Parallax Continued Early Access Release 2

Hi, I have the following error: Warning - Kopernicus was not able to load the custom planetary system due to an exception in the loading process. Loading your saved games is Not recomended.... etc I have installed as per instructions, and have the latest Kopernicus (1.12.1-220). I don't have this issue with the older Parallax. Any ideas?

iote

Thanks. I was able to install KSPburst now. I have a Kopernicus error though and post that seperatly.

iote

Can you send me your KSP.log? Either link it to me here in a DM, or send it via discord - I go by "linxed." with the dot at the end

Linx

Hi, this might be the old Deferred/Parallax bug. It should be fixed if you update CKAN. If that doesn't work for you, you might need to uninstall Deferred and reinstall it manually If you do have old Parallax installed via CKAN, you should uninstall it first

Linx

Hello Linx. First off, I just wanna say your work is completely amazing and I love what you're doing. However, Im confused about the parallax installation because I did everything the guide told me, and im getting 2 pop ups sayong "Warning, Kopernicus was not able to load the custom planetary system due to an exception in the loading process. Loading your saved game is NOT recommended, because the missing planets could corrupt it and delete your progress." and another pop up saying "Old Parallax configs detected! They have been upgraded and exported to GameData/Parallax/Exports/LegacyUpgrades. They wont work until manually activated." Ive tried going to the setting s but whenever I go there its stuck on a permanent black screen with the loading on the bottom right.

justforyt

Hi, I just copied the folders to my GameData (I saved my original versions first). When I try to install KSPBurst through CKAN I get the following:Inconsistencies were found: * Parallax-StockScatterTextures 2.0.8 conflicts with Parallax 1.3.1 or earlier * Parallax-StockTextures 2.0.8 conflicts with Parallax 1.3.1 or earlier Error during installation! If the above message indicates a download error, please try again. Otherwise, please open an issue for us to investigate. If you suspect a metadata problem: https://github.com/KSP-CKAN/NetKAN/issues/new/choose If you suspect a bug in the client: https://github.com/KSP-CKAN/CKAN/issues/new/choose Also, when I try to run the game I get an error about Kopernicus (sorry - I will need to write down the error and add a new post - I know this is not very helpful :) )

iote

Thanks it's good, I can't wait for version 3, your work is impressive!

benjamin

Did you grab the proper Parallax Continued OPM configs from here: https://github.com/Gameslinx/Parallax-Continued/tree/master#list-of-supported-planet-packs OPM requires updated configs, which I host myself at the moment

Linx

I have 2 problems: I have a message at launch: "old parallax configs detected! they have been upgraded and exported to gamedate/.../legacyuprades" and I have a conflict with the OPM mod with OPM_parallax: "Kopernicus was not able to load the custom planetary...." so I don't think I have Parallax on the OPM planets. thanks

benjamin

i am getting this too, i will dm you

the shrimp lord

Can you send me a DM with your KSP.log file so I can take a look and see if you've installed everything properly?

Linx

heya. i want to use Parallax Cont. w/ blackracks volumetric clouds, but for some reason it wont work. it tells me that kopernicus has an error and whenever i click on something it puts me in an infinite loading screen. I've tried manually installing deferred, reinstalling parallax continued, and a bunch of other things but that doesn't seem to work. help is appreciated!

teginz

I'll have a look, the 2 are installed, isn't there a parameter to change to get footprints, is it native?

Dark Wink

I appreciate the work. And would it be possible to get a post or something when Everything is good to go on RSS Reborn. Really looking forward to it.

Chris

You should be able to see Kopernicus Expansion footprints with Parallax installed

Linx

The RSS reborn configs are being created by someone else, but they're busy IRL at the moment. I don't have an estimate for you yet!

Linx

It says Almost Complete for RSS Reborn. How much longer do you reckon?

Chris

I can't DM you my ksp.log beacuse it says you dont recive direct messages.

