Linx

Parallax Continued Leaves Early Access Today!

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I wanted to say a huge thank you to everyone who has supported me and the mod's development over the last year, and especially to those who have been here since the original Parallax in 2020. This mod wouldn't be here or in the amazing state it's in without you!

I've been committed to a end of March / early April public release and with the progress made, I'm excited to say it's on the early side! It'll ...

Parallax Continued Early Access Release 3

UPDATE 23rd March 2025 - Some big changes here! Please let me know if you run into any issues:

• Fixed scatterer eclipses not darkening the scaled terrain

• Fixed ScanSat resource overlay

• Fixed 'biomes visible' (cheat menu) not working

• Rescale is now entirely automated. You should not use rescale configs anymore

• Scatters can no longer spawn inside the KSC (Custom KSCs will not support this ...

  2025-02-08 15:17:59 +0000 UTC View Post

Upcoming Feature - Parallax from Orbit

Release 3 will focus on finally adding Parallax to the planets from orbit! It's about time.

This has been the most requested feature ever since Parallax first released back when it only modified the terrain. The common complaint was that the planets from orbit looked blurry and lacked a lot of the detail that the mod brought to their surfaces, and that the transition from...

Parallax Continued Early Access Release 2

Release 2 completes the redesign of all planet textures that was started in release 1 and includes massively improved visuals of icy surfaces, such as Minmus and Vall:

What's New?

For the full list of changes, see the changelog here: https://gith...

Upcoming Improvements - Ambient Occlusion and Terrain Texture Overhaul

Hi all!
Coming in the next release is the addition of terrain Ambient Occlusion and with it, the overhaul of all of the planet textures.

The texture overhaul was at its beginning in Release 1 but is now almost complete, bringing with it some well needed quality improvements - In this post I'll share some of the new planets I'm most pleased with. I've gone a step further and made some (potentially polarising!) changes to some planets from orbit to make their far away appearance match ...

Parallax Continued Early Access Release 1.0

This is a complete redesign and rewrite of Parallax. This is an early access preview build for those who choose to support development!

You can find the download link below.

2024-08-24 13:16:30 +0000 UTC View Post

Parallax is now available for Juno: New Origins!

After months of development and working with the Jundroo team, I've successfully ported Parallax to Juno: New Origins (Formerly Simple Rockets 2)! It comes with a variety of extra optimizations and features that the KSP version does not have, thanks to the improved codebase of the game.

You can download it here for free: https://www.simplerockets.com/Mods/View/240051/Parallax

This is a ...

Parallax Foliage (Testing)

Hey all, yesterday I put the first build out for beta testing. For those who are pledged but not in my discord, I would recommend joining because it's easier to gather feedback there. However since some are not in it, I'll also post the link to both the discord and download here.

However, for those using GTX or AMD graphics cards you will need to join to download the latest fix for them. The link to the discord is here: 2022-05-15 10:58:15 +0000 UTC View Post

Foliage Beta Release

Hey all! Development of the upcoming scatter system is going well, and most of the code behind it is now well in place. 

The Tessellation repository can now be compiled for those who wish to test who have not pledged on Patreon :)

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Coming Soon - Complete Scatter System

Over the past few months, I have been working on the next major update to Parallax - A complete scatter system.

I've always felt like KSP needed foliage and surface objects to make each planet feel unique, so I'm really happy to be able to share this with you all.

Right now the current ETA is a month or two, but this can vary depending on exam season and how much I can get done.

Update Preview - 1.3.0

These past few months I have been working on a ton of improvements to the shader and the code. These include huge performance optimizations, better quality texturing and support for much larger planets using the new Advanced Subdivision system.

I've revamped some of the planets and moons with updated textures. Pictured are Pol, Minmus, Eeloo and Moho and their new looks.

I hope to have this update ready in a week or two. I'm super excited to be showing it off here!

Parallax - Optimizations (RSS?)

Hey all! It's been a while since I've updated you guys on this, but I'm looking into improving the plugin that generates extra mesh detail.

Currently, Parallax does this by taking the entire quad (this can span kilometers of terrain) and subdivides it so that there are enough mesh vertices within a certain distance of each other so that the ground can look good.

What's shown above in the video should localize this to stop Parallax from generating so many vertices. This diagram sho...

Parallax Collisions - Ingame Implementation

Hey everyone! As I'm getting closer to release, I thought I'd share a preview of Parallax's 1.2 update working on Duna.

Duna will be getting a texture overhaul in this update because I'm not happy with how they look in the current version. The terrain, with collisions enabled, is also much easier to navigate.

I look forward to being able to provide a beta in the future!

Thank you to each and every one of you who have made this possible,

Linx

Parallax 1.2 Teaser - Collisions

Parallax will be updating to 1.2.0 shortly. With another major version change, there are some major improvements!

The gif above (38.9 MB) shows approximate collision with the displaced surface. You can see the spheres making their way down the terrain - This is something I'm trying to implementing in-game now. It's still not confirmed whether this will be a feature yet, since there are quite a few obstacles to overcome.

Another major improvement is to perf...