Post "True Volumetric Clouds Early Access" by "blackrack" from patreon

wzrd

Kerbal weather project interaction? would bring a whole new level to the storms.

Blackrack

This should be fixed on v5 with Deferred installed

Matthias Hagestedt

FOr me now the darkside of the planets is pitch black. no city lights, nothing... landing on dark sides is now impossible... any help?

Blackrack

Hi, you're commenting on a very old release. Go to the post that says "release 4", download the mod from the download link there, and follow the install instructions in that post

Ryland

I'm new to modding KSP, I heard this mod was excellent, but I don't know how to install it. Any help would be greatly appreciated

Blackrack

Everything is deterministic apart from the exact area where lightning hits. No need for seeds

Jukka Muhonen

Does volumetric clouds contain seed? This way we could have same experience with friends when playing multiplayer. It could be time based seed too, that would make sure everyone has same experience.

beargaming546

hey blackrack i installed the mod but the sky is all black

Tenzin Gyatso

I have a weir bug when clouds render over structures and aircrafts :( I run linux version x64

Blackrack

It's normal for visuals to use your GPU at max if you're below your target framerate. Set a framerate or vsync cap if you want to limit it. High GPU usage doesn't cause lag though, maybe you're just getting a low framerate.

Annie Nichols

Hi, my GPU is always at max when I have the clouds running, and it makes my game to have a lot of lag. do you know a way to stop this from happening? although it might not be the clouds, it just started when I instaled it.

Blackrack

Make sure you get the latest version and not this one (get the one that says v4), remove spectra and other visual packs like it

charlie

duna has orange spots in atmosphere and laythe has weird colors on the edge of the day and night

Blackrack

Hi, you can use custom sounds if you want

HyBob

Hello, thanks for your excellent job, but I want to known if is there possible to have a better sound for the thunder?

Blackrack

Probably RSS reborn, I don't know the specifics of rp1 though

Xuanzheng He

Hi Blackrack, I have rp1 installed, which RSS configs should I download?

Blackrack

You install ModuleManager (you probably have it already) then just drag and drop that file into GameData. Btw you're commenting on version 1, make sure you get the latest instead (version 4).

DiMiTri NaNdov

Hey, I really love the mod thanks for making it! I have a 7900 XTX and want to use the heavy config. How do I install it and how do i make sure its activated?

Blackrack

No sure what you mean exactly. 0.2 translates to 51 in RGB. You can mostly copy the config nodes and rename them.

Leslie Yih

Hello, I want to write config. for Kcalbeloh System, a planet pack. But I do not really understand how the KEY and Color work in the cfg file. For example, the color of the cloud on EVE is "color = 0.2,0.2,0.2,1", I do not really know how it desides the color. Can I just copy the config code, and just change the name of the body into Kcalbeloh bodies?

Blackrack

Hi, my mods are focused on the GPU not the CPU

olm

hello, did you somehow solve the problem that the ksp uses only 2 CPU cores&

Blackrack

First of all why are you using the oldest version? (the one your commenting on). This version predates lightning and rain, go to the pinned post for the latest version. Secondly, which RSS configs did you use? I don't maintain those so you'll have to check with their creators if they are configured for rain and lightning correctly (I believe fox's RSS reborn is but it's best if you check directly with them).

Sykie Thompson

Hey Blackrack, the rain and weather stuff shows up as fogginess underneath clouds, no lightning or whatever. I downloaded the Volumetric clouds file and the RSS file. What do I have to do to get the weather, or what may be stopping it from implementing it (Game version, mod compatibility etc) ?

Blackrack

You mean the thin high altitude clouds? Or somethong else? Can you send secreenshots? (Use imgur.com)

Mikołaj Parvi

I see a second cloud config for kerbin with higher clouds. Is it possible to make it primary somehow or just delete the previous to make it work and should i change the weather configs to higher altitude after that?

Blackrack

Can you share a screenshot? There's a few limitations to temporal upscaling and the raymarching method used that result in a few effects like that. I fixed a few of them for next version but some remain. Curious to see which one you mean.

Shiv Mungra

Looking great! My only complaint is the random pixelated "sphere" that appears around me when I enter a storm. Appears to be some form of post processing but I find it odd.

Blackrack

Btw this is the oldest version you might want to use the newest.

Connor O'Donohue

weird thing for me here, ive downloaded the mod and none of the clouds are showing up, just the scatterer mod not even the EVE mod is showing, anyone help ? Edit: Dw i figured it out

Blackrack

Yeah there are some links for RSS configs there.

Uhb0t

Works for rss?

Blackrack

What are you seeing now? (Upload screenshots to imgur.com) and which videos are you referring to? All you have to do is follow the install instructions in the post above.

Metal Gear Boris Official

hello. I just download the mod and it looks beautiful, but i wanted to ask how i could get the thick clouds that are shown off in some videos I've seen about the mod. I did try to read your github guide but i couldn't really understand much

Blackrack

You have the wrong version of Scatterer installed, it is not the one from the download, fix that.

Michael Watson

Here is the folder with the screenshots and the log: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1ZEpgUq2_HyiqZhnjaVFSnRs4x639KZzG?usp=sharing I have parallax 2 installed manually EVE redux without default config option No spectra, AVP etc Also no scaterrer, this time. I've had it installed before. The only scatterer folder in GameData now is the one that came with the unzipped download in GameDate. I dragged the GameData folder into the game root, which overwrote the previous. Have also tried moving individual folders, but same result, I would expect this to be an identical process.

Blackrack

Can you upload some screenshots of what you're seeing and your KSP.log file?

Michael Watson

Hi Blackrack, and anyone else who might have had this problem With a fresh install and few mods, when I add the GameData folder to my games root directory, the atmosphere doesn't load, I can play the game, but the world is black. I deleted the .cfg files from the BoulderCo etc folders In my logs, it doesn't seem like anything is wrong, I can share a google Drive link to anyone who can help. Thanks

Blackrack

Did you figure this out ir it's still not working? Do you see lightning flashes but hear no sound? How far away are you from the lightning when that happens? Do other sounds like engine sounds, rain sounds etc work?

Blackrack

You're commenting on the previous release here, go to the new one for all these features. There is no aurora btw.

Sapiossimo

Hi, Awesome visual. I love it. But some obvious things are missing for my part. I get the clouds, even the big hurricane system and have been flying through many times, but I get no sound effect, no lighting, no rain either. CORRECTION: Alright, I found the rain and lightning but no thunder heard. My aurorae are also completely absent. I have no idea what I did wrong, but I guess I've fucked something up. Are those features the default settings? Do I have to flush then reinstall all my visual modes to activate it?

Sam Grunwell

Hello, Thanks for the reply. I realized i needed to uninstall spectra and it is all working now. Thank you anyway!

Blackrack

Can you send me your KSP.log file after running the game and getting that issue? You will find it in the KSP directory.

Sam Grunwell

Hi, For some reason when i downloaded this mod it removed all the clouds?

Kane Soulbreaker

I figured it out, Thanks.

Blackrack

You can timewarp but it takes a while. If you want them to always be active, open the UI with ctrl+alt+0, find the layer "duna dust storms diffuse" and delete it with the "-" button, then find the layer "duna dust storm big", inside it's settings there is a node called "timesettings" uncheck it and click apply. The big duststorm will now always be active and you can press save if you want this to still be this way on game reload. Now you just have to timewarp a bit until the storm front hits you, you can see where it is on the map view, it should look like this: https://youtu.be/uD4em3XhJsw

Kane Soulbreaker

I probably only saw the small diffuse ones, because all I've seen so far are a general haze in some of the lower elevation areas. Wheras storms like the ones on this reddit post https://www.reddit.com/r/KerbalSpaceProgram/comments/13cayio/bob_cant_escape_the_sand_storm/ are much more distinct, and appear to be darker as well. Is there a way to trigger them on command? or should I just timewarp until one spawns.

Blackrack

Did you see the big sandstorm already or just the small diffuse ones? Anyway to make it thicker increase the density in the cloudtype named "front" in the cloud layer named "duna-duststorm-big". You will have to adjust stepsize as well to avood noise, see here https://github.com/LGhassen/EnvironmentalVisualEnhancements/wiki/Raymarched-cloud-configuration#cloudtypes

Kane Soulbreaker

Is there a way to make the dust clouds on Duna thicker? Like, WAY thicker. I'm trying to recreate the trailer for The Martian in ksp, and I'm tryna get almost 0 visibility

Blackrack

Google drive and make sure to make it public

Saturn Technologies

where should i send it to you as i dont think i can share the log file via Patreon

Saturn Technologies

Sorry for the late response but ill send it to you now

Blackrack

Can you send me your KSP.log file?

Saturn Technologies

For some reason all my clouds are black and my atmosphere is non extistent, is there a fix for this?

brimmla

Ooooh, okay thanks!

Blackrack

Kinda, both small and big dust storms are on a cycle and will disappear for a week or 2 respectively before resuming.

brimmla

Does Duna have seasons or something like that? because once there were dust storms every day or two, but now they just stopped.

Literally what i was looking for. i had been downloading old EVEs and trying to find just this. 13 min reply time on a reply to a 7day old message. Fire. EDIT: Just for anyone else that wanted City lights: i got them to work with the current EVE by just gutting "BoulderCO" and removing anything that wasn't the lights. so its an independant mod now that gives lights, didnt have to worry about pathing or anything. and from the 'cube' file, i just removed the parts involving any place but Kerbin. Side bonus, i can see the dark shadows of these Boss clouds on the darkside too.

Blackrack

You'll have to extract it from the original BoulderCo config. Somewhere in there there is .cfg file with the city lights config you have to copy over, you also have to copy over the textures for the city lights and make sure the paths are correct. The config in question: https://github.com/WazWaz/EnvironmentalVisualEnhancements/releases/download/EVE-1.2.2-1/EnvironmentalVisualEnhancements-Configs-1.2.2.1.zip

where may i obtain this Citylights Config?

SpaceGame

thanks everything works now :)

Blackrack

Delete the 2d clouds, delete old cloud packs like BoulderCo, AVP, spectra etc

SpaceGame

i have the clouds in your mod but also a bunch of 2d clouds, also when i go above 90km my fps goes down to about 8 but below 90km its 100 fps

Blackrack

What do you mean exactly? Scatterer just does atmosphere and water but no clouds

SpaceGame

how do i turn off the clouds in scatterer and astronomer visual pack?

Blackrack

This can happen in stock KSP but is indeed rare, it's caused by temporal reprojection, you can reduce it to fix it but it will reduce performance: https://github.com/LGhassen/EnvironmentalVisualEnhancements/wiki/Temporal-upscaling-and-noise-detiling

Dimitris Kavallieratos

Also, as you can see at the printscreen below, clouds have a black outline when the camera is moving (this is from banana_man yt video, but it is happening in-game when moving tha camera at space center for RSSVE also)..Is there a known workaround for that or a bug to be resolved? https://drive.google.com/file/d/1JAR4Gc6OojCKTQbsN7ApcT0vnQ5sfvvB/view?usp=sharing Sorry for bothering you, I love the mod and I am trying to help also :) I think that in stock KSP this never happens...

Dimitris Kavallieratos

Well...All glitches where gone after reinstalled everything without volumetric clouds and RSSVE config for SVC unfortunately.On stock KSP it works very well, but not with RSS :( Edit: Shadows thing happens again, must be an RSSVE thing I guess. So that is resolved :) Only clouds that are disappearing are a thing I guess. Edit2:Seems that disabling RSSVE clouds' shadows from the misc config file, deactivated the shadows bug fyi.

Dimitris Kavallieratos

Is there an easy way to rollback volumetric clouds mod from RSSEVE?? In order to check...

Blackrack

I've never seen this before, does this go away if you remove volumetric clouds?

Dimitris Kavallieratos

Sure: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1zufgkX5ruN9G6D8tVF-05d1g0NCyA6KI/view?usp=sharing Seems to be camera related, it changes the angle of the shadow depending on the camera view...Also about the RSS bug, clouds do not work a the first launch /simulation and it seems to work after the second one for some reason...Also on the kourou launch center that I am using it works completely randomly...I have to manually enable it most of the time and there is a LOT of popup on the ground (maybe irrelevant but just saying).

Blackrack

There are some configs for RSS, not sure about RSSVE

Dylan ÆsthetischerGrabwandler

Is Volumetric Clouds compatible with RSS/RSSVE ?

Blackrack

In theory yes, that is something I plan to try at some point

Alp Tuna Şahin

Since you're making this, would a volumetric engine smoke mod be possible in the future?

Blackrack

Can you send screenshots of the shadow you're seeing?

Dimitris Kavallieratos

Also there is a huge circular shadow on the ground, I do not know if this is a bug or something

Dimitris Kavallieratos

Just happened! Every gameplay basically it does... KSP Log file : https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1Sqn5FaweeFzSKgfNbp_8fCL1D9QxLzTN?usp=sharing

Blackrack

Not expected no, someone reported a similar issue that happens only with RSS that the clouds sometimes disappear when exiting map view. If you can send me your KSP.log file when it happens it'd help. I should probably test it myself with RSS as well.

Dimitris Kavallieratos

Hello! I am using RSS/RO config from BananaMan ,but sometimes the clouds are disappear and I need to choose them manually through EVE's mod button at the bottom (cloud manager). Is this an expected behaviour? Great work Blackrack :)

NotACardboardBox

Awesome, yeah I'd only be a fan if it didnt replace the normal ground textures. Thanks for the heads up!

Dylan ÆsthetischerGrabwandler

It worked. Thank you so much. You have earned my $5 :)

Blackrack

No worries. So I see you've put the whole "RaymarchedVolumetricsEarlyAccess14_01_23" folder into GameData, inside that folder there is an other GameData folder, the contents of which you need to move to your GameData. So for example instead of having the following structure GameData/RaymarchedVolumetricsEarlyAccess14_01_23/GameData/StockVolumetricClouds, you need to have GameData/StockVolumetricClouds. After you do that it should work.

Dylan ÆsthetischerGrabwandler

I think this Is the new one, thanks for helping me btw: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1umBJyn7mJogbHq09geZS__NH6gVAdoCj/view?usp=sharing

Dylan ÆsthetischerGrabwandler

Yeah hold on

Blackrack

Can you send me the new KSP.log?

Dylan ÆsthetischerGrabwandler

I removed AVP, and downloaded scatterer, eve and Volumetric Clouds and put them in game data. Still no clouds, auroras or city lights. I must be missing something

Blackrack

It's all included in the first link: https://drive.google.com/file/d/10q87aKoOD3qTRYNIo9ElxIfK9aBY9GoF/view?usp=share_link

Dylan ÆsthetischerGrabwandler

Where is the EVE download?

Blackrack

Hey so I just looked and it looks like you didn't install anything? Scatterer and EVE are still on the old versions, the configs are missing and AVP is still installed. Remove AVP, use the scatterer and EVE and StockVolumetricClouds included in the above download, put them in your GameData.

Blackrack

It's normal, I personally don't like how city lights look (just a texture directly overlayed on terrain) so don't include configs for them. Texture managers are useful for cubemaps (which I didn't use here because they run slower the way they are implemented in EVE). And the other features are obsolete and replaced by scatterer and parallax.

NotACardboardBox

When browsing through the EVE config settings, I found a few menus such as atmosphere, city lights, terrain, and texture managers were empty and lacking configs. Is this normal or did I install something wrong?

Dylan ÆsthetischerGrabwandler

I Changed Restricted access, maybe I can share it with you on google drive: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1umBJyn7mJogbHq09geZS__NH6gVAdoCj/view?usp=sharing

Blackrack

You need to change the access restrictions on google drive so that it is accessible to everyone, as it is I can't open the file.

Dylan ÆsthetischerGrabwandler

This might be the wrong link but I copied "KSP Log" on google drive: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1umBJyn7mJogbHq09geZS__NH6gVAdoCj/view?usp=sharing

Blackrack

What's your screen resolution? If you can post your KSP log file I can look into it (it will be in the KSP directory, just upload it to google drive after running the game for a bit).

Dylan ÆsthetischerGrabwandler

I have EVE and this mod downloaded, and no matter what I do the clouds do not show up. I even tried messing around in the config editor, but no clouds. I've tried everything to my knowledge but the clouds still don't show up. Can somebody help?

Blackrack

There are some RSS configs linked above. On my side I will only make configs for the stock system though.

Alp Tuna Şahin

Will this mod have RSS support in the future?

Blackrack

Hey so that's normal but also mainly due to temporal upscaling (which is a performance boost). You can check how to disable/reduce it here but it will become more performance intensive: https://github.com/LGhassen/EnvironmentalVisualEnhancements/wiki/Temporal-upscaling-and-noise-detiling

Lewis West

Hi there, thank you for the beautiful mod! I'm finding the clouds look very pixelated and blocky when flying a ship in low kerbin orbit. I've followed the install instructions but I'm wondering if there's anything I'm missing? I downloaded the standard version since I only have an rtx2060 but I thought that should run it at 1080p.

VoidAnomaly

Does anyone know if Kcalbeloh's planets have volumetric clouds too? It supports EVE but I wasn't sure if it was just the forum build or if this build was also supported

Blackrack

Not that I'm aware of.

Dawid

Are there any JNSQ configs?

Blackrack

They are on, timewarp until you see them appear

Bob Bobingham

saw some cool images on reddit of duna dust storms, how do you enable those, or are they on by default?

Blackrack

You can reduce temporal upscaling to fix it completely but it will become a lot more performance intensive. See here how to do it: https://github.com/LGhassen/EnvironmentalVisualEnhancements/wiki/Temporal-upscaling-and-noise-detiling

Alp Tuna Şahin

the clouds look blocky and there are trails of my craft on the clouds, is there a way to reduce this? or is it just the render quality

Blackrack

It's coming when it's ready (tm)

Alp Tuna Şahin

when is the new update coming? it's been 3 months since this was posted

Blackrack

It happens at set time intervals in predefined parts of the clouds, which makes it look pseudo-random. You just need to timewarp to see it. Keep in mind in the current release it looks more like fog descending from the clouds.

brimmla

Does rain just happen randomly or is there something i need to do to enable it? Or is it just not in the mod?

Blackrack

Here is how to do it: Download the first file. Extract the zip. Merge the GameData from the zip with the GameData in your KSP folder. Delete BoulderCo/Astronomers/Spectra from your GameData folder if you have them. That's it, let me know if this works for you.

Gab

it is looking very cool but y don't really know how to install it and i will appreciate to give us a tutorial about how to install

Doug Tyler

The volumetric clouds look so wonderful! Thank you for making my KSP experience even more aesthetically pleasing :)

Hassan Khan

Never mind, problem resolved.

Hassan Khan

Have been trying to make this work with parallax, parallax textures load but no clouds or atmosphere is present from the volumetric clouds.

OzzyInSpace

Thank you SO much for bringing so much incredible value to our space experience! Can't tell you how much it's appreciated!

Blackrack

Hey so did you use the linux version linked above and not the first download? Anyway send me your KSP.log file.

Manuel

Hi my KSP crashes sometimes and before that everything is black. In the KSP log is this line: [LOG 23:17:43.528] [Scatterer][Debug] Effects unloaded for Kerbin What logs do you need ? Linux Player here. Thanks :-)

Blackrack

Well yeah

Balefire

Is sharing this now illegal?

Blackrack

Can you post your KSP.log file after running the game for a bit? You'll find it in the KSP directory.

Amiable Bat

I've tried using both RSS configs and neither of them seem to work. Whenever I load up the game, there are no clouds. I was wondering if I could get some help with this.

Blackrack

Sadly there is not really a way right now, besides using larger noise tilings but that will make them not look good from the low altitude.

ClarifyGS

How do I make the clouds less cotton-like when really high up in near-space/space with this mod? Absolutely amazing work by the way!

Blackrack

Nope, post your log file, might be a memory issue

Alexolas

I just got this mod today, and uh... Problem. Half the time as I'm launching a rocket from Kerbin, the game just completely crashes, usually at around 32km or 62km above sea level. Is this a common / expected thing with this mod, seeing as it's "early access"? Is there some other mod I might have that is known to cause frequent crashes? Does my cut-down version of AVP where I went through the files and deleted every "OBJECT" with mentioning the names Eve, Kerbin, Duna, and Laythe, likely have something to do with this?

Blackrack

KSP 1 only

Chicken Witch

is the download link for ksp 1 or 2?

Addie

Ok, i fixed it turns out i just needed to drop a config file in there, thanks for all your help ;)

Addie

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1028575351317733447/1092038466923155546/image.png uhmmmmmmmmmmmmm

Blackrack

What is your screen resolution? Try to use the default config but set temporal reprojection to 4x, see here how to do it in-game https://github.com/LGhassen/EnvironmentalVisualEnhancements/wiki/Temporal-upscaling-and-noise-detiling

Addie

hey uhm sooooo whenever i use the stock clouds build alone it shows cloud shadows but not the clouds, if i use the performance heavy version pared with the stock it works (RTX 3050 btw) plz help

Blackrack

There's not a simple way, you have to modify the textures im stockvolumetricclouds/textures/kerbin. You can use the ingame painter but will need to manually add your changes to the 2d texture: https://github.com/LGhassen/EnvironmentalVisualEnhancements/wiki/In-game-Cloud-Painter

DeaFenZiV

Is there a way to turn down how much of kerbin is covered with clouds? They're cool and all but its getting in the way of me planning reentry's and stuff since I cant make out the continents

Gregory Kersh

Wow! Just wow! You've outdone yourself Blackrack

Blackrack

As soon as I can

D S

Now, not just thunderstorms but flowmapped weather? When, sir? When?

Blackrack

Are you on mac/linux and did you use the appropriate build?

Blackrack

1080p should probably be fine

Blackrack

I'm working on flowmaps to add spinning and other effects but it's more complicated than I thought, I might just make them distort over time for now

Sam Carroll

Having an issue where the whole screen is black except for the engine plumes and some stickers, however when traveling above around 6300 meters, the craft becomes visible but the surface and clouds of kerbin are still black.

Alejandro

when you say performance heavy config for 3090 cards is that on 1080p

GeometryCat

Hey, blackrack, anorther question - how will you do the tornados and storms for Jool? Will the clouds spin? or just move very fast?

Blackrack

Did you download the linked mac/linux beta build? If it's the case can you send me your KSP.log file?

eddie s

on mac, the atmosphere loads but i dont see any clouds. help!

Blackrack

Ask your wife what she thinks of these upcoming clouds https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/717082994657067090/1087471829746188478/screenshot2430.png

Kevin Sean Dempsey

Ah. That's unfortunate. Oh, well, new information I didn't know, so thanks! I'm still loving your clouds, though! My wife's getting tired of me pointing them out every time. "Yes, yes, I know you love those clouds."

Blackrack

That's a known Parallax-Waterfall interaction afaik

Kevin Sean Dempsey

Does anyone else notice that rocket exhausts look strange around Minmus? I'm using Waterfall, so that's probably part of it, but the Mun and Kerbin look fine. Minmus seems to cut half of the exhaust off, and the other half has a strange negative alpha look where you can see through the middle like it's not there, but the outside edge distorts light like there is fire there you can't see. I'm at work but I will try to post pictures tonight of what I'm talking about.

Blackrack

I'm not aware of any

Zyberdash

Has anybody made a config for KSRSS?

Ryloth

Mod is running great on my laptop with a 1080 Mobile alongside Parallax and Waterfall. Loved seeing this peep through the clouds unexpectedly. I had forgotten a CommNet station was even located here. https://gyazo.com/5302fbd4e03783a18fa4622e11019da7

Blackrack

Yeah sorry development does take a while and I don't like to rush out half-working versions.

Dewy Frank

was about to cancel, but not now!

Blackrack

Merci :)

D S

I saw somewhere that he's working on THUNDER AND LIGHTNING!

Tom Allain

hows development going? i was just asked if another version is coming - figured i'd ask here :-)

anthony lepagnot

Best KSP2 ;) in french, 5€ mérité magnifique travail ! Tanks you :)

Blackrack

Thank you. This version is fully retrocompatible, so old configs will work exactly as they did before. You can have new volumetrics on a planet and simultaneously have old volumetrics on an other planet.

Yuubari_

First of all an amazing job you have done to make KSP 1 look so amazingly stunning, both with EVE in general and with this newest version! I am just wondering about one thing, is there a way to still get normal eve features on things like planet packs or would it be easiest to simply downgrade to the public version of eve ? Mainly asking if one can keep the configs and beautiful clouds for the stock planets, while having the normal ones for the added ones ? Sorry if that has been asked already 7 times

Blackrack

That is up to OPM/OPMVO maintainers, I have enough on my hands :)

Blackrack

Can you show a screenshot?

The Demon Lord

Can you please make a config for OPM?

Modon55

This looks so awesome. Very good work bro. But I have one question. On Duna, there are large white soft spots (I think they are supposed to represent clouds), which I don't think should be normal. What is the reason for this? They appear after a duststorm.

Blackrack

No AVP configs yet, so you just have to delete the EVE cloud and scatterer configs from the avp folder for now.

Perzyk

I'm impressed. Also, is there any config for AVP compatibility or just how to disable AVP clouds?

Blackrack

That's from Parallax 2, just install the latest version and you're good.

GeometryCat

Hello blackrack, could you please tell me how I can add the bubbles to Eve like in your youtube video?? (thank you)

Blackrack

Yeah that's fog, it's a bit excessive in the current version. If you timewarp a few hours it will disappear and only reappear in a few days.

Sebastien

Hey Blackrack! I have a little question if you allow me. On the picture below, we can see two "types" of clouds : the bright and shiny white clouds (on the right side), and "foggy" more greyish and lighter clouds on the left. I was wondering if that is intended behaviour? Especially the greyish clouds. Thanks! https://ibb.co/WKjWJTM

Blackrack

Yeah you have to make/modify configs. Check the documentation: https://github.com/LGhassen/EnvironmentalVisualEnhancements/wiki

Blackrack

Yeah I don't include them as they are not to my taste and hit the performance too much for what they do. You have to copy the cfg but also the large city lights texture and the 2-3 detail ones.

GrimTrigger

Everything looks great, so thank you for your work! Had a quick question though about city lights. I dont seem to see any on the dark side of Kerbin anymore. I notice a cityLights.cfg under BoulderCo, figured that'd do the trick but no such luck

AloeVera

Hi , is there any way to add the clouds to planet mods ?

Blackrack

You can thank Jonny O Than for that, he did some work on making them compatible :)

Blackrack

You can just delete the clouds and scatterer configs from AVP and leave the rest.

Blackrack

I made it and it still gets me sometimes :)

D S

All this it working with the VR mod even now! Duna dust storm in VR. I'm in heaven!

Crazy_clay 78 YT

when i delete AVP do i have to leave it uninstalled or can i reinstall it afterwards i really like the look of the stars with AVP

Linus Corwin

Dude, this is amazing! I know it sounds silly, but I teared up a little because its so beautiful! Thank you so much for making this!

Blackrack

Can you post it via google drive? Anyway the last gentleman who had this issue had corrupted files, a redownload above fixed it. Otherwise this happens on Mac/Linux, in which case you can download the appropriate version linked above.

Razgriz

Hey, have a similar issue as some of the others above, Kerbin is completely black when loading in. I have no alternate eve configs anymore and have overwritten everything with the mod's gamedata folder. I tried pasting my ksp log to pastebin but it says it's too large :(

Blackrack

Yeah all the volumetric effects you see pictured here (duststorms, laythe volcanic activity) will still be there. Ah I see at first I thought you were showcasing a bug in the transition to orbit, but then I understood it's a comparison.

Kevin Van Dycke

One last dumb question, if i fully remove AVP will i still have environmental stuff like geysers/duststorms etc or do they both rely on eachother for the best effect regarding that? PS. i know the 3rd and 4th pics were a little confusing so i'm doing a better comparison showcase later today

Blackrack

It is working, can you send me your KSP.log file?

Darknewt

is this working with the latest version or parallax 2.0.6. I had the clouds working on my last install but I redid my mods and now my sky is pitch black.

Blackrack

Aw yiss, before it is out of early access, as soon as it is stable enough to be enjoyable imo

Микацю!!

Just a question- will you make graphic enhancement mods for KSP2 once it is fully developed and out of early access?

Gabe ottman

i will seems i grabbed the low re is there a higher res? pls dont feel you need to respond

Blackrack

Still not working, you have to change the permissions on the google drive

Gabe ottman

thinki fixed it dumb mistake didnt put the folders in lol

Blackrack

Can you send your KSP.log file?

Gabe ottman

i cant seem to et the clouds to work but i have scater and Eve workng could the problem be eve redux?

Blackrack

You can just delete the cloud and scatterer configs from AVP, keep the rest

Kevin Van Dycke

will alot be missing without AVP or are there certain CFG's i can keep? thankks for the quickk reply though!

Blackrack

You need to remove AVP to avoid getting a weird mix of new 3d clouds and old 2d ones. The duststorms appear from time to time, they are not raging around Duna all the time. Just timewarp and you'll see them appear.

Kevin Van Dycke

Do i need to remove AVP for the duststorms?

Blackrack

Hey, you have to delete your old cloud configs, the most common ones are boulderco, astronomers and spectra

Juristi

Hi, I was just wondering, how can I get rig of the 2d cloud layer?

Blackrack

That's the Parallax 2 mod, highly recommended

juusi

i feel dumb for asking but how do you get the duna surface to look that rocky?

Blackrack

Hi, which issue are you seeing: not loading at all, black sky, old 2d clouds or something else? If you can post your KSP.log file and a screenshot of what you're seeing I can look into it.

Pedro Loos

Blackrack

Thank you :)

stefotorpedo

As soon as I saw your mod on YT I knew that this is how KSP was meant to be played. People like you are the reason why an 11-year-old game is still one of the most enjoyable gaming experiences out there, and why people are willing to give the benefit of the doubt to its less than stellar successor. TLDR I love your work, keep doing what you're doing.

David Federspiel

Wow, your work here is just stunning. Basically everything I want from KSP2. Thank you! (I can't wait to see what you do with Jool)

Blackrack

You have to remove the KSRSS clou configs for earth, then the stock config but only for Kerbin. Custom configs are needed for the rest.

D S

Just saw the video of the thunderstorms and lightning are being worked on! Wonderful!

Darknewt

not blackrock but are you using krss rescale or stock rescale? just curious cause im trying to get mine to work with krss.

Carni 35

Hey ! I'm playing with rescale 2.5. It work well, but it seems that I'm loosing a little bit of clouds details. Could you tell me what value to tweak to get the same quality as stock size ? Thanks :)

Darknewt

I've seen people using this for KRSS. What do I need for that to work? Installing it like I would for base ksp gives me black clouds. Do I need a special config?

Blackrack

I'm looking into it

Raphael

I'd love for it to work, but even on a fresh install from steam the sky is pitch black... Ryzen 5 2600 Radeon RX 580 Picture: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1B7F6z3LBmCG0PMzhhA2dVA-wlxQxD3jP/view?usp=sharing KSP Log: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1yQ32lEiUBE_DQOvEWvqgmqjX5Xp-vQvb/view?usp=share_link

Blackrack

You have to delete them, it's in the install instructions. The most common ones are bouderco, astronomers and spectra

Dawid

Can i somehow disable old eve clouds?

Blackrack

Passion vs corporate :)

Maelztromz

First thing I've ever bought on Patreon. Beautiful, absolutely worth it!

Daniel Ishwar

This is really nice! Idk how you manage to make it looks so real & high in performance! How come other games don't do this ? (no man's sky , ksp2 , etc)

Gregory Kersh

Wow! Amazing clouds. Great job Blackrack!

Blackrack

In GameData, the most common ones are boulderco, astronomers, spectra

matt

probably a dumb question - for the installation, it says to remove any existing config packs for EVE. Where are these located?

Blackrack

Can you just send the Clouds.cfg as well?

종혁 김

here's my RSS config. It requires PRVE, and need to remove the venus, earth, mars cloud config from PRVE\Configs\EVE_Configs\Clouds.cfg. I tried to make patch config to do it automatically but it's not working. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1EcclqFPL0YuUiTSKWFmPhty8jjc45UGJ/view?usp=share_link

Blackrack

Hey, 1.8 renders the scene completely differently, visual mods made for 1.9+ won't work there. There were big changes to the camera system.

Jakeyboy515

hey, great mod; i used this with 1.12.4 and it worked great; i have a 1.8 modded run and just threw it into the mix(probably not the best idea) and i had this interesting issue. I was just curious if you had seen anything like this before and/or had an idea on what might cause it. What it looks like is that the render distance is really low? im not sure how to describe it. https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/1056108498242506773/1082841088026476544/image.png?width=1201&height=675

Blackrack

I recommend timewarping, they are there you just have to find them. Otherwise you can paint them in-game but it will take some fiddling, see the wiki: https://github.com/LGhassen/EnvironmentalVisualEnhancements/wiki/In-game-Cloud-Painter

Daniel Karásek

Is there some way to get different cloud types, after unzipping I just get 2 layers of quite flat clouds (nothing reminding e.g cumulonimbus) - I suppose I could enable InterpolateCloudHeights and that might help.. But I don't want to fiddle with it too much (If there is some config that would do it for me) Otherwise great work, I spent quite a bit of time watching sunsets over clouds now .. :D

Shadow Tech Tricks

Benn looking everywhere to add volumetric clouds . I bought KSP 2 but KSP1 with this mod in combination with Parallax amongst with others looks better ;) , good job

Blackrack

Hi, you can share your config and I can look at it.

Blackrack

It doesn't, old configs will continue to work as they do now. I recommend uninstalling old configs for the stock system because they conflict withe new ones and give you a weird mix of 2d and 3d.

종혁 김

Hello, I asked about artifact showing in Titan, RSS on ksp forum. I was just wonder if you found something about it.. btw can I share my cutom RSS config? It's perfect except Titan issue.

David

does this include or work with existing planetary texture mods? I know you said uninstall config packs. is that because this includes planet textures? if not do any work with this?

Blackrack

Thank you! Yeah KSP 2 isn't ready for modding, and even if it was I still have things to do here :)

Kevin Sean Dempsey

You've definitely got my patronage as long as you are still supporting KSP1! I was afraid you'd go full KSP2 immediately, which would be sad since it's still so unfinished. You are the REASON I went back to KSP! So far, KSP1, with mods, is FAR SUPERIOR to what we've seen of the new game. Keep up the GREAT work.

Blackrack

Hi, I don't know when yet because I'm still working on it but soon, I just posted that dev video today

TheQueensProduction

hi first of all thank you for this wonderful mods. I have a question do you know when the version of this mods with rain and storms will be released?

Blackrack

It can be but it's not straightforward due to how the game handles solar panels. It's something I have on my list though.

Aebestach Z

Hi blackrack, I have a question while experiencing the duna sandstorm these days, in the current environment the solar panels are not generating less power due to the sand and dust blocking the sun. I would like to ask if this will be implemented in a future version of Volumetric Clouds?

Blackrack

All premade, generated ones just didn't look natural. You can check how the configs work here: https://github.com/LGhassen/EnvironmentalVisualEnhancements/wiki/Raymarched-Clouds-Overview. Regarding planet packs, it is up to the pack maintainers to make configs for them, as the process is quite involved.

Tortle!

Oh, also, without meaning to spam comments, are the clouds in this premade or generated? and a sort of follow up; would the mod have the ability of supporting planet packs such as Outer Planets on release? I can imagine that would be a pain to implement, but I'm curious to hear from the horse's mouth.

Tortle!

I cannot put into words how talented you are. You make KSP leagues more atmospheric then I could've imagined, and this new mod has left my jaw on the floor. Worth every penny, keep up the good work.

Blackrack

That's cool timing :) Yeah I wanted it to be of epic proportions and difficult to miss

Blackrack

Try a fresh install to rule out a conflict first, when the config turns off it usuall means there is an element in the config that couldn't be read correctly

Stuart Strachan

swear i am at fault for this but when i load in with a craft it gets turned off like the config go to blank and i have to reapply it and it wont work im stuck (edit) if you recommend a fresh install i can id say its worth it

Foxx0378

I just wanted to share, the the dust storm the length of the planet? AWESOME. I touched down at my base within about an hour before it hit. That lander was kind of inspired by The Martian, it has a crew entrance in the center going up, but I didn't expect it to be THAT similar to the movie! https://imgur.com/a/prWt7N5

Blackrack

Download the first file. Extract the zip. Merge the GameData from the zip with the GameData in your KSP folder. The second download is optional and is for really powerful GPUs, install instructions are the same. Which part are you having trouble with?

Emaad Awazem

I'm a bit lost with installing this mod, I downloaded the first two files, But I don't know how to set it up as I find the instructions a bit confusing. Is there a video of this being done?

GeometryCat

Hello! Just today downloaded your volumetric clouds mod... Looks really good!

Lucas Pedrosa

Created a Patreon account just for this. Worth It! Fabulous work.

Blackrack

Nothing else, just the right time of day, that's it. Noon/midday especially looks really boring, just like in real-life photography. If in doubt can you share some screenshots? I can check to see if anything is wrong in them.

HanzGetZeLuger

hi just a small question but what else did you use to get those incredible screenshots ? the clouds look great but my game still feels bland. i have parallax instead as well but I'm wondering what would happen if i put Spector or another shader in? overall an incredible mod and def worth the money

Blackrack

Thank you. Rescales are going to look weird because the resolution and configurations included are made for the stock scale. When they are rescaled you get giant uniform patches over large areas. For this reason Bananaman and Jrodrigv both made their own configs for RSS with high resolution cubemaps. It depends on the resolution, rescale 2x might look fine, beyond that I expect things to look quite bad and uniforn with the included configs.

Floretta

Fabulous work on the clouds, they really make KSP special! Small question: is there anything I should take into account when using this with a rescaling mod (like Rescale Continued)?

Blackrack

Thank you. All these issues are caused by temporal upscaling which gives a GPU performance boost but can cause these issues if the framerate is low. You can check how to lowere it here (you can do it directly in-game and compare the results): https://github.com/LGhassen/EnvironmentalVisualEnhancements/wiki/Temporal-upscaling-and-noise-detiling Alternatively and this is even easier, you can just try this config I prototyped for someone with a 3090 since you have a beefed up GPU, it increases some other settings as well so it's very heavy on the performance (just drop in your GameData and replace existing files): https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ljQ56qxIH65wFCIzCRzLQdQEuCgJ9p8R/view Let me know if either of these fix your issue

Sebastien

Hello! First of all, I want to thank you for the tremendous work that you've done to make KSP look better than ever. It's ridiculously beautiful. However, I may have a question ; Clouds can look a bit blurry or noisy (I don't know how to qualify it, I lack vocabulary in english haha). And also, When I look at my rocket and there's cloud behind, I can see some heavy ghosting on the edges on the rocket. Is that known behaviour on your side ? Is there anything I can do to help or to fix it? Here are screenshots : https://ibb.co/fHrjcpz https://ibb.co/r0GxZJS https://ibb.co/c647VG9. Spec : AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT (drivers up to date), Ryzen 5 3600, 32Gb RAM. Playing in 1440p resolution (native), all settings to max (AA included). I also tried TUFX AA (I've heard that stock AA can be bad), but it didn't change anything. PS : I apologize if this issue has already been adressed and answered.

Blackrack

Thank you. The funny thing is that the transition was probably the easiest thing in this whole project to implement, it was done and tweaked like in 15 minutes, but the whole time I was working on this people were asking about it all the time and so worried about the transition :)

Degenatron

Just here to appreciate how smooth the transition is from volumetric clouds to the "flat png clouds" If you don't focus on it, its not noticable at all during a launch

Blackrack

That's temporal upscaling, you can disable/reduce it but you need a powerful GPU https://github.com/LGhassen/EnvironmentalVisualEnhancements/wiki/Temporal-upscaling-and-noise-detiling

etzabo

When I move my camera while my ship is layered on top of the cloud shader buffer, it creates a weird path behind the ship when the camera moves? I'm running more than just EVE and Scatterer. What could be the issue?

Blackrack

Hi, can you upload screenshots and the KSP.log file?

Fabian Atkin

Hi, are there any requirements for this? I've installed eve and the configs like you said to, but now i get black glitchy squares all over the screen

종혁 김

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1FRGSI0-TITlIbUmB-RhU6Djq62qwCQTz/view?usp=share_link image for explanation. in fresnel.png: I got something similar to left sphere, as you can see in screenshot. the right one is the result I want.

종혁 김

Thank you so much for helping me last time! I'm keep playing with your mod, and got some suggestions. 1. I'm using an HDR monitor, and having some color banding issue. it will be awsome if you add HDR support. 2. I'm trying to make a thin haze layer like Earth ozone layer or Titan high alt haze. but it's not working well.. I wanna give a fresnel effect thingy. can you add opacity option to the volumetric cloud? density option is not enough I think. or fresnel effect itself maybe. it will help a lot. 3. I found that Kopernicus ring shows over the atmosphere. can you fix this please?

Leo Wilson

absolutely amazing!

Blackrack

Yeah, when the clouds are really small on screen there are big changes between neighbouring/moving pixels and the temporal upscaling can't resolve that. The only fix is to lower upscaling (doesn't bode well for potatoes). Or to lower the altitude at which the switch is done so you can just see the 2d clouds instead. For temporal upscaling see here: https://github.com/LGhassen/EnvironmentalVisualEnhancements/wiki/Temporal-upscaling-and-noise-detiling

Death Engineering

Well done, sir! Even runs well on my baked potato. :) I have a question, possibly potato-related.. at high altitudes (50-60k or so), the clouds have a visual noise-effect, until I pan the camera and they appear to smooth out. Any thoughts?

Blackrack

Thank you The EVE channel in the Kopernicus discord: https://discord.com/invite/uA69S3zZqf Or the modding channel in the r/ksp discord (can't find the link right now)

Josh Stuart

This looks really great! Is there somewhere we can post our screenshots and get some advice on finetuning quality, etc?

Blackrack

Are you on mac/linux? If you're on windows please provide some screenshots of what you're seeing and your KSP.log file

Trenton Poling

It seems like clouds aren't loading for me, it's just the shadows of the clouds that load in

Yaroslav Popov

This is just so unbelieavably beautiful. Thank you! My first time using Patreon too :)

Blackrack

I don't know what that is, I think you should ask on the Parallax forum thread

Антоан М.

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/821873682191351808/1077265501325103114/image.png ---- This is what i get when i load in the menu and when i enter a save it just loads forever with background sounds and nothing happens

Blackrack

Then you have to install it correctly i guess

Антоан М.

because when i lounched the game for the furst time with parallax it said that there is some problem and i might loose my progess and stuff or it didnt finds kopericus corectlly idk

Blackrack

That's Parallax, why would you delete it?

Антоан М.

How did you made the terrain look like that from the pictures? i had to delete parallax and kopernicus to be able to play.

Blackrack

Using which configs? You neeed to use the alphamode which matches the texture

종혁 김

I'm having trouble with cloudTypeMap. it's not working properly in RSS. If I try in RGBA mode, it goes like I'm using a plain black texture; in alpha map mode, it goes like a white texture is used.

Noah S

only time ive paid for someones patreon and probably the only time i ever will, 100% worth it!!

A3roDrummer

Saying this mod looks good is an understatement, it's more realistic than real life lol, money well spent.

Blackrack

Thank you. Hopefully KSP2 will run better than advertised

Noah

First time being a patron for anybody, money well spent for this mod though! since KSP2's specs are geeked out I might as well turn KSP1 into KSP2

Blackrack

Hey so you are still on OpenGL? How does it even work? Anyway I'm testing an OpenGL version before releasing it, if you want you can test it as well.

Storm Gaming

Only briefly until everything loads in, then it's fine, is your lag constant and not going away?

Storm Gaming

Hello! I'm sure you will remember me BlackRack? Well, turns out it wasn't initially working because I was actually using OpenGL, but somehow it ended up working, this is not suppost to happen I believe. I am enjoying this mod a lot! Tysm for your hard work

DogeScape

anyone else experience lag when moving their camera about in the building select area?

Blackrack

Not sure myself, the configs by banana man require RSSVE textures, the other ones I don't know. If in doubt ask their authors, you should be able to find them on the ksp forum or github using their usernames.

Blackrack

Yeah the main menu is important for setting everything up. I haven't tried it but I'd assume quickstart has an option for increasing the "main menu delay"

deimos_19

I have a question. How do I install the RSS configs?

Tofof

Incompatibility with QuickStart, of all things. Stripped to a minimal reproduction: ClickThroughBlocker, QuickStart, ModuleManager, and the contents of this mod - EVE, Scatterer, and StockVolumetricClouds. Skipping the main menu means that the new fork of EVE complains that it can't find ANY configs, and as a result, no clouds (or any other EVE effects). GameData folder - https://i.imgur.com/2K990wd.png (QuickStart is the only mod inside QuickMods.)

Blackrack

Stepsize settings for the noise https://github.com/LGhassen/EnvironmentalVisualEnhancements/wiki/Raymarched-cloud-configuration#raymarchingsettings

Q_nx

How do I change the distance were it starts being noisy and also its max distance till its 2d

Blackrack

Yep, of course

Neurophin

Hello, thank u for your work!!! Can i use custom skyboxes with this?

deimos_19

I can't wait for Jool clouds! Just flying around in the atmosphere will be so fun.

anthony_sniper

nevermind! i got it working again, it was just that some of my old mods where messing up ksp

anthony_sniper

might be a dumb question, but is there any way to turn off RSS so i can just have the default planets and your visual mod run at the same time?

Blackrack

In which image? If you just use the included files, that's how the scatterer sunflare looks

Blackrack

Thank you!

IsaQuest

Thank you for creating the best visual mods for ksp. I appreciate all the work you put in for this!

You

I truly enjoy the new clouds with this. I was wondering how did you get your sun to look like that?

Lillie W

Dang, i love this.

Dima

Will this work with JNSQ? or has anyone tried it with JNSQ?

Maelstrom

man the clouds are goregeous

Olieb0l

Amazing

Aiden Reid

yooo this is really good! how do i add a 3D layer of clouds?

super spooky

well worth the money thank you

Squeaky

Thank you so much for this!! It's so good!!

Blackrack

Ctrl + alt + 0, find layers kerbin-clouds-1 and 2, uncheck shadowMaterial, apply and save

laje

Is there any way to disable the ground shadows the clouds make?

Blackrack

Upload to imgur, or a short video on youtube would be even better

Matthias Hagestedt

so i found the duna storm but when i zoom in its like disapearing.. where can i send you screenshots of it?

Blackrack

Those spots are dust storms

Alex Janssens

i noticed that at the ksc in the observation centre that if you look at duna it has large spots all over it. this changes if you timewarp. i havent noticed anything else, it is very stable, and absolutely gorgeous

SaturnV

If anyone using linux wants to figure out how to make them work, i found out I got the best results using the lasest proton GE and no launch options. All of my mods worked as well

Blackrack

For RSS you need to use custom configs, some are linked above

Adrien Denèle

Hey ! Sorry maybe a noob at this, but I can't make it work with RSS. Maybe I should install everything without using CKAN at all ?

Blackrack

They are a little bit rare, just timewarp and wait for it

Matthias Hagestedt

hey. i downloaded it and all works but i cant see a duna stom like this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uD4em3XhJsw

Jeremy Harris

This is an amazing mod... thank you :)

Blackrack

It doesn't work on OpenGL at the moment, are you on Mac or Linux?

Storm Gaming

hello! I just got this recently and I am trying to install it but every time it just makes kerbin completely black, I think its conflicting with scatterer, any more detailed install instructions?

Tanner Cook

Loving it so far! Thank you for all your amazing work on the game. Can't wait for the full release!

Kody

Amazing work. I've really enjoyed the last 30 hours of KSP. Volumetric clouds create a lot of beautiful scenes, and makes every re-entry a little unique. Just wanted to say thank you!

Blackrack

Lower temporal upscaling https://github.com/LGhassen/EnvironmentalVisualEnhancements/wiki/Temporal-upscaling-and-noise-detiling

DoubleAplays

The quality of the clouds looks low for me is there any way to improve it

AloeVera

Hi , just wanted to ask if anyone knows if the clouds work with the 10x Kerbol System mod ?

Wernher Kerman

Smoke from engines show through the clouds. (just reporting an issue, not trying to jab at you or anything)

Wernher Kerman

Cool mod

FireStriker

You did an amazing job and i dont think i can ever play KSP with out this now.

Blackrack

Thank you!

Piett

So i've never actually done patreon before, but as a KSP fan who was looking to get back into the game after a long hiatus and seeing this on youtube, i knew i had to throw you a sub. This is professional level work, you deserve to get paid for this. Not only does it look great, it runs great. For KSP, that might as well be a miracle. Keep up the good work, and well done!

Blackrack

Sorry this is a known issue with some GPUs that I wasn't able to solve. Do you want a refund?

Leo Emerton

Hey, the sky is white when using the mod and so is the ocean as it reflects the sky. Also there is a white ring around kerbin on the menu and map

Blackrack

Thank you. You need separate configs for KSRSS, these are up to KSRSS's maintainer (or anyone willing) to provide.

60plusmaker

Hi Blackrack I installed volumetric clouds to stock ksp and it is just brilliant. I'm trying to install it onto my KSRSS modified ksp . Do I install eve and scatterer before volumetric clouds? Do I not install them at all. Do I need to delete any files in KSRSS before installing v clouds? I can't seem to get it to work. I read the install instructions but I must be something wrong. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks again for your wonderful work

Blackrack

Please send me your KSP.log file.

nyx

Hi there! Been loving this, but today I loaded up and no clouds appear even time warping multiple days. I can still see the clouds in map view but in game it is only an atmospheric fog/haze

Blackrack

Hey, thank you, you can post them here or on the github https://github.com/LGhassen/EnvironmentalVisualEnhancements/issues

Tom Allain

Hey Blackrack! not sure how you pulled this off - the only volumetric clouds i know of that you can fly through, and arent just bad smoke puff instances.. is star citizen. great work, and thanks is there a place for feedback, to post any issues in case you aren't aware of them?

gingerninja 70

It looks so good! Great work

deimos_19

in 2022 we got parallax 2.0 and in 2023 we are gonna get this life truly can't be better

Floris van willigenburg

it does work on my stock install so i must be doing something wrong

Floris van willigenburg

love it! i can't seem to get it to work however.. i want to use it in rss and i have downloaded and installed the configs.. the clouds are just not showing up..

Blackrack

Click this link https://drive.google.com/file/d/1u8FouJuZut9bRJrxCk4pqxin3mWf3UTB/view Press download, it takes you to another page, press download anyway

scqw

this is a cool mod but how do i download it??????

Meade

Love your work! Cant wait for full release. Not much interest in the beta, but wanted to throw you some cash anyway. Been following since day 1 in KSP. $4.50 is too cheap! :P Wish the best for you and yours. It has been a hell of a ride.

Blackrack

I'll have to see when ksp 2 comes out to be sure, but I probably will

Robin Greffier

Hey, do you plan on porting this to ksp 2 ?

Blackrack

Extract the downloaded zip file, there will be a GameData folder inside. Move this GameData folder to C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Kerbal Space Program then launch the game

Somie

Hey I am new to the modding scene in KSP and would really appreciate someone walking me through this.. I am not to computer savy.. This looks amazing

Blackrack

Thank you! I'm aware of it, it's mentioned in the little readme file (the one about the harsh terminator) it seems to only be an issue on Kerbin so it shouldn't be that hard to fix I think

computerchemist

This is the first time I ever used Patreon - Blackrack you are worth every penny of this mod and I hope it will be encouragement for you to keep working on it it and maybe do all these extra cool things in it too (particle rain, rainbows, lightning...) One thing that I am not sure about, the night transition when viewed from the ground on Kerbin seems to creep across like black treacle - it doesn't fade nicely like it used to. It feels like it's run out of colours in the palette, or maybe it's something z-fighting me. Have you seen this happen or is it just me?

Blackrack

I don't have something I'm happy with yet, but I've also spent some time fixing issues and looking into adding actual rain particles.

AloeVera

How is it going with Jool ?

Blackrack

Can you post some images? I haven't seen this

Taniel Paju

Has anyone run into a issue with SRB plumes having a massive pink pillar in them? Appeared after i got the new version of EVE/scatterer but I haven't figured out which mod is disliking them. Just asking to make sure that I haven't broken anything on my end :D

nyx

Looks stunning now after deleting AVP, amazing work, big props to helping everyone out here :)

Blackrack

Make sure you delete BoulderCO, AVP, Spectra or any other visual pack

nyx

Very good! I however cannot seem to get my old cloud map to go away in tthe config editor, old cloud image layer is there and this upper atmosphere haze spawns in and out ;-;

Blackrack

Can you send your KSP.log file?

EndAllFilms

really liked it

GrunfWorks

Tried them, love them

Travean I Williams

i dont see the clouds when i load a plane on the runway

TheRegularKerbal

Keep up the best work man, Wish i could support longer but i have trouble about spending money.

Blackrack

I guess you didn't read the included documentation file :p All the doc is here: https://github.com/LGhassen/EnvironmentalVisualEnhancements/wiki Use the links on the side bar

Marissa

This mod looks absolutely amazing. Been screwing around to make configs for KSRSS (2.5x scale) and im loving it. I do have a question, is there a manual / help file for this one so i know what does what in the configs? im trying to do something with jupiter/saturn so that we wont actually see any surface either way, would be helpfull if i knew what did what.

Blackrack

OpenGL is not supported yet, what you can do is run the game through proton or dxvk, alternatively I can refund you.

Lars Bryan

I've got an interesting issue with a clean install of ksp linux 1.12.5 and the 14-Jan release of the early access clouds (2.0.1). When I load in, what I assume are the atmospheric effects all appear as black. Sometimes (when I assume I'm in fog) everything is black, but others, only the sky is black. When I launch, eventually everything goes black, then the sky shows and then the ground starts appearing, with only the horizon staying black. No clouds ever visible. Here are some pics of what I'm seeing. Anything I can configure to fix? https://photos.app.goo.gl/VP3oCmh4MoCVnq9t8

Blackrack

I haven't heard of those being done yet, only RSS

some guy

Anyone know if theres any configs for the ReScale/Sigma Dimensions mods?

Blackrack

A very small and uniform coverage value over a large area. You'll need high res textures with more variety (what's the resolution used here?) Or rescale the noise sizes to get bigger clouds (might look weirdly big after one point).

Banana_Man

Hey Blackrack! Was wondering, why would there be hundreds of tiny clouds (as seen in the photo attached) Is it something to do with the cloudmap? How would I fix this? Thanks! https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/747638768818978878/1066521582790520832/image.png?width=1210&height=681

꧁ Satronex ꧂

cool <3

Blackrack

That's up to OPM/OPMVE maintainer

Santiago Baena

Awesome! Any plans on doing OPM configs for it at some point?

Blackrack

Yep, feel free

Daniel Catalin Musca

Can I put pics on facebook from my KSP using these clouds?

Daniel Catalin Musca

AWESOME! I finally get to try it!!!

Blackrack

I had 8 patrons before releasing this :) very happy with how the mod is received

Tristin Mixon

How much has your income increased since releasing this? because you should be a millionaire

Blackrack

It's definitely something I want to add

POPCAT

will you add lightning? i think it would be fuckin awsome decending into eves atmasphere and having flashes of light going off all around

Torick

Seeing what you've done so far is amazing! Can't wait for the volumetric plumes and smoke trails!!!

Blackrack

Indeed it would, this is pretty complex though so it would have to come later

Blackrack

Feel free to share your configs. For the volcanoes I made 3 cloud types: One at low altitude to middle, one from middle to high, and one high altitude, I then paint the shape around with the painting tool, using the different cloud types. It takes some practice, perhaps I will make a video on it.

ProximaCentauri

Hey! I'm currently making a config for Galaxies Unbound, it'll take time but I already finished 1 planet so far, so I've been wondering if I was allowed to share it. If possible, I'd like to learn how did you make these volcano clouds on laythe, i'm trying to make some but I'm struggling, Anyways here's the link: https://github.com/ProximaCentauri-star/Galaxies-Unbound-EVE-Volumetric/releases/tag/v0.0.1

BetLeader

Just an idea: It would be amazing if some of the volumetric clouds feature would get added to the smoke under the launchpad it would look stunning!

Spacii

Incredible stuff

Saturn Aerospace

Lovely stuff, great quality!

EvanDownton

The work here is absolutely mind blowing. I've always liked supporting modders, even more so when they throw down the gauntlet for the developers lol. Simply incredible work, can't wait to see what you have in store for KSP2!

Opus

Thanks Blackrack for all your work and thanks Banana_Man/Houndz for the RSS configs.

Blackrack

You can of course, as long as you don't have any of my textures in the download. That was quick btw!

Banana_Man

Hey Blackrack! Love these clouds. I've made an RSS config for it, and was wondering if I am allowed to share this with others (specifically making a GitHub for it)? Thanks in advance!! BTW, it would not post the actual mod, only the configs needed for it. You'd still have to come here to download it.

Blackrack

You have to copy my included scatterer, environmentalvisualenhancements and stockvolumetricclouds folders to your gamedata folder inside ksp. That's it really. Where does it ask?

TheReaperOfPCs

Could you specify a bit more on the install process. I tried installing it with a clean install and it's asking for eve cloud, city, shadow files,

Blackrack

Feel free to add images and share it on forum/reddit/discord too

Houndz

I made a RSS EVE config for this mod if you can't wait for a proper one to be made. Also, fabulous mod Blackrack! 1/20 - I updated the configs again. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1wrLlDtizK04zpc8y4ns8IJZ_mELo2L55/view

Blackrack

MSFS clouds blew my mind when it came out. I'm in the same boat :)

Blackrack

Thank you! I would say that configuring OPM is the responsibility of it's creator. Once I finish the stock system I'd rather focus on new features/improvements anyway and let the mod maintainers do their thing.

LowAmplitudeWorlds

You're a goddamn rock star. Any chance of support for the Outer Planets Mod once you've finished the stock system?

Alejandro Pacheco

Clouds are my special place. When I tried the new MS Flight Simulator I spent hours and hours flying in and out of the clouds. Now I can finally do the same in one of my favorite games, thank you so much.

Blackrack

It's in the readme, it will be fixed

Jacob Sell

if possible it would be nice to see the clouds and atmospheric effects darken when a solar eclipse is present

Blackrack

Thank you, I'm looking forward to KSP 2 releasing, to break it down and tinker with it

Ray Jules

This is incredible! Holy shit, the game is on a whole new level. I hope you make mods for ksp2 aswell

some guy

Do you have any plans for integrating this with Kerbal Weather Project? It would be a insane combination. The only feedback I have is rain, implementing sound or visual noise would make it allot better. Right now looks amazing but going through it feels blank. Otherwise, everythings amazing so far.

some guy

Word's can't describe how insane it is that you've managed to do this on a almost 12 year old game. Mind you, this is what was considered good years 9 years ago: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jqXOloUpB4M

theoneGalen

Wow! Looks great ingame

Blackrack

Are you on Mac or Linux by any chance?

Lachlan Thorpe

Forgive me if I am making some error, but I can't seem to get it to work. I can't send screenshots of my gamedata folder here, but I can tell you that it consists of five folders: EnvironmentalVisualEnhancements, Scatterer, Squad, SquadExpansion and StockVolumetricClouds. not sure what I am doing wrong. The whole environment renders black.

Blackrack

Can you send a screenshot of what your UI looks like doing that? You should have a small white round cursor around your mouse when you mouse over where the clouds should be.

Jacob Sell

Blackrack

Hey so uninstall any visual packs like AVP/SVE/Spectra through CKAN. Then go to your KSP install directory, find your GameData folder, copy the contents of the zipped GameData folder into it and it should be good.

Rhyce Comley

if I installed through CKAN, how do I go about this? or have I made this even harder aha - I also sound like a mod rookie because I am aha

Blackrack

So for RSS configs I think you'd have to wait for the RSS/RSSVE maintainers to get to it, I'm not aware of any experimental configs.

Blackrack

Yeah probably just upload them on youtube or another video platform and link them in the github issues section https://github.com/LGhassen/EnvironmentalVisualEnhancements/issues or the forum https://forum.kerbalspaceprogram.com/index.php?/topic/196411-19-112x-eve-redux-performance-enhanced-eve-maintenance-v11171-09092022/page/44/

Austin Prevette

Testing with 4K res and out-of-the-box settings is good, the only problem is that TAA makes things too unsharp and blurry. I have a 3090 Ti/3950x workstation and I can be the guinea pig for max res testing. Would love to test an experimental RSS built if it exists and I would be willing to film a 4K cinematic with it. btw I'm aka InfoTheGamer & my yt is under my real name

sanjosharks39

Trying these out today for a few hours on the newest version uploaded today. Is there somewhere I can post stream clips if I find any issues or bugs?

Rivera

Wish good luck upon my RX580

Blackrack

Thank you!

Tetrino

I'm known as Moose in the forum community, and rarely post. But I have to give you money for this, it's incredible work and I am so very greatful for the amount of time you've sunk over the years bringing this to fruition. Quick edit: My 4090 is going to be at home...

Blackrack

Btw a new version is up, see updated link above. I realized after watching your video that layers are missing on Eve

FiNiTe

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/454043306800840714/1063835118432690326/screenshot891.png 60fps, not bad!!

FiNiTe

My 1660 Super is crying as I'm downloading this

Blackrack

Hope you haven't made any plans :)

Daltones

So far working great on my modded save! The shadows that the clouds leave on the ocean are a great touch. Amazing work

Taldirok

It looks absolutely incredible, and performs incredibly well too, i'm pushing 110+ fps plus on a 2080 in the most demanding cases, thank you so much for this ! Can't wait to see what improvements can be made.

Blackrack

You can start by using your existing textures with the volumetric layer https://github.com/LGhassen/EnvironmentalVisualEnhancements/wiki/Raymarched-Clouds-Overview#coverage-map then adjust the texture with noise or manually painted details with the cloud painter. Afterwards configure elements like rain or fog by mimicking what is done for the included configs

Beetlecat

Hot damn. A free weekend ahead... :D

Xey-Lennon

how would you suggest porting this to a planet mod, i.e ksrss reborn?

linecraftman

Been following development posts like religion so happy to get my hands on it once i wake up EDIT: couldn't sleep just had to try it, holy shit!!! The transition from 2d to 3d clouds is so damn seamless from space!!!!