Ian Marino Montiel

Hiya, please DM me a link to your KSP.log file and I'll take a look

Linx

Hello Linx!,I have a problem that when i log in the game kopernicous and it says, that i cant load planet foliage or planet packs, and currently i dont have planet packs instaled. If you could help me i would be gratefull, Thanks.

Ian Marino Montiel

hey. thank you for your work it makes KSP exceptional, I'm really enthusiastic. I have a question about kopernicus footprints: is there a way to see them with the parralax mod?

Dark Wink

Love this! Been a fan of your work since the first release. Been running into an issue with scatters flickering - I DMd you the logs and a video

John

Can you DM me a link to your KSP.log file? Cheers

Linx

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DrKoon

I really love your work! I've played with the previous version for some time. It installed a new urge to keep playing KSP. Thank you for that. But I wanted to experience your new vision of the Kerbol system, so I joined your patreon channel. I am still amazed, although I haven't seen all of it yet. It's splendid.

DrKoon

I'm having trouble getting the foliage on Kerbin to work. I'm pretty sure the surface features work because the Mun and Minmas but there are no trees and grass on Kerbin any ideas on how to fix this? Thank you for your hard work on making KSP amazing!!!!!

Duppel

Indeed also they still have collision reguardless of settings which makes them Great fun for my duna dune buggy to hit at 30 m/s Personally parralax with collision is a realsim difficulty mod.

Cameron O'Brien

Those still exist - you can use the cheat menu (alt f12) to enable a setting that highlights all of those scienceable rocks

Linx

Is there still scannable and collectable science on surfaces? They are pretty hard to find. I can't see mun stone anywhere, so many rocks :D

Jukka Muhonen

On a scale of 1-10, how hard was it to make this?

Balefire

Amazing, works perfectly, thanks for that. Admirable Job.

Peemers

The issue was solved, it was because I had old versions of parallax still in game data after putting the new one in game data. I don't know how this happened because when I added the new one I hit replace all files but whatever.

Anton Klein

Oh yeah I noticed when I landed on the mun that they were enabled already. My game runs so much better with the multithreading tho its so much better than the regular 2.0 parallax. even with volumetric clouds! I love the icy surface textures of minimus and vall.

Arya Bekal

They are enabled by default, but you can customise them via the GUI (it's the green P button on the right, in flight) under "collision level". A lower collision level (lowest is 0) will make smaller and smaller objects collideable. I believe 0 makes grass collideable, so really the "realistic" limit is to set it to 1 to make everything including the smallest of rocks collideable. A high value, like 4 or 5, will make only the largest of rocks collideable.

Linx

How do I enable collisions for parallax continued?

Arya Bekal

I think I know why. Either you dont have KSPburst installed or your computer doesn't meet minimum reqirements. Macbooks are not supported btw. "GPU: Must support shader model 5.0 Renderer: Recommended to use DX11, but OpenGL is supported. Due to limitations, Mac OSX is not supported since Apple dropped support for OpenGL. Linux works running OpenGL. Must support Async GPU Readback (if you do not know what this is, do not worry) RAM: 6GB"

Arya Bekal

I had the same Issue and it was because my computer didn't meet the minimum reqirements. "GPU: Must support shader model 5.0 Renderer: Recommended to use DX11, but OpenGL is supported. Due to limitations, Mac OSX is not supported since Apple dropped support for OpenGL. Linux works running OpenGL. Must support Async GPU Readback (if you do not know what this is, do not worry) RAM: 6GB"

Arya Bekal

The issue was they installed Parallax Continued on top of regular old Parallax

Linx

Having the same problem as you. Any resolution?

Premedicated

Hiya, can you DM me with your KSP.log file so I can take a look? Cheers

Linx

Hey, I'm getting a message saying "Warning Kopernicus was not able to load the custom planetary system due to an exception in the loading process. Loading your saved game is NOT recommended, because the missing planets could corrupt it and delete your progress." I re-installed kopernicus but it didn't help, this was not happening before I replaced the parallax with the new one, any tips? Also, my game won't load into anything, like if I load a world or even go to settings it just loads. forever.

