Mods by Astroclu (SEV and HDU) for 0.9.8.0

astroclu · 26 Oct 2018 12:14

Hi, this is my first topic so I hope it gets well.
Following the manuals (yeah, you should too) on how to import .obj 3D models, I created 2 mods.
Both models come from NASA:

HDU

The first one is an Habitat Demonstration Unit meant to show what habitats on Mars could look like.
Extract to addons.

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It will add 3 objects, the complete HDU (2 modules) and each module if you wished to use them separately.

SEV

The second one is a Surface Exploration Vehicle which is intended to be used by future martian colonists.

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Here is screenshot with those 2 objects and an ESA and a NASA astronauts from DoctorofSpace's Mod Emporium.

I hope you like them and any feedback is welcome.

Stellarator · 28 Oct 2018 04:23

Nice mods Astroclu! It's a good way to introduce yourself to the forum - we here are always hungry for more mods! Which SE version are these for? Any other plans for mods?

astroclu · 28 Oct 2018 14:54

Thanks for your interest and welcome Stellarator. I'm mostly interested in real spacecrafts / vehicles / stations because I use them to make fisheye sequences for the planetarium dome, so I might keep digging that way int he future now that I have seen it is not that hard. These have been tested on version 0.9.8.0 but I don't know how compatible they are with earlier or future version.

29 Oct 2018 15:02

That's quite interesting! I downloaded once the HDU, but I didn't convert it, I think I didn't like that much textures in low resolution.
Now that you did the hard work though

I tested your mods and they work fine with 0.990 beta. The SEV is very high quality, and I felt sad for the HDU.
So, who needs to sleep at night, right? I ended up by sticking new logos and texts for a higher resolution diffmap, adjusting a bump and glow map for what definitely seemed a lamppost.
This is a pak file, you can rename it to zip and use it as you seem fit, or place it directly in addons/ folder.
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I look forward to see your contributions.

astroclu · 01 Nov 2018 20:20

Hi Mosfet, I'm glad you liked it and that it inspired you to give it a texture make over. It looks really fine with this high res diff map and with that lampost in 0.990.

SuperMarioFan126 · 13 May 2019 00:32

Shouldn't the Surface Exploration Vehicle be able to rove around the surface of Mars, however?
It's literally just a static object...

astroclu · 14 Jun 2019 12:19

As far as I know, the only vehicles you can actually move in Space Engine are Spaceship / planes, so I don't think there is a way yet to make it roll on the surface. So yes, meanwhile, it'll remain a static object, which is nonetheless pleasant to have in a colonization scene like I've shown in the previews.

14 Jun 2019 12:35

glow map for what definitely seemed a lamppost.

Actually now that I'm thinking about it, in all fairness it would make sense as dome camera

astroclu · 14 Jun 2019 16:07

Actually now that I'm thinking about it, in all fairness it would make sense as dome camera

Well thought, that might even be both things. I guess the crew living there wouldn't go out a lot by might but in an emergency, they would certainly appreciate light if they need to, and as there are no window, the camera would be useful to see what's happening outside.

14 Jun 2019 17:07

yeah especially since it's near an entrance. I'd like to see some blueprints now, I'll try and find something.

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