Parallax Continued Early Access Release 3

There's a green P button on the right (or bottom, if you're in the KSC view). Set 'collision level' to -1 (minus one) to disable them, click save, and restart your game :)

Linx

Hello Linx, I love your mod so far; the best ground textures in KSP. Might be a dumb question, but how do I enable and disable the ground scatter collisions? My rockets always fall over after landing half my rocket on a Mun rock , and I just want an easy landing for once. :) Thank you.

Draco Triton

I'm having this issue too, and I wonder if there's a setting to fix this behavior. I'm using triple monitors, (5760 x 1080) and I only have to move the camera a bit to see the "stationary" parallax effect. The problem becomes worse at high altitudes. Down low, there's no issue at all.

Cardinal

Figured out why rescale causes this - The terrain vertices are far too far apart because the terrain is scaled up while the KSC of course stays the same size. This means the resolution of the decal that removes scatters around the KSC effectively drops. Might be unavoidable but will investigate further.

Linx

This second issue is actually a vanilla bug. The terrain will swim over the planet on an unmodded install and it's due to your screen resolution. Parallax just hooks into a value the game exposes, so it'll happen to quite a few things I'll check out 10x rescale

Linx

Oh, another issue I have is oddly specific and pertains to the terrain texture sort of staying put and failing to follow the camera while the scatters continue to move properly, though this has persisted between versions. I believe it's due to my monitor being 32:9, as it only happens when the center of the screen is relatively far from viewing a planet, while a planet's terrain could still appear on screen. It happens both on the X and Y axis, strangely.

May

Heya, I've rescaled the stock system to 10x default scale, and the scatters seem to still spawn inside the KSC after removing my config and updating to the latest Parallax version. There is an empty patch, but it is slightly behind the KSC and the launchpad and front of the runway have trees growing in them.

May

Easiest place is the Kopernicus discord, but if you don't have Discord you can send links to them in a DM to me here

Linx

Will do, how can I get them to you? And for CKAN, do you mean the installed-portable.ckan ?

Nathan

Interesting, it would be useful to get a player.log from you (It's in AppData/LocalLow/Squad/Kerbal Space Program) if you can. If you use CKAN, you could go the extra mile and send me your .CKAN file so I can import your exact setup to my install and test it out on my end. Cheers!

Linx

***Solved! I was still using rescale configs and those are no longer necessary*** FYI the latest update has some conflicts. TBF I'm using a lot of mods including OPM and Kcabelloh. Whatever the problem is causes a crash to desktop when attempting to load a save. Main menu loads fine. This occurs even with new saves. Yes, I deleted the previous installs folders and even tried a settings reset. Rolling back to the previous version stopped the crashing. No crash logs were generated.

Nathan

Gotcha! I'm also having another problem once this mod is added, wherein loading any save causes an infinite loading loop

Just_Jester_

The better question would be 'does OPM support this?' ;) Yes, it does, but you need to grab the configs from here: https://github.com/Gameslinx/Parallax-Continued/tree/master#list-of-supported-planet-packs

Linx

This might be a redundant question, but does this support the OPM?

Just_Jester_

You need the whole thing. The code is compiled when the game runs because it'll vary for different CPUs

Linx

Hi, for installing KSPburst, is it possible to use the plugins only, or do I need the entire compiler?

Vladimir Loser

Mod authors will need to follow these instructions: https://github.com/Gameslinx/Parallax-Continued/wiki/Scatters-%E2%80%90-Stopping-Scatters-from-Growing-Inside-Buildings

Linx

I meant terrain scatterers lol. What do the mods in question need to do for compatibility? I have KSC extended

Spike88

There are mods like 'Vans KSC' or 'KSC Extended' that add more buildings. This new feature listed in the changes that stops objects from spawning inside buildings or runways won't yet apply to those mods - they will need to add support for this which will take time The bit about scatterer is that eclipses weren't properly applying to the planets from orbit - the atmosphere would be shadowed but the terrain would be unaffected. This is fixed now, too

Linx

Can you explain the custom KSC and scatterer bit?