Anton Klein

For info with Linx's help I have managed to sort out the issue. I needed to download the config files for both Kcalbeloh and OPM and install them in my gamedata folder. I also had another issue that I installed the OPM config over the old config folder. You need to delete the old folder before installing the new one. It works now and the new textures look amazing. Thanks Linx.

Simon Laikie

Yes I have KSPBurst installed. It's a pre-requisite. I have been chatting to Linx since yesterday, hopefully I am getting to the bottom of the mystery as to why it doesn't work. I have a few things to try.

Simon Laikie

(regarding kopernikus) did you install ksp Brust?

м.п

Hi Linx, I have installed Parallax Continued Early Access, I made sure I removed the old Parallax 2.0 folders first, however I get the following error warnings when I load the game. "Parallax Old Parallax configs detected! They have been upgraded and exported to Gamedata/Parallax/Exports/LegacyUpgrades. They won't work until manually activated." So my question is how do I manually activate them? The next issue is after installing Parallax Continued Early Access I also get this warning; "Warning Kopernicus was not able to load the custom planetary system due to an exception in the loading process. Loading your saved game is NOT recommended, because the missing planets could corrupt it and delete your progress." I have OPM and the Kcalbeloh system installed and both worked fine until I installed the Parallax Continued early Access. I assume they are not yet compatible with your latest version of Parallax?

Simon Laikie

Send me a DM with your KSP.log file so I can take a look, thanks :)

Linx

I'm having a problem where the game just doesn't load. it's either my other mods, or it's this mod but this has started happening ever since I used Parallax continued. it didn't happen with the other one on CKAN, so I have no idea what's wrong.

Suedcrown02

Nevermind, i managed to fixed it after uninstalling Shabby via CKAN. Not sure why it would cause this but i guess no TUFX with pretty dirt.

Bubby

Hey, I'm having an issue with the ground textures producing a weird bright flickering purple/pink color when the camera gets close. it disappears when in map view or if i zoom out far too. I also have some mods with parallax, no planet packs though.

Bubby

Mac support is impossible on my end unless the user is able to run KSP using DirectX or a later version of OpenGL. The reason why there's no Mac support is because Apple discontinued OpenGL support, and Parallax requires a future version which isn't available

Linx

Does release 2 currently support MacOS? Ive always loved this mod but was never able to play with it since it hasn't been supported on mac. And if its currently not supported, are there any plans to add mac support?

Angel Pena Rolo

Question i have the master file and i placed all the files in the gamedata folder but when i load the game I get a warning when i load the menu that kapernicus cant load the planten pack data, im not running any planet packs in my game data folder also the main menu is gliched with sun fixed where the moon should be. Any ideas on how i can fix this @linx

Life&liberty

Do you have any way of getting ahold of the creator of Other Worlds Redux? I haven't been able to reach him, it would be excellent if we could get parallax continued support for it.

Darwin Gamble

There's a dot at the end. It's "linxed."

Linx

linxed does not currently accept friend requests. They need to proactively add you as a friend. h m

major h

I have it all enabled. If it's easier, send me your username and i'll add you instead

Linx

Go to your Friends tab on Discord, click "add friend" and type my username. It's "linxed." (with the period/fullstop at the end)

Linx

I added you, but it shows that you are not allowed to accept adding friends

major h

How should I add your discord

major h

Can you send me your KSP.log as well as a screenshot of your KSP graphics settings in a DM here on Patreon? Alternatively you can add me on Discord as "linxed." if that's easier. Cheers

Linx

I followed the documentation on GitHub to the letter, with only a few frames during the moon landing and around 60 frames at other times

major h

Make sure you're running KSRSS Reborn and using the Parallax Continued configs from here: https://github.com/Gameslinx/Parallax-Continued/tree/master?tab=readme-ov-file#list-of-supported-planet-packs

