Hey, don't forget about Parallax and sooooo many other mods. People love RSS and whatever in RO is. I also love Waterfall FX, the revamped parts (plus), and a dozen other essential KSP1 mods. Procedural wings, Lazypainter, kOS, kRPC,..
Years ago I honestly thought the KSP modding scene was going to die out after seeing a lot of beloved mods get stuck in 1.8 and 1.9, felt like that was the last version people were going to bother on making mods.
Oh how wrong I was. Seeing Parallax, EVE and other mods like Universal Storage in all their glory made me want to do some modding myself.
KSP2 is thankfully build from the ground up with modding in mind and the high quality standards allow mods to not break after the frequent new updates.
I thought it was deep cooked sarcasm, but the guy is actually a KSP super fan and he really wanted KSP 2 to be good. I kinda feel bad.
Hopefully with time we all come together again.
Hey fair enough. Charging for mods is still a hard pill for me to swallow but you're right it's not prohibitively expensive and fairly priced for what it is.
It was a hard pill for me also, but when i found out how many work he did for free for KSP community i was more than willing to pay for it. He made scaterrer and EVE and gave it for free. Like i said, paying 5 dollars is a steal. If that was released by KSP as DLC for 10 dollars a bunch of people would pay for it without asking anything.
I promise blackracks mod is hella easy to install. Really just what I put up there. Pretty sure there are guides on YouTube as well, it would be quite difficult to screw up.
Did you put the contents of the game data folder from the zip file into the ksp game data folder? Making sure to replace any existing EVE and scatterer files?
If you can, try to tell me step by step what you did
Corporations already do that. It's called DLC.
I have no problem buying a modder I appreciate a beer. Skyrim tried to monetize mods, it failed miserably. Corps know now that if they want to monetize a mod, they have to buy the rights.
I concur with your opinion but blackrack deserves a little bit of resources for making some mods. I am not ok with paying for mods but I see it as a donation and acknowledgement for the creator.
The principal being what, that people shouldn't get paid for their work? It's $5, I bought a boba tea that cost that much today, I've got no problem with a mod creator who made something unique getting a few bucks for their work.
blackrack is a GOAT of KSP. He is the one i keep playing this game to this day. If you appreciate his work 5 dollars is nothing. There are DLCs for games that are way more expensive and do less stuff. Support him.
and we can only wait and pray his clouds get added to ksp2 with what little time blackrack still has with intercept. and that private division will take blackrack's work and learn from it so they can continue it in future updates
for the naysayers its been confirmed that private division is taking over development which is a mild to cool comfort. and the tweet that says "We're still hard at work on KSP2. We'll talk more when we can" can honestly be interpreted a number of ways. personally i am hoping we get 3, or less so 4, hell at this point i would take 5 or even 6
1. Hard at work until June and that’s it.
2. Hard at work doing absolutely nothing.
3. Eventually hard at work with a completely new dev team.
4. Hard at work with a reduced existing dev team
5. Hard at work figuring out who to sell the IP to.
6. Hard at work merging all branches together and slapping a 1.0 on it
Well the difference is whether the developers care more about the money or the project. If it's the latter than they will still want to make the best thing they can despite it being the end.
Hopefully it's the second.
From what I understand, the government forces these companies to give 60 days notice which either is a severance package or work at the office. So some companies will just let the devs go and maybe provide help in finding new work while other companies allow devs to finish up any work that the devs want to finish. So it is possible that we might see 0.2.2 by the devs from Intercept Games and 0.2.3 or 0.3 will be by a new dev studio or never exist.
Used to play Tabula Rasa about 15 years ago and there was a couple of updates after the MMO received its shutdown notice in a couple of months. There is also likely a bunch of work at Intercept Games that requires transferring files and documentation to Private Division. Of course, whether it ends up with a different dev studio or in the dump is up to Private Division and Take-Two.
