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Visual Realism Pack 1.31

UPDATE 1.4

Added support for Europa content
Added moons around Jupiter for the Europa map
Adjusted Jupiter position in the sky
Adjusted specular intensity in Europa for more ice like appearance

UPDATE 1.31

Changed Lander textures and materials for Exploration Lander Module addon

UPDATE 1.3

-Adjusted some materials for the international crew pack and changed some mars base block textures

-Replaced several materials by Mylar, for Supply cargo vehicle, manned cargo transport (completely exterior re-texture), comms arrays and multiple units.

-Added terrain reflection to astronaut visor on the Moon

-Increased reflection intensity of astronaut visor

-MML materials tweaked with less specular on exterior and new reflective windows (reflect environment)

-Manned cargo transport windows material replaced.

-Changed Rocket launch pad color to dark red like LC39 in the Apollo era.



UPDATE 1.1


Increased Default camera far plane for higher terrain draw distance
Added Moon to Earth sky
Change Earth Atmosphere parameters for more ambient light and less over exposed sun light
Changed Earth position and brightness in Moon sky
Added blue planetshine from Earth in Moon night, so now it is possible to do more stuff at night.



This mod changes the visual parameters of Take on Mars to give an alternative and more natural looking experience with the following features:


-Size of earth in low orbit has been increased more than 75%, closer to the real ISS orbit.

-Render settings of Earth Orbit have been modified with more realistic haze render settings, dimmer city lights, high resolution clouds, broken up ocean specular and night ambient light to prevent total darkness. Also reduced intensity of Earth bump map to prevent bright patches in terminator area and exagerated terrain elevation. Jagged edges in Eath horizon have been finxed almost completely. Ambient light at day time increased on objects to simulate the light from earth.

-Added Moon in Earth orbit. (does not follow real moon movement, it is only eye candy)

-Changed Earth atmosphere parameters with higher visual range for larger sceneries (Wake Island scenery coming soon....)

-Changed Mars atmosphere parameters, with more realistic look and matching closer the real Mars photos. More realistic colors, less clouds with clear weather and Sun at sunset with blue tint.

-Changed Moon settings to increase ambient light at day time to simulate the light bounce from the ground.

-Altered post-procesing settings filters to provide a less treated appearance (Menu screen has not been altered). Smart gamma has been removed. God rays opacity reduced by 80%. Film grain and bloom reduced.

-Added chromatic aberration

-Increased reflection in heavy suit visor and reduced specular in the suit to give a less reflective finish.


VERSION 1.1 Fixes an issue with wrong atmospheric settings in Mars and duplicated editor maps


Additional notes:

The following mods were also used in the screenshots and are not included:

-Upcoming Wake Island scenery by myself

-American skin and suits by Olrik-Jhornar

-Stars and Sun Improvement Mod
by Feint




Known issues:

- Due to engine limitations there can be some artifacts with some Earth polygons dissapearing from time to time. Also the Sun oclusion does not match the new size and sunsets happen a few minutes after Sun is no longer visible.


Mod created by Jafergon