Linx

excuse me，I used KSRSS and Parallax Continued to land on the moon, but when the program got close to the moon, it would simply freeze. However, with the same configuration, I was able to use KSRSS and Parallax 2.0 to land on the moon without getting stuck.

major h

This is an easter egg! Every 10 times your mouse hovers over the icon, it changes to Bingus

Linx

RSS compatibility is being worked on but the author has other commitments too so it's taking them longer. KSRSS (reborn) configs can be found here: https://github.com/Sheepdog2142/ParalaxContinued-KSRSS-SDI For compatibility with other planet packs, the configs are here: https://github.com/Gameslinx/Parallax-Continued/tree/master

Linx

Is this compatible with RSS or KSRSS?

Jeff Hurckes

Easter egg or bug; sometimes the in-game icon for Parallax turns into a photo of a cat, is this an easter egg or is it just on my end?

Aiden Pangborn

hey Linx, love what you do, does this work with RSS Reborn?

yellowface

Ive seen it thank you. I am using a 1.5x rescale config, if it doesnt bother you could you provide a guide so I can make a config for it?

Adam Badau

Other mods that use parallax (planet mods) won't work unless they have Parallax Continued support. I have a list of supported planet packs under the "Compatibility Update" section of this post

Linx

Will this affect any other mods using Parallax?

Adam Badau

Linx. You are amazing. I appreciate you and all the time you put into these mods

Homelikelama64

Not yet - I'm still doing a lot of the core systems behind applying parallax to scaled-space meshes. It's mostly in-dev shaders at the moment. There are multiple different approaches regarding how to apply the shaders to the scaled planets - whether shadows could be enabled for the map view or not (which I've not gotten to and was very tricky the last time I tried). You can follow updates here: https://forum.kerbalspaceprogram.com/topic/209714-112x-parallax-pbr-terrain-and-surface-objects-202/ However I won't have one for a few weeks at a guess. I've not got to the texturing part, so there's not much besides code to show yet!

Linx

Any update since Release 2 ? where can i follow your work? discord maybe?

PLAYER2

Thank you!

Lubos

Hey trying to port KSS2 configs to parallax continued but it's not going well. Some of the new configs aren't there, and there's an _terrain file which I don't know where to put. Any suggestions welcome.

Colin

Did you follow the step in the install instructions where it mentions deleting your Settings.cfg file? Planet packs leave rubbish in there and it causes this. You'll need to reset your settings after deleting it

Linx

I think my parallax is broken because the scatter is really high in small bodies like the mun or minmus

Lubos

How does one go about creating new configs?

Colin

Not from me personally - The author of KSS2 will need to create Parallax Continued configs for it (or a passionate contributor)

Linx

Will There be KSS2 Compatibility?

Colin

Yeah, current settings makes Mun unnavigable by rover. Found lowering densityMultiplier in global settings from 1 to 0.33 make it more manageable but as tradeoff other planets gets hit in scatters. Editing frequency in Mun.cfg gave better results for me.

Ravien

Lifesaver ♥️

Christopher Wedd

If you open the cheat menu using Alt+F12, there's a button that highlights the rocks you're looking for :)

Linx

Hey @Linx, I'm trying to do the retrieve mun stone contract but I think parralax is making it impossible to find the mun stone, is there any setting to make the mun stone stand out so i dont have to turn off parallax and scatters to find it?

Christopher Wedd

Can you send me your KSP.log file in a DM? I'll work out what's wrong. Cheers :)

Linx

Also, I believe kopernicus is incompatible because after downloading this I launch the game and it tells me that the "custom planetary system was unable to load due to an exception in the loading process" yet it is a dependency of kcalbeloh which was listed as supported. And when I load a new game save its just a black infinite loading screen. Do you know why this could be?

Alex

Can you send me a DM and attach your KSP.log file? Cheers

Linx

Im no longer able to open settings or game saves

Samuel Terry

I'm not sure the manual install still applies or not - whether the fix has already gone out or is still waiting to go I'm not sure. If you're able to install it via ckan without any conflicts, go right ahead! If not, manual will still be the way to go unfortunately

Linx

Is it essential to manually install deferred? I don't normally manually install and now that I have done that Ckan is telling me to download it as an update for some reason.

