Gameplay G Effects v0.2.1

[AMPW]

KSA G Effects v0.2.1 (KSA build 4939)

This mod aims to bring highly realistic (human) g effects to KSA, including blackout, redout, ALoC, GLoC, death through G forces and confusion/disorientation.

While I'll try to get it realistic there aren't many sources for a lot of the things and I don't have any personal experience but I'll gladly accept any help in getting it more realistic.

Unlike the KSP G-Effects (Reaffected) mod the visuals are intended to be fully shader based.

G forces through rotation are planned but I can't tell yet how well it'll work.

Two patches to increase the performance of the second stage engine of the "rocket" vehicle are included.

Current state:

• Gz+ response curves are available in the logic repo
  • Medium duration Gz+ exposure is implemented
• Basic KSA integration
  • Vehicle locking while unconscious is implemented, and it prevents any key input for the vehicle.

In progress:

• Gz-

ToDo:

• Unconsciousness at roughly 3 Gz+ after a prolonged periode
• Gz-
• Gx/Gy effects
• Confusion/Disorientation
• Death

Preview video:

Available on GitHub and now also on SpaceDock

Dependencies:

• GEffectsLogic (bundled in the release)
• StarMap
• KittenExtensions
• ShaderExtensions

Sources and licenses:

• KSA G Effects repo: GPLv3
• G Effects Logic repo: GPLv3 + CLA

 

[UriahGnu]

Yeah don't think custom post process shaders are possible yet, not sure when they will be either as the BRUTAL framework has a long way to go. I have a lot of experience in this area though, so once it is possible I'm happy to contribute!

 

[AMPW]

Currently working on getting a simple greyscale shader correctly working, there are still some internal issues.

 

[AMPW]

Got a single hardcoded shader working properly (I'll only use a single shader) but for getting this integrated into KittenExtensions I need a bit more work to add multi shader and priority support.

 

[AMPW]

A short update after a long time:

The post processing shaders are now an independent mod (ShaderExtensions) and the KSA G Effects mod has a GitHub repo now though not much is there yet, mostly test stuff for the ShaderExtensions mod. It is licensed under GPLv3

The G Effects Logic is now a separate project with it's own repo. It is also licensed under GPLv3 but with a for contributions mandatory CLA which mainly grants me the necessary rights to sell and sublicense this project without prior notice.

The Gz+ response curves look okay for now so I will work on the KSA implementation and some basic visual effects,

Ignore the green line, that was just left from a failed test.

 

[AMPW]

A few necessary updates to the G logic before the KSA integration:

• Better Gz+ response curves
• Perfusionlevel (bloodheadlevel / resting head blood) and brainO2 are simulated for better accuracy
• Mapping of consciousness and greyscale/tunnelvision effects
  • greyscale and tunnelvision are currently the same value, this may or may not change in the future
• Simple time to GLoC unit tests
  • [1 5 5],[-] with 25 to 35 seconds allowed
  • [1 9 5],[-] with 5 to 14 seconds allowed

Close to GLoC the vision will always be lost.
And I need to update my test program for the updated settings and especially for dynamic multi instance support but since I now have all values I need for the first KSA integration it's not a priority.

I should also mention that a GLoC will only occure around 5 Gz+ but the vision will be severly impaired at 3-4 Gz+. Since strain/tiredness is currently ignored it's a pretty good value but this will be changed in the future.

Edit: I did update my test program first...

but the sequence parser and multi instance support are just so much better than before.

 

[AMPW]

Version v0.1.0 is now released.

 

[AMPW]

Release v0.1.1:

• Update GEffectsLogic to v0.2.0 for enhanced Gz+ simulation
  • Includes fixed GSuit multiplier

 

[AMPW]

Update v0.2.1:

• Better visual effects
• Update GEffectsLogic to v0.5.0 to support the new visual effects

 

[AMPW]

I'm currently working on negative Gz effects and one of the benefits of my simplified flow simulation is that the push/pull effect is naturally occurring without needing to fake it.
The red line is the consciousness and in the top graph a short Gz- maneuver was added which caused unconsciousness within 5-10 seconds while it normally takes around 35 seconds. Still working on the details and realism aspect but it looks very promising already.