Spike88

I just have to chime in again. Kerbin was impressive, and a huge improvement from 2.0. I have now seen Laythe, and am blown away by the quality of your work! Outstanding man, and thank you again! I'm really looking forward to rediscovering the entire solar system again. :)

Cardinal

Can you send me your KSP.log in a DM, or if you have discord, join the Kopernicus discord and send it in the Parallax channel? Cheers https://discord.gg/uA69S3zZqf

Linx

Hello! I just downloaded parallax v3 following the install instructions, but I don't seem to have the changes from orbit. I made sure to delete any existing parallax folders from v2 and delete the settings.cfg file, and I have all the dependencies.

Oliver Roye

Yep, it will. I'm aiming to have it on CKAN as soon as the mod goes public, but it could be a few hours/days delayed just due to how the setup works

Linx

Thank you!

Linx

There are something strange in this update... I ´ve saw a cat in the parallax button of menu. i´m crazy? XDD

ElGallego87

Linx, I only discovered your Patreon page a day ago. I would have been here much earlier, if I could. Your work is absolutely amazing! No issues to report. I just wanted to give my appreciation for your efforts. KSP is such a special game, and creators such as yourself are keeping the dream alive. Thanks!

Cardinal

Amazing work! This is easily the best graphics mod out there. Quick question: when the mod will be released publicly will it be available on CKAN for easier install/update process?

Riccardo Mariotti

Thanks, hoss

Danny Farnsworth

-1: Off 0: Everything, including leaves and grass. "For fun" (stress testing the collider system... lol) 1: Everything except foliage (everything reasonable), includes the smallest stones 2: Default, most objects that aren't too small 3: Only large objects, like big stones 4: Only the largest objects, like icebergs and the giant crystals on Ike

Linx

What are the values for collision level? -1 is off. 2 is default. What do other values do?

Danny Farnsworth

Ok thank you.

Oliver Schild

No, the warning is there for a reason - the reflection quality should have never allowed users to set it as high as you can. It kills performance, especially with parallax, because you have to re-render the scene 6 times at the target resolution. Drop it to 256, you will barely notice a visual difference and the warning will disappear.

Linx

when I opened game it told me like "the reflection quality is set at this and for the max performance you should set it to this" is there a way to turn the message off.

Oliver Schild

I have the LegacyUpdater working but it's updating only 4 Legacy Parallax Scatter configs out of a large number (KSS2). Does Continued log success/failure of these updates? Could I prevail you to have a look at a successful legacy file and a non-successful one and see if anything stands out?

John Alexander

Ok, Will do. Cheers.

Hachiroku 1990

Hi, I can't reproduce this issue - I can click Okay on the popup in the main menu just fine. To fix it, lower your reflection resolution to 256 or below. Btw, there is little to no visual difference but a HUGE performance difference - that is why the popup is there. You're butchering your game's performance by having them set so high. It's equivalent to having 6 monitors plugged in also rendering KSP at the resolution you set them to. I won't be adding a way to remove this popup

Linx

I installed the hotfix last night and get a warning about the texture resolutions being set very high. I cannot click ok once in main menu and have to reload the game again. It works in the loading screen. Anyway to disable that popup?

Hachiroku 1990

The auto-updater appears to be broken now with the changes in Release 3. Possibly to do with the change of the directory to ParallaxContinued? No files are dropping in Exports/LegacyUpgrades and it's not indicating that its trying to update or griping about it. Update: Be useful if I would fufill the dependencies (KspBurst). However only a very small subset of terrain scatters are now being updated.

John Alexander

Cool! Have it now, as far as overlays, hoping you can deduce, not sure if the mod is still being developed, or maintained, you might know more than I on that front. Humbly I state, if you fixed that, remove the edit 1 note in the post, or many others might think it's still a bug (the terrain, not the map overlays) :)

Marc J Zeldes

This has been fixed for a few weeks! The only known issue with ScanSat now is the overlay maps not working, but that's a different can of worms. Make sure you download the newest patch (the download link in the post - I just swap the link out when I upload a patch)

Linx

Any Headway on the scansat and kerbin not showing terrain?