Alex

Thank you! Just discovered your work from one of Matt's videos and am excited to try it out. Its great to see up-to-date KSP improvements, lots of the older mods are starting to show their age...

Mason P Steidle

I've just added a section to this page if you scroll down: https://github.com/Gameslinx/Parallax-Continued/blob/master/README.md

Linx

I've seen referenced a few time a list of "recommended mods", but I am having a hard time finding it. Where is this?

Mason P Steidle

Great mod but can't figure out how to work with the legacy upgrades

Colin

I believe it's related to Kopernicus, as it can also happen with kerbals that were just standing on the terrain. I'll investigate further, cheers!

Linx

I absolutely love the mod, however i ran into a bug shortly after landing in the mun. when stepping on the rock scatters my kerbal enters a stairway to heaven and just keeps going up as i go forward. any ideas what might cause this?

Patomeng

I didn't even know that KSP had a cheat menu. Would be better to not use the cheat menu but thanks for the info.

Raphael Souza

There's a setting in the cheat menu that highlights breaking ground rocks which might do what you're after!

Linx

Hi, there's a way to highlight the rocks that we are supposed to pick? It's impossible to find with your mod on.

Raphael Souza

Thanks for the DM. For anyone else concerned there's a conflict with Kcalbeloh's home switcher that I'm investigating. Stick to Kerbin for now

Linx

I've been having a similar issue. Got a fresh save, installed only this mod, the Kcalbeloh system (and the provided parallax pack for it), and dependencies. The game gets stuck in an infinite loop loading and unloading the kerbin parallax textures, but only if I set Kcalbeloh's HomeSwitch option to something other than "False". I can DM the log files.

Eli Zupke

Shabby is a dependency of Deferred, which is an optional mod (but does improve the surface reflections). I'll add it to a list of recommended mods :)

Linx

I think you should add Shabby to the list of dependencies, I was really confused as to why my game didn't have nice reflections on ice/glass surfaces.

Bucetoide

yo i downloaded and installed all the files but when i touchdown on kerbin i didnt notice any textures or anything so i think i may have done something wrong. is there anything extra im supposed to do after putting the files in the correct destination

trippyyy

Send me your KSP.log in a DM and I'll work out what's gone wrong, cheers :)

Linx

Can't load a single save. tried a older one and made a new one and it's just stuck on the loading screen forever after entering the save, any fixes?

Ben Craig

Fully compatible

Linx

Yep, standard case of not installing KSPBurst for this one :P If you have any issues send me a DM and I'll work out what's wrong

Linx

Was there ever an answer to this one? :)

Austin Noyes

Installing Deferred outside CKAN is how I solved it and works well. I added the label "held" to Deferred in CKAN to stop it from updating it.

milaerif

I don't have plans to create configs for it myself, it might be worth asking the QuackPack author if they plan on supporting Parallax :)

Linx

Hi! Thanks for your work! Do you plan to add support for the QuackPack mod?

Ahmed

Absolutely amazing!

MusicByVano

just wanted to say, thank you for what you do!!! 💜 :]] im curious, whats going on with duna?? the surface textures look just... kinda dusty 😭not sandy 💔its especially sad because the new sand on kerbin is BEAUTIFUL. #BringBackDunasSand

Jeremiah jones

Hiya, can you send me a DM with your KSP.log file?

Linx

i did the installation process, but when i load up the game kopernicus says it wasn't able to load planetary system due to an exception in the loading process. a way to fix would be awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

wharfarf

ok the settings were causing lag and the flickering scatter

Torreka 1

Are you running any rescale configs, and did you follow the install step where you remove Settings.cfg and let it regenerate? If you've installed planet packs in the past, it can cause this

Linx

Can you send me a DM with your KSP.log file? Cheers

Linx

Akotski1338

idk why but on minmus all the rocks flicker, but at least minmus and bop look nice from low and high orbit, cant wait for the others to become beutiful!

