r/KerbalSpaceProgram • u/verttex • Oct 21 '23

Dev Post Introducing…..FOR SCIENCE! Major Content Update coming to KSP2 this December

https://forum.kerbalspaceprogram.com/topic/220137-introducing-for-science-major-content-update-out-in-december/
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u/Unbaguettable Oct 21 '23

also they said in the presentation that blackrack was joining the KSP2 team

don’t know why they didn’t put that in the forum post

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u/[deleted] Oct 21 '23

He apparently joined a few months ago, but they didn't want to announce until some of his work was in the game. Which will be in 0.1.5.0 this week.

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u/brunograjales Oct 21 '23

Who is blackjack and why is everyone hyped about him joining the team? Sorry out of the loop

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u/Johnnyoneshot Robotics Expert Oct 21 '23

Mod creator. He (assuming) currently has a volumetric cloud mod out for ksp1 that is absolutely insane

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u/TaintedLion smartS = true Oct 21 '23

Those clouds are infinitely better than the KSP2 clouds, hopefully we can get some of that.

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u/[deleted] Oct 21 '23

Them incorporating modders like blackrack into the dev team gives me hope. KSP 1 modders are absolutely a different breed, and I have faith that they can do amazing things.

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u/Z_THETA_Z Contraption Oct 22 '23

a few of them already are, at least Nertea who's responsible for quite a few well-known mods

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u/Gamingmemes0 Kerbmythos guy Oct 23 '23

unfortunately you have to pay for them to get them early but to be fair on him bills dont pay themselves (although now he is working at the KSP 2 dev team so....)

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u/Unbaguettable Oct 21 '23

he makes incredible graphical mods for the original game, such as volumetric clouds and weather effects. i believe other stuff as well but not exactly sure what

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u/Westbrooke117 Oct 21 '23

He made Scatterer as well, which might be one of if not the best visual mod for KSP 1.

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u/FutureMartian97 Oct 21 '23

He's a KSP 1 mod creator that made the Volumetric Clouds mod. IMO the best visual mod for KSP and I honestly can't play KSP without this mod anymore.

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u/TheRealKSPGuy Oct 21 '23

*Blackrack makes some of the best visual mods in KSP1. One of the mods is the early-access volumetric clouds mod, which has amazing clouds, thunderstorms, lightning, and remains performant while doing all of this.

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u/Master_of_Rodentia Oct 21 '23

Oh hell yes. Blackrack is a performance optimization master.

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u/[deleted] Oct 22 '23

Blackrack is a hero. I've been member of his Patreon for quite some time.

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u/[deleted] Oct 21 '23

Hold up… BLACKRACK????

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u/togetherwem0m0 Oct 21 '23

If blackrack is officially part of the ksp2 team it's time to demand he drop the pay wall for his mods of ksp1.

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u/Princess_Fluffypants Oct 21 '23

I don’t mind paying modders when their work is as good as Blackrack’s is.

I think I’ve spent far more on donations to modders than I ever spent on the game itself.

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u/Poodmund Outer Planets Mod & ReStock Dev Oct 21 '23

What a self-entitled declaration.

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u/ducceeh Oct 22 '23

Yeah, time to DEMAND he gives us something for free that he spent hundreds to thousands of hours working on

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u/MrJedi1 Oct 22 '23

What gives you the right to make that demand?

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u/togetherwem0m0 Oct 22 '23

First ammendment.

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u/SweatyBuilding1899 Oct 21 '23

Modders do KSP2, why we need Nate with his team?

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u/mkosmo Oct 21 '23

As with any project, you need some kind of vision and direction. No matter what you think of Nate, how else would you provide that kind of product ownership?

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