Marc J Zeldes

thank you it worked

Nzz

For all planets, just delete the Parallax_StockPlanetTextures folder. For some planets, you'll need to find the ParallaxScaled config in the planet textures folder, open it, and delete the ParallaxScaledProperties nodes for the planets you don't want. You'll need to do the same in the StockPlanetAdjustments.cfg file and the ReplacePlanetMeshes.cfg file, too

Linx

yooo is there a way i can turn off orbital textures for certain planets because they badly affect my performance

Nzz

Thanks for a great job!! One question, is possible change the height grass? i cant see nothing in first person XD

ElGallego87

In the green P menu on your toolbar, set "collisionLevel" to -1 (minus one), click save, and restart the game :)

Linx

Thanks for the quick update

Jonathan Bayer

Love the mod. How do I turn off collisions?

flor.alex936

Please DM me your KSP.log file, or join the Kopernicus discord and send it into the Parallax channel there. Cheers!

Linx

Hey, i installed all the files but if i try to load into a world i get stuck in the loading screen

Swxper

Please report this to the JNSQ config author

Linx

Hi, just redownloaded ksp and jnsq + config that should work with releas 3 but kerbin textures look wierd from orbit. Is there some fix? Thanks in advance

František Jakubů

If you can send your KSP.log to me in a DM here, or join the Kopernicus discord and send it into the Parallax channel there, I'll be able to help you out. Cheers

Linx

Hey, i just downloaded the mod, but i cant seem to get it to work, i downloaded the mod on it's own, didn't work, downloaded kopernicus all i got was "cannot load custom planetary system" despite me deleting all my mods except volumetric clouds. what am i doing wrong? i will save my KSP.log i hope you can help. Thanks in advance

Emmett_killer31

done

OJ Be

Can you DM me a link to your KSP.log file so I can take a look and see what you might have installed wrong? Cheers

Linx

is it just me, or is this a joke? i tried to use this mod but the lush eve environment isn't working. same with the other planets.

OJ Be

Been fiddling around a bit with JNSQ and BDB, but every time I load that install, Parallax throws these errors: https://imgur.com/a/7eMtxo3 ksp.log and modlist can be found here: https://limewire.com/?referrer=pq7i8xx7p2 any idea why it throws those errors? did I leave something behind in stock textures for Gilly? And what about Riga?

Sylvi Fisthaug

Update: It fixed itself after I removed the files and added them back. By the way the graphics look incredible now! Thank you for making such a mod for ksp 1.

Alex

I deleted all parallax folders and configs before installing this release but when I launch it gives me the critical error: "Parallax_StockPlanetTextures/Kerbin/PluginData/Kerbin_Height.dds for planet: Kerbin", do you know why I am missing the file? And maybe how I should fix this?

Alex

Can you join the Kopernicus discord at https://discord.gg/uA69S3zZqf and send your KSP.log to the Parallax channel? If you're not on discord, send it via a DM here on patreon

Linx

me too

根德 朱

Hello. As of upgrading to this version 3 of Parallax all atmospheric bodies have no visible land mass from map view and orbit. They're all water. Where should I begin to diagnose this issue? Mod list is all the usual suspects. No Ckan.

Meade

For me it seems it was caused by the built-in SCREENSHOT_SUPERSIZE setting. I fixed this by setting back to 0, but do you have any plans to support this @Linx?

Lilac Eclipse

I'm also running into this issue, any idea what mod caused this? I'm not aware of any of my mods doing so.

Lilac Eclipse

Not yet. It's reasonably low on the priorities list at the moment, as more likely than not Scansat will need to adapt to Parallax rather than the other way around. The priority right now is getting eclipses working again

Linx

Hi! Are ScanSat overlays working on the latest update or is that still broken?

Lilac Eclipse

Can you send me a KSP.log and a player.log file either in a DM here or on Discord? Cheers

Linx

Hello, whenever I get close to a body (about to land), the game crashes when using release 3s parallax configs. Is there any known cause for this? Presumably its happening when the game switches from loading orbital parallax items to near but I do not know why.

HiddenHoods

installed a few days ago, spectacular, there are plans to make the mun more realistic by adding reflections to basaltic areas such as the "seas"

manu93

Ah - that would be it! Thanks!