Torreka 1

Awesome thank you I'll go that route for now!

Danny

Update on the situation - The fastest fix is to uninstall Deferred from CKAN and install it manually. CKAN will then not report any issues. I'm working on a fix on my end but will take a bit longer.

Linx

I've made this my top priority to solve. I hope to have an update on it shortly

Linx

Unfortunately the deferred issue is preventing CKAN from installing or updating any other mods because it sees the conflict

Danny

Currently there's no workaround, but you should be able to still use CKAN. The conflict is caused by Deferred requiring a specific version or later of Parallax and as you say, Continued has no version. The fix in this scenario would be for Deferred to remove the version requirement which might be safe now that most people have updated - but I can't say for certain

Linx

I'm having the same problem.

Bucetoide

Parallax Continued shows up as regular Parallax in CKAN and causes a conflict with deferred (because it is manually installed and has no "version"). Is there a workaround for this or do I just need to stop using CKAN?

Danny

Can't wait for RSS Reborn support!

David Robie

nice. Is it compatible with blackracks volumetric clouds mod

Isaac Kobi

Okay thanks

Lpw

It does yes, it's worth noting that Kopernicus has some issues with shadows on Linux but Parallax will work fine

Linx

Does this run on linux

Lpw

Thank you! I was able to get scatters to show on Earth, but attempting to go to the moon slows down the game to many seconds per frame (to the point I cannot control the craft). This may be a dumb question, but does the entire "ParalaxContinued-KSRSS-SDI" folder go in GameData, or do the configs within need to be put elsewhere? I went with the first option. For background, I am running a pretty beefy setup, so that should not be the issue here. Parallax works great on a regular KSP install, and KSRSS works great without Parallax, but something with the two of them together is causing a major slowdown. Also, I did follow the readme on the KSRSS config page you linked and removed all the config folders as requested. Have you seen this before? Any suggestions? Thanks again!

Danny

Is the OPM config complete?

Lucas Forsberg

I have one question… wth is that cat doing peeking on me??

Lucas Forsberg

Yep, they're here: https://github.com/Sheepdog2142/ParalaxContinued-KSRSS-SDI

Linx

Do you happen to have the KSRSS configs available for download somewhere besides the KSP forum? It's been down for a while now.

Danny

Awesome. You'll want to add a new biome to Kerbin's biome map (Parallax_StockScatterTextures\Textures\Kerbin\PluginData), then write a module manager patch that runs :AFTER[ParallaxStock] and targets the planet's biomes (see StockPlanetAdjustments.cfg) and add your new biome there Then target the scatter config using @ParallaxScatters { @Body[Kerbin] and edit the blacklist from there

Linx

That's pretty much exactly what I'm after, commiting some unregulated logging enables the ksc to expand.

Adam Smith

Currently no, either all or no scatters appear. Implementing the removal of certain scatters is tricky but you can achieve what you're after with a bit more setup if you modify the biome map for kerbin (it's included in the parallax textures), add a biome where the KSC is, then update the BiomeBlacklist for the trees so they can't spawn in it.

Linx

I talked about this in a earlier post, (wanting to ask it properly) How would one modify to only remove the trees around the KSC? There is an option to remove all scatters in the cfgs, but can we modify that to only target the ones the generate the trees around the KSC? (ie keeping all the grass, flowers, bushes, but no trees?)

Adam Smith

hello! is there an option to disable vegetation on planets (except kerbin) and leave only rocks?

MacSergey

Another huge improvement once again for KSP. Modders are the saints for our entertainment!

Joshua Higgins

Now every planet deserves a beautiful colony. ;)

PLAYER2

Thanks Linx, this is so good.

Philip Manhart

Keep it up with the good work

ProximaCentauri

Sounds like its time to reinstall OPM and check out some new planetary textures :)

PicoSpace Industries