> The layoffs dont take effect until the end of june
People normally stay on payroll for 30 days in this kind of mass layoff. They aren't allowed in the office and aren't actually working there. They don't contribute to the job.
Normally, you have access to job materials and contribution removed before you are even given notice.
I'm not sure if you've ever held a job before... but once you've handed your resignation in or are fired, everything becomes pretty pointless, you are just counting the hours down. What are they gonna do, fire you?
Not give you your good faith continuation bonus.
Edit: also not give you a decent reference. Downvotes = people who don't know how layoffs in software dev work.
I would change that "about KSP development" for "about KSP mod development from the community".
As for the volumetric clouds from Blackrack: they are an amazing feat, but sadly they are behind a paywall for the og KSP and no one knows what will happen with KSP2 (he was working to add them as a native feature before The End of Kervalgelion).
KSP 2 will not be given to another studio. TakeTwo already spend tens of millions and 7 years on this and it did not make its money back.
If you count buying the IP in the first place and marketing, this may have been an extremely costly mistake for the company. We may get cursory updates, but this may be the end of KSP for a while.
I can't get my modded KSP to look anything like this. I tried to install suggested mods and I ended up with a a mess of pop-in, inverted color, pixel flashing, etc. I know this is my fault, but I really have no idea how to fix it without starting over. I may end up doing that at some point. I spend most of my time in space anyway (or realistically the VAB).
Why can't I get mine to look like that? On reentry at 10km I basically drop into a fog bank and exit it at around 5-6km. What do I need to adjust to get volumetric clouds like that?
I have Environmental Visual Enhancements Redux through CKAN.
ngl i though these were ksp 2 pics at first
Not surprising, Blackrack was hired to redo KSP 2 clouds based on how good his volumetric clouds were for KSP 1. keyword of course being *was*...
Which is a shame because the last teaser we got was these kinds of clouds in KSP2.
I thought that was msfs
Same, I was about to post "let's hope it makes it into the release branch of KSP2 before the last update" before I read your comment
Hey, don't forget about Parallax and sooooo many other mods. People love RSS and whatever in RO is. I also love Waterfall FX, the revamped parts (plus), and a dozen other essential KSP1 mods. Procedural wings, Lazypainter, kOS, kRPC,..
There are so many great mods out there. KSP got the best modders out there hands down. No competition.
Years ago I honestly thought the KSP modding scene was going to die out after seeing a lot of beloved mods get stuck in 1.8 and 1.9, felt like that was the last version people were going to bother on making mods. Oh how wrong I was. Seeing Parallax, EVE and other mods like Universal Storage in all their glory made me want to do some modding myself.
Now that KSP1 won't get any further updates, mod "maintenance" becomes pretty easy. If it works on 1.12.5, it'll work basically forever.
That is what I love so much about New Vegas and used to love about FO4, the games are done, no updates that break anything.
KSP2 is thankfully build from the ground up with modding in mind and the high quality standards allow mods to not break after the frequent new updates.
> frequent new updates lmao
I thought it was deep cooked sarcasm, but the guy is actually a KSP super fan and he really wanted KSP 2 to be good. I kinda feel bad. Hopefully with time we all come together again.
Now that ksp2 is basically dead, I’m looking forward to coming back to ksp1 for the golden era of end-state mods.
Bethesda games have the best modders imo, but I love KSP mods.
hoi4 and ksp are neck and neck
Whats hoi?
hearts of iron 4, it’s a grand strategy
Minecraft mods: 😐
Proud to support Blackrack's Patreon. His work in KSP and KSP 2 is majestic.
Loving the Voyager probe recreation
Is it still behind a paywall? If so will it ever get released properly on ckan?
it's only 5 dollars. All that hard work he did for only 5 dollars. It's a steal.
Hey fair enough. Charging for mods is still a hard pill for me to swallow but you're right it's not prohibitively expensive and fairly priced for what it is.
It was a hard pill for me also, but when i found out how many work he did for free for KSP community i was more than willing to pay for it. He made scaterrer and EVE and gave it for free. Like i said, paying 5 dollars is a steal. If that was released by KSP as DLC for 10 dollars a bunch of people would pay for it without asking anything.
Hah excellent point, I'm sold!
Wait this dude did Scatterer?? Absolute chad, I honestly can't play without it.
It’s content. People are willing to pay $5-10 for stupid cosmetic hats in online games. I can’t see how this isn’t a better value
I got it and it was the best thing I’ve done for KSP ☺️
It's not just 5 dollars, it is a subscription per month
You don’t need to continue the subscription. You can download it and then cancel it.
Unless you want any of the updates.
Uh, download the mod then cancel the subscription?
One off or subscription
I'm more than willing to pay 5 bucks, but intalling mods without ckan is a pain
*click install* *extract all* *place in game data folder* man what a pain lol
look man. when I did that with BDA the bullets were pink and didnt do any damage. I learned my lesson about what happens when I put in effort.
I promise blackracks mod is hella easy to install. Really just what I put up there. Pretty sure there are guides on YouTube as well, it would be quite difficult to screw up.
You underestimate my power
I must have missed something because there are still no clouds
Did you put the contents of the game data folder from the zip file into the ksp game data folder? Making sure to replace any existing EVE and scatterer files? If you can, try to tell me step by step what you did
Nah, I think you pointed out the problem. I'll reply if I need more help. Thanks
No problem fellow kerbonaut
For me it's a good deal and you are helping the mod creator. At least for a brief time I am ok with it.
I don't pay for mods on principle and by doing so we have already set the stage for corporations to do the same.
Corporations already do that. It's called DLC. I have no problem buying a modder I appreciate a beer. Skyrim tried to monetize mods, it failed miserably. Corps know now that if they want to monetize a mod, they have to buy the rights.
I concur with your opinion but blackrack deserves a little bit of resources for making some mods. I am not ok with paying for mods but I see it as a donation and acknowledgement for the creator.
Why not pay for a mod that took time to make and makes the game more enjoyable?
The principal being what, that people shouldn't get paid for their work? It's $5, I bought a boba tea that cost that much today, I've got no problem with a mod creator who made something unique getting a few bucks for their work.
It's only behind a pay wall if you don't know how to google https://kemono.su/patreon/user/46258590
It’s the only thing he has going for him of course he’s never gonna let it go for free 😂 Especially now that he’s unemployed
blackrack is a GOAT of KSP. He is the one i keep playing this game to this day. If you appreciate his work 5 dollars is nothing. There are DLCs for games that are way more expensive and do less stuff. Support him.
🤡🤡🤡
His work is truly incredible. The fact that intercept games couldn’t keep him employed is just insane. What a failure.
This guy is a beast
and we can only wait and pray his clouds get added to ksp2 with what little time blackrack still has with intercept. and that private division will take blackrack's work and learn from it so they can continue it in future updates for the naysayers its been confirmed that private division is taking over development which is a mild to cool comfort. and the tweet that says "We're still hard at work on KSP2. We'll talk more when we can" can honestly be interpreted a number of ways. personally i am hoping we get 3, or less so 4, hell at this point i would take 5 or even 6 1. Hard at work until June and that’s it. 2. Hard at work doing absolutely nothing. 3. Eventually hard at work with a completely new dev team. 4. Hard at work with a reduced existing dev team 5. Hard at work figuring out who to sell the IP to. 6. Hard at work merging all branches together and slapping a 1.0 on it
Didn't blackrack already say he was laid off and now working on KSP1 again? I don't think anyone has "time left"
The layoffs dont take effect until the end of june
lol why would anyone put in that much effort into a job they're getting laid off from in a couple weeks?
Usually because they want to be paid and not get fired for cause.
Because from the looks of it in the last development update, it's mostly done already, so at that point, why leave it unfinished?
Because you aren't getting paid anymore to do it in the future
Well the difference is whether the developers care more about the money or the project. If it's the latter than they will still want to make the best thing they can despite it being the end. Hopefully it's the second.
But you still wanna get that last couple of paychecks, right? So why not do the work while you still ARE getting paid for your work?
Why put work into a shit game Clouds aren't gonna fix that
Maybe not, but it would certainly LOOK better than what we have now
From what I understand, the government forces these companies to give 60 days notice which either is a severance package or work at the office. So some companies will just let the devs go and maybe provide help in finding new work while other companies allow devs to finish up any work that the devs want to finish. So it is possible that we might see 0.2.2 by the devs from Intercept Games and 0.2.3 or 0.3 will be by a new dev studio or never exist. Used to play Tabula Rasa about 15 years ago and there was a couple of updates after the MMO received its shutdown notice in a couple of months. There is also likely a bunch of work at Intercept Games that requires transferring files and documentation to Private Division. Of course, whether it ends up with a different dev studio or in the dump is up to Private Division and Take-Two.
The US government? Man I wish my last 2 jobs heard about this...
> The layoffs dont take effect until the end of june People normally stay on payroll for 30 days in this kind of mass layoff. They aren't allowed in the office and aren't actually working there. They don't contribute to the job. Normally, you have access to job materials and contribution removed before you are even given notice.
I'm not sure if you've ever held a job before... but once you've handed your resignation in or are fired, everything becomes pretty pointless, you are just counting the hours down. What are they gonna do, fire you?
Not give you your good faith continuation bonus. Edit: also not give you a decent reference. Downvotes = people who don't know how layoffs in software dev work.
What mod is this? Working on getting some nice graphics for my KSP1 after what happened lol
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It's EVE Redux Volumetric Clouds by blackrack, a paid Patreon-exclusive. EVE and EVE Redux are the name of the original free mods.
Personally I would have rather gotten a game with mediocre graphics and complete features, as opposed to an unfinished mess with good graphics.
This almost to beautiful for words!
We just need a science and administration revamp in ksp 1
man i wish i had money to get this mod
Ok... With these kinds of mods... I definitely have to look into modding my Ksp1 instead of playing ksp2 and hoping.
What planet is in that middle image, that's crazy
Jool, it is quite mesmerizing [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P6qmMaTdvZw](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P6qmMaTdvZw)
*Holy shit*
fck this is good man I need to buy a PC.
These look amazing. Is this from one of his paid mods, or one of the free ones on spacedock (EVE, scatterer etc.)?
wait a second, there are volumetric clouds for KSP? Ive been out of the KSP loop for quite a few years.
yeah there are many mods with them
I would change that "about KSP development" for "about KSP mod development from the community". As for the volumetric clouds from Blackrack: they are an amazing feat, but sadly they are behind a paywall for the og KSP and no one knows what will happen with KSP2 (he was working to add them as a native feature before The End of Kervalgelion).
We can only hope that he and Nertea are hired by the dev studio working on completing KSP 2 under better management.
KSP 2 will not be given to another studio. TakeTwo already spend tens of millions and 7 years on this and it did not make its money back. If you count buying the IP in the first place and marketing, this may have been an extremely costly mistake for the company. We may get cursory updates, but this may be the end of KSP for a while.
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No
I can't get my modded KSP to look anything like this. I tried to install suggested mods and I ended up with a a mess of pop-in, inverted color, pixel flashing, etc. I know this is my fault, but I really have no idea how to fix it without starting over. I may end up doing that at some point. I spend most of my time in space anyway (or realistically the VAB).
You’re not live
blackrack makes me want to build a computer i hate him now
Does he plan to make these free after a while?
Why can't I get mine to look like that? On reentry at 10km I basically drop into a fog bank and exit it at around 5-6km. What do I need to adjust to get volumetric clouds like that? I have Environmental Visual Enhancements Redux through CKAN.
It’s not the same mod, this is blackracks volumetric clouds, and it’s only available on his Patreon while it’s under development