Danny

It's some weird interaction with the supersampling when taking f1 screenshots, iirc. Not sure how it's fixed, but if you have a mod that upscales screenshots that'll be doing it

Linx

I took a screenshot on the Mun with Jeb standing on one of large rock scatter objects. It looked great in the game, but for some reason, all the scatter is gone in the screenshot. Is this a setting somewhere? Image: https://imgur.com/Kf8GkG0

Danny

I got it working. I still had my old game instance on ckan so i was loading the mods to a folder that wasn't doing anything. It looks great now!

Bently Masingale

They are! You just won't have the improved orbit textures - that's for the Kcalbeloh author to set up

Linx

Hi! I was just wondering if the Kcalbeloh release 2 configs from https://github.com/Gameslinx/Parallax-Continued/blob/master/README.md#installation-instructions were compatible with the current release 3? Thank you!

Lilac Eclipse

It does work fine for me overall with deferred but for some reason Kerbin specifically loses its parallax texture in orbit. I'll send some screenshots on discord later when I get a chance.

Joshua Gleeson

Parallax Continued works fine with deferred rendering. Can you send some comparison screenshots in a DM either here or on Discord?

Linx

Hi Linx, is there any solution to a problem where installing deferred rendering reverts kerbin's texture from orbit to stock? Uninstalling deferred fixes it.

Joshua Gleeson

Do you use discord? If you do, add me at 'linxed.' (with the dot at the end) and send me your KSP.log file. If you don't use discord, send me a DM here with a link to the log file and I'll see what's wrong

Linx

Hello, I've been trying to run this for a couple nights now and whenever I've tried opening the game it looks just like stock and i can't see the GUI for the mod. I installed Kopernicus and KSP Burst with Ckan, but other than that I'm stock and fresh out of the box. I haven't done any modding for a long time so I'm stumped, but do you know what I'm doing wrong? Thank you in advance

Bently Masingale

Are you running any other planet mods? If so, double check that you're getting the Parallax configs for them from my github (https://github.com/Gameslinx/Parallax-Continued/tree/master) If you're still getting the error, can you join the kopernicus discord server ( https://discord.gg/uA69S3zZqf ) and send your KSP.log to the Parallax channel? Cheers

Linx

Hi Linx, thanks again for the work on this mod, it's really amazing. When I open up the game I get; "Old Parallax configs detected! They have upgraded and exported to the Legacy Upgrade (folder)" I think its the MPE configs but I downloaded the latest yesterday, any ideas how to resolve this? Thanks

Mace

Thanks a lot! It looks awesome!

Santiago Baena

Yep, as long as you have the JNSQ parallax configs installed from my github

Linx

Thanks for letting me know that! Parallax_StockScatterTextures and Parallax_StockTerrainTextures should be fine to leave in the Game data folder?

Sylvi Fisthaug

Release 3 works, but you need to delete the Parallax_StockPlanetTextures folder. Let me know if you run into any issues

Linx

Hey, I tried to download Release 2, as the Github page says that version supports JNSQ. But I didn't have access to the Google Drive file. Is release 3 absolutely broken with JNSQ, or should I be fine?

Sylvi Fisthaug

Nevermind i turned it down and then back up and that seems to have fixed it! Thanks for your time.

Trystan Barnett

Hmm my game my Texture Quality is already at full? is this what you're reffering to or am i missing a setting?

Trystan Barnett

Ah I see thanks for the quick response i'll turn up my res now!

Trystan Barnett

Currently working on a fix for this - it happens because your texture resolution in the game settings is set too low. The problem goes away if you set it to Full Res

Linx

https://imgur.com/a/BlAEhTw forgot to add screenshots to the post whoops

Trystan Barnett

Hey Linx! Love the work youve put into this mod and im proud to be a supporter! I've been having an issue with the planets apperances from orbit having some sort of yellow hilight affect on thme. I'm no sure if i just installed the files incorrectly or if the issue is a compatability one. I have deffered installed.

Trystan Barnett

Resource planetary overlays are unsupported at the moment I'm working out what would be the best way to re-apply them

Linx

I'm having an issue where orbital resource scan overlays are not showing up. I did a test where I uninstalled everything but parallax (2/17 update) and its dependencies (with kopernicus version 223) and the issue was still there

Andrew Wellnitz

No need, I can run the mod under opengl easily enough

Linx

Let me know if you want system details for debugging

Uchu Ha

Thanks!

Uchu Ha

Until I have a fix, use Proton to run the game under DX11. You'll get better performance, and won't have this issue

Linx

Is there a work-around?

Uchu Ha

Yes to both.

Uchu Ha

Are you running OpenGL? (Are you on Linux?)

Linx

Please forgive me if this has already been raised, but I'm experiencing an odd graphic issue with this version: https://pixelfed.ch/i/web/post/797846538787079463 There are concentric stripes, and splotched pixelized areas on planets and moons seen from the middle distance, as illustrated in the above image.

Uchu Ha

You wouldn't believe how many people wanted it on by default. At this point it'll stay on by default, because it's now fairly well known that will happen

Linx

Looks great! If I could make one suggestion, it might be a good idea to set the default scatter collision setting to nothing, to minimize people accidentally breaking their bases on updating/installing (speaking from experience)

Andrew Wellnitz

not yet, compatible mods are in the compatability section

yellowface

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Another Aperture

Can i use this on RSS? Thank you.

PaulPotter

Please DM me your KSP.log, or join the Kopernicus discord ( https://discord.gg/uA69S3zZqf ) and send the info in the Parallax channel there.

Linx

You just download and install Parallax Continued following the usual installation instructions on the release page, then download and install the Kcalbeloh parallax configs from the Parallax Continued github

Linx

Hello, I don't if I've install parallax wrong but Minmus still has its stock texture and sometimes appears fully white also there is barely any ground scatter and its the same as the free version if you could help that would be very kind, thank you.

Harrison

Any install instructions for the planet packs like Kcalbeloh, because none of the files match up with the old versions at all?

Mr Syft

Known! I'm looking into this :)

Linx

hi, love the orbit textures but getting this weird terrain separation glitch on reentry (not sure if it also happens in orbit, didnt notice it) https://imgur.com/a/JCfIdzs

qw3rty

When they're done, I'll update this post and you should get an email notification

Linx

Thanks this is awesome!!! Will you post the configs for OPM here?

Mace

Not massively, no, but you can do it

Linx

is there any performance gain for removing the underwater scatter?

Kerbal Space Agency

I'm working on better ways to clear the KSC of trees. For now, you might need to go the manual route - 1. Disable colliders and restart the game 2. In flight, press Ctrl+P to bring up the Parallax GUI 3. Click the tabs at the top to get to the Scatter Editor 4. Find the 'OakTree' or 'PineTree' scatters 5. Expand the DistributionNoise dropdown and change the "seed" until the trees no longer grow inside the KSC 6. Export the config with overwrite enabled, enable colliders, and restart the game

Linx

Any way to remove the trees around KSC? With KSC Extended on a 2.5 rescale the trees are covering some of the pads.

Spike88

Thanks for the report, I'm already aware of this at the moment. The ScanSat patch was a quick hotfix to get everything working without severe issues but right now the overlays can't be fixed without some extra thinking. Problem is the 'thinking' is on ScanSat's side rather than mine and the mod is going through a transitionary period - I have to come up with something creative from the outside!

Linx

I didn't play before whatever issue there was with ScanSat was fixed so I don't know if it is the same thing, but with the latest version I have an issue with ScanSat where when I put on the planet overlay I can see the details from it when I hover over a spot (like an ore percentage) but the actual colours of the overlay don't show up (So the planet just looks normal). In case it matters, it has been a little bit since I used the planet overlay and have installed the following mods since then: VaporCones Firefly 4kSP_Expanded This isn't causing a big problem or anything I just thought I would let you know.

Cameron De Agostini

Alright! all good! just asking since blackracks volumetric clouds dont match the surface anymore, making duna look really ugly

Tanner_MLG87

They were left over from some tweaks I was doing that I should have cleared out before packaging up for release. They're harmless inactive configs that you can ignore

Linx

Should the Exports folder already have all those files in its subfolders? if so why?

Kerbal Space Agency

Will do later today, thanks for the reply. o7

Ferdilanz

If you could join the Kopernicus discord and send your log file along with screenshots/videos of the issue in the Parallax channel, that would be super useful https://discord.gg/uA69S3zZqf

Linx

Duna's surface has been a pale orange since Parallax 2.0 released in 2022. Its orbit texture has just been updated to match. I tried to keep its red texture but I just couldn't get the slabs or rocks to look good. I might try in the future to get closer to its vanilla colouration, but it will be challenging

Linx

why does duna look so pale from orbit?

Tanner_MLG87

Have a problem with the texture of Kerbin in the tracking center. It looks like the game thinks the KSC is a couple hundred miles West of where it should be on the texture. And then I have a couple errors stating something like "Celestial Body Gilly has more than 1 PQSmods loaded" and then it was complaining about not having a "white.dds" texture for "Riga" which I don't believe I even have installed. Let me know if you want my logfile.

Ferdilanz

Any chance you'll look at making Parallax (more) compatible with your planet packs (Beyond Home, etc)? It actually works for me, in that the game isn't crashing or anything. But I got trees on the launchpad and runway. By the way: frickin amazing job!!! God bless!

Antypas Andreas

I was affected by the ScanSat/Kerbin terrain issue (you fixed it before I could report it), and after the update the issue is resolved to stunning results. Thanks!

Joe Wade

Can you send me your KSP.log file in a DM or via discord? Cheers

Linx

Hi Linx , I have a message at start in game menu " Critical Parallax Error - celestial body KAren contains multiple Parallax PQSmods" have you any idea please ? :D

Sugma Light

Try again, I've just updated the link

Linx

Same issue, can't download the file.

TheMainMan

Nevermind. It worked now.

Mathis

Just wanted to download it and I get an error saying too many people have accessed it. Can I just wait and then download? Exceptional mod as always!

Mathis

Thankx Linkx, that last patch fixed it all <3

computerchemist

I am. Patching now, will update or remove, thanks!

Nathan

This is incredible！thank you Linx!

PLAYER2

Awesome! Thanks a million!

Jack Travis

Are you using ScanSat? You might have just missed out on the patch which fixes this. If you still get the error after downloading again, DM me your KSP.log and some screenshots

Linx

The download link updates each time there's a new patch :)

Linx

Stellar mod! Can't wait for the OPM orbital textures patch for it as well! I do have a question as to where I can download the ScanSat Patch you fixed recently. o7

Jack Travis

Nathan

This has now been fixed :)

Linx

This looks amazing! Although I think I found an issue with the resource scanners not showing anything with parallax on

segg

Absolutely amazing! Never thought KSP could look this good. Also appreciate Eeloo more resembling it's KSP2 look. Many thanks for your hard work!

Constructalor

I think im gonna cry! This is awesome!!!

saimon2066

Is RSS Reborn support coming would love to have this in my RP1 install

Brian

tested this out on Ike, great job linx! its beautiful :D

teginz

There's currently an issue with Scansat which causes this

Linx

I can only see the land texture at extremely low angles, I get the same effect just zooming out from the launch pad with a vehicle on launch pad, it transitions to a water reflection rather than land, not sure of the precise altitude

computerchemist

Im not sure if i did something wrong but all of the bodies have ring shadows on the light side

Torreka 1

You shouldn't need to. If you have discord, I could use some extra information. If you could send logs/screenshot to the Parallax channel in the Kopernicus discord that would be great: https://discord.gg/uA69S3zZqf

Linx

I do, please report them in the Parallax channel in the Kopernicus discord: https://discord.gg/uA69S3zZqf

Linx

On the Tracking Station I actually never see the Kerbin texture. Only water. Do you have any Discord to report or chat about these issues?

Jaime Manchego

Thanks so much Linx, this looks incredible!

TheReaperOfPCs

I dont remember, do we need to remove or change any configs for eve/scatter. My first load in after fresh installs wasnt pretty.

Darknewt

This looks great!!! So excited!!

Max B.-L.