE64 (PKZIP 4.x Deflate64(tm) supported)
        UNICODE_SUPPORT [wide-chars, char coding: UTF-8] (handle UTF-8 paths)
        LARGE_FILE_SUPPORT (large files over 2 GiB supported)
        ZIP64_SUPPORT (archives using Zip64 for large files supported)
        USE_BZIP2 (PKZIP 4.6+, using bzip2 lib version 1.0.6, 6-Sept-2010)
        VMS_TEXT_CONV
        WILD_STOP_AT_DIR
        [decryption, version 2.11 of 05 Jan 2007]

UnZip and ZipInfo environment options:
           UNZIP:  [none]
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Edited November 4, 2014 by steve_v
Add unzip version info

[Bishop149]

- Installs

- Excitedly uses new part

- "Oh THAT'S what people were talking about when they said SQUAD slightly changed the shape of all the Mk2 Parts in 0.25. . . "

Lesson: Excellent Mod but incompatible with KSP 0.24.2 + Spaceplane Plus mod.

Uggg I still don't know why squad had to subtly change all the Spaceplane Plus parts when they integrated them into the core game. Nowt wrong with them the way they were.

[colmo]

The ability to flip cargo bays to use as bomb bays or VTOL engine bays was well worth it.

[Wanderfound]

The ability to flip cargo bays to use as bomb bays or VTOL engine bays was well worth it.

And for other purposes: